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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2007
Page
7
Film review notes Tom Hanks as Rep. Charlie Wilson in a sharp Mike Nichols satire. Julia Roberts as Joanne Herring, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gust Avrakotos drive a Cold War back-channel story about arming Afghan fighters to counter the Soviets.
Tom Hanks stars as Charlie Wilson in a political drama about CIA funding of the Afghan resistance. Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman co star with Amy Adams Ned Beatty and Om Puri in a story praised for Hanks’s performance and its brisk, pointed tone. The piece notes secret funding rising from 5 million to 1 billion annually and mentions local theater listings at Galaxy 16 Cine Wynnsong 12 Cedar Rapids Coral Ridge 10 Coralville and Sycamore 12 Iowa City.
Tracy Phillips, daughter of Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips, plays the belly dancer Carol Shannon in Charlie Wilson's War. The Fort Worth Venus of the film helps connect the tale of Texan congressman Charlie Wilson and the Afghan mujahedeen to Texas roots amid a star-studded production led by Mike Nichols and featuring Tom Hanks.
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