The Quiet American (2002)
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- R
- 1h 41min
- Drama, Romance
- 07 Mar 2003 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 13 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Michael Caine | ... |
Thomas Fowler
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Brendan Fraser | ... |
Alden Pyle
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Do Thi Hai Yen | ... |
Phuong
(as Thi Hai Yen Do)
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Rade Serbedzija | ... |
Inspector Vigot
(as Rade Sherbedgia)
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Tzi Ma | ... |
Hinh
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Robert Stanton | ... |
Joe Tunney
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Holmes Osborne | ... |
Bill Granger
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Quang Hai | ... |
General Thé
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Ferdinand Hoang | ... |
Mr. Muoi
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Pham Thi Mai Hoa | ... |
Phuong's Sister
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Mathias Mlekuz | ... |
French Captain
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Kevin Tran | ... |
Watch Tower Soldier
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Lap Phan | ... |
Watch Tower Soldier
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Tim Bennett | ... |
American Photographer
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Jeff Truman | ... |
Dancing American
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Hong Nhung | ... |
House of 500 Girls' Singer
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Ha Phong Nguyen | ... |
Muoi's Henchman
(as Nguyen Ha Phong)
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Navia Nguyen | ... |
House of 500 Girls' Woman
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Lucia Noyce | ... |
American Woman
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Hiliary Douglas | ... |
American Woman
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Daniel Hung | ... |
Assassin
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Kim Hoan Nguyen | ... |
Assassin
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Mai Nguyen Trinh | ... |
Assassin
(as Trinh Mal Nguyen)
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Pham Trong | ... |
Assassin
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Tran Do Luc | ... |
Vietnamese Policeman
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Cong Nguyen | ... |
Vietnamese Guard
(as Nguyen Cong Ly)
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George Rafael | ... |
French Soldier
(as George Mangos)
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Natasha Hunter | ... |
French Singer
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Martine Monroe | ... |
French Singer
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José De la Vega | ... |
Hotel Continental Maitre d'
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Roland Rohrer | ... |
Vieux Moulin Maitre d'
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Susan Parry | ... |
French Woman
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Anh Dung Nguyen | ... |
Mechanic in Muoi's Garage
(as Nguyen Anh Dung)
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Peter Holdsworth | ... |
Pyle's Bodyguard
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Ngoc Tuan Hoang | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Trece Lambatan | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Erwin Abarico | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Jun Javier | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Van Phuoc Nguyen | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Mark Szeto | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Askar Nurlanov | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Douglas Gallagher | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Nicholas Parry | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Vov Dylan | ... |
L'arc en Ciel Band
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Khoa Do | ... |
Vietnamese Policeman (uncredited)
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Tai Nguyen | ... |
Protestor (uncredited)
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Aleks Nial | ... |
Young boy (uncredited)
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Elizabeth O'Callaghan | ... |
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Directed by
Phillip Noyce |
Written by
Graham Greene | ... | (novel) |
Christopher Hampton | ... | (screenplay) and |
Robert Schenkkan | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Staffan Ahrenberg | ... | producer |
Steve E. Andrews | ... | associate producer (as Steve Andrews) |
Tobin Armbrust | ... | production executive |
Antonia Barnard | ... | line producer |
Moritz Borman | ... | executive producer |
Yanko Damboulev | ... | co-producer |
Matthias Deyle | ... | producer: IMF |
Guy East | ... | executive producer |
Oliver Hengst | ... | line producer |
William Horberg | ... | producer |
Roland Loubet | ... | co-producer |
Kathleen McLaughlin | ... | co-producer |
Anthony Minghella | ... | executive producer |
Dieter Nobbe | ... | executive producer |
Sydney Pollack | ... | executive producer |
Eyal Rimmon | ... | co-producer (as Eyal Rimon) |
Volker Schauz | ... | executive producer |
Chris Sievernich | ... | executive producer |
Nigel Sinclair | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Craig Armstrong | ... | (original music) |
Cinematography by
Christopher Doyle | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
John Scott |
Editorial Department
Kerri Aungle | ... | negative cutter |
Jason Ballantine | ... | first assistant editor |
Kirsty Bruce | ... | assistant editor |
David Burrows | ... | assistant editor |
Arthur Cambridge | ... | color grader |
Olivier Fontenay | ... | color grader |
Al Hansen | ... | digital colorist |
Josie Mason | ... | post-production coordinator |
Anna McDonnell | ... | post-production coordinator |
Chris Plummer | ... | first assistant editor |
Phil Stuart-Jones | ... | on-line editor |
Royce Smith | ... | color timer (uncredited) |
Casting By
Christine King | ||
Swan Pham |
Production Design by
Roger Ford |
Art Direction by
Annie Beauchamp | ||
Ian Gracie | ... | supervising art director |
Jeffrey Thorp | ... | (as Jeff Thorp) |
Set Decoration by
Kerrie Brown | ||
Jennifer Alisa Kornkosar |
Costume Design by
Norma Moriceau |
Makeup Department
Terri Farmer | ... | additional hair and makeup |
Anita Morgan | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Ben Nye III | ... | key makeup artist (as Ben Nye Jr.) / makeup artist: Mr. Fraser (as Ben Nye Jr.) |
Margaret Stevenson | ... | hair styles supervisor / makeup artist: Mr. Caine / makeup supervisor |
Maree Stuartt | ... | hair stylist (as Maree McDonald) / makeup artist (as Maree McDonald) |
Cheryl Williams | ... | key hair stylist |
Nadine Wilkie | ... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Catherine Bishop | ... | unit production manager |
Jane Maguire | ... | post-production supervisor |
Andy Pappas | ... | unit manager |
Volker Schauz | ... | production manager |
Chanh Tran | ... | pre-production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve E. Andrews | ... | first assistant director (as Steve Andrews) |
China De La Vega | ... | additional assistant director: Vietnam |
DTeflon | ... | assistant director |
Tran Viet Duc | ... | second assistant director: Vietnam |
Todd Embling | ... | third assistant director |
Wilbur Gonzalez | ... | additional assistant director: Vietnam |
Glen Graves | ... | additional assistant director: Vietnam |
Jacinta Hayne | ... | second assistant director |
Du Hai Lam | ... | third assistant director: Vietnam |
Jennifer Leacey | ... | second assistant director: prep |
Dang Nhat Minh | ... | second unit director |
Giovanni Pacialeo | ... | additional assistant director (as Johnny Pacialeo) |
Lucy Sumner | ... | additional assistant director: Vietnam (as Lucy Cooper) |
Thi Bich Ngoc Tran | ... | second assistant director: Vietnam (as Tran Thi Bich Ngoc) |
Art Department
Sean Ahern | ... | foreman |
Matt Baldwin | ... | leading hand |
Dave Bartlett | ... | Construction |
Ian Bickerton | ... | lead hand |
Toscha Blenkinsop | ... | newspaper sequence designer |
Josh Bush | ... | leading hand carpenter |
Gary Cameron | ... | miniatures |
Rowan e Cassidy | ... | matte painter (as Rowan Cassidy) |
Alex Chomicz | ... | art depertment assistant |
Dominic Connor | ... | construction rigging |
Matt Connors | ... | head scenic artist |
Ed Cotton | ... | Draftsman |
Richie Dehne | ... | property master |
Beverley Dunn | ... | property buyer |
Roger Gillespie | ... | plaster foreman |
Greg Hajdu | ... | construction coordinator |
Gordon Hobkirk | ... | art department |
Elaine Kusmishko | ... | assistant designer |
Steve Leslie | ... | props/model maker/set builder |
Marian Long | ... | lead set dresser |
Billy Malcolm | ... | scenic artist |
Simon McCutcheon | ... | assistant set decorator |
Karyn-Lee 'Lilly' Miyoshi | ... | assistant property master |
Orlando Murray | ... | car wrangler |
Shanthi Nadaraja | ... | construction coordinator |
Robina Osborne | ... | art department accountant |
Andy Robinson | ... | set finisher |
David Russell | ... | storyboard artist |
Michael Swingle | ... | leading hand scenic artist |
Ben Walsh | ... | graphic artist |
Tony Williams | ... | assistant art director |
Michael Garrett | ... | graphic artist: props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Christian Bass | ... | dialogue editor |
David Donaldson | ... | sound designer |
Dylan A. Flores | ... | adr mixer (as Diana Flores) |
Mark Franken | ... | sound effects editor |
Peter Gleaves | ... | adr mixer |
Antony Gray | ... | supervising sound editor |
Frank Lipson | ... | sound effects editor |
Linda Murdoch | ... | dialogue editor |
Andy Neil | ... | re-recording mix assistant (as Andrew Neil) |
Livia Ruzic | ... | dialogue editor |
Roger Savage | ... | re-recording mixer |
Guntis Sics | ... | production sound mixer |
Blair Slater | ... | adr & foley mixer |
Michael Thompson | ... | re-recording mixer |
Gareth Vanderhope | ... | sound designer / sound effects editor |
Mark Ward | ... | dialogue editor |
Andy Wright | ... | assistant re-recording mixer (as Andrew Wright) |
Special Effects by
Rodney Burke | ... | special effects technician |
Steve Courtley | ... | special effects coordinator |
Ray Fowler | ... | special effects technician |
Richard Georgeson | ... | special effects technician |
Leo Henry | ... | special effects technician |
Robert Porter | ... | special effects technician |
Arthur Spink Jr. | ... | special effects technician |
Peter Stubbs | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Charlie Armstrong | ... | 2D visual effects supervisor |
Mark Barber | ... | digital compositor |
Aaron Barclay | ... | digital compositor |
Niki Bern | ... | digital compositor |
Dan Breckwoldt | ... | Data I/O operator |
Rowan e Cassidy | ... | matte painter (as Rowan Cassidy) |
Fiona Crawford | ... | visual effects producer |
Jonathan Dixon | ... | digital liaison |
David Dulac | ... | 3d supervisor |
Rebecca Dunn | ... | digital compositor |
Peter Fisher | ... | visual effects executive producer: GMD |
Craig Fison | ... | miniatures |
Grant Freckelton | ... | matte painter |
Morgane Furio | ... | inferno artist |
Michael Halford | ... | matte painter |
Mark Harmon | ... | digital grading |
David L. Hewitt | ... | visual effects producer: GMD (as David Hewitt) |
Phillip Lang | ... | compositor |
Kirsty Millar | ... | 2D visual effects supervisor: Animal Logic |
Lisa-Anne Morris | ... | visual effects editor |
Ken Phelan | ... | opticals |
Nick Ponzoni | ... | Video Operations Technician |
Murray Pope | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Dane Rapaport | ... | data operations manager |
Robert Sandeman | ... | digital grading |
Robert Sullivan | ... | video operations supervisor: Animal Logic |
George Zwier | ... | digital compositor |
James Douglas Cooper | ... | motion graphics assistant: garner maclennan design (uncredited) |
Ben De Luca | ... | systems administrator (uncredited) |
Stunts
Marky Lee Campbell | ... | stunt performer |
Nash Edgerton | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
Ashley Fairfield | ... | stunt double |
Nigel Harbach | ... | stunts |
Alex Kuzelicki | ... | stunts |
Rocky McDonald | ... | stunt supervisor (as Douglas McDonald) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Mal Booth | ... | dolly grip |
Phil Bray | ... | still photographer |
David Burr | ... | additional photographer |
Jasmine Yuen Carrucan | ... | second assistant camera |
Mark Goellnicht | ... | additional steadicam operator |
Glen Jenkins | ... | lighting technician |
Lee Mariano | ... | second assistant camera: "b" camera |
Brett Matthews | ... | first assistant camera: "a" camera |
Emma Moroney | ... | second assistant camera: "a" camera |
Matt Nettheim | ... | still photographer (as Matthew Nettheim) |
Huu Tuan Nguyen | ... | camera operator: second unit |
Luke Nixon | ... | first assistant camera: "b" camera |
Troy Paschini | ... | grip |
Bradley Patrick | ... | marketing/publicity portraits |
Brad Shield | ... | director of photography: second unit / steadicam operator |
Paul Thompson | ... | key grip |
David Thomson | ... | rigging hod |
Anthony Tulloch | ... | best boy |
Casting Department
Miura Kite | ... | casting coordinator: USA (as Miura Smith) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Natalie Gardner | ... | costume buyer |
Elly Kamal | ... | costume coordinator |
Kerry Thompson | ... | costume supervisor |
Natalie Bracher | ... | textile artist (uncredited) |
Location Management
Richard Connors | ... | location manager: Vietnam |
Music Department
Mark Berrow | ... | musician: violin |
Nicholas Bucknall | ... | musician: clarinet |
Heather Cairncross | ... | singer |
Peter Davies | ... | musician |
David Donaldson | ... | music programmer |
Matt Dunkley | ... | conductor / orchestrator |
Sarah Eyden | ... | singer |
Andrew Findon | ... | musician: flute |
Geoff Foster | ... | score recordist |
Isobel Griffiths | ... | orchestra contractor |
Guy Gross | ... | composer: additional music |
Simon Leadley | ... | additional music recordist |
Everton Nelson | ... | musician: violin |
Julie Pearce | ... | music editor |
Joe E. Rand | ... | supervising music editor |
Lawrence Wallington | ... | singer |
Christine Woodruff | ... | music supervisor |
Warren Zielinski | ... | musician: violin |
Rachel Bolt | ... | musician: viola (uncredited) |
Bruce White | ... | musician: viola (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Mark Mormar | ... | script editor |
Kristin Witcombe | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
David MacDonald | ... | transportation coordinator |
Additional Crew
Mark Bamford | ... | production lawyer |
Linda Benjamin | ... | executive: Intermedia Films |
Nick Byrne | ... | security: Mr. Fraser |
Emma Cooper | ... | unit publicist |
Jane Corden | ... | financial controller |
Miranda Culley | ... | executive assistant: Mr. Noyce |
Kerry Fetzer | ... | caterer |
Emma Ford | ... | personal assistant |
Katie Gordon | ... | freight coordinator |
Jackie Howard | ... | assistant choreographer |
Gavin James | ... | executive team |
Shannon Kors | ... | executive assistant: Mr. Horberg |
Sonia Kruger | ... | choreographer |
Josie Mason | ... | production secretary |
Cory McCall | ... | executive assistant: Ms. McLaughlin |
Anna McDonnell | ... | production secretary |
Rob McEntegart | ... | executive vice president, business affairs: Intermedia Films |
Steve McGillen | ... | digital mastering |
Deborah McNamara | ... | title designer: main title |
Nigel McNulty | ... | production attorney |
Victoria Mielewska | ... | dialect coach |
Cuong Ngo | ... | translator |
Cian O'Clery | ... | cast production assistant / production runner |
John O'Connell | ... | choreographer |
Donna Ostroff | ... | assistant: Mr. Pollack |
Mikki Pallas | ... | assistant: Mr. Fraser |
Daniel Pritchard | ... | assistant accountant |
Rachel Proudlove | ... | assistant accountant |
Paul Ranford | ... | production coordinator |
Jacquie Robertson | ... | unit nurse |
Zeynep Selcuk | ... | assistant: Ms. Barnard |
Clare Shervington | ... | production coordinator |
Stephen Taylor | ... | production accountant |
Brett Thornquest | ... | post-production accountant |
Anh Hoa Tran | ... | director's advisor: Vietnam / liaison / translator |
Kerryn Vallence | ... | assistant: Mr. Caine |
Leah Wright | ... | production staff |
Mickey Cottrell | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Michael J. Harker | ... | completion bond representative (uncredited) |
Tim Haslam | ... | International sales (uncredited) |
Jason Mack | ... | security officer (uncredited) |
Andy Mayson | ... | Intermedia COO (uncredited) |
Leoni Milano | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Miramax (presents)
- Intermedia Films (presents)
- Mirage Enterprises (production)
- Saga (production)
- IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG (production)
- Giai Phong Film Studio (in association with)
- Pacifica Film
Distributors
- Miramax (2002) (United States) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Paradiso Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Paradise Group (2002) (Russia)
- Filmax (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
- Gativideo (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Gativideo (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2003) (Germany) (video)
- Aquarius TV (2010) (Greece) (tv)
- Bac Films (2003) (France) (theatrical)
- Golden Screen Cinemas (2003) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
- Pioneer Films (2003) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2018) (Spain) (DVD)
- Eagle Films (2002) (Non-US) (tv) (Middle east)
- Filmes Lusomundo
- Intermedia
- Leone Film Group (2010) (Italy)
- Medusa Distribuzione
- Multi Screen Multimedia (2009) (India) (tv)
- Paradiso Home Entertainment (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Pyramid (Russia)
Special Effects
- Animal Logic
- Atlab (digital effects)
- GMD (additional visual effects)
Other Companies
- AON Risk Services Australia Limited (insurance brokers)
- Air Lyndhurst Studios (original music recorded at)
- Animal Logic (visual effects)
- Atlab (digital grading)
- Caravelle Hotel Riverside Resort (catering)
- Descriptive Video Works (descriptive video)
- Disney Studios Australia (studio facilities)
- Film Freight (freight services)
- Frame, Set & Match (high definition film grading)
- Frame, Set & Match (video mastering)
- Fuji Vision (film stock)
- GMD (additional visual effects)
- HKFilm (assistant director)
- International Film Guarantors (completion guarantors)
- International SOS (medical dental clinic)
- Kodak Australia (film stock)
- London Lyndhurst Orchestra (original music recorded)
- Metro Voices (choir)
- Milkbar Studios (music recorded at)
- Near North Insurance Brokerage of California (insurance brokers)
- Negative Cutting Services (negative matching)
- Optical & Graphics (end titles)
- Optical & Graphics (subtitles)
- Panavision Australia (camera equipment provided by)
- Panavision Australia (lighting equipment: Australia)
- Premier Lighting (lighting equipment: Australia)
- Sofitel Metropole Hotel (catering)
- Soundfirm (sound post-production facilities)
- Spectrum Films (picture post facility)
- Spectrum Films (picture post-production facility)
- Spectrum Films (post-production facilities)
- Stage and Screen (international travel)
- Trackdown Digital (additional music recording)
- Trackdown Digital (music editing service)
- Traveltoo (post production travel)
- Tress Cocks & Maddox (Australian legal services)
- Twickenham Film Studios (ADR recording: United Kingdom)
- Union Bank of California (production finances provided to MF2)
- Video-8 Broadcast (rushes telecine transfer)
- Visual Data Media Services (digital asset servicing)
- Warner Bros. De Lane Lea (adr recording: United Kingdom)
- Who Dares (security and Safety)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
British Thomas Fowler enjoys his life in Saigon working as a reporter for the London Times, covering the war in Vietnam between the colonial French powers and the Communists, who seem to be winning the war. In the later stages of his career, he takes his job lightly now, filing stories only on occasion, and no longer doing field work. But most importantly, this posting allows him to escape from what he considers a dreary life in London, including an unsatisfying marriage to a Catholic woman, who will never grant him a divorce, which in turn allows him to have an affair with a young Vietnamese ex-taxi dancer named Phuong, whom he loves and would marry if he were able. Phuong's sister doesn't much like Fowler, if only because he cannot provide a stable future for her. His idyllic life is threatened when the head office suggests he go back to London. In this way, he decides to write a major story to prove to his superiors that he should stay in Saigon. In 1952, Fowler is called into the local Police Inspector's office to provide any information on his friend, thirty-ish American Alden Pyle, who has been found murdered. Fowler had met Pyle the previous year when he arrived in Vietnam to work as part of the American contingent in the Economic Aid Mission. Fowler and Pyle's relationship was not always harmonious, initially as Pyle admitted he too was in love with Phuong and wanted to marry her. That antagonistic relationship would extend to their professional lives, around Fowler believing that the story that would allow him to stay in Vietnam was the rise of a man named General Thé, and Pyle's belief that a third power should come in to take over Vietnam from both the French and the Communists. The question becomes whether Fowler knows more about Pyle's demise than he lets on to the Inspector. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | In war, the most powerful weapon is seduction. See more » |
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Budget | $30,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend United Kingdom | GBP240,552, 01 Dec 2002 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Director Phillip Noyce wanted Heath Ledger to play the role of Alden Pyle, but was happy with Brendan Fraser's work in this movie. See more » |
Goofs | When Fowler is reading his report of the massacre in The Times, the text says "120 kilometers". In the unlikely event that an English journalist in the 1950s would use kilometers instead of miles, he would have spelled it "kilometres". Also, the text reads that Phat Diem is "120 kilometers north of Hanoi" when, in fact, it is 120 kilometers SOUTH of Hanoi. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Quiet American (2002). See more » |
Soundtracks | Nuoc Non Lam Son See more » |
Quotes |
Thomas Fowler:
I know I am behaving badly, but I have every intention of behaving badly. As a matter of fact, this is exactly the kind of situation where one should behave badly. See more » |