An Unlikely Weapon

Name: An Unlikely Weapon
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-04-10
Rating: 73

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"An Unlikely Weapon" - an inspirational film narrated by Kiefer Sutherland which includes interviews with notables such as Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Morley Safer, Gordon Parks, Bill Eppridge and President Bill Clinton (to name a few) - is the chilling story behind a photograph that some say ended the Vietnam War. In 1968, while covering the war for the Associated Press, Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerilla point blank. Ironically, it was Adams' shot that was heard around the world, taken at 1/500th of a second! The photo brought Adams' fame and a Pulitzer, but the man he had vilified haunted him. Adams would later say, "Two lives were destroyed that day - the victim's and the general." Yet others would say, three lives were destroyed.

GENRE: Documentary
RELEASE DATE: Friday, Apr 10, 2009

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Who directed An Unlikely Weapon?: Susan Morgan

What is An Unlikely Weapon about?: "An Unlikely Weapon" - an inspirational film narrated by Kiefer Sutherland which includes interviews with notables such as Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Morley Safer, Gordon Parks, Bill Eppridge and President Bill Clinton (to name a few) - is the chilling story behind a photograph that some say ended the Vietnam War. In 1968, while covering the war for the Associated Press, Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerilla point blank. Ironically, it was Adams' shot that was heard around the world, taken at 1/500th of a second! The photo brought Adams' fame and a Pulitzer, but the man he had vilified haunted him. Adams would later say, "Two lives were destroyed that day - the victim's and the general." Yet others would say, three lives were destroyed.