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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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