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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman
based on George Crile's book 'Charlie Wilson's War'

Reel Face:

Real Face:

Tom Hanks
Born:
July 9, 1956
Birthplace: Concord, California, USA

Charlie Wilson
Born: June 1, 1933
Birthplace: Trinity, Texas, USA
Death: February 10, 2010, Lufkin, Texas (cardiopulmonary arrest)

Julia Roberts
Born:
October 28, 1967
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Joanne Herring
Born: July 3, 1929
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, USA

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Born:
July 23, 1967
Birthplace: Fairport, New York, USA

Gust Avrakotos
Born:
1938
Birthplace: Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA

'The U.S. had nothing whatsoever to do with these people's decision to fight .. But we'll be damned by history if we let them fight with stones.' -Charlie Wilson (from George Crile's Biography, See Right)

Why did Charlie Wilson want to help the people of Afghanistan?
Despite being liberal on social issues, Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson was a fervent anticommunist. After being urged by Houston socialite Joanne Herring, Charlie agreed to visit the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. He made his first trip to Islamabad, Pakistan in the fall of 1982. He met with President Zia (a meeting that had been arranged by Joanne Herring), and he visited the Afghan refugee camps and hospitals in northern Pakistan, which were home to approximately 3 million Afghans. Charlie Wilson's biography suggests that he was deeply moved when he visited the children, many of whom had been maimed by Soviet land mines and weapons, including the ominous Mi-24 Hind Helicopter. 'I left those hospitals determined that as long as I had a breath in my body and was a member of Congress, that I was gonna do what I could to make the Soviets pay for what they were doing' (The Real Charlie, CharlieWilsonsWar.net). The Soviets had killed an estimated 10% of the population of Afghanistan in three years time. By the end of the war in Afghanistan, the Soviets had taken the lives of more than 1,000,000 Afghans. Each time that Charlie had visited the refugee camps and hospitals, he donated blood to help those suffering. -History Channel, The True Story of Charlie Wilson
Is Charlie Wilson's War a round-a-bout attempt to provide an opinion on present day politics?
After a TIME magazine interviewer implied that the movie's depiction of the US involvement in Afghanistan directly relates to the US in Iraq, Tom Hanks corrected him by saying, 'This isn't about Iraq. ..Charlie Wilson's War is about something happening in 1980.' Hanks obviously wants to avoid having his film associated with the recent string of left wing Iraq flavored box office failures.
For the most part, the movie is not about Iraq, but a postscript to the movie quotes the real Charlie Wilson as saying, 'We f---ed up the endgame.' Mr. Wilson is referring to how the Mujahedeen, who the US supplied with weapons in Afghanistan, eventually flowered into the Taliban and backed Osama bin Laden's war against the US. This brief criticism of US foreign policy left liberal critics of the film disappointed that the movie did not emphasize this point more strongly. Newsweek critic David Ansen asks of the filmmakers, 'Is this admirable restraint or cold feet? Are they afraid of spoiling the feel-good uplift of Charlie's victory with the harsh downdraft of history? It's as if Titanic ended with a celebratory shipboard banquet, followed by a postscript: by the way, it sank.'
Tom Hanks, who purchased the rights to George Crile's biography, Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times, stated during a November 2007 Oprah interview, 'I think Charlie Wilson is a fascinating example of how things can get done from the oddest quarters. That you would jump to a conclusion, that you would adhere to a stereotype about a no-good do nothing guy from a little section of Texas that doesn't mean anything, and in fact a guy like that can change the world, which is an example to all of us quite frankly.'
Perhaps Hanks is eluding to another obvious political statement that the movie is trying to make, that an elected official with a moral compass worse than that of Bill Clinton can still get things done. In this way, the movie is reminiscent of the 2000 drama The Contender starring Joan Allen, which attempted to separate a sexual orgy in a woman's past from her ability to do her job in office. That film was released a month before the US presidential election that came directly after the scandalous years of Bill Clinton. Similarly, Charlie Wilson's War comes on the eve of a presidential election year, this time involving Bill Clinton's wife Hillary as a candidate. Is it only a coincidence then that actor and producer Tom Hanks, a supporter of Hillary Clinton's (he has contributed $2,300 to her presidential campaign) has made an effort to focus on the film's ability to see past Charlie Wilson's moral flaws (CNN.com)?
Did the original screenplay end with a shot of the Pentagon in flames?
Yes. The real Charlie Wilson and Joanne Herring succeeded in having parts of the movie's script omitted, which had suggested that they were responsible for seeding the events of September 11, 2001. This included a shot of the Pentagon in flames at the end of Aaron Sorkin's original screenplay. When she first read the script, Texas socialite Joanne Herring says that she 'practically choked.' She and Charlie Wilson were aghast at the screenplay's implications that they had abetted Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. 'Can you ever predict a war?' Joanne argues. 'The shelf life of a Stinger missile is five years. There's no weapon we got them that can be used today.' Herring and Wilson brought in famed Houston attorney Dick DeGuerin, who helped pressure Universal and the producers to change the script. -NY Daily News
I heard Rudy Giuliani's name mentioned in the movie, what role did he play in the Charlie Wilson real story?
It is likely no coincidence that the movie more than once mentions 2008 Republican Candidate Rudy Giuliani's fight, as part of a Justice Department investigation, to convict Congre