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Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
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Synopsis
A startling examination of the Bosnian war of the mid-1990s and the role of journalists in covering it, this film was based on real-life journalist Michael Nicholson's book Natasha's Story. Like Nicholson, cynical journalist Henderson (
Stephen Dillane
) is one of the rat pack of reporters looking for gore in the streets of besieged Sarajevo. He is outraged when grandstanding reporter Flynn (
Woody Harrelson
) helps local citizens remove the corpse of a mother gunned down on a family outing. But the next day, Henderson is among the journalist vultures at a grisly scene, and he has to tell a little girl that both her parents were killed. When his story is demoted by his television network in favor of a celebrity puff piece, Henderson is angry. At the behest of his producer, Jane Carson (
Kerry Fox
), he visits a local orphanage. Henderson becomes deeply involved with the plight of the children and starts documenting their individual stories even as his employers express increasing disinterest. Henderson campaigns to get the kids out of Yugoslavia, with the help of an American aid worker, Nina (
Marisa Tomei
). He promises a girl named Emira (Emira Nusevic) that he'll take her back to his home in England. To make good on his vow, he must risk both his career and his life. He adopts the child and she is happy in England. But he must return to war-torn Sarajevo when her birth mother, who had abandoned her, demands her daughter back. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Cast
Woody Harrelson
Flynn
Marisa Tomei
Nina
Stephen Dillane
Henderson
Production Crew
David Minty
Art Director
Michael Nicholson
Book Author
Simone Ireland
Casting
Vanessa Pereira
Casting
Daf Hobson
Cinematographer
Adrian Johnston
Composer (Music Score)
Janty Yates
Costume Designer
Michael Winterbottom
Director
Trevor Waite
Editor
Mary Soan
First Assistant Director
Paul Sarony
Line Producer
Damian Jones
Producer
Graham Broadbent
Producer
Mark Geraghty
Production Designer
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Screenwriter
Martin Trevis
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1997
Runtime: 101
Country: UK
MPAA Rating: R
for brutal images/war atrocities and language
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
War
Sound
Dolby Digital
Produced by
Channel 4
Film Four Distributors
Miramax
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.