Fresh
The teleplay from Wiener, Richard Chapman, John Patrick Shanley and Timothy J. Sexton is mostly taut and exciting, except when it pauses for a minimally romantic time out between Wiener and Formanek.
Barry Johnson, Hollywood Reporter
Live from Baghdad
No story is worth dying for. But this was the story of a lifetime.
2002 · 1h 48m · TV-MA
Drama, TV Movie, War
Directed by
Mick Jackson
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Live from Baghdad
Overview
A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.
Director and cast
- Mick Jackson Director
- Michael Keaton as Robert Wiener
- Helena Bonham Carter as Ingrid Formanek
- Joshua Leonard as Mark Biello
- Lili Taylor as Judy Parker
- David Suchet as Naji Al-Hadithi
- Bruce McGill as Peter Arnett
- Michael Murphy as Tom Johnson
- Robert Wisdom as Bernard Shaw
- Paul Guilfoyle as Ed Turner
- Clark Gregg as Eason Jordan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As a movie, Live From Baghdad constitutes another first-class production from HBO.
Tom Shales, Washington Post
Fresh
One of the best movies I've seen about electronic journalism.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
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