Scenes from the 2002 HBO film "Live from Baghdad". A scoop that put CNN, which was just a small cable news company at the time, into stardom, that is, Robert Wiener, a PD, a CNN PD who stayed in Baghdad during the 1992 Gulf War and covered the American air raids in Baghdad, where the F-117 was the lead, and his This is a true story of the crew, starring one of my favorite actors, Michael Keaton. It's a great movie.
Baghdad, Iraq, where the US air raid was predicted in 1992, when most media was in a hurry to leave the country, the reporter team dispatched by CNN decided to stay there. PD Robert Weiner goes to great lengths and struggles to meet then Iraqi intelligence chief Naji Al-Hadithi in order to obtain the necessary permits, equipment, and all possible benefits for the coverage, and for an exclusive interview with Saddam Hussein . . After passing this series of 'tests', I met him, and I ended up getting an exclusive interview with Hussein. At that time, Iraq also wanted to reveal its 'position' to the international community, and CNN was there at that time, so it was a dramatic event.
Despite being an American film, this work is not an American or Iraqi point of view at the time, but rather depicts the Gulf War of 1992 from the point of view of journalists who looked at the issue with a fair eye and spirit (which can hardly be found now). I drew it. Saddam Hussein and George Bush also portrayed them as an element, not just a lead or supporting role in any event. These two people (Bush and Hussein) felt in this film are ruthless humans with little difference in their inner motive, and the events that occurred after them - the 911 disaster, and the Middle East and West Asia that continue beyond them. Down to the unsettling nature of the region - it makes us look back.
There aren't many famous lines, but this conversation is interesting:
Robert Wiener: Could you send up a Pepsi, please?
Ingrid Formanek: I'll take a Pepsi.
Judy Parker: I'll have a Coke.
Ingrid Formanek: Oh, there's no Coke in Baghdad. (Whispering) Israel.
Judy Parker: I didn't say anything.
Robert Wiener: Make it seven Pepsis.
It may not be easy to find as a TV movie made by HBO, but I think this movie is also historically significant. We recommend that you search for it.
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