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Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Studio: Intermedia Films
Release Date: Nov 22, 2002
Running Time: 118 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: Australia
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 beautiful, exotic and mysterious as the city of Saigon itself. The three become swept up in a tempetuous love triangle that leads to a series of startling revelations and finally to murder.
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Joe Tunney
Bill Granger
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Mr. Muoi
Phuong's Sister
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reviews
An American journalist and his Vietnamese mistress become involved in a love triangle and political intrigue when a mysterious Yankee stranger arrives in Saigon in this adaptation of Graham Greene's 1955 novel. Story This yet another tale that starts with the end and proceeds in flashback, opening in 1952 as British foreign correspondent Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine), is ID-ing the body of his dead American friend Pyle. The bulk of the movie goes on to tell the story of their friendship and… 
November 20, 2002
In limited release to qualify for the Oscars, The Quiet American is a towering achievement with a soul-baring performance by Michael Caine that deserves the highest praise. Based on Graham Greene's 1955 novel that skewers early U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the film boasts a probing script by Christopher Hampton and Robert Schenkkan. It's a personal best for Aussie director Phillip Noyce, on a roll with his remarkable Rabbit-Proof Fence (the factual story of three aboriginal girls fighting white…
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