03143cgm a2200541 i 4500 623552270 TxAuBib 20120310120000.0 d 080208s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 025195004848 61100566 (OCoLC)191886923 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda eng fre spa eng fre spa eng Charlie Wilson's war / Good Time Charlie Productions ; Universal Pictures ; Playtone ; Participant Productions ; Relativity Media. [Widescreen edition. Universal City, Calif : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2007] 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. Based on the book by George Crile. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: The making of Charlie Wilson's war ; Who is Charlie Wilson? Produced by Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks ; screenplay by Aaron Sorkin ; directed by Mike Nichols ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky. Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman. In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is best known as a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas. He seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, once Charlie is prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people who are suffering from the effects of the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support needed to defeat the Soviet Union. Ultimately, Charlie learns that while military victory can be obtained, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow. Based on a true story. MPAA rating: R; for stronge language, nudity/sexual content and drug use. DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. 20120310. English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles. Wilson, Charles 1933-2010. United States Congress Committees Drama. Legislators United States Drama. Military assistance, American Afghanistan. Afghanistan History Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 Drama. Biographies. Nichols, Mike. Hanks, Tom. Adams, Amy. Roberts, Julia. Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014. Howard, James Newton. Crile, George. My enemy's enemy. TXKPL