Charlie Wilson's War

Name: Charlie Wilson's War
Director: Mike Nichols
Released: 2007
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Terry Bozeman

2007 · 102 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 127,451 VOTES · DIR. Mike Nichols

Overview

In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,895 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:05 MAN: The defeat and breakup of the Soviet empire

00:05:04 No, mujahideen means, like, holy warriors.

00:08:07 That Dairy Queen guy, Larry Liddle

00:10:34 Okay, bye-bye.

00:13:30 Well, they can't shoot down helicopters for $5 million, Jim.

00:16:30 It's the sixth wealthiest woman in Texas.

00:19:37 Get the fuck out of my office! Yes, sir.

00:23:11 Oh, Bobbie, if you could ask someone for a Bombay martini up, very dry?

00:26:31 If this were a real war, there'd be a National Bipartisan Commission

00:30:51 Bet a lot of people make that mistake.

00:34:21 Go to Peshawar and see with your own eyes.

00:40:42 What do you mean?

00:44:47 Welcome back. Suzanne.

00:47:44 Let's get Stu on the phone. Okay, I'll call him.

00:50:37 Maybe it's easy enough to track down a limo driver, hand him a subpoena

00:53:55 Did my office not make it clear to Langley that I'm in no mood

00:57:01 Give me a week to set things up.

01:00:40 What? A good friend of mine back in Texas

01:05:41 the fortunes of Pakistan have changed radically.

01:09:23 They are farmers and children mostly, and they are fighting our enemies for us.

01:12:54 Where are you from? What do you care?

01:16:43 are gonna be blown right out of the sky.

01:24:34 I will admit it's not unimpressive.

01:28:55 about the Zen master and the little boy?

Cast & Characters

Tom Hanks Charlie Wilson Julia Roberts Joanne Herring Philip Seymour Hoffman Gust Avrakotos Amy Adams Bonnie Bach Terry Bozeman CIA Award Presenter Brian Markinson Paul Brown Jud Tylor Crystal Lee Hilary Angelo Kelly Cyia Batten Stacey Kirby Mitchell Stoned Guy

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,895

Dialogue density18.6 lines / min

First line00:02:05

Final line01:28:55

Production Record

DirectorMike Nichols

LanguageEnglish

Budget$75,000,000

Revenue$119,483,446

IMDb votes127,451