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Vietnam gives film go-ahead

The government in Vietnam has given permission to an Australian company to shoot a new film version of the novel "The Quiet American", by the British author, Graham Greene. Correspondents say it's the first time that the Vietnamese government has ever allowed a foreign company to shoot a feature film in the country.

The book portrays the last days of French colonial rule in Vietnam and the beginning of US involvement. The official Vietnamese News Agency said that the novel condemns the manoeuvres of hostile forces and foreign aggressors against the Vietnamese people. The first version of the film was made in 1958, directed by Joseph C Mankiewicz and starring Audie Murphy

BBC News Service - February 6, 2001.