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At the Presidio Army base in San Francisco, MP Patti Jean Lynch (Jenette Goldstein) is shot dead while investigating a break-in on the base and two San Francisco Police officers are killed in the getaway. Jay Austin (Mark Harmon), a San Francisco police inspector, is sent to investigate. He clashes with Lieutenant Colonel Alan Caldwell (Sean Connery), the base Provost Marshal.
Years ago, Austin and Lynch were partners while serving as MPs and Caldwell was their commanding officer. When Austin arrested Lieutenant Colonel Paul Lawrence (Dana Gladstone), Caldwell didn't support him. In the aftermath, Austin was demoted and decided to leave the army. Austin and Caldwell share a mutual dislike for one another.
The murder investigation casts suspicion on Lawrence, as Lynch was killed with a Tokarev, a Russian pistol. Lawrence is the registered owner of a Tokarev, but claims he lost it in a poker game. Austin also learns that the getaway car used by Lynch's killer was registered to a civilian named Arthur Peale (Mark Blum), who is wealthy and owns a holding company that, in turn, owns other companies.
Austin tries to question Lawrence about the Tokarev, but Caldwell intervenes. This fuels Austin's suspicions that Caldwell will do anything to protect a fellow officer from civilian authorities, even if he is a killer. Recognizing that part of the case is under Caldwell's jurisdiction at the Presidio and part is under Austin's jurisdiction in San Francisco, they uneasily team up to investigate the case. Caldwell states that if the Tokarev bullet that killed Lynch were to match a bullet fired earlier from Lawrence's Tokarev at the Presidio firing range, then Caldwell will arrange for Lawrence to surrender to Austin for arrest. In the meantime, Caldwell and Austin visit Peale, who claims his car was simply stolen and has an alibi for the night Lynch was shot. But Caldwell noticed Vietnam-era paraphernalia in Peale's office. Using his own contacts, Caldwell learns that Peale was previously in the CIA, and a spy and military advisor in Vietnam at the same time Lawrence was there as an officer. It becomes clear that Lawrence and Peale knew each other.
Austin gets the ballistics report back on the Tokarev, which confirms that Lawrence's gun killed Lynch. Ignoring his agreement with Caldwell, Austin corners Lawrence when he leaves the Presidio, resulting in a lengthy footchase through San Francisco's Chinatown. Ultimately, Lawrence is killed in a hit and run. Caldwell is furious that Austin disregarded their agreement. Compounding their past tension, Caldwell is also upset that Austin is dating his daughter Donna (Meg Ryan). Their relationship is rocky, with Donna alternately teasing and pushing Austin away. Caldwell confides in his friend, retired Sergeant Major Ross Maclure (Jack Warden), who runs the Presidio's war museum. It is revealed in backstory that Caldwell was Maclure's lieutenant during the Vietnam War. Caldwell was very green and relied heavily on Maclure. In one sequence, we learn that Maclure saved an injured Caldwell and attacked a Vietcong platoon waiting to ambush American soldiers, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. In various scenes, Caldwell's close friendship and affection for Maclure is demonstrated.
Caldwell and Austin both figure out that the killer at the Presidio was trying to break into a storeroom to retrieve a bottle of spring water that was delivered earlier that day. Following that lead to the water company which delivered the water, Austin gets the name of the driver who delivered the water, George Spota (James Hooks Reynolds). Caldwell recognizes the name as someone who served under Lawrence in Vietnam. Austin confirms that it was Spota's car that hit and killed Lawrence during their footchase and Caldwell learns that the water company Spota works for is owned by Arthur Peale, thus confirming that Spota, Peale, and Lawrence were working together. Austin and Caldwell follow Spota during his daily water deliveries. Spota makes a delivery to Travis Air Force Base. Under surveillance from Austin and Caldwell, Spota picks up a bottle of water that was transported to the Air Force base from the Philippines.
Austin and Caldwell follow Spota and the bottle of water back to the water company. Unsure what is in the water bottle that makes it so valuable, Austin and Caldwell see the edges of the conspiracy come together. Spota, Lawrence and Peale all knew each other in Vietnam. It appears that Spota picked up a delivery of water from the Philippines, but accidentally left that water bottle in the storeroom at the Presidio. When he realized his mistake, he went back to retrieve it. But Lynch surprised him during the break-in, and he shot her.
Just as they figure this out, they see Maclure drive up to the water company. With a terrible realization, Caldwell figures out that Peale and Lawrence would have needed someone like Maclure to carry out the smuggling, because Maclure had excellent contacts within the US military in Asia. Inside the water company, Spota and Peale open the water bottle that came from the Philippines, revealing that diamonds were smuggled inside--the diamonds being invisible in the clear water. Maclure comes in and surprises them by holding a gun. Peale reveals that Lawrence was blackmailing Maclure about something Maclure did while in Vietnam. Peale tries to convince Maclure to let the smuggling operation continue. But Maclure is disgusted with himself and heartbroken over the death of Lynch, whom he knew. He says the smuggling must stop, but then is stripped of his gun by Peale's men. Just as Peale is about to kill Maclure, Caldwell and Austin enter the water company to save him. A gun fight ensues, during which Peale and his men are killed, and Maclure is fatally wounded.
Caldwell asks Austin to delay his police report by 48 hours to give Caldwell time to bury Maclure with his honor intact. Austin agrees and the final scene is at a military cemetery where Caldwell tearfully eulogizes Maclure. At the end of the film, Caldwell reconciles with Donna and grudgingly admits Austin into the family.

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question: How long does Caldwell ask Austin to delay his police report?

answer: 48 hours

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question: Who did Austin use to be partners with?

answer: MP Patti Jean Lynch

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question: who was the getaway car registered to?

answer: Arthur Peale

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question: Where is the Presidio U.S. Army base located?

answer: San Francisco

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question: Who is shot dead while investigating a break-in on the base?

answer: MP Patti Jean Lynch

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question: what was lynch killed with?

answer: Lawrence

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question: who is sent to investigate the deaths?

answer: Jay Austin

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question: Who does the murder investigation cast suspicion on?

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question: how is lawrence killed?

answer: in a hit and run

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The film opens with a large gathering inside an aircraft hangar. Everyone is attending a private ceremony for Democratic U.S. Representative Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), who is receiving a major commendation for supporting the U.S. clandestine services. As everyone looks in admiration upon a clearly moved Wilson, the movie goes back in time.
In 1980, Wilson, representing Texas's 2nd congressional district, is more interested in partying than legislating. He is an inveterate drinker and has staffed his congressional office with nubile, young women. A man of limited income, he shrewdly has amassed political favors in exchange for critical votes in the House. Furthermore, he is a prominent member of several highly influential congressional committees related to defense spending and covert espionage operations.
Wilson's attention is first drawn to the Soviet armed occupation of Afghanistan when he watches a televised Dan Rather report while hot-tubbing with cocaine-snorting strippers, a centerfold, and an aspiring producer in Las Vegas. He wonders why Rather is wearing a turban and conversing with poorly armed Afghan freedom fighters. Returning to Washington for a vote, Wilson follows up on the Afghan struggles against the Soviet invaders and unceremoniously doubles its current measly $5 million funding for US support.
As a consequence of this sudden increase, he receives an unexpected phone call from Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts). Herring is a prominent and influential Texas socialite and former beauty queen and is known for her religious and politically conservative activism. She has aided Wilson in the past, and now she is looking to have a favor returned. She has heard of his expanding the covert Afghan budget and encourages him to do more to help the Afghan people.
Making all the necessary arrangements, Herring persuades him to fly out and visit the Pakistani leadership. Pakistani President Zia and two top military aides are skeptical of Wilson's courtesy call. They complain about the inadequate American support in opposing the Soviet Union, with the sad result being that their country is being flooded with Afghans fleeing the warfare. Zia persuades Wilson to visit a major Pakistan-based Afghan refugee camp,where he is deeply moved by the sprawling camp, the endless squalor, the ceaseless misery, the children maimed by land mines, the constant deaths and funerals, the struggle to find food, and, yet, amazingly, the obvious determination by camp inhabitants to fight the Soviets.
He leaves the refugee camp a changed man. Immediately meeting with a regional CIA chief, Wilson is frustrated by the official's insistence on a low-key approach against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan to avoid direct American implication. Wilson returns home to lead an effort to substantially increase funding to the mujahideen.
Meanwhile, Wilson's social life eventually brings about a federal investigation into allegations of his cocaine use, conducted by US Attorney Rudy Giuliani, as part of a larger investigation into congressional misconduct. The investigation, though nerve-wracking, results in no charge against Wilson.
As part of the US covert effort, he befriends the maverick CIA officer Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and his understaffed Afghanistan group to find a better strategy, especially including a means to counter the Soviets' formidable Mi-24 helicopter gunship. The group was composed in part of members of the CIA's Special Activities Division, including a young paramilitary officer named Michael Vickers (Christopher Denham). As a result, Wilson deft political bargaining for the necessary funding and Avrakotos' group's careful planning using those resources, such as supplying the guerrillas with FIM-92 Stinger missile launchers to shoot down MiGs, turns the Soviet occupation into a deadly quagmire with their heavy fighting vehicles being destroyed at a crippling rate. The CIA's Afghanistan budget evolves from $5 million to over $500 million (with the same amount matched by Saudi Arabia), startling several congressmen. This effort ultimately evolves into a major portion of the U.S. foreign policy known as the Reagan Doctrine, under which the US expanded assistance beyond just the mujahideen but also supports other anti-communist resistance movements around the world.
Wilson follows Gust's guidance to seek support for post-Soviet occupation Afghanistan but finds almost no enthusiasm in the US government for even the modest measures he proposes. The film ends with a return to the hangar scene in which Wilson finishes receiving a major commendation for supporting the clandestine services.
However, his pride is tempered by his fears of what unintended consequences that his secret efforts could yield later and the implications of US disengagement from Afghanistan.

title: Charlie Wilson's War

title: Charlie

title: Wilson

title: 's

title: War

text: The

text: film

text: opens

text: with

text: a

text: large

text: gathering

text: inside

text: an

text: aircraft

text: hangar

text: Everyone

text: is

text: attending

text: a

text: private

text: ceremony

text: for

text: Democratic

text: U.S.

text: Representative

text: Charlie

text: Wilson

text: Tom

text: Hanks

text: who

text: is

text: receiving

text: a

text: major

text: commendation

text: for

text: supporting

text: the

text: U.S.

text: clandestine

text: services

text: As

text: everyone

text: looks

text: in

text: admiration

text: upon

text: a

text: clearly

text: moved

text: Wilson

text: the

text: movie

text: goes

text: back

text: in

text: time

text: In

text: Wilson

text: representing

text: Texas

text: 's

text: congressional

text: district

text: is

text: more

text: interested

text: in

text: partying

text: than

text: legislating

text: He

text: is

text: an

text: inveterate

text: drinker

text: and

text: has

text: staffed

text: his

text: congressional

text: office

text: with

text: nubile

text: young

text: women

text: A

text: man

text: of

text: limited

text: income

text: he

text: shrewdly

text: has

text: amassed

text: political

text: favors

text: in

text: exchange

text: for

text: critical

text: votes

text: in

text: the

text: House

text: Furthermore

text: he

text: is

text: a

text: prominent

text: member

text: of

text: several

text: highly

text: influential

text: congressional

text: committees

text: related

text: to

text: defense

text: spending

text: and

text: covert

text: espionage

text: operations

text: Wilson

text: 's

text: attention

text: is

text: first

text: drawn

text: to

text: the

text: Soviet

text: armed

text: occupation

text: of

text: Afghanistan

text: when

text: he

text: watches

text: a

text: televised

text: Dan

text: Rather

text: report

text: while

text: hot

text: tubbing

text: with

text: cocaine

text: snorting

text: strippers

text: a

text: centerfold

text: and

text: an

text: aspiring

text: producer

text: in

text: Las

text: Vegas

text: He

text: wonders

text: why

text: Rather

text: is

text: wearing

text: a

text: turban

text: and

text: conversing

text: with

text: poorly

text: armed

text: Afghan

text: freedom

text: fighters

text: Returning

text: to

text: Washington

text: for

text: a

text: vote

text: Wilson

text: follows

text: up

text: on

text: the

text: Afghan

text: struggles

text: against

text: the

text: Soviet

text: invaders

text: and

text: unceremoniously

text: doubles

text: its

text: current

text: measly

text: million

text: funding

text: for

text: US

text: support

text: As

text: a

text: consequence

text: of

text: this

text: sudden

text: increase

text: he

text: receives

text: an

text: unexpected

text: phone

text: call

text: from

text: Joanne

text: Herring

text: Julia

text: Roberts

text: Herring

text: is

text: a

text: prominent

text: and

text: influential

text: Texas

text: socialite

text: and

text: former

text: beauty

text: queen

text: and

text: is

text: known

text: for

text: her

text: religious

text: and

text: politically

text: conservative

text: activism

text: She

text: has

text: aided

text: Wilson

text: in

text: the

text: past

text: and

text: now

text: she

text: is

text: looking

text: to

text: have

text: a

text: favor

text: returned

text: She

text: has

text: heard

text: of

text: his

text: expanding

text: the

text: covert

text: Afghan

text: budget

text: and

text: encourages

text: him

text: to

text: do

text: more

text: to

text: help

text: the

text: Afghan

text: people

text: Making

text: all

text: the

text: necessary

text: arrangements

text: Herring

text: persuades

text: him

text: to

text: fly

text: out

text: and

text: visit

text: the

text: Pakistani

text: leadership

text: Pakistani

text: President

text: Zia

text: and

text: two

text: top

text: military

text: aides

text: are

text: skeptical

text: of

text: Wilson

text: 's

text: courtesy

text: call

text: They

text: complain

text: about

text: the

text: inadequate

text: American

text: support

text: in

text: opposing

text: the

text: Soviet

text: Union

text: with

text: the

text: sad

text: result

text: being

text: that

text: their

text: country

text: is

text: being

text: flooded

text: with

text: Afghans

text: fleeing

text: the

text: warfare

text: Zia

text: persuades

text: Wilson

text: to

text: visit

text: a

text: major

text: Pakistan

text: based

text: Afghan

text: refugee

text: camp

text: where

text: he

text: is

text: deeply

text: moved

text: by

text: the

text: sprawling

text: camp

text: the

text: endless

text: squalor

text: the

text: ceaseless

text: misery

text: the

text: children

text: maimed

text: by

text: land

text: mines

text: the

text: constant

text: deaths

text: and

text: funerals

text: the

text: struggle

text: to

text: find

text: food

text: and

text: yet

text: amazingly

text: the

text: obvious

text: determination

text: by

text: camp

text: inhabitants

text: to

text: fight

text: the

text: Soviets

text: He

text: leaves

text: the

text: refugee

text: camp

text: a

text: changed

text: man

text: Immediately

text: meeting

text: with

text: a

text: regional

text: CIA

text: chief

text: Wilson

text: is

text: frustrated

text: by

text: the

text: official

text: 's

text: insistence

text: on

text: a

text: low

text: key

text: approach

text: against

text: the

text: Soviet

text: occupation

text: of

text: Afghanistan

text: to

text: avoid

text: direct

text: American

text: implication

text: Wilson

text: returns

text: home

text: to

text: lead

text: an

text: effort

text: to

text: substantially

text: increase

text: funding

text: to

text: the

text: mujahideen

text: Meanwhile

text: Wilson

text: 's

text: social

text: life

text: eventually

text: brings

text: about

text: a

text: federal

text: investigation

text: into

text: allegations

text: of

text: his

text: cocaine

text: use

text: conducted

text: by

text: US

text: Attorney

text: Rudy

text: Giuliani

text: as

text: part

text: of

text: a

text: larger

text: investigation

text: into

text: congressional

text: misconduct

text: The

text: investigation

text: though

text: nerve

text: wracking

text: results

text: in

text: no

text: charge

text: against

text: Wilson

text: As

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: US

text: covert

text: effort

text: he

text: befriends

text: the

text: maverick

text: CIA

text: officer

text: Gust

text: Avrakotos

text: Philip

text: Seymour

text: Hoffman

text: and

text: his

text: understaffed

text: Afghanistan

text: group

text: to

text: find

text: a

text: better

text: strategy

text: especially

text: including

text: a

text: means

text: to

text: counter

text: the

text: Soviets

text: formidable

text: helicopter

text: gunship

text: The

text: group

text: was

text: composed

text: in

text: part

text: of

text: members

text: of

text: the

text: CIA

text: 's

text: Special

text: Activities

text: Division

text: including

text: a

text: young

text: paramilitary

text: officer

text: named

text: Michael

text: Vickers

text: Christopher

text: Denham

text: As

text: a

text: result

text: Wilson

text: deft

text: political

text: bargaining

text: for

text: the

text: necessary

text: funding

text: and

text: Avrakotos

text: group

text: 's

text: careful

text: planning

text: using

text: those

text: resources

text: such

text: as

text: supplying

text: the

text: guerrillas

text: with

text: Stinger

text: missile

text: launchers

text: to

text: shoot

text: down

text: MiGs

text: turns

text: the

text: Soviet

text: occupation

text: into

text: a

text: deadly

text: quagmire

text: with

text: their

text: heavy

text: fighting

text: vehicles

text: being

text: destroyed

text: at

text: a

text: crippling

text: rate

text: The

text: CIA

text: 's

text: Afghanistan

text: budget

text: evolves

text: from

text: million

text: to

text: over

text: million

text: with

text: the

text: same

text: amount

text: matched

text: by

text: Saudi

text: Arabia

text: startling

text: several

text: congressmen

text: This

text: effort

text: ultimately

text: evolves

text: into

text: a

text: major

text: portion

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: foreign

text: policy

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Reagan

text: Doctrine

text: under

text: which

text: the

text: US

text: expanded

text: assistance

text: beyond

text: just

text: the

text: mujahideen

text: but

text: also

text: supports

text: other

text: anti

text: communist

text: resistance

text: movements

text: around

text: the

text: world

text: Wilson

text: follows

text: Gust

text: 's

text: guidance

text: to

text: seek

text: support

text: for

text: post

text: Soviet

text: occupation

text: Afghanistan

text: but

text: finds

text: almost

text: no

text: enthusiasm

text: in

text: the

text: US

text: government

text: for

text: even

text: the

text: modest

text: measures

text: he

text: proposes

text: The

text: film

text: ends

text: with

text: a

text: return

text: to

text: the

text: hangar

text: scene

text: in

text: which

text: Wilson

text: finishes

text: receiving

text: a

text: major

text: commendation

text: for

text: supporting

text: the

text: clandestine

text: services

text: However

text: his

text: pride

text: is

text: tempered

text: by

text: his

text: fears

text: of

text: what

text: unintended

text: consequences

text: that

text: his

text: secret

text: efforts

text: could

text: yield

text: later

text: and

text: the

text: implications

text: of

text: US

text: disengagement

text: from

text: Afghanistan

question: Who modifies and manufactures the Soviet weapons?

question: Who leads Charlie to the cause?

answer: Dan Rather

text: Dan Rather

question: What is Charlie Wilson's profession?

answer: Politician