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The Quiet American DVD

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Nothing, and no one, is as it seems, in this adaptation of Graham Greene's classic and prophetic story of love, betrayal, murder and the origin of the American war in Southeast Asia.

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Released
02 May 2011
Directors
Actors
Format
DVD 
Publisher
Optimum Home Entertainment 
Classification
Runtime
101 minutes 
Features
PAL 
Barcode
5055201816733 
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Based on the novel by Graham Greene this story of love and war is set in Saigon 1952 Thomas Fowler a journalist for the Times enjoys his life in Vietnam living with a beautiful local woman called Phuong Fowler's peace is shattered with the arrival of Alden Pyle a doctor who also falls in love with Phuong

Phillip Noyce's adaptation of the novel by Graham Greene (also adapted in 1958 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz) was initially due for release in 2001 but held back after the events of 9/11, due to its critical view of the US role in Vietnam during the 1950s. British journalist Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine), who is covering the initial events that led to the Indo-China war in 1952, comes under suspicion of murder when the body of a young American, Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser), is found floating in the river. Their story is told in flashback, as the American arrives in Vietnam, apparently to provide medical aid in the war. However, Pyle is not who he first appears to be...

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