7.5 Score

2002 • 1h 48min • TV-MA • Drama, War, TV Movie

Live from Baghdad

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

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

IMDb 7.2

RT 78%

Director

Mick Jackson

Composer

Steve Jablonsky

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Michael Keaton

Robert Wiener

Helena Bonham Carter

Ingrid Formanek

Joshua Leonard

Mark Biello

Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

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Michael Keaton Robert Wiener

Helena Bonham Carter Ingrid Formanek

Joshua Leonard Mark Biello

Lili Taylor Judy Parker

David Suchet Naji Al-Hadithi

Bruce McGill Peter Arnett

Michael Murphy Tom Johnson

Robert Wisdom Bernard Shaw

Paul Guilfoyle Ed Turner

Clark Gregg Eason Jordan

Hamish Linklater Richard Roth

John Carroll Lynch Josh Holliman

Michael Cudlitz Tom Murphy

Pamela Sinha Fatima

Matt Keeslar Nic Robertson

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