Live from Baghdad

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Michael Keaton

Robert Wiener

Age : 72 | Popularity : 64%

Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

Age : 57 | Popularity : 56%

Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

Age : 48 | Popularity : 11%

Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

Age : 57 | Popularity : 38%

David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Age : 77 | Popularity : 12%

Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Age : 73 | Popularity : 61%

Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Age : 85 | Popularity : 12%

Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

Age : 70 | Popularity : 15%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Casting	John Papsidera
	Producer	George W. Perkins
	Executive Producer	Geyer Kosinski Sara Colleton Rosalie Swedlin
	Associate Producer	Juanita Diane Feeney
	Co-Producer	Richard Chapman Thomas D. Herman Robert Wiener
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Louise Frogley
Editing	Editor	Joe Hutshing
Directing	Director	Mick Jackson
	Script Supervisor	Karen Golden
Art	Production Design	Richard Hoover
	Set Decoration	Brian Kasch
	Art Direction	Ahmed Abounouom Matthew C. Jacobs
Sound	Original Music Composer	Steve Jablonsky
Camera	Director of Photography	Ivan Strasburg
	Still Photographer	Merie Weismiller Wallace
Department	Role	Name

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