Rent The Quiet American (2002)
3.6 of 5 from 122 ratings
1h 36min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Power a stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam - an idealistic young American Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser) becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a troubled British journalist Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine). As war is waged around them, these three only sink deeper into an unsettling world of drugs, passion and betrayal where nothing is as it seems! Based on the classic novel by Graham Greene.
- Actors:
- Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Thi Hai Yen Do, Rade Serbedzija, Tzi Ma, Robert Stanton, Holmes Osborne, Quang Hai, Ferdinand Hoang, Pham Thi Mai Hoa, Mathias Mlekuz, Kevin Tran, Lap Phan, Tim Bennett, Jeff Truman, Hong Nhung, Ha Phong Nguyen, Navia Nguyen, Lucia Noyce, Hiliary Douglas
- Directors:
- Phillip Noyce
- Producers:
- Steffan Ahrenberg, William Horberg, Matthias Deyle
- Writers:
- Graham Greene, Christopher Hampton
- Studio:
- Miramax
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Acting Up: British Actors at the Oscars, Oscar's Two-Time Club
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/09/2011
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Anatomy of a Scene
- Feature Commentary
- Original Featurette
- Interviews
- B-Rolls
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Reviews (3) of The Quiet American
superb adaptation - The Quiet American review by AMG
Probably my favourite Michael Caine movie Captured the flavour of Greene's novel really well. The politics is subtle, the pace perfect.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Excellent - The Quiet American review by DS
Great story — of course: Graham Greene — nicely carried over into film. Excellent capture of atmosphere. Great acting all around. (I loved the older sister)
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
An excellent film from a great Graham Green book, historically most interesting and informative. - The Quiet American review by BP
Presently mining the Michael Caine seam, as I'm reading the second of his autobiographies. This beautiful film does full justice to the excellent Graham Green novel in every respect from interpretation, through casting and filming. The interview extras on the disc fill out background on the making.
In addition to the fully developed characters, lovely landscapes, real sense of threat, it also filled in a gap in my understanding as to how the USA became involved in Vietnam.
There was some sensitivity from that quarter when the film was released.
Quoting Michael Caine, "... it got a great critical reception and I was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actor. I knew in my heart of hearts that there was no way that a film which implied even the slightest criticism of American foreign policy was going to have a good chance ..."
Hmm. Yes. Like poor old David Lean when Dr Zhivago was universally panned by the USA press!
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