Mike Nichols' last movie was this comedy-drama written by Aaron Sorkin that showed how Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) partnered with a CIA operative (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to launch a long-running operation that helped to organize and arm the Afghani mujahadeen against the Soviet Union during the 1980's. The operation lasted years of course, and ultimately led to the creation of the Taliban, which is something the movie kind of glosses over, but for anyone paying attention it's all definitely there on the screen. The actors are great in this, but Philip Seymour Hoffman kind of steals the show as the disgruntled CIA guy (he was nominated for another Oscar for this performance). A political film peppered with Aaron Sorkin's dialogue could never fail to be entertaining at the very least.
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