The Quiet American (2002 film)
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| The Quiet American | |
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| Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
| Produced by | Staffan Ahrenberg William Horberg |
| Written by | Graham Greene Christopher Hampton Robert Schenkkan |
| Starring | Michael Caine Brendan Fraser |
| Music by | Craig Armstrong |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 101 mins. |
| Language | English |
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The Quiet American is a 2002 remake of the original 1958 film of the same name, which was based on Graham Greene's bestselling novel. The Quiet American was directed by Phillip Noyce and starred Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen.
The 2002 version of The Quiet American offered a new ending and treatment of the principal American character, Pyle. Like the novel, the film illustrates Pyle's moral culpability in fostering intrigue within the South Vietnamese government.
Going beyond Greene's original work, the film used a montage ending with superimposed images of American soldiers from the intervening decades of the Vietnam War. While acclaimed by some critics, the film was not a commercial success; some reviewers felt the film suffered from overly restrained performances and a heavy-handed moralism that was absent in the original Greene novel.
[edit] Academy Awards
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| Best Actor | Michael Caine | |
[edit] See also
The Quiet American - Novel which the movie is based on.
The Quiet American (film) - 1958 film adaptation.
[edit] External links
- The Quiet American (2002) at the Internet Movie Database
- The Quiet American (2002) at Rotten Tomatoes
- Yahoo! Movies page of Quiet American
- Official website of Quiet American movie
- "By the Bombs' Early Light" - essay by H. Bruce Franklin on the historical context of the novel and the 2002 film
- Michael Caine interview for The Quiet American
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