Shooter

original title:
Shooter
other titles:
(Shooter - Reporter in der Hölle)
country / year of production:
USA / 1988
original length:
95 min. , color
premiere:
11 September 1988
genre:
adventure
based on:
David Hume Kennerly. Shooter. New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.
director:
Gary Nelson
film script:
David Hume Kennerly
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cast (role):
Jeffrey Nordling , Noble Willingham , Kario Salem
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place in 1967 in Saigon, Vietnam and tells the story of the photographer Matt Thompson, called "Shooter". During his work for a magazine he gets involved with the soldiers he is taking pictures of.
keywords:
made-for-TV film , war correspondent , photo journalist , media , journalism , propaganda
war:
Vietnam War (1946-1975)
literature:
Anita Eichholz: Der Vietnamkrieg im "Spiegel": Eine inhaltsanalytische Untersuchung. Berlin: Spiess, 1979. ISBN: 3-920889-88-6
remarks:
Won an "Emmy" in 1989.
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