Charlie Wilson's War 2007

director: Mike Nichols, based on the book by the renowned US-journalist George Crile (born 1945- died 2006; after his study he worked as Pentagon-correspondent for the Washington Post, New York Times, Harper’s Magazine,...),

cast: Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts

story: The movie is about three friends Charlie, Joanne and Gust who traveled the world to form an unlikely alliance among Pakistanis, Israelis, Egyptians, lawmakers and a belly dancer.  Over the nine-year course of the occupation of Afghanistan, United States funding for covert operations against the Soviets went from $5 million to $1 billion annually, and the Red Army subsequently retreated from Afghanistan. 

To-time-Academy Award®-winning costume designer ALBERT WOLSKY (Across the Universe, Bugsy) had previously worked with Julia Roberts on Runaway Bride and The Pelican Brief. For her role of the Houston society woman Joanne Herring the designer selected elegant tones of black that provide glamorous contrast to Herring’s trademark blonde hair. Roberts wears eye-popping diamonds from Cartier North America such as the almost 10-carat diamond earrings.

To complement Roberts’ party wardrobe, Tom Hanks wears a white tuxedo jacket and black bow tie. The outfit echoes a similar one Wilson wore in honor of his 60th birthday. As book author George Crile documented, “Casablanca was the theme he had chosen for the event.  It was his favorite movie, and he had appeared for the occasion in a white dinner jacket, specially tailored to look like the one Humphrey Bogart wore when he played the role of Rick.” more film >>>

photo: Congressman Charlie Wilson (TOM HANKS) romances Houston socialite Joanne Herring (JULIA ROBERTS) in the film that tells the raucous true story of the largest covert operation in history: "Charlie Wilson's War".
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