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Live from Baghdad (2002)

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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Mick Jackson profile
Mick Jackson

Director

Cast

Michael Keaton profile
Michael Keaton

Robert Wiener

Helena Bonham Carter profile
Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

Joshua Leonard profile
Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

Lili Taylor profile
Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

David Suchet profile
David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Bruce McGill profile
Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Michael Murphy profile
Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Robert Wisdom profile
Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

Paul Guilfoyle profile
Paul Guilfoyle

Ed Turner

Clark Gregg profile
Clark Gregg

Eason Jordan

Hamish Linklater profile
Hamish Linklater

Richard Roth

John Carroll Lynch profile
John Carroll Lynch

Josh Holliman

Michael Keaton profile
Michael Keaton

Robert Wiener

Helena Bonham Carter profile
Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

Joshua Leonard profile
Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

Lili Taylor profile
Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

David Suchet profile
David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Bruce McGill profile
Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Michael Murphy profile
Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Robert Wisdom profile
Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

Paul Guilfoyle profile
Paul Guilfoyle

Ed Turner

Clark Gregg profile
Clark Gregg

Eason Jordan

Hamish Linklater profile
Hamish Linklater

Richard Roth

John Carroll Lynch profile
John Carroll Lynch

Josh Holliman

Extra

Release Date

December 7, 2002

Original Language

English, Arabic, Italian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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