Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a bachelor congressman from Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers and cocaine. His "Good Time Charlie" exterior, however, masked an extraordinary mind, a deep sense of patriotism and a passion for the underdog, and in the early 1980s the underdog was Afghanistan--which had just been brutally invaded by the Russians.

Charlie's longtime friend and patron and sometime lover was Joanne Herring (Roberts), one of the wealthiest women in Texas and a virulent anti-communist. Believing the American response to the Russian invasion was anemic at best, she prods Charlie into doing more for the Mujahideen (Afghan freedom fighters).

Charlie's partner in this uphill endeavor is CIA

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Cast

Tom Hanks Saving Private Ryan, The Simpsons Movie, Forrest Gump Amy Adams Catch Me If You Can, Enchanted, Drop Dead Gorgeous Julia Roberts Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Notting Hill Philip Seymour Hoffman The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, Almost Famous Shiri Appleby The Thirteenth Floor, Swimfan, Undertow Terry Bozeman Envy, Desperate Housewives: One Wonderful Day, Desperate Housewives: Goodbye for Now Brian Markinson Shooter, City of Angels, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion [more]

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James Newton Howard I Am Legend, The Sixth Sense, Batman Begins

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