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The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel.Set in the 1950s, it stars Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, a con artist who is sent from New York City to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled playboy, to return home – however, after failing, Ripley takes extreme measures.
The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1955 psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. The novel introduced the character of con man Tom Ripley , whom Highsmith wrote about in four subsequent books. Its numerous film and television adaptations include Purple Noon (1960), starring Alain Delon , The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), starring Matt Damon ...
Ripley has typically been regarded as "cultivated", a "dapper sociopath", and an "agreeable and urbane psychopath." [5] In his review of Purple Noon, René Clément's 1960 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley, film critic Roger Ebert described Ripley as "a committed hedonist, devoted to great comfort, understated taste, and civilized interests ...
Jude Law is looking back on his breakout role in The Talented Mr. Ripley with rose-colored glasses — and feeling nostalgic for the incredible experience he had on set. “I kind of took it for ...
Highsmith, who died in 1995, wasn't around to offer her opinion on the second cinematic iteration of The Talented Mr. Ripley—with its A-list lineup of Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and ...
Law was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Dickie Greenleaf in the 1999 movie. Jude Law, Oscar-nominated for his role in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley, raved about Netflix's series ...
He also received an Adapted Screenplay nomination for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). His adaptation of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which he co-wrote and directed, was broadcast posthumously on BBC One (23 March 2008) as a TV movie; watched by 6.3 million viewers.
The Talented Mr Ripley star Jude Law has shared his thoughts on Netflix’s remake of Patricia Highsmith’s best-selling 1955 novel.. Released on 4 April, the streamer’s Ripley series stars ...