When former East Texas congressman Charlie Wilson approached Carol Shannon about performing a belly dance for Field Marshal Mohammed Abu Ghazala, the defense minister of Egypt, she had no idea of the ...

George Crile, Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003). Buy a copy. Although dated, this book remains worth reading.

Hell of a thing, getting Mike Nichols to adapt the yer-kiddin’-me story of Charlie Wilson, the congressman from Lufkin, Texas, who damn near single-handedly helped the Afghans kick out the Russians in ...

If you’re wondering where to watch Charlie Wilson’s War online, then you have come to the right place, as we have all the streaming details. Mike Nichols has directed the film. It chronicles ...

The Tom Hanks-Mike Nichols collaboration, "Charlie Wilson's War," is a witty, literate, wryly sophisticated parable of American politics: just the kind of movie that Hollywood, in its search for the ...

Tom Hanks and war-based projects go together like bread and butter. From the iconic Saving Private Ryan to the jaw-dropping HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (both also from the mind of Steven Spielberg ...