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...Based on a nonfiction book by George Crile, a former producer for 60 Minutes, the film follows the quixotic quest of a hard-drinking, oft-screwing Texas Congressman (Hanks) to get funding for antiaircraft weapons so that Afghani rebels can defeat their Soviet invaders. This was back in the 1980s, before the mujahedeen had flowered into the Taliban and backed Osama bin Laden's war against the U.S. (A postscript to the movie quotes Wilson as saying, "We f---ed up the endgame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Charlie Wilson, War Is Swell | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

Yaser Zastini of East Tennessee State downed Chet Crile of the University of Washington 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 to takes the singles crown...

Author: By Javier V. Garcia, | Title: Success for Netmen at Princeton | 2/16/1993 | See Source »

Walloopillai fell to Crile 6-4, 6-3 in the round of eight, and junior Marshall Burroughs lost to eventual champion Zastini 6-0, 6-1 in the same round...

Author: By Javier V. Garcia, | Title: Success for Netmen at Princeton | 2/16/1993 | See Source »

...that triggered a much publicized libel suit by General William Westmoreland. (Though Stringer did not have a major hand in the documentary, Westmoreland's lawyers revealed that in an off-the-record talk with a reporter he had voiced doubts about the objectivity of the program's producer, George Crile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Passing the Metroliner Test Cbs | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...Crile doesn't publish by himself. Crile has me to deal with. He has his associate producer to deal with. He has his superior editors to deal with. He's got to prove every fact that's in that broadcast. The fact of the matter is, that when push came to prove in that courtroom under oath, it turned out that every fact in that broadcast was accurate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 45 Minutes With Mike Wallace | 5/1/1985 | See Source »

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