BBC Motion Gallery licenses archival footage for “Charlie Wilson´s War”
The motion picture “Charlie Wilson’s War” was just released to rave reviews on December 21st. What you may not know is that the Archival footage chronicling the covert war in Afghanistan against the former Soviet Empire was stock footage licensed by BBC Motion Gallery, a division of BBC Worldwide. "Charlie Wilson´s War" (starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman and directed by Mike Nichols) tells the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history.
According to a press release issued by the BBC Motion Gallery “The production team on "Charlie Wilson’s War" licensed more than 10 minutes of footage from the BBC Motion Gallery CBS News Archives, featuring CBS coverage of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan -- including footage of Dan Rather embedded with Afghan rebel troops during the conflict”.
The licensed footage, particularly of Dan Rather, are central to the plot of the story where Tom Hanks as Congressman Charlie Wilson reacts to newscasts of the Afghan conflict on television, and he adopts their cause as his rallying cry. "Mr. Rather´s reports from Afghanistan proved key factors in Congressman Wilson’s decision to begin his support of the Mujahideen", offers stock footage researcher Jodi Tripli. Additional footage from CBS newscasts featuring the war appears throughout the film.
"We´ve seen an increase in production teams for documentaries and historical dramas coming to us for very specific footage", commented Jan Ross, Senior Vice President of the Americas, BBC Motion Gallery. "Not only is it immensely rewarding to be able to hand off ready-to-use clips for a production to utilize, but seeing how our material is integrated into the final product is always extremely satisfying, especially for a project of this caliber."
Web: www.bbcmotiongallery.com - Click here to view the original press release.
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