The Quiet American
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Actor: Audie Murphy, Bruce Cabot, Claude Dauphin, Giorgia Moll, Michael RedgraveDirector: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Quiet American
Movie Review: More Film Noir Than Political Thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
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Graham Greene's acclaimed novel, THE QUIET AMERICAN, was first filmed back in 1958 with screenplay and direction by multiple Oscar-winner Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Although this black-and-white film, which was shot in Vietnam, follows the same basic storyline as the 2002 color remake, the tone of this earlier effort is considerably different, more film noirish than political thriller.
The picture is set in 1952. Michael Redgrave stars as the Vietnam-based British journalist (played by Michael Caine in the remake), who loves his Vietnamese mistress (Giorgia Moll), but is already married. His world begins to change when an idealistic young American (a miscast Audie Murphy) enters the picture and declares his love for Moll.
Jealous and afraid of losing Moll, the ordinarily neutral-thinking Redgrave begins to take an interest in Vietnam's volatile political system, hoping that he can rid himself of Murphy who may not be quite all that he seems.
This is a somewhat talky, yet involving, drama.
- Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (available December 2008)
Summary of The Quiet American
A love triangle brews amidst a growing political tempest in this "brilliantly intellectual" (Los Angeles Times) film in which nothing is quite as it seems. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Graham Greene Academy Award?-winning* writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's screenplay "delivers dialogue that not only sparkles but bites deep with the irony of truth" (Citizen-News).In 1952 Saigon is caught between the corrupt colonial powers and the Communist uprising. An idealistic young American (Audie Murphy) champions a shadowy Third Force but cynical British journalist Thomas Fowler (Michael Redgrave) is concerned only with the American's interest in his mistress. When jealousy forces Fowler to take sides at last the personal and political consequences are devastating.System Requirements: Running Time 122 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating:?NR UPC:?027616921710 Manufacturer No:?1008133Action & Adventure DVD Video
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