Live from Baghdad (2002-12-07)
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Overview
A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and - unlike their rivals - take them live at a moment's notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.
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Status: Released
Release Date: 2002-12-07
Runtime: 1h 48m
Director: Mick Jackson
Writer: Richard Chapman, John Patrick Shanley, Timothy J. Sexton
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Top Cast
Michael Keaton
Robert Wiener
Helena Bonham Carter
Ingrid Formanek
Joshua Leonard
Mark Biello
Lili Taylor
Judy Parker
David Suchet
Naji Al-Hadithi
Bruce McGill
Peter Arnett
Michael Murphy
Tom Johnson
Robert Wisdom
Bernard Shaw
Paul Guilfoyle
Ed Turner
Clark Gregg
Eason Jordan
Hamish Linklater
Richard Roth
John Carroll Lynch
Josh Holliman
Michael Cudlitz
Tom Murphy
Pamela Sinha
Fatima
Matt Keeslar
Nic Robertson
Kurt Fuller
Inky
David Kaye
Ben Dupont
Jimmy Palumbo
News Producer
David Shatraw
Joe Wilson
Peter Jason
Stu
Brian George
Al Rasheed Manager
Jerry Haleva
Saddam Hussein
Mark Arnott
Bob Furnad
Inny Clemons
CNN Deskman
Chet Grissom
Will King
Val Lauren
CNN Technician
Kymberly Newberry
Secretary
Kurt Hargan
CNN Control Room Manager
Paul Tranghese
CNN Stage Manager
Tom Amandes
Joe Erlichman
Thomas Crawford
Nigel Babcock
James Waterston
Eric
Bill Moseley
Rex
Roy Werner
Bob
John Ciccolini
1st Journalist
Andrew Borba
2nd Journalist
Jack Armstrong
3rd Journalist
Will Radford
British Journalist #1
Kevin Brief
Singing Brit #2
Steven Houska
British Journalist #3
Murphy Dunne
Bob Vinton
Lee Dawson
Raymond Page
Michael James Kacey
American Hostage #1
Craig Anton
American Hostage #2
Jason Antoon
Mr. Mazin
Carole Davis
Mrs. Awatiff
Shaun Toub
Sadoun Al-Jenabi
Mahryah Shain
Al Rasheed Waiter
Joel Swetow
Taxi Driver
Alan Desatti
Iraqi Guard #1
Ofer Samra
Iraqi Bomb Shelter Guard
Jay Harik
Sadam's Translator
David Franco
Saddam's Security Man
Castulo Guerra
Kuwaiti Doctor

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