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The Quiet American is a 2002 political drama film and the adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling 1955 novel set in Vietnam, The Quiet American. It is directed by Phillip Noyce and stars Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen.
Mar 7, 2003 · The Quiet American: Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija. An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Phillip Noyce
- 2003-03-07
The Quiet American is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene. Narrated in the first person by journalist Thomas Fowler, the novel depicts the breakdown of French colonialism in Vietnam and early American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Thoughtful and wonderfully acted, The Quiet American manages to capture the spirit of Green's novel. From the classic novel by Graham Greene comes a murder mystery centered on a love triangle...
- (156)
- Phillip Noyce
- R
- Michael Caine
Directed by Phillip Noyce. In war, the most powerful weapon is seduction. In early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist.
- (6.4K)
- Mirage Enterprises
- Phillip Noyce
In early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, the trio ...
Graham Greene's novel The Quiet American (1955) told the story of this triangle against the background of America's adventure in Vietnam in the early 1950s--when, he shows us, the CIA used pleasant, presentable agents like Pyle to pose as "aid workers" while arranging terrorist acts that would justify our intervention there.
