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Live from Baghdad (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 7  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Synopsis: With George Herbert Walker Bush prepared to strike Iraqi forces, CNN was in a unique position to deliver 24 hour coverage. Producers Robert Wiener (Michael Keaton) and Igrid Formanek (Helena Bonham Carter) capitalized on this opportunity by offering unflinching reporting that risked... With George Herbert Walker Bush prepared to strike Iraqi forces, CNN was in a unique position to deliver 24 hour coverage. Producers Robert Wiener (Michael Keaton) and Igrid Formanek (Helena Bonham Carter) capitalized on this opportunity by offering unflinching reporting that risked their lives as they became correspondents from Baghdad just before the first U.S. Gulf War. Based on a true story that changed television journalism, this powerful HBO feature won Mick Jackson a Director's Guild Award for his work. [More]

Genre: Television

Starring: Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham-Carter, Lili Taylor, Bruce McGill, Jerry Haleva

Director: Mick Jackson

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 24, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Stereo 2.0 - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Mick Jackson - Director

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Emanuel Levy
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Nothing fascinates the media as much as itself.

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07/03/03
David Bezanson
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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.

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02/13/03
Barry Johnson
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As a movie, Live From Baghdad constitutes another first-class production from HBO.

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01/06/03
Tom Shales
Washington Post
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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.

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01/04/03
Josh Ralske
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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.

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12/08/02
Jerry Weinstein
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One of the best movies I've seen about electronic journalism.

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12/02/02
Richard Roeper
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