2007.It's surprising how I never heard of this film. Tam Hanks plays Texas senator Charlie Wilson who loves a good life until he meets a friend Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) who gets him to take some interest in the Afghan situation where the Russians were taking control. Charlie goes to Pakistan and Afghanistan to humour her but ends up being fully committed to the cause. Together with his new found associate Gust Avrakotos (Phillips Hoffman)who is an expert on the Afghan war, he manages to raise US intervention in Afghanistan from 5 million to billions of dollars in running the covert war named Operation Cyclone which finally drove the Russians back.
Incredibly, its a true story. Wonderful viewing.
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