Charlie Wilson's War (6/9) Movie CLIP - The Nerdy Kid in the White Shirt (2007) HD

[@ZZ-os4nb]

For those who don't know, the real life Mike Vickers was a total badass. He scored the highest score possible on the Army intelligence test before joining the Army Special Forces. Despite his unassuming appearance (you can't find many pictures of Mike from back then but the ones I've seen show they portrayed his stature pretty accurately in the movie) he was considered one of the foremost experts in hand to hand combat. In addition to joining the special forces he also successfully passed Ranger school and cross trained with the SEALS and SAS. Mike was reportedly obsessed with Soviet weapons and tactics which is the main reason Gust came to him for Operation Cyclone. Post Cold War he gained his Ph.D in International Relations and went on to serve in both the defense and intelligence departments under two presidents. At one point during Barack Obama's administration he was the highest level civilian intelligence offical.

[@anothernpc4943]

@Jason M Nevertheless the guy was a beast

[@jacoblape]

thank you for your research

[@In-house444]

Where is he now?

[@billyd8401]

Great explanation. Sometimes badasses aren't what they appear

[@lizd2943]

And he basically designed the entire strategy for the Afghans to win. Too bad no one thought about what would come after.

[@shaniwheeler530]

"Now what the fuck, he said he was sorry!" That part always gets me, lol. RIP PSH!!

[@brandondaniels9471]

Avrakotos/Hoffman was a millennial long before millennials even existed! :-D

[@blaydeesy2005]

Seven years after your comment I’m still watching it over and over and still laughing lol

[@HaimTabibi]

As a former officer in the Seabees /CEC, I am never surprised as the jealously of other branches.

[@blaydeesy2005]

@@HaimTabibi jealous of the Navy? 😂😂😂😂😂. I have great friends who are retired Navy, but I damn sure ain’t jealous lol. I was able to tour the USNS Comfort in Rota, Spain, and it was awesome, but I rather enjoyed getting back in my rental car and driving back to my hotel in Sevilla. I was able to tour a destroyer I think in Virginia Beach and an Aircraft Carrier. Coolest things I’ve ever seen, but never wanted to spend six months on them. I will admit I entertained joining the Navy after watching Top Gun LOL.

[@DrownedInExile]

@@StephenKershaw1 /Eyeroll

[@luciusvorenus9445]

I think a entire movie of Philip Seymour Hoffman portraying Gust would have been really entertaining. Rest in Peace, Mr. Hoffman.

[@JosephMulvihill]

Hoffman stole the show

[@christiangasior4244]

Yup he is totally dominating even Tom Hanks here.

[@tengille]

Hoffman was up there with Daniel Day Lewis (my #1) in acting ability. Hanks is a solid actor, and a very likeable person, but he's very similar in every role, even films like Forest Gump, but that's also because he takes relatively "safe" roles. That's fine. Tom Cruise is the same guy in every film, and people love his films as well. But Hoffman could be the most evil villain in Mission: Impossible 3. Do an amazing Truman Capote. Be Gust Avrakotos in Charlie Wilson's War. Be Art Howe in Moneyball. Or a whiny news guy in Red Dragon ... and its all completely believable, and well done

[@johntringali3217]

RIP Hoffman, great role.

[@JDLamps1]

Without him the movie would be. I bet more of us remember him than remember Hanks.

[@mattfield914]

Eh no

[@1TEDSong]

Eh, yeah! He dominated every scene with Hanks' in it. Not to say Hanks is a hack...it is what it is.

[@JDLamps1]

"Have you ever the story of the Zen Master..."

[@jimrockfish1875]

Could watch him all day in this role

[@r6854]

'Need you now, Mike' perfect line that sets up the relationships.

[@dougcolafella9384]

My dad went to high school with Gust Avrokotos in Aliquippa, Pa. The CIA scooped him up when they finally realized that the best agents might be sons of immigrants, vs. just Ivy Leaguers.

[@samanthab1923]

Did they recruit him out of HS?

[@panosant3960]

Was a greek, from limnos island if I remember well

[@richburns9846]

He says that in the movie...b4 he breaks the window...lol

[@Brandknob]

Aaron Sorkin's writing is nothing short of masterful. This is an incredible scene.

[@peteguard3571]

What is crazy about the movie is that the real story is even wilder. They toned it down because they thought it would be a Hollywood exageration

[@MrYallack]

think the chess guy is flat, psh is too strong overall

[@King_Koolkaine]

@@MrYallack By design so that he comes off as unassuming. A 30 year old CIA weapons expert, with over a decade of experience in Special Operations. I’d say he played the character masterfully as well.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

@@peteguard3571 indeed. On the one hand I can't blame them, on the other hand after reading the book - assuming what's in there is true, although it might not all be - the movie was kind of a letdown.

[@Ratboy2004]

Incredible movie!

[@LPJack02]

RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 - February 2, 2014), aged 46 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@dannicholls1507]

Hoffman was at another level, in my view. He had this innate ability to capture the camera.

[@kurtwpg]

No slight to the guys who just play themselves every movie. It can be very entertaining if they have an interesting persona. But Hoffman was the most extreme opposite of that. Pretty much every character he ever played was nothing like any of the rest.

[@klat2baraada579]

Speaking of one retired military man insulting another, the following is my favorite exchange of all time. I overhead it from two students in a class I was teaching, one retired Navy, one retired Marine; it was all good natured: Navy Guy: "You're just jealous because you Marines need us Navy guys to give you a ride everywhere you go." Marine Guy: "And you're just jealous because the Marine Corp is the men's department of the Navy" Marine guy didn't so much as skip a heartbeat in saying it and I laughed my ### off.

[@toddgaak422]

"I like all you Navy boys. Everytime we gotta go someplace and fight, you guys always give us a ride."

[@TheGodfather-bm3ow]

​@@toddgaak422 That was the quote from a few good men I was gonna drop as well. It was keifer Sutherlands character that said that to Tom Cruise. Another sorkin film.

[@sclogse1]

But the Air Force still has the best chow...

[@nonenowherebye]

I was a contractor in Iraq back in '06. We were on a minibus after arriving at Balad on a fixed wing, heading towards the terminal. KBR contractor lady stands up at the front of bus, she and I are the only civilians there. The exchange goes a bit like this: KBR Contractor: "So, I've got to task, were there any Air Force on this flight?" beat Army LT in the back "Uh, no ma'am, no Air Force. This was a military flight."

[@dre32pitt]

@@sclogse1 My pops saw this when he was deployed with them (he was 2nd ID US Army).. He advised me to join the AF, lol.. it was a good move.. Army didnt have the same level of technical jobs (aka jobs you can do on the outside) as the Air Force.. But like most people who go to college (I consider a 4 year stint in the military 'Trade School') I ended up getting into a career field that had nothing to do with what I was trained for lol... (Radio/Radar tech ---> IT)

[@JebHoge]

Hanks' look of disbelief and shock when PSH says "he's a Green Beret" is hilarious and it's absolutely missed because of everything else amazing going on in this scene.

[@Licensed_To_Chill]

I also like the look on his face as Vickers is describing what he recommended the U.S. provide to the Afghans; Wilson is finally like "ok, now I get why this guy is the expert" lol

[@iandhr1]

"As a former naval officer I should have known better" "As a former navel officer I would have been surprised if you had" LMAO

[@Hal09i]

I know...great line and great follow up by PSH...

[@nicolasrage666]

I am not even a military man but this line had me dying! The WIT in this line was gold.

[@thegreenbaron6439]

I was the only one who laughed in the room, had to explain to everyone else why that was funny

[@bravo1224]

I get that it’s funny b/c he’s ribbing on the Navy since he was army special forces but is the joke deeper than that?

[@nar51]

Those who got it, got it. Those who didn't, didn't. Those who did can't reveal to those who didn't.

[@hopewiIIrise]

1:31 The way Hoffman says "what the fuck" is just so funny.

[@brandondaniels9471]

Avrakotos/Hoffman was a millennial long before millennials even existed! :-D

[@JohnnyCatFitz]

G-d, he steals every scene he's in. RIP PSH. I miss you

[@kingchungus]

Why are you afraid of saying God?

[@tumblewheed5994]

S.H. was simply a brilliant actor.....haunted but brilliant. RIP

[@masscomnet]

Not haunted. Just chose poorly.

[@joez.2794]

"As a former naval officer I'd have been surprised if you had." Every time 🤣🤣🤣

[@josephmulvihill4934]

I like how Gust puts the empty sugar packets into his pocket. Leave no trace.

[@trebot9292266]

He aint no slob, no season to litter.

[@MacNCheese68]

He also ate the corner of the packets he tore off with his teeth

[@seanriopel3132]

I hate people who litter!

[@scottsummers6357]

Dude is an effing warrior!

[@seanriopel3132]

I wonder if that was a real life habit from being an active heorin user in real life patrolling his "brass" so to speak i.e. baggies, syringes, etc... Or he just wasn't a POS litterbug like a bunch of people are.

[@Nebuchadnezzar18]

I was a linguist for the Marines in Iraq. I met that guy in Iraq! The cia weapons expert. Not the movie actor, but the real guy lol

[@rogueldr642smiythe9]

You beat him in chess?

[@AMJLBCA773]

in real life he was not in the cia but did go on to work in government. However, he totally doesn't own a cactus pear farm. A cactus pear is not a latino.

[@沈啍]

@@AMJLBCA773Didn’t they imply none of the CIA guys actually worked for the CIA on paper? Like Gust’s job title was that he works for the department of agriculture.

[@AMJLBCA773]

@@沈啍 I don't recall that, but pharm is different than a desk job at the cia. Supposedly - the person Vickers is went to pentagon stuff, not super covert. I read that a while back but not 100% sure, just mostly.

[@orvillemeadows3492]

Why isn’t this guy playing Karpov ( he was then world chess champion)

[@chrisweidner4768]

Brilliance. The tragedy is that we have so little of Mr. Hoffman for the rest of our lives.

[@KB4QAA]

His choice.

[@raymond3803]

@@KB4QAA Not necessarily

[@thomasp.crenshaw185]

Breaks my heart. PSH was a master of acting. When he died, it was so hard to watch films with him in them. I used to watch the big Lebowski weekly, after he died I didn't watch it for about a year. Every role he did, he gave something that most actors couldn't - it was some special ability where he owned the role and you just knew that no one could ever do it better, past present or future.

[@accountnamewithheld]

@@raymond3803 When you rail so much heroin that you die, yeah, that's your choice. Can't stand the actor.

[@raymond3803]

@@accountnamewithheld I can't imagine what it must be like not be able to recognize talent. Just how lonely are you?

[@AJ-gk2wh]

"guy on the right, you don't want to trade queens with me." 😂

[@RichardZERO]

To be fair, it's an endgame with a Queen and a Pawn on the board for both players, and his pawn is closer to promotion than the "guy on the right". Furthermore, he can't get his king across the board in time to block the pawn promotion and cause a stalemate.

[@CorvusOfMellori]

1:47 AK-47, AK-74, AK-MS, RPG-7 Anti-Tank Grenade Launchers, (Kage-usha) 170mm Rockets, Wire Mines, Plastic Mines, Bicycle Bombs, Sniper Rifles, Ammunition, AND Frequency Hopping Radios and Burst Transmitters.. WHAT A LIST!!

[@pauljohnson3340]

Nice Blazing Saddles reference. :P

[@Orcawhale1]

Which is clearly written by a non military guy, given that all of the above makes no sense in regards to shooting down a hind..

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

+spekhugger Right? He didn't even mention the Oerlikon 20mm antiaircraft cannon that was made much of in other parts of the movie. I suppose he's giving a more comprehensive list of armament the fighters needed in general, but none of these arms, save for the manpads, 170mm rockets, and RPGs were any big whoop, and like you said, none of this list besides possibly those three (at close range) could even come close to taking down a Hind. I've only gotten into guns a few years ago, and I've since become utterly disgusted how ignorant most Hollywood writers are about weapons generally, and guns in particular. If Charlie Wilson was half as smart as he supposedly was, he'd have been able to assemble this list or something better himself with a moment's reflection. Pathetic.

[@Orcawhale1]

@The Triggerati Couldn't have said it better myself. If you want a truly epic gun movie, than watch Heat(That mag reload from Val kilmer is amazing).

[@thewandering01]

Pretty sure it's more about all the supplies they'd need to fight back effectively, not just about shooting down helicopters. The reason they need AKs is because then they can scavenge supplies from the Russians after they kills a bunch or steal their supplies instead of being totally reliant on the US being able to supply them. (And being unable to fight if those supply lines get cut.) Then you've got anti-tank and APC weapons, mines that can avoid easy detection and can be left to disrupt troop movements and cause extra casualties, long distance weapons for pinprick raids and ambushes to bleed the Soviets out and lower morale, more effective communication that's harder for the Soviets to track... Charlie is overly focused on the Hinds and other helicopters like a Hip. Vickers is talking about the broader picture of what needs to be done in the overall conflict.

[@CBeard849]

The banter between these guys is hilarious!! I love the TAB on the table! i just noticed one of the guys he's playing Chess with is "James Barr" from Jack Reacher! Lol...

[@evband17]

...As of 2011, that nerdy looking kid playing four games of chess is now the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Yeah, Vickers is awesome. (Seriously.)

[@roddaman7545]

Stepped down in 2015. Nice tidbit - thanks.

[@PuppetierMaster]

looking at his rap sheet, his literally Big Boss

[@Tee-OhBee]

Yuri Orloff I’d bet anything that you can’t even tell us what someone with that job title does without looking it up. Btw, he stepped down in 2015, learn to read.

[@forgetaboutit1069]

Tee OB stepped down? He passed away

[@kentgrady9226]

"That's a useful skill, if ever Afghanistan is invaded by Boris Spassky". Phenomenal line.

[@blackbird5634]

If you're gonna round up talent like Roberts, Hanks and Hoffman you better have something good for them to work with. This is a gem. Underrated and lost in the mix somehow, but you can watch it again and again and there's more here than seen at first glance. Everyone is on their game.

[@Look_What_I_Did]

Tom had no business in this movie.

[@andro99991]

Don't forget Amy Adams. It says something about the level of acting when Hanks and Julia Roberts are actually the worst actors in a movie.

[@FZeroDragon]

"No reason this can't be fun" Goddamn! I miss PSH.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

I wonder if he got one of the fentanyl batches

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

Same.

[@josephmulvihill9434]

So many characters will never exist now that we lost that guy. Raw incredible talent. Hoffman barely had to clock in for work. I @#$&ing loved that man.

[@josephmulvihill9434]

@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Fentanyl or boy who cares? We lost a dozen of us when he ODed.

[@josephmulvihill9434]

Damn it forgive me for the typo

[@INNO222]

At the end, The arms expert doesn't shake the congressman's hand, just Gus's. I guess they're not friends. Touchy-touchy.

[@Capcoor]

Falling Knife Stocks Well, they did just meet.

[@ThirdEngr]

He shook the congressman’s hand at the introduction but did not shake Gus’s.

[@INNO222]

@@ThirdEngr Why the exception to the other now that everyone has been formally introduced? Remember, the congressman attacked a stranger without getting to know his credentials. I just think it's strange to leave a serious conversation (as an adult) not shaking hands with the person(s) that specifically seek your input on a matter. In other words, you did for one so do it for both since they're side by side.

[@davidfletcher4999]

I noticed that too...

[@eugenecarlson2488]

It's Gust, not Gus

[@lloydprock8873]

Hoffman is absolutely brilliant in this scene....quite frankly any scene he’s in....miss him.

[@MrGruffteddybear]

This is my 2nd favorite scene in the movie. First is the scene where Gust breaks Cravely’s window a 2nd time.

[@popo864]

I came here after watching the scene Gust breaks the window

[@toddkes5890]

"For 24 years people have been trying to kill me, people that know how!" - that says a lot about what Gust had been doing and good he was

[@JDL0427]

@@toddkes5890 people who know how

[@scottschumacher7926]

Scotch bottle scene = priceless

[@MrGruffteddybear]

@@scottschumacher7926 "Is there a camera in here?" 😂

[@whywelovefilm7079]

I love how Movies show a character playing Chess whenever they want us to know he's really smart. Lol

[@GhettoArabSage]

Funny they're playing 2K whenever they want to show them as being slackers

[@gratzek6]

What would you prefer? Connect 4? Monopoly? The Chinese game Go?

[@ayrahn7893]

Chess is a game about strategy, so if you want a character to immediately come off as meticulous or cunning before they even open their mouths, chess is a pretty innocuous shorthand to convey such a thing. In this instance it’s different because my dude’s playing with multiple people simultaneously, which does demonstrate his quick thinking and strategic mind. Chess isn’t a hard game, but trying to keep up with more than one game is above what most people can do, and he’s doing it pretty damn well.

[@toddkes5890]

@@gratzek6 'Go' would be another good one, as you have to think strategically for each board. The problem is you have more pieces that have to be carried around (180 just for white), and the board has more small locations (361 in total). Chess is one where you only have to worry about 16 pieces, a total of 64 locations, yet each piece has its own specific rules

[@Jonascord]

@@toddkes5890 How many Americans could SEE a Go board, and even recognize it, let alone perceive the subtlety?

[@CalvinHikes]

I know it's just a movie but nobody there was ever in the military (irl). One of the problems with movies is that... you can't fake what someone who's been in the military acts like. Their basic mannerisms. It's very difficult.

[@godbluffvdgg]

An amazing movie and one of my favorite parts...We'll miss you Hoffman, you crazy SOB...

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

He probably got a baggie of fentanyl. I was addicted to dope in the 90's and got a bag of that stuff and it nearly killed me also.

[@sjd7188]

“No reason this can’t be fun you know…” love the banter between these two in this movie

[@macaveli9689]

You don't want to trade "Queens" with me. Classic

[@hoyhoy136]

The reaction makes it. "Shit!"

[@wilsonblauheuer6544]

I would have just moved his queen off the board and whatever was protecting it I would have displaced to a non-threatening square.

[@King_Koolkaine]

The wit added to each character made this movie amazing! Superb writing!

[@erichall090909]

Aaron Sorkin possibly the greatest writer of dialogue in tv/movie/stage history

[@morgaffi]

"No reason this can't be fun, y'know." Kills me.

[@Concatenate]

One of my all time favorite moments in any film I've ever watched.

[@pablovonpablo]

Hoffman is so funny with his coffee, cigarette and moustache.

[@GiantSandles]

1:32 Hoffman's delivery there is hilarious to me

[@محمدعلي-ث7ر9خ]

Ikr, him talking is music to my ears, one of the goats

[@connerclark3678]

I have his voice say that in my head sometimes when I can’t find my keys all of a sudden…

[@jimrockfish1875]

And 1:25 smooth, believable

[@davidfletcher4999]

It usually was...

[@Analysta654]

Nothing says early 80's like a can of TAB.

[@dorkmax7073]

That crack at officers was not only deserved, but accurate

[@yorktown99]

That shoulder pat at the end is a coach telling his star receiver, "Nice run to the end zone."

[@azoutlaw7]

PSH deserved so many oscars it's ridiculous. RIP brother Hoffman. You can rest now.

[@bradleybrown8399]

I like how Mike held his own with those two.

[@JDL0427]

Telling the truth to power was once a military tradition.

[@carlogambino1979]

I miss Hoffman he was so talented.

[@mxracer158]

As a former Naval officer I'd been surprised if you'd had. Ouch, slapped.

[@BigBadassR]

Why the hell would a congressman think that a 30 year old man playing four people simultaneously at chess without even looking at the boards wouldn't be able to be a weapons expert?

[@alexday8598]

charlie wilson wasnt exactly a congressman lol

[@BigBadassR]

alexander shaffer Yes he was.

[@schwaggbagYES]

alexander shaffer lol yeah he was a congressman

[@geiko187]

+Big R You may have answered your own question.

[@BigBadassR]

Adam K Well spoken my friend.

[@slacktrack7118]

"There's no reason this can't be fun ya know."

[@djdc81]

Story of my military career

[@paulh6949]

Mike is awesome. All took a slap in da face, remorse, CARRIONS

[@itravellight]

This movie had a few really great scenes. All the ones I liked featured PSH. What a marvelous actor to behold when in roles that showcased his immense talent. I also have a weakness for protagonists with exceptional cognitive skills. Good Will Hunting, A Beautiful Mind and the nerdy kid in the white shirt, as depicted in this movie.

[@tuanjim799]

PSH was amazing, a true artist. I gotta say though, Good Will Hunting is so fucking cringey and bad. Sappiest movie ever, I don't know what the fuck Gus Van Sant was thinking. Wait, yes I do. He was thinking, "$$$$$$$$." A Beautiful Mind was definitely better than Good Will Hunting, but still much closer to the "middle of the road" than to a truly great piece of art.

[@timy9197]

I agree with everything you said from Phillip Seymore Hoffman to the guy in the white shirt

[@ChrisWolff2013]

A Beautiful Mind was pathetic.

[@tuanjim799]

Chris Wolff Ron Howard's films are... meh. Definitely nothing groundbreaking or amazing. They seem like they are especially designed to appeal to a broad, undiscerning audience who just enjoy seeing familiar actors in roles/stories that are not conducive to deeper thought or analysis. The kind of movies you might watch half-heartedly on a lazy, rainy afternoon when nothing else is on TV, dozing off from time to time.

[@ChrisWolff2013]

Tuan Jim I love alot of his movies: Cocoon, Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon, Cinderella Man, Ransom, Parenthood, Willow, Backdraft, etc. But A Beautiful Mind infuriated me with it's lies and forced emotion.

[@edster0100]

You wanna answer to me or answer to Jim Baker what do you want! Hanks best line in the movie

[@simplelogic9090]

Fun fact the guy at the second table when he walks away, is Tommy from Power.

[@tashacampbell5664]

I just notice that,lol

[@MaverickZ007]

Aaron Sorkin Screenplay always shine in every scene. like trading shots

[@CogensFamilyTV]

You can thank actress Hedy Lamarr for inventing the Frequency Hoping technology that is being spoken about in this scene.

[@pauldegregorio6432]

Good on you.

[@MrDukeSilverr]

@@pauldegregorio6432 good on her, id say

[@highviewbarbell]

It's Hedley

[@CogensFamilyTV]

@@highviewbarbell No, it is Hedy Lamarr (actress) 1914-2000. Type in Samson and Delilah (1949 film)..

[@highviewbarbell]

@@CogensFamilyTV type in Blazing Saddles

[@Alistair_McCullom]

Never seen a minute of this movie I just like Philip Seymour Hoffman

[@RustinChole]

“There’s no reason this cant be fun you know.” JESUS PSH is such a scene stealer in ALL the movies.

[@moncorp1]

Its not like he wrote that line.

[@christiangasior4244]

Philip Seymour Hoffman totally becomes every character I’ve ever seen him play. Notice how he totally dominates the great Tom Hanks here. Tom Hanks feels like Tom Hanks still but PSH is totally immersed in his character. Truly one of the greatest actors I’ve ever witnessed. He died at the peak of his career… who knows how many more great performances we lost. He reminds me of Daniel Day Lewis in his versatility and authenticity.

[@jt.8144]

my favorite scene especially the dialogue. Poetic Justice..

[@jatain052]

Tommy went from playing chess to selling drugs 😂

[@ivankreger]

It was his loss here that drove him to become Ghost’s partner

[@DrownedInExile]

I worked with a young-ish looking dude once, who complained he was having some trouble being respected by older senior folks. He had never seen this film. I immediately showed him this clip. His response: "I need this in my life."

[@thatstokleyguy]

Tommy from power is one of the guys playing chess.

[@jshepard152]

This is our concern, Dude.

[@Imp5011]

Brandt can’t watch.

[@jshepard152]

@@Imp5011 Or he has to pay a hundred.

[@neilenglish8582]

Love this movie...watch it when i can

[@jacobtebbe4435]

Senator, the man is just under 30. That means he’s been working in his area for 6-10 years. You don’t need to be in your 40s to be a top SME

[@ThirdEngr]

@cjhyde78 Subject Matter Expert.

[@ThirdEngr]

@cjhyde78 No problem! If you are ever using the term in the conversation pronounce it, “smee”. (Like Mr Smee from Peter Pan.)

[@impossible7163]

One of the best "What the fuck"s in the history of cinema.

[@simonbridges3835]

Tommy Egan playing chess at 35 seconds 😃 Always get a buzz revisiting an older film and spotting someone at the start of their career, who's now well established 🙌

[@ivanm3342]

Yeah I was also surprised, watched this movie several times years ago, and only now it startled me. Btw Black Hawk Down is a goldmine for this, almost every actor already was or became well established.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

Love movies like this. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

[@orvillemeadows3492]

We need more people like Charlie Wilson in congress

[@rodneyclark9332]

Yoooooo that’s tommy from power he was playing against 😱😱

[@charliehalsted1093]

“I’ve written it all in a report you can read.. you’d be the first person who did”. There’s always someone who knows the real deal.

[@davidbartley8810]

Mike! Just a second. Need ya now Mike.....👌

[@pauljohnson3340]

Can of Tab. Nice nostalgic touch.

[@jonmarcelo5989]

:30 Thats the infamous 1930's bootlegger Hans Schroeder. Leader of the the D'Alessio brothers playing chess in his downtime.

[@chuckcline9054]

Classic writing and pacing-- Sorkin and Nichols--

[@Francisthefootball]

2:01 - when he rolls his eyes at Hanks...that's acting

[@magnieto1]

He didn't roll his eyes.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

He was saying in that jester, the kid know what he's doing.

[@andrewkling9530]

A very underrated film

[@drew5834]

I wish I had an uncle like his..

[@FreedumbFighter29]

Arming alqueada is quite entertaining

[@swesleyc7]

I actually met a Green Beret at a bar recently. Same age as me... totally unassuming guy. Normal, average looking, fit but not a big guy. Totally unassuming and took me completely off-guard. I was immediately impressed by his tact and succinctness when speaking.

[@michaelhead4472]

I like gus. He keeps you on your toes!

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Just like me.

[@John-dw6ru]

The weapons expert doesn't shake hands with the Congressman as everyone leaves.

[@houseviceroy]

Didn't know Tommy from Power played chess in his spare time lmao

[@kapnerad]

It's what made him a good criminal gang leader.

[@Alan-in-Bama]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was an Outstanding Actor !! It really sucks that he’s no longer with us. R.I.P.

[@EnforcementDronEd209]

I ❤ Gus 🥑

[@RobertKaydoo]

Probably the best scene in the movie.

[@bman342a]

That and the bugged bottle of Scotch.

[@bman342a]

Alien Probe Yes, the window. Classic PSH. The "go f#$% yourself you f@#$ing child" is his best delivered line. Damn was he good.

[@hoilst]

"Yeah, my friend, I'm gon- I'm gonna need ya for a second..." So many good lines, including not _one_ but _two_ great monologues. The Window Scene is like a master class in defining and describing a character for a movie. It's great exposition, and one of the rare examples of info-dumps done properly. It shows us exactly what sort of character we're dealing with. Also, full credit to John Slattery in that scene, too.

[@toddkes5890]

@@bman342a Also his comment, "people have been trying to kill me, people that know how!" Wonder how many times he had near-death experiences from those people

[@johnmiller5679]

The government searches for people like this guy. They then train them to be like this guy.

[@AndrewBergey]

You don’t wanna trade queens with me

[@ultrajd]

Fun fact. Mike Vickers at one point was part of a U.S. Army Green Light Team. These were the guys who would be in charge of “briefcase nukes”

[@dkupke]

The USA did not intentionally create the Taliban or Al Qaeda, but they did have a major hand in arming and equipping the people who eventually did. The real flaw is a simple lack of foresight in US foriegn policy.

[@KB4QAA]

DR: And it is an example of the Law of Unintended Consequences

[@timothydavidcurp]

Some sense of the Soviet role in Afghanistan and the danger of Soviet expansion in the direction of the Persian Gulf would help balance this conversation - The Soviets' genocidal war that produced millions of refugees who were in Pakistan was a major part of the problem... That and Pakistan's own agenda in creating a new generation of Mujahadin... the world has more than one moving part.

[@eamonwright7488]

We gave weapons and "advice" to the ISI they dispersed the weapons to the crazies. Read about Hamid Gul, interesting stories he had before he died recently. Nickname is "godfather of the Taliban.

[@hasnat407]

Shay Wilkerson Hamid Gul was a mouth piece. Read "The bear trap" best book written on the subject.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

We had a *major* if not decisive role. The U.S. and the CIA made a *huge* tactical mistake by instrumentalizing Islam as a weapon of war against the Soviets and reviving *jihad* as a modern day concept. Islam had mostly quieted down (aside from the Iranian revolution, but again that's more fault of the U.S. than anyone else), but we had to keep fighting communism and making deals with the devil Saudi Arabia to maintain our control of the oil supply and strategic interests. It was a deadly gamble and given the way things unfolded, it caused 9-11, the 2nd gulf war, and possibly the decline and who knows, given time, possibly the fall of Europe and western civilization itself. Bin Laden is laughing from beyond the grave. Islam will take at least another century to be reformed (if it can be at all), and most likely it will continue to wreak havoc all the way up until it starts WWIII.

[@mediapark101]

How to make one drag of a cigarette say more than any of the lines of dialogue.

[@EricUnderwood-v2x]

This reminds me of The Deep Water Horizon oil rig investigation when a guy was cross examining the electrical engineer on the rig...I was paying attention his line of questions were leading to find out if the engineer was Qualified. When asked where he got his training he answered " I was an electrical engineer on America's Harrier jet program".... from then on the guy asking the questions addressed him as " Sir"

[@BaileysMariner]

The naval officer gag is vintage Sorkin

[@johnbaker7102]

Just Google this nerdy looking kid in the white shirt and my goodness, that dude was actually a smarter Solid Snake or something. Jeez

[@virusts]

Aaron Sorkin is the greatest screenwriter alive.

[@quitequiet5281]

“No Reason this can’t be fun you know.”

[@BuckingHorse-Bull]

0:32 THATS JAMES BAR FROM JACK REACHER

[@Godfather9814]

And the guy at :33 is Tommy from power

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Easily Hanks' most important film.

[@Agent1W]

If you've think you've won, you never saw me change...the game that we have been playing!

[@SuperSmashJesse]

Chris Cornell- You know my name

[@SuperSmashJesse]

Sorry Im late bud

[@AC3handle]

Dude reminds me of Quintin Tarentino the way he speed talks with high knowledge of subject.

[@studinthemaking]

Mike in real life was a nerdy looking guy. But in real life he was a star athletic and hand to hand to combat expert.

[@Nautilus1972]

I have to watch this again. PSH on career form again.

[@codykp.]

This guy was awesome in Shutter Island.