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Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

No story is worth dying for. But this was the story of a lifetime.

20026.71h 48m

Overview

A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.

Directed by Mick Jackson
Written by John Patrick Shanley, Timothy J. Sexton, Richard Chapman
Produced by George W. Perkins
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Top Cast

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton

Robert Wiener

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

Joshua Leonard

Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

Lili Taylor

Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

David Suchet

David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Robert Wisdom

Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

Ed Turner

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg

Eason Jordan

Themes & Keywords

hotelgulf warbased on novel or bookwar correspondentjournalismiraqbagdad

About Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad is a drama, war, tv movie film released in 2002 exploring themes of hotel, gulf war, based on novel or book, war correspondent, journalism, iraq. Directed by Mick Jackson, it stars Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Joshua Leonard. A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.

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