The Quiet American (2002)

Directed by

Phillip Noyce

Genre

drama film, romance film, mystery film, political thriller film

Country

Vietnam, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 334 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British journalist in 1950s Vietnam becomes entangled with a young American aid worker and a local woman. The American's secret activities lead to deadly consequences for the country.

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What happens

The Quiet American is a 2002 political drama film directed by Phillip Noyce, and stars Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen. The screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Robert Schenkkan is adapted from Graham Greene's bestselling 1955 novel of the same name set in Vietnam. In contrast to the prior 1958 film version, which abandoned Greene's cautionary tale about foreign intervention in favor of anticommunist advocacy of American power, the 2002 film is faithful to the source novel, illustrating the moral culpability of American agents in arranging terrorist actions aimed at the French colonial government and the Viet Minh. Going beyond Greene's original work, the film utilizes a montage ending with superimposed images of American soldiers from the intervening decades of the Vietnam War. Miramax paid $5.5 million for distribution rights in North America and some other territories, but the film was shelved after test audiences perceived it as unpatriotic in the wake of the September 11 attacks. The film finally received an Oscar qualification release in November 2002 and went on to gross US$12.9 million in limited theatrical release in the United States. The film received positive reviews from critics and Caine was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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