Movie
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Overview
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-12-25
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mirage Enterprises, Timnick Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Matt Damon as Tom Ripley
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood
- Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf
- Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles
- Jack Davenport as Peter Smith-Kingsley
- James Rebhorn as Herbert Greenleaf
- Sergio Rubini as Inspector Roverini
- Philip Baker Hall as Alvin MacCarron
- Celia Weston as Aunt Joan
- Fiorello as Fausto
- Stefania Rocca as Silvana
Crew
- Anthony Minghella - Director
- Anthony Minghella - Screenplay
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