Hanks off to War

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by: Mike Sampson Jul. 21, 2005

After he wraps filming on THE DA VINCI CODE with Ron Howard, Tom Hanks will next star in an adaptation of the George Crile book CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR. The script was written by Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing") and will be produced by Hanks for Universal. What strikes me as odd about all this is why they'd choose to make a movie glorifying the life of Mr. Wilson, a former congressman and current lobbyist. I'm no political expert but wasn't this the guy who was busted with strippers and cocaine in a Vegas hot tub? And while his dealings of arms to Afghanis and Pakistanis helped stymie the Cold War, didn't it also facilitate the rise of Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda indirectly leading to 9/11 and other terrorist attacks? Is this really a guy we want to glorify as a hero? Perhaps I don't have the entire story here but it seems as if it's not as cut and dry as it would appear. Hanks is currently working on DA VINCI and has a number of films in the works as producer including the CGI-animated film THE ANT BULLY and the Imax film MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION tihs September. Anyone more knowledgable on the Charlie Wilson story should feel free to e-mail me - I'd like to try and know more about it...

Source: Variety

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Wordslinger
10:06AM on 07/25/2005 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I heard that the book was pretty good, but the information in it was a bit below credible. I also can't picture Tom Hanks in it for some reason. Doesn't seem like a very good idea to me.
I heard that the book was pretty good, but the information in it was a bit below credible. I also can't picture Tom Hanks in it for some reason. Doesn't seem like a very good idea to me.