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Michael Caine's masterful performance has earned him his third Best Actor Oscar Nomination. Playing against him brings out the best in Brendan Fraser for this smart and seductive film. In 1952, cynical London Times correspondent Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine) has been enjoying his time in Vietnam writing insignificant articles and enjoying the pleasures of his young Vietnamese mistress Phuong (Do Thi Hai Yen). But when a young and handsome do-gooder named Pyle (Brendan Fraser) arrives, competition over who would be better to take care of Phuong causes intense conflict. Meanwhile, Fowler's investigation into the violent acts of a Vietnamese third political party keeps bringing him in contact with the elusive American ... who is connected more deeply than Fowler may have ever dared to imagine.

2002 · 1h 41m
Director Phillip Noyce

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The Quiet American

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Michael Caine's masterful performance has earned him his third Best Actor Oscar Nomination. Playing against him brings out the best in Brendan Fraser for this smart and seductive film. In 1952, cynical London Times correspondent Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine) has been enjoying his time in Vietnam writing insignificant articles and enjoying the pleasures of his young Vietnamese mistress Phuong (Do Thi Hai Yen). But when a young and handsome do-gooder named Pyle (Brendan Fraser) arrives, competition over who would be better to take care of Phuong causes intense conflict. Meanwhile, Fowler's investigation into the violent acts of a Vietnamese third political party keeps bringing him in contact with the elusive American ... who is connected more deeply than Fowler may have ever dared to imagine.

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Average 8
Reviews 154
Fresh 134
Rotten 20

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Studio
Miramax Films
Released
2002
Run Time
1 hr 41 min
Rated
R For Images Of Violence And Some Language.
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Canada, Vietnam
© 2001 IMF / INTERNATIONALE MEDIEN UND FILMS Gmbh & CO / 2 PRODUKTIONS KG

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), French, Vietnamese
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.