Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

Breaking News - Making History

2002 en 108 minutes

Rating: 6.7

Plot

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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Cast

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton

Robert Wiener

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

Joshua Leonard

Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

Lili Taylor

Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

David Suchet

David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Robert Wisdom

Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

Ed Turner

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg

Eason Jordan

Hamish Linklater

Hamish Linklater

Richard Roth

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

Josh Holliman

Michael Cudlitz

Michael Cudlitz

Tom Murphy

Pamela Sinha

Pamela Sinha

Fatima

Matt Keeslar

Matt Keeslar

Nic Robertson

Kurt Fuller

Kurt Fuller

Inky

David Kaye

David Kaye

Ben Dupont

Jimmy Palumbo

Jimmy Palumbo

News Producer

David Shatraw

David Shatraw

Joe Wilson

Peter Jason

Peter Jason

Stu

Brian George

Brian George

Al Rasheed Manager

Jerry Haleva

Jerry Haleva

Saddam Hussein

Mark Arnott

Mark Arnott

Bob Furnad

Inny Clemons

Inny Clemons

CNN Deskman

Chet Grissom

Chet Grissom

Will King

Val Lauren

Val Lauren

CNN Technician

Kymberly Newberry

Kymberly Newberry

Secretary

Kurt Hargan

Kurt Hargan

CNN Control Room Manager

Paul Tranghese

Paul Tranghese

CNN Stage Manager

Tom Amandes

Tom Amandes

Joe Erlichman

Thomas Crawford

Thomas Crawford

Nigel Babcock

James Waterston

James Waterston

Eric

Bill Moseley

Bill Moseley

Rex

Roy Werner

Roy Werner

Bob

John Ciccolini

John Ciccolini

1st Journalist

Andrew Borba

Andrew Borba

2nd Journalist

Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong

3rd Journalist

Will Radford

Will Radford

British Journalist #1

Kevin Brief

Kevin Brief

Singing Brit #2

Steven Houska

Steven Houska

British Journalist #3

Murphy Dunne

Murphy Dunne

Bob Vinton

Lee Dawson

Lee Dawson

Raymond Page

Michael James Kacey

Michael James Kacey

American Hostage #1

Craig Anton

Craig Anton

American Hostage #2

Jason Antoon

Jason Antoon

Mr. Mazin

Carole Davis

Carole Davis

Mrs. Awatiff

Shaun Toub

Shaun Toub

Sadoun Al-Jenabi

Mahryah Shain

Mahryah Shain

Al Rasheed Waiter

Joel Swetow

Joel Swetow

Taxi Driver

Alan Desatti

Alan Desatti

Iraqi Guard #1

Ofer Samra

Ofer Samra

Iraqi Bomb Shelter Guard

Jay Harik

Jay Harik

Sadam's Translator

David Franco

David Franco

Saddam's Security Man

Castulo Guerra

Castulo Guerra

Kuwaiti Doctor

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