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The Quiet American
Why this pick
Its wary expatriate perspective, colonial-era Southeast Asian setting, and intimate political tension closely echo Peter Weir’s blend of romance, journalism, and looming upheaval.
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MOVIE1982 1h 55m AUS
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Why this pick
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Missing
Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Guy Hamilton, a neophyte foreign correspondent for an Australian network, arrives in Jakarta on assignment. He meets the close-knit members of the foreign correspondent community including journalists from the United Kingdom, the United States, and New Zealand, diplomatic personnel--and Billy Kwan, a Chinese-Australian dwarf of high intelligence and moral seriousness. Hamilton is initially unsuccessful because his predecessor, tired of life in Indonesia, had departed without introducing Hamilton to his contacts. He receives limited sympathy from the journalist community, which competes for scraps of information from Sukarno's government, the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), and the conservative Muslim Indonesian National Armed Forces. However, Billy takes a liking to Guy and arranges interviews for him with key political figures.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mel Gibson
Guy Hamilton
Sigourney Weaver
Jill Bryant
Linda Hunt
Billy Kwan
Michael Murphy
Pete Curtis
Paul Sonkkila
Kevin Condon
Noel Ferrier
Wally O'Sullivan
Bill Kerr
Colonel Henderson