Live from Baghdad Movie Review 2003

In 1991, veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener (Keaton) and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek (Bonham Carter) find themselves in Baghdad at the start of the first Gulf War. The other networks have pulled out for safety reasons and CNN is the only game around with Wiener and Formanek risking their lives to get the story. Adapted from the book by Wiener.

Distribution

HBO, 1100 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)512-7400, Fax: (212)512-7498, URL: http://www.hbo.com, Remarks: Online sales through www.store.hbo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

True Stories, News at 11, Persian Gulf War

Screenplay

Richard Chapman, John Patrick Shanley, Timothy J. Sexton

Cast

Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Lili Taylor, Bruce McGill, David Suchet, Joshua Leonard, Michael Cudlitz, Matt Keeslar, Robert Wisdom, Michael Murphy, Paul Guilfoyle, John Carroll Lynch, Tom Amandes, Murphy Dunne

Cinematography

Ivan Strasburg

Director

Mick Jackson