Live from Baghdad
Live from Baghdad (2002)

Starring Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Joshua Leonard
Directed by Mick Jackson
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.

Runtime: 108 min.     Rating: 6.8     DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: journalism,gulf war,war correspondent,bagdad,iraq
Cast
   Robert Wiener
   Ingrid Formanek
   Mark Biello
   Judy Parker
   Naji Al-Hadithi
   Peter Arnett
   Tom Johnson
   Bernard Shaw
   Fatima
   Eason Jordan
   Nic Robertson
   Ed Turner
   Richard Roth
   Tom Murphy
   Josh Holliman
   Inky
   Ben Dupont
   News Producer
   Joe Wilson
   Stu
   Al Rasheed Manager
   Saddam Hussein