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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

R 139 min  -  Crime | Drama | Thriller  -   25 December 1999 (USA)
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In late 1950's New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Europe to retrieve a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.

Writers:

Patricia Highsmith (novel), Anthony Minghella (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Damon ...
Gwyneth Paltrow ...
Jude Law ...
Cate Blanchett ...
Philip Seymour Hoffman ...
Jack Davenport ...
James Rebhorn ...
Sergio Rubini Sergio Rubini ...
Inspector Roverini
Philip Baker Hall ...
Alvin MacCarron
Celia Weston ...
Aunt Joan
Fiorello Fiorello ...
Fausto (as Rosario Fiorello)
Stefania Rocca ...
Silvana
Ivano Marescotti Ivano Marescotti ...
Colonnello Verrecchia
Anna Longhi Anna Longhi ...
Signora Buffi
Alessandro Fabrizi ...
Sergeant Baggio
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Storyline

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 <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Italy | 1950s | Forgery | Playboy | Luxury  | See more »

Taglines:

How far would you go to become someone else. See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,738,237 (USA) (26 December 1999) (2307 Screens)

Gross:

$81,292,135 (USA) (23 April 2000)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The scenes set in New York City that open the film were originally shot in Rome but were deemed unsatisfactory and later reshot in New York City. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: After the "other woman" floats ashore and is lying dead in the old woman's lap you see her spit water out after a wave goes over her face. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Tom Ripley: If I could just go back... if I could rub everything out... starting with myself.
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Crazy Credits

The opening title uses all the adjectives of the complete title before
cutting to the final "The Talented Mr. Ripley". See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Will & Grace: Advise and Resent (#2.15)" (2000) See more »

Soundtracks

"MY FUNNY VALENTINE"
Written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
Performed by Chet Baker
Courtesy of Blue Note Records
A Division of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets See more »