An Unlikely Weapon
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Susan Morgan Cooper
Nick Ut
Peter Jennings
Bill Clinton
Kim Phuc
Nygoc Loan
Film Details
Technical Specs
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.
Director
Susan Morgan Cooper
Cast
Nick Ut
Peter Jennings
Bill Clinton
Kim Phuc
Nygoc Loan
Tom Brokaw
Alec Baldwin
Gordon Parks
Bill Eppridge
Kiefer Sutherland
Bob Schieffer
Eddie Adams
Crew
Eddie Adams
Cindy Lou Adkins
Alec Baldwin
Tom Brokaw
Bill Clinton
Susan Morgan Cooper
Kyle Eastwood
Victor Ennis
Bill Eppridge
Luke Gibleon
Isaac Hagy
Isaac Hagy
Isaac Hagy
Peter Jennings
Nygoc Loan
James D. Mitchell
Gordon Parks
Kim Phuc
Bob Schieffer
Michael Stevens
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Nick Ut
Kerry Dean Williams
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States July 10, 2009
Released in United States Spring April 10, 2009
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (True Stories) January 6-19, 2009.
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (True Stories) January 6-19, 2009.)
Released in United States Spring April 10, 2009
Released in United States July 10, 2009 (Los Angeles)
