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E: 12/05 Win Charlie Wilsons War DVD
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Charlie Wilson’s War, the multi award-nominated true tale of the playboy congressman who engineered the biggest covert operation in US history, is available to own and rent on DVD from May 5.
Exceptional performances from Oscar winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman and brought to the screen by Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, make this DVD a must-own for all discerning film fans.
Charlie Wilson (Hanks) is a charismatic and liberal Texas congressman, who joins forces with his sometimes lover, Houston socialite and active anti-communist Joanne Herring (Roberts), and CIA Operative Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman) in the largest and most successful covert operation in history…the arming of the Afghan freedom fighters in their fight against the Soviet Union.
The incredible success of these three charming individuals sees the manipulation of Congress and the CIA, plus the forming of unlikely alliances with foreign governments and arms dealers alike. US funding for covert operations against the Soviets increases from $5million to a staggering $1billion, and leads the Red Army retreat from a newly equipped Afghanistan. This victory further acts as a catalyst for the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of Cold War.
answer - The West Wing
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Charlie Wilson’s War, the multi award-nominated true tale of the playboy congressman who engineered the biggest covert operation in US history, is available to own and rent on DVD from May 5.
Exceptional performances from Oscar winners Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman and brought to the screen by Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, make this DVD a must-own for all discerning film fans.
Charlie Wilson (Hanks) is a charismatic and liberal Texas congressman, who joins forces with his sometimes lover, Houston socialite and active anti-communist Joanne Herring (Roberts), and CIA Operative Gust Avrakotos (Hoffman) in the largest and most successful covert operation in history…the arming of the Afghan freedom fighters in their fight against the Soviet Union.
The incredible success of these three charming individuals sees the manipulation of Congress and the CIA, plus the forming of unlikely alliances with foreign governments and arms dealers alike. US funding for covert operations against the Soviets increases from $5million to a staggering $1billion, and leads the Red Army retreat from a newly equipped Afghanistan. This victory further acts as a catalyst for the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of Cold War.
answer - The West Wing
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