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."Movie
Audience Score
65
Charlie Wilson's War
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R 1 hr 42 minDec 21st, 2007Drama, Comedy, History
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Plot
A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 21st, 2007
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 22nd, 2008 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$75,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$119,483,446 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Participant, Playtone, MP Munich Pape Filmproductions

Charlie Wilson's War Quotes

Discussion on U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

Charlie Wilson: [[U.S.; [strategy; [Afghanistan; [Russians] You mean to tell me that the ] ] in ] is to have the Afghans keep walking into machine gun fire til the ] run out of bullets?
Gust Avrakotos: That's Harold Holt's strategy, it's not U.S. strategy.

Discussing the Safety of Opening Scotch

Charlie Wilson: [[w:Sarin|sarin] Well, should we try this scotch or is it going to release ] gas when I open it?
Gust Avrakotos: Ah, I don't think so — but open it over there.