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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.
Purple Noon (French: Plein soleil; Italian: Delitto in pieno sole; also known as Full Sun, Blazing Sun, Lust for Evil, and Talented Mr. Ripley) [2] is a 1960 crime thriller film starring Alain Delon (in his first major role), alongside Marie Laforêt and Maurice Ronet; Romy Schneider, Delon's girlfriend at the time, makes a brief cameo appearance in the film.
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 ...
Beside the fact that it's an excellent film, the sexual tension in The Talented Mr. Ripley is beyond palpable. Starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Matt Damon, the film follows Tom Ripley—a ...
Modern movie fans likely immediately think of Matt Damon in the title role of 1999’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” a lush, sun-soaked Italian fever dream co-starring Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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 ...
Wilson calls Highsmith's first Tom Ripley novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, "One of her most powerful and celebrated novels." [ 10 ] : 191 She went on to write four sequels (in the series sometimes called the "Ripliad" [ 5 ] : 238 ) and by 1989, according to Bradford, "Ripley had become for her the equivalent of Conan Doyle 's Holmes, even ...
Tom Ripley, first introduced in Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley," is one of the most notable characters in fiction. The 1955 thriller and four subsequent novels inspired several film adaptations: