list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Quiet American on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Quiet_American/70528/default.aspx Title: The Quiet American
Year: 1958
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Plot: The Quiet American was the first major American-financed film to touch upon the powder-keg situation in Vietnam (still referred to as Indochina in 1958). Audie Murphy plays an enigmatic American who comes to Saigon, ostensibly on an economic mission. He meets an embittered journalist (Michael Redgrave) who is living with an Indochinese girl (Giorgia Moll). The American falls for the girl and promises to marry her. In retaliation, the reporter tells the communists that the American GI's economist stance is a cover, and that he is actually selling munitions to non-communist troops. Graham Greene had intended his novel The Quiet American to be an attack against American influence in Southeast Asia. Producer/director/adapter Joseph L. Mankiewicz would have none of that, so he changed the ending into a pro-Yankee tract -- thereby killing any impact the film might have had. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:59:31 GMTThe Quiet American1958Joseph L. MankiewiczThe Quiet American was the first major American-financed film to touch upon the powder-keg situation in Vietnam (still referred to as Indochina in 1958). <a href="/players/P____51423/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Audie Murphy</a> plays an enigmatic American who comes to Saigon, ostensibly on an economic mission. He meets an embittered journalist (<a href="/players/P____59205/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Redgrave</a>) who is living with an Indochinese girl (Giorgia Moll). The American falls for the girl and promises to marry her. In retaliation, the reporter tells the communists that the American GI's economist stance is a cover, and that he is actually selling munitions to non-communist troops. <a href="/players/P____92487/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Graham Greene</a> had intended his novel The Quiet American to be an attack against American influence in Southeast Asia. Producer/director/adapter Joseph L. Mankiewicz would have none of that, so he changed the ending into a pro-Yankee tract -- thereby killing any impact the film might have had. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide1113http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54791lr9tw.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Quiet_American/70528/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/6/21/11591.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: I have about 800 ideas for books that I'll probably never write; one of them is acollection of case studies of films that initially flopped, only to be reclaimed as classics. In the same vein, via GreenCine Daily comes news of the Ambitious Failure blogathon. Beginning today and running through Sunday the 24th, the blogathon was initiated by William Speruzzi, who writes: Pushing the limits of budget, creativity and patience can all be a bust in the end but that is in the eye of the beholder. Can hindsight work in a film’s favor? Was the criticism deserved or misguided? What makes a film that aspires to reach beyond the boundaries of entertainment go down in flames? Who gets to determine its demise? What is an ambitious failure? That’s what we’re here to find out. There are four entries up already, each approaching the concept of failure from a different angle. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 50 percent are so far concerned with films by Francis Ford Coppola: Ed Copeland takes on The Cotton Club ("Having not seen The Cotton Club in more than 20 years (and remembering it fondly), I suspected that it might fit the bill for an "ambitious failure." Boy, was I right."), while Speruzzi looks at Apocalypse Now ("The media was caught up in the great American malady of predicting failure before it actual happens, if not actually rooting for it."). Paul Hackett's entry is basically an industrial analysis of Phillip Noyce's The Quiet American, citing Miramax's reluctance to promote the film in the wake of 9/11 as the root of its failure. And while Alien 3 might have failed with audiences (and in the mind of director David Fincher), Ray DeRousse is ready to reclaim the sequel for its "powerful message, powerfully delivered." To contribute to the blogathon, check out the guidelines here. I think I'm going to do an entry on It's Always Fair Weather, Stanley Donen's super-dark sort-of sequel to On the Town. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:01:10 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com6/21/2007 2:01:10 PM I have about 800 ideas for books that I'll probably never write; one of them is acollection of case studies of films that initially flopped, only to be reclaimed as classics. In the same vein, via GreenCine Daily comes news of the Ambitious Failure blogathon. Beginning today and running through Sunday the 24th, the blogathon was initiated by William Speruzzi, who writes: Pushing the limits of budget, creativity and patience can all be a bust in the end but that is in the eye of the beholder. Can hindsight work in a film’s favor? Was the criticism deserved or misguided? What makes a film that aspires to reach beyond the boundaries of entertainment go down in flames? Who gets to determine its demise? What is an ambitious failure? That’s what we’re here to find out. There are four entries up already, each approaching the concept of failure from a different angle. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 50 percent are so far concerned with films by Francis Ford Coppola: Ed Copeland takes on The Cotton Club ("Having not seen The Cotton Club in more than 20 years (and remembering it fondly), I suspected that it might fit the bill for an "ambitious failure." Boy, was I right."), while Speruzzi looks at Apocalypse Now ("The media was caught up in the great American malady of predicting failure before it actual happens, if not actually rooting for it."). Paul Hackett's entry is basically an industrial analysis of Phillip Noyce's The Quiet American, citing Miramax's reluctance to promote the film in the wake of 9/11 as the root of its failure. And while Alien 3 might have failed with audiences (and in the mind of director David Fincher), Ray DeRousse is ready to reclaim the sequel for its "powerful message, powerfully delivered." To contribute to the blogathon, check out the guidelines here. I think I'm going to do an entry on It's Always Fair Weather, Stanley Donen's super-dark sort-of sequel to On the Town. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/British_Invasion/Re_Favorites/188/6676/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Puhnner
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Body: Here are 5, ok 6, not in any particular order that I find quite amazing:The ServantGangster No.1The Fallen IdolThe Quiet American ( I have not seen the original, although the director for this version, Philip Noyce is Australian, still imparts the very Graham Greene/English/British sensibility )and of course,The Third Manand The Spy who came in from the ColdNow please don't ask me to define the 'English/ British Sensibility'; I do not have a clue. I think that I have been so completely bamboozled by a huge diet of PBS and Master Piece Theater, that these films define it for me. I would love to hear someone from England say ' you have got to be kidding, this stuff is tripe, now this is the real deal...' and then go on and list the ones...
]]>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:17:50 GMTPuhnnerBritish Invasion4/3/2007 9:17:50 AMHere are 5, ok 6, not in any particular order that I find quite amazing:The ServantGangster No.1The Fallen IdolThe Quiet American ( I have not seen the original, although the director for this version, Philip Noyce is Australian, still imparts the very Graham Greene/English/British sensibility )and of course,The Third Manand The Spy who came in from the ColdNow please don&#39;t ask me to define the &#39;English/ British Sensibility&#39;; I do not have a clue. I think that I have been so completely bamboozled by a huge diet of PBS and Master Piece Theater, that these films define it for me. I would love to hear someone from England say &#39; you have got to be kidding, this stuff is tripe, now this is the real deal...&#39; and then go on and list the ones... http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/war/MemberTagFilms.aspxwar
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