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Apr 10, 2009 · An Unlikely Weapon: Directed by Susan Morgan Cooper. With Eddie Adams, Marc Anthony, Peter Arnett, Tom Brokaw. In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nygoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerrilla point blank.
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- Documentary
- Susan Morgan Cooper
- 2009-04-10
Synopsis. In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nguyen Nyoc 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 ...
- Susan Morgan Cooper
- 85 min
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Director Susan Morgan's Kiefer Sutherland--narrated documentary spans all of Pulitzer Prize--winning photographer Eddie Adams' career, from his days shooting celebrities for "Time" magazine to the ...
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- Documentary
- Susan Morgan
An Unlikely Weapon. Eddie Adams photographed 13 wars, 6 American Presidents, and every major film star of the last 50 years. But the person Eddie found hardest to impress was himself. 8 IMDb 7.4 1 h 26 min 2009. 18+.
Apr 14, 2009 · An Unlikely Weapon, a new documentary produced by Susan Morgan Cooper, examines Adams's complicated life, weaving together accounts from his family and wartime colleagues, and from media greats ...
- Feifei Sun
Synopsis. Director Susan Morgan's Kiefer Sutherland--narrated documentary spans all of Pulitzer Prize--winning photographer Eddie Adams' career, from his days shooting celebrities for "Time" magazine to the time he spent snapping world-renowned images of the Vietnam War. Morgan focuses closely on the latter, using interviews with Adams and ...
There are many fascinating ideas to contemplate in An Unlikely Weapon: The Eddie Adams Story, but the documentary’s public television-like style and sometimes overly-obvious interview selections mar a grander sense of insight. Indeed, filmmaker Susan Morgan Cooper’s late subject was an amazing man—she makes sure to remind the viewer of ...
