Summary:
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.
| Runtime: | 139 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity. |
| Production: | Paramount Pictures |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Crime |
| Country: | USA |
| Languages: | English, Italian |
| Home Release Date: | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anthony Minghella | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anthony Minghella | Screenplay |
| Patricia Highsmith | Novel |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Gwyneth Paltrow | Marge Sherwood |
| Jude Law | Dickie Greenleaf |
| Matt Damon | Tom Ripley |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alessandro Fabrizi | Sergeant Baggio |
| Anna Longhi | Signora Buffi |
| Cate Blanchett | Meredith Logue |
| Celia Weston | Aunt Joan |
| Fiorello | Fausto |
| Ivano Marescotti | Colonnello Verrecchia |
| Jack Davenport | Peter Smith-Kingsley |
| James Rebhorn | Herbert Greenleaf |
| Philip Baker Hall | Alvin MacCarron |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Freddie Miles |
| Sergio Rubini | Inspector Roverini |
| Stefania Rocca | Silvana |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alessandro von Norman | Line Producer |
| Lydia Dean Pilcher | Co-Producer: New York |
| Paul Zaentz | Co-Producer |
| Steve E. Andrews | Associate Producer |
| Sydney Pollack | Executive Producer |
| Tom Sternberg | Producer |
| William Horberg | Producer |
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