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In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nygoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerrilla point black... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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An Unlikely Weapon: The Eddie Adams Story (From Vanity Fair. 14 April 2009, 12:10 PM, PDT)
Terrific Trailer for the Documentary 'An Unlikely Weapon'
(From Get The Big Picture. 13 April 2009, 12:18 AM, PDT)
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(Credited cast) | Eddie Adams | ... | Himself |
 | Marc Anthony | ... | Himself |
| Peter Arnett | ... | Himself |
| Tom Brokaw | ... | Himself |
 | Bill Clinton | ... | Himself |
| Bill Eppridge | ... | Himself |
 | Peter Jennings | ... | Himself |
| Kerry Kennedy | ... | Herself |
 | David Hume Kennerly | ... | Himself |
 | Gordon Parks | ... | Himself |
| Thi Kim Phuc Phan | ... | Herself |
| Morley Safer | ... | Himself |
 | Rod Steiger | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Narrator |
 | Tracey Ullman | ... | Herself |
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Very interesting documentary about Eddie Adams, the legendary photographer whose career spanned 13 wars, 6 US presidents, and 50 years of movie stars. His most famous picture is that of a Vietcong being shot during the war by a Saigon police chief.
His friends and co-workers talk about Adams, who died a few years ago, and say how much he influenced them and how much his photos influenced the American people. There are a lot of interviews with Adams before he died that the director found while rummaging through piles of tapes in Adams' photo studio. People like Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw and Kim Phuc (she was the girl running naked on the street during Vietnam with severe burns) are interviewed as well.
The stories of his time in Vietnam are amazing, especially the moment he took that famous photograph. Apparently that photograph is what influenced Michael Cimino to make The Deer Hunter.
I also had no idea that among other things, Adams is the one who took the photo of Clint Eastwood that became the poster for Unforgiven.
This was a great documentary, I really enjoyed it.