The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

12/25/1999 (US) • 2h 20m

Thriller, Crime, Drama

How far would you go to become someone else.

Overview

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Top Billed Cast

Matt Damon

Tom Ripley

Gwyneth Paltrow

Marge Sherwood

Jude Law

Dickie Greenleaf

Cate Blanchett

Meredith Logue

Jack Davenport

Peter Smith-Kingsley

James Rebhorn

Herbert Greenleaf

Sergio Rubini

Inspector Roverini

Philip Baker Hall

Alvin MacCarron


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$40,000,000.00

Revenue

$128,798,265.00

Keywords

new york city

friendship

ship

new love

lovesickness

jealousy

dual identity

double life

based on novel or book

venice, italy

beguilement

italy

homicide

yacht

secret identity

atlantic ocean

new identity

prosecution

fake identity

rejection

inferiority

inferiority complex

wealth

male homosexuality

envy

shocking

identity theft

complex

gay theme

intense

distressing

frightened

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