The Talented Mr. Ripley

"How far would you go to become someone else."

Dec 25 1999 R 2h 19m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

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Plot

The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.

Written by

Patricia Highsmith, Anthony Minghella

Directed by

Anthony Minghella

Cast

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Mirage Enterprises, Miramax, Paramount, Timnick Films

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

Nominated for 5 Oscars. 10 wins & 81 nominations total

Trailers
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Trailer
Featurettes
Dan Ireland on THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
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