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Live from Baghdad (2002)

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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

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Television

Jun 24, 2003

HBO Video

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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (0) | DVD (6)

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.

February 13, 2003 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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As a movie, Live From Baghdad constitutes another first-class production from HBO.

January 6, 2003 Comment
Washington Post
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One of the best movies I've seen about electronic journalism.

December 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
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Nothing fascinates the media as much as itself.

July 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
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Mick Jackson's Live From Baghdad works as an entertaining drama, but it provides disappointingly inadequate context in its depiction of the events surrounding the 1991 Gulf War.

January 4, 2003 Full Review | Comment
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Michael Keaton gives his most taut performance since an uncredited turn in Out of Sight and Helena Bonham-Carter has split the difference between her Merchant Ivory days and her desolate Marla in David Fincher's Fight Club.

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Live from Baghdad

"Live from Baghdad" takes place after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, when executive producer Robert Wiener(Michael Keaton) volunteers to be sent by CNN into Baghdad, having nothing else to cover in Berlin since the wall came down. His superiors approve, even though Wiener has a bit of a reputation for taking

May 25, 2008
Harlequin68
Walter M.

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I couldn't even tell this was a made for tv movie; that's why I love HBO. Great cast, really enjoyed the film.

February 24, 2011
JennabGreat
Jenna Greathouse

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