Page to Screen: "Charlie Wilson's War"
Brian kicks off the revamped "Page to Screen" column this week with a script review of "Charlie Wilson's War." Again, Brian's reviews (well - expanded thoughts - we aren't really "reviewing" scripts more so than offering pontification on awards potential) will run every Tuesday.
It’s a tricky thing, “reviewing” the screenplay of a film yet to be released theatrically. That is where I found myself with Aaron Sorkin’s “Charlie Wilson’s War,” an adaptation of the book by George Crile. Hell, we don't even have a trailer yet and many in the awards-watching community have begun pinning the film with that cursed “frontrunner” label. The film has arrived at this distinction due to a number of reasons, chief among them the sheer prestige of the picture. Mike Nichols. Tom Hanks. Julia Roberts. Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Plenty of reason for high expectations.
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