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Cast
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 |
Storyline
A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and - unlike their rivals - take them live at a moment's notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.
Tagline: | Breaking News - Making History |
Certification: | 15 |
Cast
Michael Keaton |
Robert Wiener |
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Helena Bonham Carter |
Ingrid Formanek |
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Joshua Leonard |
Mark Biello |
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Lili Taylor |
Judy Parker |
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David Suchet |
Naji Al-Hadithi |
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Bruce McGill |
Peter Arnett |
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Michael Murphy |
Tom Johnson |
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Robert Wisdom |
Bernard Shaw |
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Paul Guilfoyle |
Ed Turner |
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Clark Gregg |
Eason Jordan |
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Hamish Linklater |
Richard Roth |
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John Carroll Lynch |
Josh Holliman |
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Michael Cudlitz |
Tom Murphy |
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Pamela Sinha |
Fatima |
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Matt Keeslar |
Nic Robertson |
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Kurt Fuller |
Inky |
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David Kaye |
Ben Dupont |
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Jimmy Palumbo |
News Producer |
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David Shatraw |
Joe Wilson |
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Peter Jason |
Stu |
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Brian George |
Al Rasheed Manager |
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Jerry Haleva |
Saddam Hussein |
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Mark Arnott |
Bob Furnad |
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Inny Clemons |
CNN Deskman |
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Chet Grissom |
Will King |
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Val Lauren |
CNN Technician |
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Kymberly Newberry |
Secretary |
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Kurt Hargan |
CNN Control Room Manager |
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Paul Tranghese |
CNN Stage Manager |
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Tom Amandes |
Joe Erlichman |
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Thomas Crawford |
Nigel Babcock |
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James Waterston |
Eric |
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Bill Moseley |
Rex |
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Roy Werner |
Bob |
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John Ciccolini |
1st Journalist |
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Andrew Borba |
2nd Journalist |
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Jack Armstrong |
3rd Journalist |
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Will Radford |
British Journalist #1 |
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Kevin Brief |
Singing Brit #2 |
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Steven Houska |
British Journalist #3 |
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Murphy Dunne |
Bob Vinton |
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Lee Dawson |
Raymond Page |
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Michael James Kacey |
American Hostage #1 |
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Craig Anton |
American Hostage #2 |
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Jason Antoon |
Mr. Mazin |
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Carole Davis |
Mrs. Awatiff |
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Shaun Toub |
Sadoun Al-Jenabi |
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Mahryah Shain |
Al Rasheed Waiter |
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Joel Swetow |
Taxi Driver |
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Alan Desatti |
Iraqi Guard #1 |
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Ofer Samra |
Iraqi Bomb Shelter Guard |
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Jay Harik |
Sadam's Translator |
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David Franco |
Saddam's Security Man |
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Castulo Guerra |
Kuwaiti Doctor |
Directed By
Mick Jackson |
Director |
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Karen Golden |
Script Supervisor |
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Writing Credits
Richard Chapman |
Writer |
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Timothy J. Sexton |
Writer |
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John Patrick Shanley |
Writer |
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Production Crew
John Papsidera |
Casting |
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Geyer Kosinski |
Executive Producer |
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Richard Chapman |
Co-Producer |
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Robert Wiener |
Co-Producer |
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George W. Perkins |
Producer |
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Rosalie Swedlin |
Executive Producer |
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Juanita Diane Feeney |
Associate Producer |
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Sara Colleton |
Executive Producer |
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Thomas D. Herman |
Co-Producer |
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Edited By
Joe Hutshing |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Louise Frogley |
Costume Design |
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Mary L. Mastro |
Hairstylist |
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Robert Ryan |
Makeup Artist |
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Latifa Souihi Maadani |
Makeup Artist |
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Amina Ben Cherki |
Hairstylist |
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Mustaque M. Ashrafi |
Makeup Artist |
Sound
Steve Jablonsky |
Original Music Composer |
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Rick Ash |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Ivan Strasburg |
Director of Photography |
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Merie Weismiller Wallace |
Still Photographer |
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Lighting
Art Department
Richard Hoover |
Production Design |
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Matthew C. Jacobs |
Art Direction |
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Brian Kasch |
Set Decoration |
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Ahmed Abounouom |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
Michael Cassidy |
Stunt Coordinator |
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