Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Director:

Mike Nichols

Writers (WGA):

Aaron Sorkin (screenplay)
George Crile (book)

Release Date:

21 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Based on a true story. You think we could make all this up?

Plot:

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Plot Keywords:

Blowback | US Embassy | CIA Officer | Texas | President

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 10 nominations

Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Rep. Charlie Wilson
Amy Adams	...	Bonnie Bach
Julia Roberts	...	Joanne Herring
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Gust Avrakotos
Terry Bozeman	...	CIA Award Presenter
Brian Markinson	...	Paul Brown
Jud Tylor	...	Crystal Lee
Hilary Angelo	...	Kelly
Cyia Batten	...	Stacey
Kirby Mitchell	...	Stoned Guy
Ed Regine	...	Limo Driver
Daniel Eric Gold	...	Donnelly
Emily Blunt	...	Jane Liddle
Peter Gerety	...	Larry Liddle
Wynn Everett	...	Charlie's Angels - Receptionist
Mary Bonner Baker	...	Charlie's Angels - Marla
Rachel Nichols	...	Charlie's Angels - Suzanne
Shiri Appleby	...	Charlie's Angels - Jailbait
P.J. Byrne	...	Jim Van Wagenen
John Slattery	...	Henry Cravely
Thomas Crawford	...	Maintenance Man
Joe Roland	...	McGaffin
Patrika Darbo	...	Auctioneer
Carly Reeves	...	Slave Girl
Salaheddine Ben Chegra	...	Pakistani Steward (as Salaheddine Benchegra)
Om Puri	...	President Zia
Faran Tahir	...	Brigadier Rashid
Rizwan Manji	...	Colonel Mahmood
Maurice Sherbanee	...	Refugee in Wheelchair (as Maurice Sherbanée)
Salam Sangi	...	Refugee Building Wall
Navid Negahban	...	Refugee Camp Translator #1
Mozhan Marnò	...	Refugee Camp Translator #2
Habib Saba	...	Afghan Boy
Nadia Miller	...	Afghan Girl
Michelle Arthur	...	Refugee Camp Nurse
Shila Vossugh Ommi	...	Refugee Mother
Edward Hunt	...	Embassy Marine
Michael Haley	...	Embassy Official (as R.M. Haley)
Denis O'Hare	...	Harold Holt
Michael Spellman	...	Agent Patrick
Russell Edge	...	Agent Wells
Christopher Denham	...	Mike Vickers
Joseph Sikora	...	Chess Player #1
Gabriel Tigerman	...	Chess Player #2
Patrick Bentley	...	Chess Player #3
Marc Pelina	...	Chess Player #4
Ken Stott	...	Zvi
Tracy Phillips	...	Bellydancer
Aharon Ipalé	...	Egyptian Defense Minister (as Ipalé)
Ned Beatty	...	Rep. Doc Long
Mary Bailey	...	Doc Long's Secretary
Trish Gallaher Glenn	...	Joanne's Assistant
Ron Fassler	...	Mario
Enayat Delawary	...	Doc Long's Translator
Nancy Linehan Charles	...	Mrs. Long
Daston Kalili	...	Mujahideen Translator
Pavel Lychnikoff	...	Russian Helicopter Pilot #1 (as Pasha Lychnikoff)
Ilia Volokh	...	Russian Helicopter Pilot #2 (as Ilia Volok)
Alexander Lvovsky	...	Russian Helicopter Pilot #3
Sammy Sheik	...	Stinger Mujahideen #1
Moneer Yaqubi	...	Stinger Mujahideen #2
Gabriel Justice	...	Stinger Mujahideen #3
Siyal Mohammad	...	Stinger Presenter #1 (as Siyal Mohamad)
Quill Roberts	...	Stinger Presenter #2
Jim Jansen	...	Congressional Committee #1
Harry S. Murphy	...	Congressional Committee #2
Spencer Garrett	...	Congressional Committee #3
Kevin Cooney	...	Congressional Committee #4
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ambria Miscia	...	Vegas Showgirl (uncredited)
Tom Ohmer	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Ali Olomi	...	Injured Mujahadeen Soldier (uncredited)
Dan Rather	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rachel Style	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Nichols

Writing credits (WGA)
Aaron Sorkin		(screenplay)
George Crile		(book)

Produced by
Mary Bailey	....	associate producer
Celia D. Costas	....	executive producer (as Celia Costas)
Gary Goetzman	....	producer
Michael Haley	....	co-producer (as Mike Haley)
Tom Hanks	....	producer
Edward Hunt	....	associate producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Paul A. Levin	....	associate producer
Jeff Skoll	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Stephen Goldblatt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John Bloom
Antonia Van Drimmelen

Casting by
Ellen Lewis

Production Design by
Victor Kempster

Art Direction by
Maria-Teresa Barbasso
Brad Ricker
Alessandro Santucci
Marco Trentini		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Nancy Haigh
Alessandra Querzola

Costume Design by
Albert Wolsky

Makeup Department
Luisa Abel	....	makeup department head
Janice Alexander	....	hair department head
Simone Almekias-Siegl	....	makeup artist
Donna J. Anderson	....	hair stylist
Karen Asano-Myers	....	hair department head: additional photography
Vivian Baker	....	makeup artist: Mr. Hanks
Andy Clement	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Kim Collea	....	makeup artist
Jake Garber	....	makeup artist
Ruth Haney	....	key makeup artist
Joel Harlow	....	prosthetics artist
John Isaacs	....	hair stylist
Silvi Knight	....	makeup artist
Timothy A. Miguel	....	additional makeup artist
Emanuel Millar	....	hair stylist: Tom Hanks
Kenny Myers	....	age makeup: Tom Hanks
Douglas Noe	....	key makeup artist
Conor O'Sullivan	....	prosthetic supervisor
Susie O'Sullivan	....	prosthetics makeup (as Susan O'Sullivan)
Brian Penikas	....	special makeup effects artist: refugee casualty makeups
Rick Sharp	....	makeup artist
Kimberley Spiteri	....	key hair stylist
Robert Trenton	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Adam Brandy	....	additional makeup artist: reshoots (uncredited)
Marianna Elias	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Moncef Belam	....	production team
Gregg Edler	....	production supervisor
Nigel Marchant	....	unit production manager: Morocco
Cristen Carr Strubbe	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Noureddine Aberdine	....	first assistant director: second unit
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	second assistant director
Chris Corrado	....	dga trainee
Rosemary C. Cremona	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Eugene Davis	....	additional second assistant director: additional photography
Antoine Douaihy	....	second unit director
Basil Grillo	....	second assistant director
Mustapha Grumij	....	second assistant director
Michael Haley	....	first assistant director
Matthew Heffernan	....	second second assistant director
Stephen W. Moore	....	additional second assistant director: additional photography
Mohamed Nesrate	....	first assistant director
Mark Trapenberg	....	second second assistant director
Nathalie Vadim	....	assistant director

Art Department
Erik Aguirre	....	assistant construction buyer
François Audouy	....	concept illustrator
Paige Augustine	....	buyer
Ronald S. Baratie	....	greensman
Jeff Brown	....	greens coordinator
Tony Buccola	....	art department assistant
Raymard Camp	....	assistant property master
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Tony Chavez	....	gang boss
Gina B. Cranham	....	set designer
Randy Eriksen	....	assistant property master
Mathias Fain	....	set dresser
Kasra Farahani	....	conceptual illustrator
Andy Flores	....	standy by painter
Antonio Fraulo	....	property master
Luke Freeborn	....	assistant art director
Trish Gallaher Glenn	....	property master
Halina Gebarowicz	....	art director: Washington D.C.
Dale Gordon	....	propmaker foreman
Eric Hill	....	set dresser
Scott G. Jones	....	gang boss
Anthony Klaiman	....	set dresser
Scott Lukowski	....	concept illustrator
Claudio Magrini	....	foreman
Dana McCall	....	props assistant
Frank McEldowney	....	greensman
Sebastian Milito	....	construction coordinator
David M. Milstien	....	gang boss
Sebastiano Murer	....	assistant property master
Gloria Murphy	....	assistant property master
Jon Nicholson	....	on-set dresser
Nashon Petrushkin	....	set dresser
Sara Philpott	....	set dresser
Aziz Rafiq	....	assistant set decorator
Charlotte Raybourn	....	art department coordinator
Brieann Rich	....	construction medic
Nicholas Rich	....	construction medic
Alessandro Santucci	....	stand-by art director
Dixwell Stillman	....	general foreman
Toby Swinehart	....	paint gangboss
Antonio Tarolla	....	assistant art director
Toufig Tulsiram	....	consultant
Fernando Valento	....	construction manager
Kevan Weber	....	set dresser
Mark Weissenfluh	....	lead man
Bruce West	....	set designer
Cale Wilbanks	....	art department researcher
Robert H. Winn	....	paint foreman
Dean Wolcott	....	assistant art director
Tony Wright	....	construction buyer
Bryan McBrien	....	stand-by greens (uncredited)
Scott Owen	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Atkinson	....	sound maintenance
Christopher Atkinson	....	sound: second unit
Ron Bochar	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ron Bochar	....	supervising sound editor
David Corcoran	....	apprentice sound editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carl Fischer	....	boom operator
Heather Gross	....	foley editor
Petur Hliddal	....	sound mixer
Christian Joyce	....	sound mixer: second unit (as Chris Joyce)
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor
Peggy Names	....	sound utility
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Deborah Wallach	....	supervising adr editor
Allan Zaleski	....	sound effects editor
Nourdine Zaoui	....	boom operator
Nourdine Zaoui	....	sound
Alexa Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Wesley Barnard	....	special effects technician
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects foreman
Caimin Bourne	....	special effects technician
Ivan Drehspul	....	special effects technician
Magic J. Ellingson	....	special effects production assistant
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator
Brian Hillard	....	special effects makeup: Creative Character Engineering
Andy Williams	....	special effects coordinator: Morocco

Visual Effects by
Eric Bruno	....	lead compositor
Marla Carter	....	compositor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Jim Davidson	....	model maker: visual effects rigger
Kim Doyle	....	visual effects producer: Whodoo EFX
Richard Edlund	....	visual effects supervisor
Brad Heiner	....	key grip
Yoshiko Hirata	....	compositor
Darren Kiner	....	lighting technical director
Roger Kupelian	....	lead matte painter
Janice Lee	....	lead compositor
Michele Moen	....	concept illustrator (as Michelle Moen)
Nicole Montemayor	....	visual effects production assistant
Helena Packer	....	visual effects supervisor: WhoDoo EFX
Sarah Paul	....	visual effects producer: Whodoo EFX
Mitch Paulson	....	digital colorist assist
Liz Radley	....	video & computer graphics supervisor
Liz Ralston	....	visual effects producer
Leigh H. Rens	....	animator
Leigh H. Rens	....	digital artist
Michael Saz	....	lead compositor
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist: EFilm
Terry Shigemitsu	....	CG supervisor
Robert Skotak	....	visual effects supervisor: 4Ward Productions
Paul Taglianetti	....	visual effects producer: 4Ward productions
Sari Tiersky	....	assistant to Richard Edlund
Sarah Vinson	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Daniel Arrias	....	stunts
Joni Avery	....	stunt performer
Rick Avery	....	stunt coordinator
Jorge Casares	....	stunt coordinator
Eliza Coleman	....	stunts
Craig Davis	....	stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel	....	stunt performer
Rosine 'Ace' Hatem	....	stunt performer
Linda Jewell	....	stunt performer
Hannah Kozak	....	stunts
Theo Kypri	....	stunts
Nito Larioza	....	utility stunts
Philippe Losson	....	stunt performer
Brian Machleit	....	stunts
Anthony Martins	....	stunts
Ashton Moio	....	stunts
Joel Proust	....	horse master
Bridgett Riley	....	stunts
Misty Rosas	....	stunts
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunts
Cuco Usín	....	stunt performer
Joey Freitas	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Will Arnot	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Will Arnot	....	steadicam operator
Russell Ayer	....	lighting technician
Erik Bernstein	....	best boy electric
Erik L. Brown	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera and steadicam
Mike Cahoon	....	assistant camera
Colin J. Campbell	....	gaffer
Trevor Coop	....	camera operator
Trevor Coop	....	cinematographer: second unit
Steve Costello	....	gaffer
Ray De La Motte	....	camera operator: "a" camera
François Duhamel	....	still photographer
Guido Egger	....	grip
David Emmerichs	....	camera operator: "b" camera, additional photography
David Emmerichs	....	steadicam operator: additional photography
Patrick George	....	rigging electrician
Jerardo Gomez	....	rigging electrician
Sacha Jones	....	assistant camera
Curtis King	....	rigging electrician
Iain Mackay	....	second assistant camera: Morrocco
Graham Martyr	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Graham Martyr	....	focus puller
John Marzano	....	aerial director of photography
Starrs McBurney	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Niles McElroy	....	lighting technician
Mark Mele	....	chief rigging electrician
Luke Myslowski	....	grip: second unit
Peter Myslowski	....	key grip: second unit
Jon Newell	....	rigging electrician
Christopher Newman	....	first assistant camera: Flying Pictures Ltd
Travis Panarisi	....	rigging electrician
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator
Charles Saldana	....	key grip
John Savedra	....	set electrician
Sean Smith	....	lighting technician
Bruce D. Spellman	....	grip
Christopher Warren	....	assistant chief rigging electrician
James D. Wickman	....	dolly grip
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Jaime Heintz	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nicole Abellera	....	additional casting: Los Angeles
Kyle Burch	....	extras casting assistant
Natasha Cuba	....	additional casting
Natasha Delahunt	....	casting assistant
Elizabeth Dionne	....	casting manager
Morgan Donaho	....	casting assistant
Rich King	....	extras casting
Sarah Kliban	....	casting: San Francisco
John McAlary	....	casting assistant
Geoffrey Miclat	....	casting associate
Christina Mullin	....	casting assistant
Deedra Ricketts	....	specialty casting
Antje Scholz	....	casting director: Germany
Suzanne Smith	....	casting: UK
Terri Taylor	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anthony Almaraz	....	costumer
Sabrina Calley	....	costumer
Linda Henrikson	....	key costumer
Shannon Iarossi	....	costumer
Jayne Marie Kehoe	....	costumer: re-shoots
Bob Morgan	....	costume supervisor
Austin Myers	....	costumer
Shelli Nishino	....	costumer
Jennifer Nunez	....	costume production assistant
Steven Porch	....	costume ager/dyer: re-shoots
Kelly Porter	....	costumer
Cheri Reed	....	costumer
Dana Schondelmeyer	....	costumes
Fran Vega-Buck	....	costumer: Ms. Roberts
Maggie Walsh	....	key costumer
Michael Welch	....	set costumer
Robert Wojewodski	....	costume coordinator
Tricia Yoo	....	costumer: re-shoots
Essouci Zakia	....	key costumer: Morocco

Editorial Department
Sarah Dorman	....	post-production assistant
Eileen Godoy	....	digital intermediate producer
Joel Hirsch	....	assistant editor
Michael Pasqualone	....	apprentice film editor
Shelby Siegel	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Nancy Allen	....	assistant music editor
Deva Anderson	....	music supervisor
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Chris P. Bacon	....	technical score advisor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Eddie Delena	....	score recordist
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Dave Holden	....	technical score advisor
Chet Leonard	....	music playback
Chris Lord	....	score preparation
Greg Loskorn	....	scoring technician
David Marquette	....	scoring crew
Adam Michalak	....	score recordist
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Julia Newmann	....	scoring assistant
Suzana Peric	....	music editor
Delphine Robertson	....	music coordinator
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Pamela J. Sollie	....	score coordinator
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	score co-producer
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	technical score advisor

Transportation Department
Paulie DiCocco	....	driver: Tom Hanks
Joey Freitas	....	picture car coordinator: second unit
Joel Marrow	....	transportation coordinator
Jimmy Ray Pickens	....	driver
Hicham Regragui	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Rachel Aberly	....	publicist
Ted Alvarez	....	assistant location manager
Mohamed Atbir	....	assistant production coordinator
Laura Bagano	....	key craft service
Mary Bailey	....	script supervisor
Lori A. Balton	....	location scout
Hernando Bansuelo	....	production assistant
Ernest Belding	....	location scout
Michelle Brattson	....	production coordinator
Judith M. Brown	....	studio teacher
Josh Burns	....	assistant location manager
Elizabeth C. Camp	....	set production assistant
Jeffrey Caruso	....	assistant production coordinator
Houssna Choukri	....	production assistant
William Conacher	....	dialect coach
Enayat Delawary	....	dialogue coach
Enayat Delawary	....	technical advisor
Enayat Delawary	....	translator
Jim DeMarco	....	first assistant accountant
Priscilla Elliott	....	researcher
Federico Ferreri	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Patrick Fogarty	....	production assistant
Beau Foster	....	key production assistant
Beau Foster	....	production secretary: re-shoots
Jen Friel	....	stand-in
Kevin Funston	....