| Runtime : | 01h40 |
| Genres : | Comedy, Drama, Biography |
| Release : | December 21, 2007 |
| Studio : | Universal Pictures |
| Budget : | $75,000,000 |
| Domestic revenue : | $66,661,095 |
| Woldwide revenue : | $119,000,410 |
| Director : |
Mike Nichols |
| Writers : |
George Crile (Book) Aaron Sorkin (Screenplay) |
| Shooting places : | The United States, Morocco |
| Tom Hanks | Charlie Wilson |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Gust Avrakotos |
| Julia Roberts | Joanne Herring |
| Amy Adams | Bonnie Bach |
| Om Puri | President Zia |
| Ned Beatty | Doc Long |
| Ken Stott | Zvi |
| Brian Markinson | Paul Brown |
| Jud Taylor | Christal Lee |
| Emily Blunt | Jane Liddle |
| Peter Gerety | Larry Liddle |
| Hilary Angelo | Kelly |
| Cyia Batten | Stacey |
| Nancy Linehan Charles | Mrs. Long |
This is 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, and Joanne Herring, the three of them 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 and set the stage for conflicts in the Middle East that still rage to this day.
