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Movie Description
Jonathan Zimmermann, a German picture-framer, is dying of a rare blood disease. Despite his illness, the happily married Jonathan does his best to live each day to the fullest with his wife and child. But when Tom Ripley, a cunning American gangster, learns of Jonathan's sickness, he convinces the dying man--deeply concerned about his family's financial future--to work as a hit man for a big payoff. Will Jonathan get in over his head by making a deal that could ruin what's left of his life? German director Wim Wenders delivers a sensitive, film-noirish tribute to the American gangster film, based on the novel RIPLEY'S GAME by Patricia Highsmith.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 0
Keep Case
Anamorphic - 1.77
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - German
Dolby Digital 2.0 - German
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary - 1. Wim Wenders - Director, Dennis Hopper - Star
Trailers
Interactive Features:
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Biographies
Film screened at 1977 New York Film Festival, and at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
Industry Reviews
"...[One] of the most interesting American underworld movies of recent years....An extremely beautiful film..."
New York Times - Vincent Canby (09/24/1977)
"...A French-flavored thriller about friendship, isolation, and its own moody self..."
Entertainment Weekly - Troy Patterson (03/21/2003)
"...[A] complex and nuanced adaptation....Dennis Hopper makes an amiably psychotic Ripley..."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (08/01/2003)
"A moody and entrancing film."
Premiere - Andy Webster (07/01/2004)
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