Live From Baghdad (2002)

Live From Baghdad
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Medium level coarse language, Mature themes

Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Clark Gregg, Lili Taylor, Michael Keaton

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 long time 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.

DVD
Status: Normal
Run time: 90mins
Origin: UNITED STATES
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Member Reviews (2)

2 Member Reviews
Laurens B.
says
Very interesting, a historic picture of this time..
Posted Friday, 24 April 2009 See my other reviews
Janet W.
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Well, if it wasn't for the thrill junkies prepared to risk their lives for a story then we would never have seen the Iraq war live on TV - something I know I could have lived without. If one likes watching films about the USA versus Iraq conflict then you should enjoy this one.
Posted Tuesday, 9 September 2008 See my other reviews