Movie «Live from Baghdad» [2002]

Original title: Live from Baghdad [en]
Poster for the movie «Live from Baghdad»
Breaking News - Making History
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.
Genre
Drama, TV Movie, War
Country
United States United States
Duration
1 hour 48 minutes
Release status
Released
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Actors
Robert Wiener poster

Robert Wiener

Michael Keaton
Ingrid Formanek poster

Ingrid Formanek

Helena Bonham Carter
Mark Biello poster

Mark Biello

Joshua Leonard
Judy Parker poster

Judy Parker

Lili Taylor
Naji Al-Hadithi poster

Naji Al-Hadithi

David Suchet
Peter Arnett poster

Peter Arnett

Bruce McGill
Tom Johnson poster

Tom Johnson

Michael Murphy
Bernard Shaw poster

Bernard Shaw

Robert Wisdom
Ed Turner poster

Ed Turner

Paul Guilfoyle
Eason Jordan poster

Eason Jordan

Clark Gregg
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