Live From Baghdad (TV) (2002)

2002 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

This HBO Films production mixes breakneck excitement, biting humor and blistering drama in telling the behind-the-scenes true story of how brash CNN producer Robert Wiener (Michael Keaton) and his resourceful team made history, and reported it, during the onset of the 1991 Gulf War. Arriving in Baghdad, Wiener and co-producer Ingrid Formanek (Helena Bonham Carter) contend with numerous logistical, technical and political challenges as they attempt to report on the situation in Baghdad as war looms. While feeding stories to a hungry 24-hour news network under the scrutiny of Iraqi censorship and Saddam's propaganda efforts, the two producers must stay ahead of the competition - the Big Three networks. When the bombs hit Baghdad on January 16, 1991 (most of the other news crews have fled the city), the ingenuity and courage of Wiener, Ingrid and their crew (including CNN anchor Bernard Shaw and reporters Peter Arnett and John Holliman) pay off when they are able to use a coveted "four-wire" transmitter to relay live reports on the U.S. bombing of Baghdad not just to America, but the entire world.

Direction Mick Jackson

Cast Michael Keaton · Helena Bonham Carter · Joshua Leonard · Lili Taylor · Michael Cudlitz · Hamish Linklater · Bruce McGill · Matt Keeslar · Robert Wisdom · David Suchet · Paul Guilfoyle · John Carroll Lynch

Soundtrack Steve Jablonsky · Geoff Zanelli

Screenplay Robert Wiener · Richard Chapman · John Patrick Shanley · Timothy J. Sexton

Cinematography Ivan Strasburg

Original title Live From Baghdad (TV)

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