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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 21, 2007
Box Office
$119.5M
Budget
$75.0M
Return
1.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 22, 2008
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Participant, Playtone, MP Munich Pape Filmproductions
Quotes
See all →Discussion on U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
Charlie Wilson
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?
[[U.S.; [strategy; [Afghanistan; [Russians]
Gust Avrakotos
That's Harold Holt's strategy, it's not U.S. strategy.
Charlie Wilson
What is U.S. strategy?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Discussing the Safety of Opening Scotch
Charlie Wilson
Well, should we try this scotch or is it going to release ] gas when I open it?
[[w:Sarin|sarin]
Gust Avrakotos
Ah, I don't think so — but open it over there.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →T
Tom Hanks
Charlie Wilson
Julia Roberts
Joanne Herring
P
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Gust Avrakotos
Amy Adams
Bonnie Bach
Emily Blunt
Jane Liddle
O
Om Puri
President Zia
S
Shiri Appleby
Jailbait - Charlie's Angels
R
Rachel Nichols
Suzanne - Charlie's Angels
W
Wynn Everett
Receptionist - Charlie's Angel
J
Jud Tylor
Crystal Lee
J
John Slattery
Cravely
E
Erick Avari
Avi Perlman
C
Cyia Batten
Stacey
D
Denis O'Hare
Harold Holt
N
Ned Beatty
Doc Long
K
Ken Stott
Zvi
D
Daniel Eric Gold
Donnelly
H
Harry S. Murphy
Congressional Committee
E
Enayat Delawary
Doc Long's Translator
P
Peter Gerety
Larry Liddle
