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Article: Charlie Wilson's War.(Movie review)

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Charlie Wilson's War

Produced by Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks; directed by Mike Nichols; screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, based on the book by George Crile; cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt; production design by Victor Kempster; costumes by Albert Wolsky; edited by John Bloom and Antonia Van Drimmelen; original music by James Newton Howard; starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Ned Beatty. Color, 97 mins. A Universal Studios release.

"You'll definitely want to stand up and cheer," reads a blurb line from a monthly magazine reviewer quoted in Universal Studios' full-page Sunday newspaper ad for Charlie Wilson's War. ...

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