Peter Arnett

Peter Arnett

Born: November 13, 1934
in Riverton, New Zealand

Movies for Peter Arnett...

Dateline: Saigon
Title: Dateline: Saigon
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 2017
Type: Movie
How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press' Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and legendary photojournalist Horst Faas, and UPI's Neil Sheehan -- during the early years of the Vietnam War as President John F. Kennedy is secretly committing US troops to what is initially dismissed by some as 'a nice little war in a land of tigers and elephants.' 'When the government is telling the truth, reporters become a relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening,' Halberstam tells us. 'But when the government doesn't tell the truth, begins to twist the truth, hide the truth, then the journalist becomes involuntarily infinitely more important.'
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Title: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Character: Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)
Released: October 16, 2009
Type: Movie
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War.
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WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Title: WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Character: Self
Released: December 12, 2004
Type: Movie
There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker, Emmy-award winningTV journalist, author and media critic, Danny Schechter turns the cameras on the role of the media. His new film, WMD, is an outspoken assessment of how Pentagon propaganda and media complicity misled the American people...
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15 Minutes
Title: 15 Minutes
Character: Peter Arnett
Released: March 1, 2001
Type: Movie
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."