Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldn't bring down the Soviet empire.

TMDb

6.5

19/12/2007 • 1h 42m
original-title

Charlie Wilson's War

status

Released

production-companies

Universal Pictures

Relativity Media

Participant

Playtone

MP Munich Pape Filmproductions

original-language

English

budget

$75,000,000

revenue

$119,483,446

In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

director
production-countries

Germany

United States of America

spoken-languages

Arabic

English

Russian

Urdu

Hebrew

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