An Unlikely Weapon (2009)



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Synopsis:
In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon Police Chief, General Nygoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerilla point blank. Some say that photograph ended the Vietnam War. The photo brought Eddie fame and a Pulitzer, but Eddie was haunted by the man he had vilified. He would say, “two lives were destroyed that day, the victims and the General.” Others would say that three lives were destroyed. Eddie Adams, like most artists, was tortured by his need for perfection. Nothing he did ever satisfied him. He carved out many careers shooting covers for Life, Time and even Penthouse. Yet, somehow, he was always pulled back into documenting war, 13 all together. Finally he hit the wall and couldn’t take it anymore. He began shooting celebrities because it “it doesn’t take anything from you.” Eddie was comfortable with kings and coal miners. Still haunted by General Loan, Eddie visits him 40 years later in a pizza shop in Virginia. Scribbled on the wall of a bathroom stall are the words “we know who you are, you fucker!” Eddie’s camera was his most powerful weapon, but it failed to protect him from himself.

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Theatrical Release
4/10/2009
Director Credit
Susan Morgan Cooper Director
Cast Credit
Eddie Adams Himself
Kiefer Sutherland Narrator
Tom Brokaw Himself
Peter Jennings Himself
President Bill Clinton Himself
Alec Baldwin Himself
General Nygoc Loan Himself
Bob Schieffer Himself
Bill Eppridge Himself
Nick Ut Himself
Gordon Parks Himself
Phan Thi Kim Phuc Herself
Production Credits Credit
Susan Morgan Cooper Producer
Cindy Lou Adkins Co-Producer
Production Companies Credit
Morgan Cooper Productions Production Company
Distribution Companies Credit
Morgan Cooper Productions Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Film Camera Credit
Isaac Hagy Cinematographer
Music Credit
Kyle Eastwood Composer
Michael Stevens Composer
Sound Credit
Mark Stoeckinger Sound Editor
Luke Gibleon Assistant Sound Editor
Kerry Dean Williams Assistant Sound Editor
Victor Ray Ennis Assistant Sound Editor

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