
"Breaking News - Making History"
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.
Robert Wiener

Ingrid Formanek

Mark Biello

Judy Parker

Naji Al-Hadithi

Peter Arnett

Tom Johnson

Bernard Shaw

Ed Turner

Eason Jordan

Richard Roth

Josh Holliman

Tom Murphy

Fatima

Nic Robertson

Inky

Ben Dupont

News Producer

Joe Wilson

Stu

Al Rasheed Manager

Saddam Hussein

Bob Furnad
CNN Deskman

Will King

CNN Technician

Secretary

CNN Control Room Manager
CNN Stage Manager
Joe Erlichman

Nigel Babcock

Eric

Rex

Bob

1st Journalist

2nd Journalist

3rd Journalist

British Journalist #1

Singing Brit #2

British Journalist #3

Bob Vinton

Raymond Page

American Hostage #1

American Hostage #2

Mr. Mazin

Mrs. Awatiff

Sadoun Al-Jenabi

Al Rasheed Waiter

Taxi Driver

Iraqi Guard #1
Iraqi Bomb Shelter Guard
Sadam's Translator

Saddam's Security Man

Kuwaiti Doctor
