We are finally concluding the Mike Nichols Marathon we started all the way back in 2025 and we are doing so in style! We are joined by our great friend Hillary White to talk about Charlie Wilson's War. Over the course of our sprawling conversation you will hear us talk, among others, about this movie commenting on geopolitics of the post-9/11 era, Aaron Sorkin's sharp writing and Tom Hanks playing the kind of character he'd normally steer clear from. We discuss Philip Seymour Hoffman's scene-stealing performance, Mike Nichols reconnecting distantly with political satires and how the movie illustrates the America hasn't learned any lessons at all over the last decades. Also, because this is after all the grand finale of our marathon, we discuss what we learned throughout this project, touch on Mike Nichols's importance to the history of Hollywood and also count down our favourite movies of his.
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