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6.6Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Released: 2002-11-22101 minDir: Phillip NoyceRomance, Thriller, Drama, WarBudget: $30.0MBox office: $27.7M
Cast
- Michael Caine as Thomas Fowler
- Brendan Fraser as Alden Pyle
- Đỗ Thị Hải Yến as Phuong
- Tzi Ma as Hinh
- Rade Šerbedžija as Inspector Vigot
- Robert Stanton as Joe Tunney
Themes
- vietnam war
- journalist
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- female lover
- saigon
- indochina
- 1950s
- indochina war
- ho chi minh
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
30,997 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 14 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Quiet American
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Phillip Noyce
- Screenwriter
- Christopher Hampton
- Composer
- Craig Armstrong
- Production company
- Miramax
- Cinematographer
- Christopher Doyle
- Narrative location
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 920187
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/the-quiet-american
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- publication date
- 2003-05-22
- title
- The Quiet American
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 7.0/10
- characters
- Trinh Minh The
- box office
- 5339542
- capital cost
- 30000000
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Categories
2002 American films2002 British films2002 drama films2002 English-language films2002 films2002 French films2002 French-language films2002 German films2002 thriller filmsAmerican political thriller filmsBritish political thriller filmsCold War filmsEnglish-language French filmsEnglish-language German filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms about war correspondentsFilms based on British novelsFilms based on works by Graham GreeneFilms directed by Phillip NoyceFilms scored by Craig Armstrong (composer)Films set in 1952Films set in French IndochinaFilms set in the French colonial empireFilms set in Vietnam