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Live from Baghdad( 2002)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Keaton

      Robert Wiener

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      Helena Bonham Carter

      Ingrid Formanek

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      Joshua Leonard

      Mark Biello

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      Lili Taylor

      Judy Parker

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      David Suchet

      Naji Al-Hadithi

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      Bruce McGill

      Peter Arnett

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      Michael Murphy

      Tom Johnson

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      Robert Wisdom

      Bernard Shaw

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      Paul Guilfoyle

      Ed Turner

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      Clark Gregg

      Eason Jordan

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      Hamish Linklater

      Richard Roth

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      John Carroll Lynch

      Josh Holliman

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      Michael Cudlitz

      Tom Murphy

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      Pamela Sinha

      Fatima

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      Matt Keeslar

      Nic Robertson

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      Kurt Fuller

      Inky

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      David Kaye

      Ben Dupont

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      Jimmy Palumbo

      News Producer

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      David Shatraw

      Joe Wilson

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      Peter Jason

      Stu

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      Brian George

      Al Rasheed Manager

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      Jerry Haleva

      Saddam Hussein

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      Mark Arnott

      Bob Furnad

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      Inny Clemons

      CNN Deskman

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      Chet Grissom

      Will King

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      Val Lauren

      CNN Technician

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      Kymberly Newberry

      Secretary

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      Kurt Hargan

      CNN Control Room Manager

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      Paul Tranghese

      CNN Stage Manager

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      Tom Amandes

      Joe Erlichman

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      Thomas Crawford

      Nigel Babcock

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      James Waterston

      Eric

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      Bill Moseley

      Rex

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      Roy Werner

      Bob

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      John Ciccolini

      1st Journalist

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      Andrew Borba

      2nd Journalist

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      Jack Armstrong

      3rd Journalist

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      Will Radford

      British Journalist #1

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      Kevin Brief

      Singing Brit #2

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      Steven Houska

      British Journalist #3

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      Murphy Dunne

      Bob Vinton

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      Lee Dawson

      Raymond Page

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      Michael James Kacey

      American Hostage #1

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      Craig Anton

      American Hostage #2

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      Jason Antoon

      Mr. Mazin

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      Carole Davis

      Mrs. Awatiff

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      Shaun Toub

      Sadoun Al-Jenabi

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      Mahryah Shain

      Al Rasheed Waiter

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      Joel Swetow

      Taxi Driver

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      Alan Desatti

      Iraqi Guard #1

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      Ofer Samra

      Iraqi Bomb Shelter Guard

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      Jay Harik

      Sadam's Translator

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      David Franco

      Saddam's Security Man

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      Castulo Guerra

      Kuwaiti Doctor

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • hotel
    • gulf war
    • based on novel or book
    • war correspondent
    • journalism
    • iraq
    • bagdad