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 : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

Age : 58 | Popularity : 100%

Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

Age : 49 | Popularity : 55%

Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

Age : 57 | Popularity : 100%

David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 63%

Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Age : 86 | Popularity : 68%

Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

Age : N/A | Popularity : 90%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Mick Jackson
	Script Supervisor	Karen Golden
Editing	Editor	Joe Hutshing
Production	Casting	John Papsidera
	Co-Producer	Richard Chapman Thomas D. Herman Robert Wiener
	Producer	George W. Perkins
	Executive Producer	Geyer Kosinski Rosalie Swedlin Sara Colleton
	Associate Producer	Juanita Diane Feeney
Art	Production Design	Richard Hoover
	Art Direction	Matthew C. Jacobs Ahmed Abounouom
	Set Decoration	Brian Kasch
Camera	Director of Photography	Ivan Strasburg
	Still Photographer	Merie Weismiller Wallace
Sound	Original Music Composer	Steve Jablonsky
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Rick Ash
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Louise Frogley
	Hairstylist	Amina Ben Cherki Mary L. Mastro
	Makeup Artist	Mustaque M. Ashrafi Robert Ryan Latifa Souihi Maadani
Crew	Stunt Coordinator	Michael Cassidy
Writing	Writer	John Patrick Shanley Timothy J. Sexton Richard Chapman
Department	Role	Name

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