CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 30m

A War Story

Arnett v bin Laden

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In 1997, Osama bin Laden declared war on the USA and Pulitzer Prize winning CNN correspondent Peter Arnett embarked on a mission to locate and interview him. A War Story follows the dramatic events leading up to the interview and the Kiwi journalist's horror on 9/11, as he recalled bin Laden's veiled threats.

Directed byJohn Laing

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
October 1, 2018
Studios
Making Movies

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5 credited
Starring
John Leigh

John Leigh

Peter Arnett

Tim Carlsen

Tim Carlsen

Bergen

George Kanaan

George Kanaan

Osama bin Laden

Chye-Ling Huang

Chye-Ling Huang

Elsa Arnett

Ishak Issa

Ishak Issa

Bari

Creative team
Directed by
John Laing
John Laing
Written by
Dean Parker

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