A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldn't bring down the Soviet empire.
Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–89).
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Tom Hanks
Julia Roberts
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Om Puri
Emily Blunt
Amy Adams
Shiri Appleby
Ned Beatty
Rachel Nichols (actress)
Erick Avari
John Slattery
Ken Stott
Peter Gerety
Brian Markinson
Patrika Darbo
Faran Tahir
Shaun Toub
Denis O'Hare
Christopher Denham
Nazanin Boniadi
P. J. Byrne
Cyia Batten
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Navid Negahban
Wynn Everett