2007 Movies : Adaptation

With Tom Hanks • Julia Roberts • Amy Adams • John Orloff • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Shiri Appleby • Mayte Garcia • Aaron Sorkin • George Crile • Celia Costas • Mike Nichols • Gary Goetzman

Based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union. With the help of rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, training and a team of military experts that turned the ill-equipped Afghan freedom-fighters into a force that brought the Red Army to a stalemate. However, the result also empowered the Taliban and terrorists including Osama bin Laden.