Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/scope 101m
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei
Synopsis:
ITN reporter Michael Nicholson is drawn to the plight of the besieged citizens of the Bosnian capital, and in particular to that of a group of orphaned children being housed dangerously close to the front lines.
Review:
Mixture of video and film footage which effectively conjures up the confusion and peril of those months of siege, or at least the hot Summer ones. It inevitably evokes comparison with The Killing Fields, and on that score is less dramatically compelling. The Harrelson part seems tagged on for US audiences but Dillane acts well in his first big screen role.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/scope 101m
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei
Synopsis:
ITN reporter Michael Nicholson is drawn to the plight of the besieged citizens of the Bosnian capital, and in particular to that of a group of orphaned children being housed dangerously close to the front lines.
Review:
Mixture of video and film footage which effectively conjures up the confusion and peril of those months of siege, or at least the hot Summer ones. It inevitably evokes comparison with The Killing Fields, and on that score is less dramatically compelling. The Harrelson part seems tagged on for US audiences but Dillane acts well in his first big screen role.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/scope 101m
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei
Synopsis:
ITN reporter Michael Nicholson is drawn to the plight of the besieged citizens of the Bosnian capital, and in particular to that of a group of orphaned children being housed dangerously close to the front lines.
Review:
Mixture of video and film footage which effectively conjures up the confusion and peril of those months of siege, or at least the hot Summer ones. It inevitably evokes comparison with The Killing Fields, and on that score is less dramatically compelling. The Harrelson part seems tagged on for US audiences but Dillane acts well in his first big screen role.