Live from Baghdad (2002)

ALL 12/07/2002 (en) Drama, War, TV Movie 108 Min
  • Release
    12/07/2002
  • Production
    HBO Films, Industry Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato
    67.29%
  • Original title
    Live from Baghdad
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Breaking News - Making History

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.

  1. Mick Jackson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Joe Hutshing

    Editor



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  1. Michael Keaton

    Robert Wiener

  2. Helena Bonham Carter

    Ingrid Formanek

  3. Joshua Leonard

    Mark Biello

  4. Lili Taylor

    Judy Parker

  5. David Suchet

    Naji Al-Hadithi

  6. Bruce McGill

    Peter Arnett

  7. Michael Murphy

    Tom Johnson

  8. Robert Wisdom

    Bernard Shaw

  9. Paul Guilfoyle

    Ed Turner

  10. Clark Gregg

    Eason Jordan

  11. Hamish Linklater

    Richard Roth

  12. John Carroll Lynch

    Josh Holliman

  13. Michael Cudlitz

    Tom Murphy

  14. Pamela Sinha

    Fatima

  15. Matt Keeslar

    Nic Robertson

  16. Kurt Fuller

    Inky

  17. David Kaye

    Ben Dupont

  18. Jimmy Palumbo

    News Producer

  19. David Shatraw

    Joe Wilson

  20. Peter Jason

    Stu

  21. Brian George

    Al Rasheed Manager

  22. Jerry Haleva

    Saddam Hussein

  23. Mark Arnott

    Bob Furnad

  24. Inny Clemons

    CNN Deskman

  25. Chet Grissom

    Will King

  26. Val Lauren

    CNN Technician

  27. Kymberly Newberry

    Secretary

  28. Kurt Hargan

    CNN Control Room Manager

  29. Paul Tranghese

    CNN Stage Manager

  30. Tom Amandes

    Joe Erlichman

  31. Thomas Crawford

    Nigel Babcock

  32. James Waterston

    Eric

  33. Bill Moseley

    Rex

  34. Roy Werner

    Bob

  35. John Ciccolini

    1st Journalist

  36. Andrew Borba

    2nd Journalist

  37. Jack Armstrong

    3rd Journalist

  38. Will Radford

    British Journalist #1

  39. Kevin Brief

    Singing Brit #2

  40. Steven Houska

    British Journalist #3

  41. Murphy Dunne

    Bob Vinton

  42. Lee Dawson

    Raymond Page

  43. Michael James Kacey

    American Hostage #1

  44. Craig Anton

    American Hostage #2

  45. Jason Antoon

    Mr. Mazin

  46. Carole Davis

    Mrs. Awatiff

  47. Shaun Toub

    Sadoun Al-Jenabi

  48. Mahryah Shain

    Al Rasheed Waiter

  49. Joel Swetow

    Taxi Driver

  50. Alan Desatti

    Iraqi Guard #1

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 54 , Crews : 20

Keyword

Live from Baghdad (2002) 108 Min

ALL 12/07/2002 (en)
Drama, War, TV Movie
  • Release 12/07/2002
  • Production
    HBO Films, Industry Entertainment
  • Original title Live from Baghdad
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Breaking News - Making History

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.

  1. Mick Jackson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Joe Hutshing

    Editor

  4. George W. Perkins

    Producer