| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Michael Keaton |
Robert Wiener
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| Helena Bonham Carter |
Ingrid Formanek
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| Lili Taylor |
Judy Parker
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| Joshua Leonard |
Mark Biello
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| David Suchet |
Naji Al Hadithi
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| Michael Cudlitz |
Tom Murphy
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| Hamish Linklater |
Richard Roth
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| Michael Murphy |
Tom Johnson
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| Paul Guilfoyle |
Ed Turner
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| Robert Wisdom |
Bernard Shaw
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| Bruce McGill |
Peter Arnett
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| Matt Keeslar |
Nic Robertson
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| Pamela Sinha |
Fatima (as Pamela Sinna)
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; War |
| Director |
Mick Jackson |
| Writer |
Robert Wiener |
| Studio |
HBO |
|
| Language |
English |
| Running Time |
1 hr 40 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| As America geared itself for another possible armed conflict in Iraq, the HBO cable service offered a dramatization of events surrounding the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Originally telecast on December 8, 2002, Live From Baghdad recounted the efforts by the CNN network to be first on the scene when hostilities broke out in the Gulf in late 1990. Inaugurating round-the-clock coverage of the warfare with the invasion of Kuwait, dauntless CNN producers Robert Wiener ( Michael Keaton ) and Ingrid Formanek ( Helena Bonham Carter ), aided and abetted by on-the-scene reporters Bernard Shaw ( Robert Wisdom ), Peter Arnett ( Bruce McGill ), and John Holliman ( John Carroll Lynch ), among many others, represented the only American news service on the scene during the first night of bombing on January 16, 1991. Not only does Live From Baghdad celebrate the heroism (and meticulous fairness) of the CNN crew, but it also vividly demonstrates how a tiny but tenacious basic cable channel managed to out-scoop the Big Three networks, thereby becoming one of the most powerful and influential journalistic forces in the world. — Hal Erickson |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
5 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/1/2003 |
| Tape Label |
2 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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