Director: Anthony Minghella
Writer: Anthony Minghella
Cinematography: John Seale
Running time: 139 minutes
Country: United States
Tagline: Everybody should have one talent... what's yours?
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
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 Itay, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured financee,
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>
Awards:
Academy Awards-Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Jude Law
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards-Best Composer-Gabriel Yared
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards-Best Supporting Actor-Philip Seymour Hoffman
MTV Movie Awards-Best Director-Anthony Minghella
National Board of Review Awards-Best Supporting Actor-Philip Seymour Hoffman
Trivia:
Is based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. There are an additional four
novels which follow "The Talented Mr.Ripley", they are " Ripley Underground", "Ripley's Game",
" The Boy Who Followed Ripley", and "Ripley Under Water.
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5 Stars out of 5 Stars
