Charlie Wilsons War Movie Analysis

The film The War Room is a documentary about Bill Clinton that has very little to do with Bill Clinton himself. The primary focus of the film is devoted to the team of campaign strategists that got Clinton to the presidency. The two main players the film focuses on are James Carville--the Lead Strategist for the Clinton campaign and George Stephanopoulos the Communications Director. The film follows them and their team of campaign strategists and experts as they try to get Arkansas Governor, Bill Clinton, to the presidency. The documentary highlights many key moments in Clinton’s campaign, for example the Gennifer Flowers scandal. However, the film showcases what was happening behind closed doors in the War Room, where Clinton’s

1776 is a film about the path to American independence. Specifically the actions and conversations that the continental congress took part in. John Adams is the first character that is introduced in the movie. He has proposed the Idea of American independence before the congress 23 times and has been rejected every time because Adams is perceived as obnoxious and disliked within the congress. Adams goes to Benjamin Franklin for help getting congress to listen to him and Franklin suggests that they get Richard Henry Lee to propose Independence instead of Adams, because the congressmen like Lee more than Adams. Richard Lee then proceeds to go to his home colony of Virginia to get approval for the resolution. Lee comes back to Philadelphia

Paul Burka, a journalist who also happened to be a friend of Wilson's, published an article in Texas Monthly in February 2010, shortly after Wilson's death. The following passages about Wilson are succinct and entertaining at the same time: "He was one of the last of his era to practice one-on-one personal politics on a grand scale, LBJ-style. His career was a testament to the preservative powers of a lifetime of whiskey, women, and God knows what else" (Burka, 2010, p. 3). That may sound a bit exaggerated, but it is not far from accurate given all the information available that backs up Burka's assertions.

In the movie, congressional leadership powers are what helps fund the causes. Charlie Wilson is a congressman, a Texas representative who helps fund Afghanistan, for the Cold War. He does that by using his seat on the defense appropriations subcommittee to assure 5 million to 1 billion dollars to the Mujahedeen-Afghan rebels. He used his seat, through secret deals, to be able to get the funds needed for the Afghans.

The movie Charlie Wilson’s War sets an example of what the role of a congress member is about. In the 1980s, Charlie Wilson was a United States congressional representative from Texas and was a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committee. Although, he has the responsibility for representing and law making his people, Charlie was a heavy alcohol drinker, womanizer, and always throwing huge galas. Charlie considers himself a liberal, but a romantic interest as well as his strongest and major conservative supporter, Houston Socialite Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the suffering Afghan people and going through, but also help defeat the Soviet Union. She encourages him to do more in helping the Afghan people,

A cult, a term widely utilized within popular culture and American society to describe contemporary, arguably, religious groups has garnered an extremely negative stigma. These media portrayed, ‘dangerous’ groups have over time been accumulating and growing amongst other religions. It is definite that though, historically, these ‘cults’ have been victims of marginalization, invalidation of their beliefs and media/government harassment, many of these organizations are minimally nothing of the demonized ameliorated image, that is enveloped by American society. Hence, from this point forward, within the ‘briefing piece’, it is only with a deep understanding/a religious study interpretation to acknowledge these groups as ‘new religious movements’ (NRMs). As a standoff between the FBI and the religious organization is inevitable, considering illegal acts may be occurring within the NRM, it is with a better approach to look at the film ‘Waco-Rules of Engagement”, directed by Amy Sommer, to avoid any unlawful procedures that could possible occur with the group. Additionally, by gaining insight with the help of Catherine L. Wessinger’s article, “How the Millennium Comes Violent” the agency could better handle the situation and avoid the effects of acting too hostile against the organization.

Charlie Wilson’s War is a film based on the true story of the United States congressional representative from Texas, Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks). Though Charlie’s job may not initially insinuate that he carries mass amounts of power in the United States Government, Charlie was a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. Despite Charlie being a philanderer and a user of illicit drugs, he finds himself intrigued by Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts). Joanne informs Charlie of the horrid Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the suffrage that comes with it. After linking up with CIA agent, Gustav “Gust” Avarkotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Charlie is able to help Afghanistan mujahideen people defeat the Soviet intruders . However, after the rubble from the war against the Soviets

Charlie Wilson’s War is an exciting behind the scenes look of the United States covert activities during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Charlie Wilson, played by Tom Hanks, grieved that America did the noble thing in Afghanistan, but unfortunately messed up the endgame. This is a classic historic reenactment of how Charlie Wilson, a Washington insider and congressman from Texas, used CIA resources and government assets. He had a big attitude and illusive tactics. His actions helped fund the Mujahedeen to fight the Soviets in the 1980’s. The main political points demonstrated in this film were the large government oversight, corrupt politicians, and greed associated with power. These themes carry on and evolve throughout, as Charlie Wilson gets the CIA, with the help of Gust Avakotos, on board in the funding. They worked together to move more resources that were secretly bought from the Israelis and given to the Afghans to fight the Soviets. Charlie Wilson is a greedy alcoholic politician in the film, who thinks he is helping the Afghans by giving them weapons to fight their enemies instead of food, healthcare, and infrastructure development. His long-shared hate for Communism fueled his actions with the foreign affairs. He is naive when he goes along with his friend Joanne Herring’s friend, President of Pakistan, Zia. Zia took over the country of Pakistan in a military coupe replacing his predecessor with a trial and execution. Zia, like the Mujahedeen, used Charlie Wilson to get funding from the U.S. to fight their war. Another key factor of the political greed and corruption is the importance of oil as pointed out by Joanne Herring, who coincidentally gained her fortune from an oil and gas company in Houston, Texas. The Texas congressman Charlie Wilson, secretly heightened funding from $5 million to $1 billion to run out the Red Army from Afghanistan, a trigger to the collapse of the USSR.

Charlie Wilson was a great knowledgeable congressman, who saw the struggles that were caused by the Soviet Union. He was interested in the Afghan-Soviet Union war, where Soviet jets and helicopters were gunning down many children and women. He visits Afghanistan and meets with the President, where they explain the dilemma and needed money for high-equipped guns to take down the Soviet planes. After witnessing masses of people living in camps without any aid, he decides to help the country that was being attacked by the USA’s rival the Soviet Union. His budget of 5 million dollars was doubled to 10 for the needed supplies but it still wasn’t enough. He also visits the CIA chief in Pakistan and offers him any assistance they need, such as cash

Charlie Wilson’s War is about a Congressmanin Texas named Charlie Wilson and Gus Avrakotos who is then a CIA operative. Operational Cyclone is one most expensive covert CIA operations undertaken. Operational Cyclone is a code name of CIA program to arn and support financially the Afhganistan against the Russia.

First, I would like to mention how a veteran who is now a pacifist, Benjamin Peters, has also impacted me. Awhile back I came across a video series that Mennonite Central Committee has on YouTube of him speaking at the youth convention in Kansas City. I was curious to see how soldiers dealt with their faith and these videos helpful for me to start to understand through one person’s journey of reconciling with what it meant to be a Christian in the military. Ben’s story was a great resource that helped me understand Ken’s experience, so I’ve referenced him a few times.

The Guns of August, written by Barbra W. Tuchman in 1962, is a novel that meticulously depicts the beginnings of the First World War. After negotiations with her publisher, Tuchman states that the purpose of this novel is to tell the story of “the wars first month, which contained all the roots, including the Goeben and the battle of Mons”(xix). The novel is broken up into three main sections: Plans, Outbreak, and Battle.

In Charlie Wilson’s War directed by Mike Nichols and Tom Hanks, Charles Wilson, a wealthy Congressman living in luxury, is sent to refugee camps to discover the harsh realities of war and hopefully help aid his country. This movie takes place in the 1980’s and follows the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. Charlie Wilson must do everything in his power to aid his dying country before the Soviet Union takes over.

In life there are no ordinary moments and everything happens for a reason. The movies “Click” and “The Peaceful Warrior” portray these messages. Both of these movies show how every moment in life is important. Living in the moment and knowing that all things happen for a reason can improve one’s life and let them enjoy every second of it. “The Peaceful Warrior” shows viewers that they should focus more on the present and not as much on the future. The movie shows this by giving the main character a mentor that helps him realize that every moment is important, even through the hardships he has to face. In the other movie “Click” Adam Sandler, the main character, tries to skip through the irritating or uneventful moments in life. The

The movie Once Were Warriors was released in New Zealand in 1994. The film focuses on an urban family of Maori descent, the Hekes. Within the family there is a lot of poverty and domestic violence, primarily from the father, Jake. The family also includes the mom (Beth), oldest son (Nig), teenage son (Mark aka Boogie), 13 year old daughter (Gracie), and a very young son and daughter. Although any family member would make for an interesting case study, I choose to focus on the mom, Beth.