| 词条 | The Ugly American (film) |
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| name = The Ugly American | image = The Ugly American poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster by Renato Fratini | director = George Englund | producer = George Englund | screenplay = Stewart Stern | based on = {{based on|The Ugly American|Eugene Burdick William Lederer}} | starring = {{Plain list |
}} | music = Frank Skinner | cinematography = Clifford Stine | editing = Ted J. Kent | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1963|4|2}} | runtime = 120 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $3,500,000[1] }}The Ugly American is a 1963 American adventure film directed by George Englund, written by Stewart Stern, and starring Marlon Brando, Sandra Church, Eiji Okada, Pat Hingle, Judson Pratt and Arthur Hill. It is based on the 1958 novel The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer. The film was released on April 2, 1963, by Universal Pictures.[2][3][4] PremiseAmerican ambassador Harrison MacWhite (Marlon Brando) travels to a Southeast Asian country beleaguered by rival factions but MacWhite views the political situation only in the simplest terms: as a struggle between communism and democracy. By the time the ambassador finally sees the resultant political upheaval as a something more complicated, it may be too late. Cast
Production and screenplayThe film version of the novel was made in 1963 and starred Marlon Brando as Ambassador Harrison Carter MacWhite. The screenplay was written by Stewart Stern, and the film was produced and directed by George Englund. The film was shot mainly in Hollywood, with Thailand serving as the inspiration for the background sceneries. Parts of the film were also shot on locations in Bangkok, Thailand, including at Chulalongkorn University, one of the leading institutes of higher learning of the country. Critical reactionThe Ugly American received mixed reviews and was completely overwhelmed by a number of more popular films that year.[5] The film won no Golden Globes and was not nominated for an Oscar. It did poorly at the box office and was not among the year's top 25 grossing films of 1963.[6] The New York Times reported that Brando “moves through the whole picture with authority and intelligence,” and the New York Daily News said it was “one of Brando’s best performances.” But the negative view was reflected by the critic in Time who wrote that Brando “attempts an important voice but most of the time he sounds like a small boy in a bathtub imitating Winston Churchill” and called it a “lousy picture.”[7] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.1/10.[8] Of twenty-three reviews examined by one scholar{{who|date=August 2015}}, fourteen were positive, five negative, and four neutral or mixed. Brando had given interviews where he questioned American Cold War politics, and some reviewers agreed, but few of these reviews mentioned that the film was set in a country very much like Vietnam. Only a few mentioned the point that, as The Dallas Morning News put it, one should “not assume that nationalism is inevitably anti-American,” and The New Republic was unusual in adding that “American blindness ... has driven many people particularly Asians, towards communism.” Some called Senator Brenner the real “ugly American” and objected to his McCarthyite tactics. The New York Post wrote that the film presented the dilemma that when Americans supported dictators, the Communists “make common revolutionary cause with the downtrodden.” Many East Coast reviews, however, objected to the film’s “oversimplification” of the issues. The Washington Post wrote it was “nothing more than a western about the bad guys and the good guys.”[7] Political impactKukrit Pramoj, a Thai politician and scholar, was hired as a cultural expert/advisor to the film and later played the role of Sarkhan's Prime Minister "Kwen Sai". Later on, in 1975, he, in fact, became the 13th Prime Minister of Thailand. Probably because of this, the word "Sarkhan" entered the Thai language as a nickname of Thailand itself, often with a slight self-deprecating or mocking tone.[9]References1. ^"Top Rental Films of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 37. Please note this figure is film rentals accruing to distributors, not gross takings. 2. ^{{cite web|last=Crowther |first=Bosley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9403E7DD103CE63ABC4A52DFB2668388679EDE |title=Movie Review - The Ugly American - Screen:'The Ugly American' Opens:Marlon Brando Stars as the U.S. Diplomat |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=1963-04-12 |accessdate=2015-12-19}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/94304/The-Ugly-American/ |title=The Ugly American (1963) - Overview |publisher=TCM.com |date= |accessdate=2015-12-19}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=22729 |title=The Ugly American |publisher=Afi.com |date=1963-05-05 |accessdate=2015-12-19}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Stefan Kanfer|title=Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlF3ZW0RTQUC|date=7 July 2011 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0-571-27878-7 |page=187}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.listal.com/list/top-grossing-films-1963 |title=Top Grossing Films of 1963 |date=2013-09-06 |accessdate=2015-05-18}} 7. ^1 {{cite journal |last =Cowans |first =Jon |authorlink = |title =A Deepening Disbelief: The American Movie Hero in Vietnam, 1958-1968 |journal =Journal of American-East Asian Relations |volume =17 |issue = 4|pages =324–351 |publisher = |location = |date =2010 |language = |url = http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/jaer/2010/00000017/00000004/art00003|jstor = |issn = |doi = 10.1163/187656111x564306 |accessdate = |ref= harv}}, p. 333-339. 8. ^{{rotten-tomatoes|ugly_american|The Ugly American}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Rithdee |first=Kong |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/462805/don-t-blame-americans-for-bad-acting |title=Don't blame Americans for bad acting |publisher=BangkokPost.com |date=2015-01-31 |accessdate=2018-06-01}} External links
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