What is Welcome to Sarajevo?
Topic: Film "Welcome to Sarajevo" (1997). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1997
- Release date
- May 9, 1997
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.5/10
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Topic: Film "Welcome to Sarajevo" (1997).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: Welcome to Sarajevo
Year: 1997
Genre: War, Drama, History
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Based on: The book Natasha's Story by Michael Nicholson
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Emira Nušević, Kerry Fox, Goran Višnjić, James Nesbitt, Emily Lloyd.
Runtime: 1h 43m
Rating: R
US Release Date: 11/26/1997
Plot: Follows a group of international journalists into Sarajevo, a city that was once cosmopolitan but is now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents live. While reporting on an American aid worker attempting to get children out of the country,
Should you watch it?
“International journalists risk everything inside the danger zone of war-torn Sarajevo.”
- Features a talented cast including Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, and Marisa Tomei.
- Directed by Michael Winterbottom with a script by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
- Based on the book Natasha's Story by Michael Nicholson.
- It depicts intense war zones featuring sniper and mortar attacks.
Watch it if you want to see a war drama following international journalists in Sarajevo.
The film runs for 1 hour and 43 minutes and features dramatic war themes.
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Is Welcome to Sarajevo worth watching?
It is a war drama directed by Michael Winterbottom and based on Michael Nicholson's book Natasha's Story.
What is the runtime of the film?
The film has a runtime of 1 hour and 43 minutes.
Who directed the film?
The film was directed by Michael Winterbottom.
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