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Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Nov 26, 1997
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 3, 2004
• R2: 29 Apr 2002
Budget $9,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for brutal images/war atrocities and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country USA, UK
Studio Channel 4, Film Four Distributors, Miramax
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Other Titles
• Welcome to Sarajevo
• Sarajevo (1997)
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Genre: War, Drama, Society, Military, Escape, Cult Classic
Tagline: For this celebrated, outrageous, adrenaline-loving bunch of reporters, home is the latest war zone. Now, one of them is about to do the unthinkable--get emotionally involved.
Plot: Michael Winterbottom's ingenious drama, adapted by journalist Michael Nicholson from his memoir NATASHA’S STORY, concerns the horrific bloodshed that broke out in Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Most specifically, the film focuses its attention on Bosnia, the capital of Sarajevo, when the violence was its most intense and unpredictable. The story follows a group of journalists who spend their days braving the front lines, searching for footage that will guarantee them a prime slot on their local newscast. Stephen Dillane plays Michael Henderson, a disillusioned English war reporter working alongside cameraman Gregg (James Nesbitt) and producer Jane (Kerry Fox). The trio immediately befriends their new driver, Risto (Goran Visnjic), while contending with Flynn (Woody Harrelson), a hotshot American who is more interested in individual glory than the war itself. When Nina (Marisa Tomei), a relief worker, arrives to shuttle a busload of children out of the country, Henderson takes it upon himself to smuggle out Emira (Emira Nusevic), an apparent orphan, risking his life in the process. With WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, Winterbottom cleverly combines documentary footage of the horrific acts of "ethnic cleansing" with a more traditional story, resulting in a highly original motion picture that
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