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Title The true story of Charlie Wilson / produced by Wild Eyes Productions for The History Channel ; producers, Ryan Spyker, Aaron Bowdem ; director, David Keane.

Publication Info. [New York] : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2008]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD 92 WILSON, CHA    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  DVD 958.104 TRU    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo., subatomic digital.
Note Title from container.
Performer Narrator, Bill Lloyd.
Event Originally broadcast on the History Channel in 2007.
Audience Not rated.
Summary No one suspected that playboy Congressman Charlie Wilson and his partner Gust Avrakotos, an agressive CIA agent, would mastermind the covert arming of the Afghan Mujahideen. Together they engineered what became one of the largest and most successful campaigns in CIA history. Profiles the unorthodox alliance, and chronicles the epic journey the two men undertook to guarantee the success of their "freedom fighters." Reveals the full story behind the Hollywood blockbuster Charlie Wilson's war.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Wilson, Charles, 1933-2010.
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
War television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs.
Added Author Spyker, Ryan. Production personnel.
Bowdem, Aaron. Production personnel.
Keane, David. Director.
Lloyd, Bill. Narrator.
Wild Eyes Productions.
History Channel (Television network)
Arts and Entertainment Network.
New Video Group.
ISBN 1422907317
9781422907313
Standard No. 733961108804
00733961108804
Music No. AAAE108800 A&E Television Networks
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