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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.
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
Sources (8)
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Article · Deutsch
Der stille Amerikaner (Originaltitel: The Quiet American) ist ein Thriller von Regisseur Phillip Noyce aus dem Jahr 2002. Er ist eine Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Romans von Graham Greene aus dem Jahr 1955, der erstmals 1958 verfilmt wurde (deutscher Titel: ). Der Film spielt im Vietnam der frühen 1950er Jahre. In den Hauptrollen zu sehen sind Michael Caine als britischer Journalist und Brendan Fraser als der namensgebende „stille Amerikaner“.
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