The Quiet American
- Original title
- The Quiet American
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Michael Caine
- Brendan Fraser
- Do Thi Hai Yen
- Rade Serbedzija
- Quang Hai
- Holmes Osborne
- Tzi Ma
- Robert Stanton
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery. Drama | Journalism. Remake
- Movie Groups
- Graham Greene Adaptations
- Synopsis
- American Aid worker Alden Pyle arrives in Saigon in the fall of 1952, at the height of the Vietnamese fight for independence from French colonial rule. Filled with zeal for his mission to help the people of Vietnam through his economic aid program and eager to learn the lay of the land from a more experienced hand, Pyle befriends London Times correspondent Thomas Fowler. Soon however he finds himself smitten with Fowler’s young Vietnamese mistress Phuong who is as beautiful, exotic and mysterious as the city of Saigon itself.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2002: Nominated for Oscar: Best Actor (Michael Caine)2002: Nominated for BAFTA Awards: Best Actor (Michael Caine)2002: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Actor - Drama (Michael Caine)2002: National Board of Review: Best Director (Phillip Noyce)2002: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - Movies of the Year2002: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Actor.
- Critics' reviews
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"An instant classic and a dramatic beauty, a film that gets us to the core of Greene's chilly, dark and romantic view of the post-war world"
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"The film feels dated both in its message and style."
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"This is intelligent grown-up entertainment on both a political and a humanistic level"
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