Live from Baghdad
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.
Cast
Michael Keaton
Robert WienerHelena Bonham Carter
Ingrid FormanekJoshua Leonard
Mark BielloLili Taylor
Judy ParkerDavid Suchet
Naji Al-HadithiBruce McGill
Peter ArnettMichael Murphy
Tom JohnsonRobert Wisdom
Bernard ShawPaul Guilfoyle
Ed TurnerClark Gregg
Eason JordanHamish Linklater
Richard RothJohn Carroll Lynch
Josh HollimanMichael Cudlitz
Tom MurphyPamela Sinha
FatimaMatt Keeslar
Nic RobertsonKurt Fuller
InkyDavid Kaye
Ben DupontJimmy Palumbo
News ProducerDavid Shatraw
Joe WilsonPeter Jason
StuBrian George
Al Rasheed ManagerJerry Haleva
Saddam HusseinInny Clemons
CNN DeskmanChet Grissom
Will KingVal Lauren
CNN TechnicianTom Amandes
Joe ErlichmanThomas Crawford
Nigel BabcockJames Waterston
EricBill Moseley
RexRoy Werner
BobJohn Ciccolini
1st JournalistAndrew Borba
2nd JournalistJack Armstrong
3rd JournalistWill Radford
British Journalist #1Kevin Brief
Singing Brit #2Steven Houska
British Journalist #3Murphy Dunne
Bob VintonLee Dawson
Raymond PageMichael James Kacey
American Hostage #1Craig Anton
American Hostage #2Jason Antoon
Mr. MazinCarole Davis
Mrs. AwatiffShaun Toub
Sadoun Al-JenabiMahryah Shain
Al Rasheed WaiterJoel Swetow
Taxi DriverJay Harik
Sadam's TranslatorDavid Franco
Saddam's Security ManCastulo Guerra
Kuwaiti DoctorImages
Videos
Live from Baghdad (2002) Trailer
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