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Live from Baghdad / HBO films presents an Industry Entertainment production a film by Mick Jackson ; producer, George W. Perkins ; screenplay writers, Robert Wiener, Richard Chapman, John Patrick Shanley, Timothy J. Sexton ; director, Mick Jackson.
LIBRA DVD 010 670
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Wiener, Robert. Live from Baghdad, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Wiener, Robert--Film adaptations.
- Wiener, Robert.
- Cable News Network.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Journalists--Drama.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Cable News Network--Drama.
- Journalists.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : HBO Video, [2003]
- Language Note:
- English or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital, Region 1 encoding.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Up against the three big networks, Wiener, a veteran producer, along with his longtime producing partner and their team of rebels with a cause, take the biggest risks to get the biggest stories - unlike their rivals - live at a moment's notice.
- Participant:
- Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Lili Taylor, Bruce McGill, Robert Widsom, Joshua Leonard, Paul Guilfoyle, Michael Murphy, Clark Gregg, David Suchet.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Ivan Strasburg ; editor, Joe Hutshing ; music, Steve Jablonsky ; costume designer, Louise Frogley ; production designer, Richard Hoover.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast by HBO Dec. 7, 2002.
- Based on the book by Robert Wiener.
- Directors Guild of America, USA, 2003: DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television (Mick Jackson, Charles Skouras III (unit production manager - plaque), Mary Ellen Woods (first assistant director - plaque), Kristen Ploucha (second assistant director - plaque), Sally Sue Beisel (second second assistant director - plaque).
- ISBN:
- 0783123760
- 9780783123769
- OCLC:
- 52199493
- Publisher Number:
- 026359202827
- 92028 HBO Video
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