Summary

In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who 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, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the people are suffering in 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 to defeat the Soviet Union.

Cast

Tom Hanks … Rep. Charlie Wilson

Amy Adams … Bonnie Bach

Julia Roberts … Joanne Herring

Philip Seymour Hoffman … Gust Avrakotos

Terry Bozeman … CIA Award Presenter

Brian Markinson … Paul Brown

Jud Tylor … Crystal Lee

Release Dates

USA 10 December 2007 (Universal City, California) (premiere)

Canada 21 December 2007

USA 21 December 2007

Kuwait 3 January 2008

Portugal 3 January 2008

UK 9 January 2008 (London) (premiere)

Greece 10 January 2008

Lebanon 10 January 2008

UK 11 January 2008

Belgium 16 January 2008