Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War"
the story of how Ronald Reagan and the neocons created Osama bin Laden.
http://www.slashfilm.com/article.php/20060111233721177Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks. Ten years ago, it would be a perfect match for a romantic comedy. Well, now it’s time for films with an agenda. Two of the most bankable Hollywood stars may star together in a CIA drama, Charlie Wilson's War. Mike Nichols is in discussion to direct.
The script by Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing. is based on a book by a former 60 Minutes producer George Crile. It centers on the CIA's covert operation in Afghanistan to arm the mujahideen during the 1980s, when they were fighting against the Soviet Union. Many of the men armed by the CIA went on to become the Taliban's enforcers and Osama bin Laden's protectors.
The covert ops were engineered by Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), a charismatic, wheeler-dealer, liberal Texas congressman. Julia Roberts is in talks to play Joanne Herring, a beautiful Texas socialite who influenced Wilson to support the mujahideen cause.
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