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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.

2002 |1h 48m |  Drama, War, TV Movie

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Cast

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Michael Keaton

Robert Wiener

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Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

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Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

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Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

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David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

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Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

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Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

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Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

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Paul Guilfoyle

Ed Turner

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Clark Gregg

Eason Jordan

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Hamish Linklater

Richard Roth

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John Carroll Lynch

Josh Holliman

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Michael Cudlitz

Tom Murphy

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Pamela Sinha

Fatima

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Matt Keeslar

Nic Robertson

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Kurt Fuller

Inky

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David Kaye

Ben Dupont

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Jimmy Palumbo

News Producer

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David Shatraw

Joe Wilson

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Peter Jason

Stu

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Brian George

Al Rasheed Manager

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Jerry Haleva

Saddam Hussein

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Inny Clemons

CNN Deskman

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Chet Grissom

Will King

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Val Lauren

CNN Technician

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Tom Amandes

Joe Erlichman

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Thomas Crawford

Nigel Babcock

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James Waterston

Eric

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Bill Moseley

Rex

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Roy Werner

Bob

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John Ciccolini

1st Journalist

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Andrew Borba

2nd Journalist

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Jack Armstrong

3rd Journalist

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Will Radford

British Journalist #1

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Kevin Brief

Singing Brit #2

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Steven Houska

British Journalist #3

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Murphy Dunne

Bob Vinton

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Lee Dawson

Raymond Page

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Michael James Kacey

American Hostage #1

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Craig Anton

American Hostage #2

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Jason Antoon

Mr. Mazin

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Carole Davis

Mrs. Awatiff

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Shaun Toub

Sadoun Al-Jenabi

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Mahryah Shain

Al Rasheed Waiter

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Joel Swetow

Taxi Driver

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Jay Harik

Sadam's Translator

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David Franco

Saddam's Security Man

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Castulo Guerra

Kuwaiti Doctor

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Language

English, Arabic, Italian

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