Live from Baghdad
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.
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David Suchet
as Naji Al-Hadithi
Brian George
as Al Rasheed Manager
Inny Clemons
as CNN Deskman
Kymberly Newberry
as Secretary
James Waterston
as Eric
Jack Armstrong
as 3rd Journalist
Michael James Kacey
as American Hostage #1
Mahryah Shain
as Al Rasheed Waiter
Helena Bonham Carter
as Ingrid Formanek
Joshua Leonard
as Mark Biello
John Carroll Lynch
as Josh Holliman
Jerry Haleva
as Saddam Hussein
Thomas Crawford
as Nigel Babcock
Roy Werner
as Bob
John Ciccolini
as 1st Journalist
Lee Dawson
as Raymond Page
Lili Taylor
as Judy Parker
Paul Guilfoyle
as Ed Turner
Kurt Fuller
as Inky
Andrew Borba
as 2nd Journalist
Craig Anton
as American Hostage #2
Jay Harik
as Sadam's Translator
Michael Keaton
as Robert Wiener
Michael Cudlitz
as Tom Murphy
Matt Keeslar
as Nic Robertson
David Kaye
as Ben Dupont
Val Lauren
as CNN Technician
Joel Swetow
as Taxi Driver
Hamish Linklater
as Richard Roth
Chet Grissom
as Will King
Steven Houska
as British Journalist #3
Bruce McGill
as Peter Arnett
Michael Murphy
as Tom Johnson
Robert Wisdom
as Bernard Shaw
Pamela Sinha
as Fatima
David Shatraw
as Joe Wilson
Kevin Brief
as Singing Brit #2
Jason Antoon
as Mr. Mazin
Peter Jason
as Stu
Tom Amandes
as Joe Erlichman
Bill Moseley
as Rex
Will Radford
as British Journalist #1
Murphy Dunne
as Bob Vinton
David Franco
as Saddam's Security Man
Castulo Guerra
as Kuwaiti Doctor
Clark Gregg
as Eason Jordan
Jimmy Palumbo
as News Producer
Carole Davis
as Mrs. Awatiff
Shaun Toub
as Sadoun Al-Jenabi
