Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical-drama film. The film was directed by Mike Nichols and written by Aaron Sorkin, who adapted George Crile III's 2003 book "Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History". Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman starred, with Amy Adams, Ned Beatty, and Emily Blunt in supporting roles.