The Minority Report Anderton's advice to his successor: "Better keep your eyes open. It might happen to you at any time." The story reflects many of Philip K. Dick's personal Cold War anxieties, particularly questioning the relationship between authoritarianism and individual autonomy. Like many stories dealing with knowledge of future events, "The Minority Report" questions the existence of free will. In 2002, the story was adapted into a film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell and Max von Sydow. Spielberg's film was followed by a series of the same name, which debuted on the FOX Network on September 21,
The Quiet American (2002 film) Awards National Board of Review National Society of Film Critics Awards Satellite Awards The Quiet American (2002 film) The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling novel set in Vietnam, "The Quiet American". It was directed by Phillip Noyce and starred Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen. The 2002 version of "The Quiet American", in contrast to the earlier 1958 film version, depicted Greene's original ending and treatment of the principal American character, Pyle. Like the novel, the film illustrates Pyle's moral culpability in arranging terrorist actions aimed at the French colonial government