Charlie Wilson's War

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film political comedy-drama film

Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 political comedy-drama film that chronicles U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson’s covert efforts to support Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
political comedy-drama film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
basedOn Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History ⓘ
book by George Crile ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD approximately 119,000,000 ⓘ
cinematography Stephen Goldblatt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mike Nichols ⓘ
distributedBy Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Antonia Van Drimmelen ⓘ
John Bloom ⓘ
genre comedy-drama film ⓘ
political film ⓘ
hasSubject Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
covert operations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Charlie Wilson ⓘ
Gust Avrakotos ⓘ
Joanne Herring ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy James Newton Howard ⓘ
narrativeLocation Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
nominatedPerson Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ
portrays Central Intelligence Agency operations in Afghanistan ⓘ
covert U.S. support for Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
producer Gary Goetzman ⓘ
Julia Roberts ⓘ
Tom Hanks ⓘ
productionCompany Playtone ⓘ
Relativity Media ⓘ
publicationDate 2007-12-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 2007 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenwriter Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
setInPeriod Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
starring Amy Adams ⓘ
Denis O'Hare ⓘ
Emily Blunt ⓘ
Julia Roberts ⓘ
Ned Beatty ⓘ
Om Puri ⓘ
Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ
Shiri Appleby ⓘ
Tom Hanks ⓘ

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