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Live from Baghdad

2002 · 108 min · Director: Mick Jackson ★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,053 ratings

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Dramatized version of the story of CNN's Gulf War coverage featuring "The Boys from Baghdad": the battle over access, the fight to keep the technology up and running.. and the decision whether to risk their lives behind enemy lines once the bombing starts, in order to get the story of a lifetime.

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Live from Baghdad (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Excitement 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Excitement, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Excitement and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 28 %, then rises around 73 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension50 %45 %29 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor45 %36 %19 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension45 %39 %15 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension46 %45 %16 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension40 %39 %16 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Humor36 %33 %14 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension43 %38 %18 %31 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Tension53 %49 %29 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Tension60 %59 %35 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension60 %60 %31 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Tension58 %53 %28 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Relief57 %48 %29 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension58 %53 %32 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Tension64 %64 %41 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Tension76 %76 %55 %40 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Tension85 %85 %68 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Tension86 %85 %71 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension79 %75 %59 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Relief70 %65 %43 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Lili Taylor

Judy Parker

David Suchet

Naji Al-Hadithi

Bruce McGill

Peter Arnett

Michael Murphy

Tom Johnson

Robert Wisdom

Bernard Shaw

Paul Guilfoyle

Ed Turner

Clark Gregg

Eason Jordan

Hamish Linklater

Richard Roth

John Carroll Lynch

Josh Holliman

Michael Cudlitz

Tom Murphy

PS
Pamela Sinha

Fatima

MK
Matt Keeslar

Nic Robertson

David Kaye

Ben Dupont

JP
Jimmy Palumbo

News Producer

DS
David Shatraw

Joe Wilson

Details

Directed by
Mick Jackson
Written by
John Patrick Shanley, Richard Chapman, Timothy J. Sexton, Robert Wiener
Type
Movies
Released
2002
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,053 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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