Based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union. With the help of rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, training and a team of military experts that turned the ill-equipped Afghan freedom-fighters into a force that brought the Red Army to a stalemate. However, the result also empowered the Taliban and terrorists including Osama bin Laden.
Universal Pictures optioned the book “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History” by George Crile and published by the Atlantic Monthly Press, April 2003.
Genres: Adaptation, Drama, War
US Distributors: Universal Pictures
Cast:
Tom Hanks – Charlie Wilson
Credits:
Writer:
George Crile – Source Material (from book: “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History”)
Aaron Sorkin – Screenplay
