The Quiet American

The Quiet American is a novel about a journalist, his Vietnamese mistress, and an American CIA operative who becomes involved in creating a Third Force in Vietnam during the First Indochina War, leading to a complicated love triangle and a series of bombings ultimately resulting in the operatives death. The Quiet American is a 2002 English-language Drama Romance film featuring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Thi Hai Yen Do, Rade Serbedzija, Tzi Ma and Aleks Nial. The movie is inspired from The Quiet American by Graham Greene. The Quiet American was Produced by Staffan Ahrenberg and William Horberg. The Quiet American is written by Christopher Hampton and Robert Schenkkan and it is directed by Phillip Noyce. Miramax Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Quiet American was released on 29th November 2002 and takes a screen time of 101 minutes. The Quiet American was made on a budget of $30 million and at the box office it grossed only $27 million. Cinematography was done by Christopher Doyle and editing by John Scott. The music was composed by Craig Armstrong.