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Live from Baghdad

Breaking News - Making History

Description: 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.

Genres: Drama, War, TV Movie

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 108 minutes

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Michael Keaton

Played Robert Wiener

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Helena Bonham Carter

Played Ingrid Formanek

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Joshua Leonard

Played Mark Biello

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Lili Taylor

Played Judy Parker

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David Suchet

Played Naji Al-Hadithi

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Bruce McGill

Played Peter Arnett

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Michael Murphy

Played Tom Johnson

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Robert Wisdom

Played Bernard Shaw

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Paul Guilfoyle

Played Ed Turner

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Clark Gregg

Played Eason Jordan

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Hamish Linklater

Played Richard Roth

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John Carroll Lynch

Played Josh Holliman

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Michael Cudlitz

Played Tom Murphy

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Pamela Sinha

Played Fatima

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Matt Keeslar

Played Nic Robertson

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Kurt Fuller

Played Inky

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David Kaye

Played Ben Dupont

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Jimmy Palumbo

Played News Producer

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David Shatraw

Played Joe Wilson

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Peter Jason

Played Stu

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Brian George

Played Al Rasheed Manager

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Jerry Haleva

Played Saddam Hussein

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Mark Arnott

Played Bob Furnad

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Inny Clemons

Played CNN Deskman

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Chet Grissom

Played Will King

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Val Lauren

Played CNN Technician

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Kymberly Newberry

Played Secretary

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Kurt Hargan

Played CNN Control Room Manager

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Paul Tranghese

Played CNN Stage Manager

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Tom Amandes

Played Joe Erlichman

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Thomas Crawford

Played Nigel Babcock

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James Waterston

Played Eric

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Bill Moseley

Played Rex

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Roy Werner

Played Bob

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John Ciccolini

Played 1st Journalist

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Andrew Borba

Played 2nd Journalist

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Jack Armstrong

Played 3rd Journalist

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Will Radford

Played British Journalist #1

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Kevin Brief

Played Singing Brit #2

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Steven Houska

Played British Journalist #3

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Murphy Dunne

Played Bob Vinton

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Lee Dawson

Played Raymond Page

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Michael James Kacey

Played American Hostage #1

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Craig Anton

Played American Hostage #2

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Jason Antoon

Played Mr. Mazin

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Carole Davis

Played Mrs. Awatiff

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Shaun Toub

Played Sadoun Al-Jenabi

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Mahryah Shain

Played Al Rasheed Waiter

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Joel Swetow

Played Taxi Driver

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Alan Desatti

Played Iraqi Guard #1

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Ofer Samra

Played Iraqi Bomb Shelter Guard

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Jay Harik

Played Sadam's Translator

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David Franco

Played Saddam's Security Man

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Castulo Guerra

Played Kuwaiti Doctor

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