I wouldn't have thought you suggest using economic aid to but friends... They're scared. I...
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The American:
[Somewhat sarcastically, after Fowler has advised him it would be wiser to give the two ARVN guards in the tower their two remaining cigarettes]
I wouldn't have thought you suggest using economic aid to but friends...
Thomas Fowler:
[Referring to the two young guards]
They're scared. I wouldn't blame them if they handed us over to the Communists. They don't believe in anything either. They just want enough rice. They want one day to be much the same as another. They don't want our white skins around telling them what they want.
The American:
You're telling them what they don't want, which is the same thing.
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Wouldn't have thought you would suggest using economic aid to buy friends
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They are scared
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I wouldn't blame them if they handed us over to the communists
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They don't believe in anything either
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They just want enough rice
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They want one day to be much the same as another
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They don't want our white skins around telling them what they want
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You're telling them what they don't want which is the same thing
Clip duration: 26 seconds
Views: 196
Timestamp in movie: 00h 53m 27s
Uploaded: 07 December, 2022
Genres: drama, romance, thriller
Summary: A young naive American and a cynical older British diplomat disagree over politics in 1952 Vietnam and over a beautiful young native girl.
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00:09 What's all the chattering and giggling about
00:12 Do you got a cigarette
00:04 Shall we save the truth for dinner
00:21 What is there about you that would make it so easy to...
00:04 You should never trust anyone when there's a woman in...
00:08 If you will forgive my attempt at colloquial English
00:11 You don't seem to be recovering much damaging evidence
00:23 I didn't know you were here
00:12 You know it is a mistake to say that
00:11 I mean the defense of this country that was conceived in the...
00:11 And he held her properly not too close
00:22 I'm from a country that's been in existence for...
00:05 Sooner or later
00:26 I wouldn't have thought you suggest using economic aid...