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Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 comedy drama history film, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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- posts span Mar 20, 2022 to Nov 3, 2026
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60 of 114 · most liked firstAlso, I saw the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" and you, apparently, didn't But even without using a movie line, I use "guys" as a generic term
neutral · AI labelView post →PSH in Charlie Wilson's War is the highest ratio of incredible performance to terrible movie in the history of cinema.
neutral · AI labelView post →had a real life meme moment as I was staring off into space while drinking my coffee. Wife: "What'cha thinking about?" Me, truthfully: Tom Hanks's performance in the 2007 film Charlie Wilson's War
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War is the NCR Dad Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I finally watched Charlie Wilson's War, like it a lot for what it was, but I'm fascinated by why a movie about the stinger missile only mentioned it 3 times. It's the entire narrative focus and the fact that an American missile was shooting down helicopters is purposely obscured. Product of 2007
positive · AI labelView post →Seb Gorka's dissertation at least had the unintentional whimsey of "venn like diagrams" (which I guess are diagrams with circles), his infamous figure 9, and the bare citation of Charlie Wilson's War The Movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →> Nobody says “Won’t someone think of their kids?” when celebrating a mass shooter or a drug kingpin or a foreign dictator being deposed. I've heard it said unironically a few times about dictators we're allied with who have a sudden fall from grace. The Shah of Iran, the Batista Regime in Cuba, and the brief failed Jeanine Áñez coup in Bolivia all leap to mind. I'm sure we'll get some kind of "President Yoon was a cool dude with a family why is everyone in South Korea so mean to him?" Op-Ed…
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok now that I've seen multiple people post the Charlie Wilson's War clip I have an excuse to share that the "It means more" lady from the SEC beach commercials is in this movie and her one big line is "You can teach 'em to type but you can't teach 'em to grow tits."
neutral · AI labelView post →NYE Movie Suggestion: Charlie Wilson's War 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 Orcs have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects. youtu.be/G1mnSjjeC2o
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Charlie Wilson's War and it's got the most ludicrous cast (inc. some pre-getting Big): Tom Hanks Julia Roberts Emily Blunt Amy Adams John Slattery Philip Seymour Hoffman Not bad. Good film of the type that doesn't get made any more.
positive · AI labelView post →I just feel shame for what we have become. I worked Op Cyclone against Russia and was proud of our part in Afghanistan. The Movie is Charlie Wilson's War. Tom Hanks as the Senator. What have we become but our own enemy. Ukraine was assured of our help long ago! The SHAME is unbearable!
neutral · AI labelView post →now you've gotta do Charlie Wilson's War to continue the Bluesky lib movie clip canon
neutral · AI labelView post →"Charlie Wilson's War" is a good movie. There is an important scene at the end of the film.
positive · AI labelView post →This is basically where the book Charlie Wilson's War ends up, with Wilson explaining that US imperialism would always have rebound affects eventually. That movie really did him a disservice
negative · AI labelView post →Tryna figure out why Letterboxd rated Charlie Wilson's War so badly. Is it because of the underlying assumption that "communism bad"? I mean, your alternate in this movie was islamists, so you'd think the leftists would be happy either way.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Dunkirk The Founder Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Charlie Wilson's War
neutral · AI labelView post →If Charlie Wilson's War had ended with a shot of 9/11 like it was originally supposed to, it would have been a generational film. Look at this gold!
positive · AI labelView post →Senator Charlie Wilson in Charlie Wilson's War. Tom made him look good and much nicer than he really was. Tom will never know how much that movie meant to me. Without it there would be no record of my work there. Covert Ops. He is simply the best of us. A Vets best friend and model American!
positive · AI labelView post →There will be a 'Charlie Wilson's War' style movie in about thirty years time!
neutral · AI labelView post →This has been engineered by the religious freaks to insure that Armageddon outcome for decades. Just go back and watch that old movie Charlie Wilson's War. I seem to remember Julia Roberts stated this exact thing in the dinner scene. And THAT was just when the scenario made it to Hollywood !
neutral · AI labelView post →This has been my entire life as an American. I recommend a movie called "Charlie Wilson's War." Someday, we'll be paid back for what's happened.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a short line of many beauts recounted in the film Charlie Wilson's War: "We fucked up the end game." That was about the war in Afghanistan in the 80s, but in the decades of learning and improvement since, it's now reached the pinnacle of: "We're so fucking shit, we fucked up the opening."
neutral · AI labelView post →my favorite Hanks films are some mixture of A League of Their Own, Charlie Wilson's War, Volunteers, The Burbs, Bachelor Party, and That Thing You Do, and funny dirtbag Hanks is pretty much platonic ideal of a movie character.
positive · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War He's not the MC, but it's a great film and he's fun in it
positive · AI labelView post →Which Charlie's Angel do you identify with? (Please don't say *checks notes* Jailbait) ICYMI: @oriananudo.bsky.social joined us to break down Amy's work in Mike Nichols' final film Charlie Wilson's War. Listen here 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War is a great movie, and I think every single American who has not seen it should watch it ASAP. Also RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman, what a loss to the acting world
positive · AI labelView post →Excellent account of America's wars on terrorism from the 1980s to present--by the guy depicted in the 2007 film, "Charlie Wilson's War" as the multiple chess game-playing CIA weapons expert (the chess part is fiction; but Vickers did play a key role in most of the most important U.S. CT efforts).
neutral · AI labelView post →Philip Seymour Hoffman vs... The movie: Charlie Wilson's War The opponent: John Slattery The scene: "...and I'm never ever sick at sea." www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWot...
neutral · AI labelView post →'Charlie Wilson's War' is a massively underrated film that should be required viewing for ALL Americans.
positive · AI labelView post →Next up for our This Means War series is a movie about a real fake Cold War hot war...got it? If not, you should go and watch Charlie Wilson's War along with us and give us your report. lnk.bio/neverseenit?...
neutral · AI labelView post →A great movie along same lines is 'Charlie Wilson's War', true events about US Rep. Wilson (R) who convinced Congress to give Afghans helicopters to defeat Russians; afterwards advocated for economic assistance, but was laughed off (no profit), then Taliban filled gap. Moral & Cheaper to help.
positive · AI labelView post →If anyone in the Trump Admin. had a brain in their head, they'd watch the film, "Charlie Wilson's War" to learn how abandoning Afghanistan played out, after we helped rout the Soviets. It provided the Taliban with the foothold they needed to dominate the population. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War (2007): I was talking to a friend about how racist this movie is and they just sent me this screenshot in response
negative · AI labelView post →Ever seen Charlie Wilson's War? Best movie I've ever seen on the subject. The last scene was so potent, minor spoiler: when Tom Hanks' character is fighting for reparations money, and nobody gives a shit about building schools in Pakistan. He just sighs and facepalms, and says, 'it's *Afghanistan*. We're talking about *Afghanistan*.' Really illuminates how we got to where we are right now.
positive · AI labelView post →I think I liked the #movie Charlie Wilson's War (I know I love Philip Seymour Hoffman and tolerate Tom Hanks), and it's free on #YouTube, possibly for only a few days, so 🤷♀️ That's been happening, where movies are up for less than a week. youtu.be/Lvdwsy09kws?... Get it while you can! #FilmSky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Found another movie that's really hard to find and not streamable many places Charlie Wilson's War (2007) Comedy Drama about the CIA funding the Afghan resistance against the Soviets in the 1980s (directly leading to the birth of the modern Taliban) I sense a pattern
neutral · AI labelView post →I wonder if there's a scene in Stephen Miller's War similar to to one in the movie Charlie Wilson's War where they talk about taking the star of david off the crates of weapons?
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn interesting, but sad, thread. Brought to mind the end of the movie Charlie Wilson's War. The Congressman was able to send Stingers to the Afghans to drive out the Soviets, but couldn't get funding for reconstruction. Another stupidly missed opportunity.
neutral · AI labelView post →lol it's definitely not a comic movie. Hot Rod, Charlie Wilson's War, Airheads, Pulp Fiction and Stop Making Sense (a bit of a cheat because it's a concert doc, but it influenced me a lot when I was shooting music stuff)
neutral · AI labelView post →The film Charlie Wilson's War sticks with me. After flowing millions of $ worth of weapons into Afghanistan to fight off Soviet invasion, Congress refused to pay to rebuild schools. Children had been orphaned by conflict and we didn't seem to wonder how they're gonna feel when they grow up.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm minded to think of Charlie Wilson's War - the book is long and incredibly detailed with lots of history, the film is the truncated key moments for your viewing pleasure, and if the visual medium brings more people to the source material then that can only be a good thing
positive · AI labelView post →Don't mind me, I'm over here watching the broken window scene from CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR. Again. I don't particularly care for the movie as a whole, but I love this scene: youtu.be/sQ_4m2ocxhI?...
negative · AI labelView post →In 10-20 years, I bet we'll have a Charlie Wilson's War-style movie about people that used all the vanity and stupidity in the Trump White House to get funding for their very specific projects.
neutral · AI labelView post →I probably shouldn't say this as someone with a doctorate in US-Russia relations, but 'Charlie Wilson's War'. (It wasn't fully accurate, but man it was a fun movie)
positive · AI labelView post →Posting this clip from 'Charlie Wilson's War, because a. Watching Philip Seymour Hoffman be awesome is never a bad idea and b. It's very relevant to what's wrong with Trump/MAGA view of the world: youtu.be/sQ_4m2ocxhI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War, got it. Saw the movie but a long time ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dan Rather might not be well known to folks outside the US. He was/is an American national treasure broadcast news guy. I know him from a personal favourite film called Charlie Wilson's War, when Tom Hanks in a 1980s hot tub with naked ladies says, "What's Dan Rather doing in Afghanistan?"
neutral · AI labelView post →What gets me is there's a WHOLE OTHER if not film at least B-plot in a second film to explore there that ends up being something like Casablanca meets Charlie Wilson's War, but because it only has a few scenes to establish EVERYTHING it gets clunky because it can't afford the time to be subtle!
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War, right? Lovely film.
positive · AI labelView post →Just about a good a time as any to rewatch Charlie Wilson's War www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ_4...
positive · AI labelView post →I find myself repeating the story of the Zen Master from the movie Charlie Wilson's War. It helps to remind myself that I'm not God...and we'll get through this.
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you see the movie Charlie Wilson's War? The dishonest tool used by a clique in the CIA to go after Charlie was prosecutor Rudy Giuliani.
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War is a pretty great movie about that, starring Tom Hanks, directed by Mike Nichols and written by Aaron Sorkin, although it's more of a political satire and plays it fast and loose with the historical details.
positive · AI labelView post →I hate to agree with you but you're right. It's a great fucking movie though. It's like how Charlie Wilson's War is straight-up imperialism propaganda. It's such an entertaining movie but really terrible politics.
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War is a movie, made by a studio, that basically ends on this note. Why? We abandoned allies, and they never forgave us.
neutral · AI labelView post →Christ, why haven't people said out loud that Charlie Wilson's War is such a great movie? Is it because it peaks in the first 20 minutes? So far, it's Tom Hanks playing against type, the great Philip Seymour Hoffman giving an acting master class, and Emily Blunt with a short part, looking gorgeous.
positive · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War (2007) 1hr 41m [15] [Streaming Again] A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets. #NowStreaming #Netflix #NetflixUK
neutral · AI labelView post →10:35 PM - Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night Featured in the 2007 movie "Charlie Wilson's War"
neutral · AI labelView post →Charlie Wilson's War is fantastic writing. Hanks is Hanks and PSH steals the film.
positive · AI labelView post →Fair warning, this has none of the whimsey of Gorka's thesis. No "Venn-like diagrams." No citing Charlie Wilson's War The Movie...
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