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Charlie Wilson's War [2007]
starring: Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ned Beatty
directed by: Mike Nichols

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5050582550474
Format: PAL
Label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Pictures UK
Region Code: 2
Release Date: May 05, 2008
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Sales Rank: 699

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Overlooked in the end at the Academy Awards, and not ratcheting up the box office you'd perhaps expect of a Tom Hanks movie, Charlie Wilson's War is nonetheless a challenging, entertaining and underappreciated film, that deserves to find a bigger audience on DVD.

Starring Hanks in the title role, the strength of Charlie Wilson's War is in some talented people doing what they do best. Hanks eases into his part, as the Texas congressman who uses his extensive contacts book and unorthodox nature (which is putting it mildly) to initiate and wage a secret war. Alongside him is Julia Roberts on fine form in a small part, and the excellent Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who is at the heart of the film's best, and funniest, moments.

Gluing Charlie Wilson's War together is an assured turn behind the camera from veteran director Mike Nichols. Nichols, still best known for The Graduate, is confident enough to let the comedy in a deathly serious story play out, while not shirking the drama either. It's a tender balancing act, that only flusters a little near the end.

It's not a perfect film, and the tone may be a little uneasy for some. But Charlie Wilson's War is, nonetheless, a very strong piece of American cinema, that has questions to ask, and manages to entertain at the same time. Well worth discovering. --Jon Foster

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Great Film, hate the advert
Although I already knew about US involvement in the covert war, it was interesting to see it splashed onto screen - not sure how the US Govt feel about it as it shows them being dragged into helping via Wilson, et al, rather than being proactive about it! The cast do a great job at getting into the skin of the characters they portray. I feel the film portray's Wilson's frustrations very well. Having rented the film, it is one I do feel I would buy. However - along with several comments here - that UNICEF advert at the beginning is incredibly annnoying. Was staggered that could not fast forward it, skip it, or get to the Menu. Never come across that before and it really wound me up as had to endure it. More likely to contrbute to UNICEF as a ... Read More:

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- Really good film, but.......
A really good film which is nearly ruined by a compulsory advert that try as you might you can't skip or speed up. I have no problem with UNICEF or the work it does but I strongly object to having to watch a rather long advert before you get to the real menu for the film.

Rating:

- Bitter satire on US foreign policy
Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Aaron ("West Wing") Sorkin, and, an opening caption tells us, based on true events, the War in question is the war between the Soviet Union and the mujahideen in Afghanistan in the early 1980s. The film starts with a pudgy-looking Congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) being honoured by the "people of the clandestine services" in an aeroplane hangar. We then cut to a naked Hanks sitting in a hot tub surrounded by strippers and drugs, with one eye on a US TV news report on Afghanistan.

From this position of dubious moral authority, Wilson decides the mujahideen must be helped and he gradually engineers a massive increase in US government funds for CIA black operations. He's helped by a born ... Read More:

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- Ruined by compulsory advert
I was really looking forward to this dvd was bought for me as a birthday gift. I sat down and prepared to watch it, only to horrified to have to!! listen to Gwenyth Paltro whine about Aids in africa, you can't skip it or fast forward you have to watch every time you put in the dvd.
I am outraged I will now never give money to whatever organisation it was on principle and dvd went it the bin

Good film though

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- Good film but spoiled by UNICEF fundraiser
We had great expectations of a hilarious film with a message. Although the story was gripping from the beginning, the fun really started about halfway through, when Philip Seymour Hoffman got into the action. Julia Roberts was disappointing, more reminiscent of Devil Wears Prada than the character in this film. Tom Hanks was excellent.

This was a nice mix of entertainment, thrill and political message. The exchanges between Hanks and Hoffman are very funny. The film gives a light-hearted insight into the American political and lobbying system, contrasted with the more serious side of war, as seen in the refugee camps. Then at the end of the film we are reminded about what happened after Russia pulled out of Afghanistan. This ... Read More:

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