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longship

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1. Charlie Wilson's War -- a pretty damned good flick.

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 12:11 PM

Nov 2015

Last edited Sat Nov 14, 2015, 04:00 PM - Edit history (2)

With Tom Hanks as Charlie Wilson and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gust Avrakotos. Julia Roberts plays Joanne Herring.

It is a damned good film telling the basics of what went down and the blow back.

Hoffman, as usual, is fucking amazing as Gust.

Charlie Wilson's War

Check it out. It is worth a view or two.

BTW, it was directed by Mike Nichols. His last film.

Trailer:

A scene with Gust (Hoffman):

Brilliant!

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Charlie Wilson's War -- a pretty damned good flick. longship Nov 2015 #1

Thank you for the recommendation UglyGreed Nov 2015 #2