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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, Reiko Sato, and Arthur Hill. It is based on the 1958 novel The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer.
The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer that depicts the failures of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia. The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political implications. The Peace Corps was established during the Kennedy administration partly as a result of the book.
The Ugly American portrayed American representatives losing the battle for hearts and minds to the Soviet Union in the fictional Asian kingdom of Sarkhan. [3] (The book's depictions created controversy: President Dwight Eisenhower called the book "sickening," [9] claiming that it distorted the truth.) He also advocated nuclear disarmament. [3]
The Ugly American, a 1958 novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick; The Ugly American, a 1963 film starring Marlon Brando, based on the 1958 novel; Ugly American (pejorative), a term used to refer to perceptions of arrogant behavior by Americans abroad; Ugly Americans (band), an American rock band; The Ugly American, a 2002 album by Marc Eitzel
They disagree about how to beat the Soviets, but the desired end result is still the same. They are fully pro-American and they see improving America’s foreign relations as the best way to beat the Soviets. The book “The Ugly American” is highly readable and still topical, even though it was written in 1958.
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
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