Charlie Wilson's War A stiff drink. A little mascara. A lot of nerve. Who said they couldn't bring down the Soviet empire. Release date: 2007-12-19 Genres: Comedy, Drama, History Actors: Spencer Garrett, Harry S. Murphy, Ron Fassler, Wynn Everett, Aharon Ipalé, Ned Beatty, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terry Bozeman, John Slattery, Tom Hanks, Kevin Cooney, Jackie Swanson, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Mary-Bonner Baker, Emily Blunt, Nancy Linehan Charles, Ken Stott, Daniel Eric Gold, Amy Adams, P.J. Byrne, Anthony Azizi, Joseph Sikora, Julia Roberts, Peter Gerety, Daniel Lench, Cyia Batten, Kirby Mitchell, Nazanin Boniadi, Christopher Denham, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Erick Avari, Erick Avari, Rizwan Manji, Om Puri, Brian Markinson, Thomas Crawford, Kurt Yaeger, Rachel Nichols, Moneer Yaqubi, Navid Negahban, Faran Tahir, Jim Jansen, Shiri Appleby, Patrika Darbo, Denis O'Hare, Richard Lawrence, Hilary Angelo, Jud Tylor, Daston Kalili, Tom Ohmer, Matthew Herington, Shaun Toub, David M. Edelstien, Mozhan Navabi, Michael Spellman, Yousuf Azami, Ed Regine, Enayat Delawary, Darren Dowler, Leo Solomon, Ali Olomi, J. Patrick McCormack, Ron Ostrow, Mary Linda Phillips, Ilia Volok, Dan Rather, Jody Jaress, Gabriel Tigerman, Sammy Sheik, Tracy Phillips, Michelle Arthur, Carly Reeves, Kazu Nagahama, Salaheddine Ben Chegra, Mueen Jahan Ahmad, Russell Edge, Kyle Vogt, Rachel Style, Mara New, Shila Ommi, Marc Pelina, Quill Roberts, Maurice Sherbanee, Gabriel Justice, Cassidy Smith, Igor Korošec, Nadia Miller, Cynthia Silver, Nicole Smolen, Siyal Mohammad, Alexander Kanellakos, J. Woodward Palmer, Patrick Bentley, Ambria Miscia, Joe Roland, Salam Sangi, Gubbi Sigurdsson, Michael Saba Direction: Michael Haley, Alex Lvovsky, Mary Bailey Production: Tucker Maloney, Edward Hunt Budget: $75,000,000Revenue: $119,483,446 Runtime: 1 h. 42 min. Score: 6.5/10 Votes: 1,555 Countries: Germany, United States of America Companies: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Participant, Playtone, MP Munich Pape Filmproductions Available* : Overview: In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.