Charlie Wilson's War
A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldn't bring down the Soviet empire.
A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Worldwide
- $119M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
36 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Charlie Wilson's War returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $75M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $119M
- Release date
- Dec 19, 2007
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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