Charlie Wilson War Historical Review

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as toys, Charlie Wilson knew he had to lend a helping hand and bring attention to this in Washington.
Congressman Wilson was on one of the most powerful committees in Congress, the Appropriations Committee. When he returned to the United States he knew the only way to help were through covert operations. Wilson was able to convince the Appropriations Committee to double the budget to help fight off the soviets in Afghanistan.
Charlie was then introduced to Gust Avrakotos, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Gust Avrakotos was a CIA agent who was abrupt and didn’t hold back his hatred for the Soviets and communism. With the three involved; Charlie, Joanne and Gust, they were an inexorable team.
Charlie knew that that covert operation budget was not enough, and knew to fully defeat the soviets there would need to be much more money and resources committed. The Soviets were using more advance technology then the Afghan civilians and the Mujahedeen had; what the United ...

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film was not just film on a Hollywood set, but was film in Joanne Herring actual home and Morocco for the setting in Afghanistan; being able to utilize these settings allowed the audience to be more captivated in the movie and let them be able to picture the events as they took place. If these setting were not used I do not believe that the audience would have been able to see the historical implications that happen because of Congressman Wilson and his team.
When watching the film the dialects spoken were a resemblance of those of the actual people they were trying to portray. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Hoffman all study their parts very well and were able to portray each ...

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