| Record Number |
852941 |
| Title |
The talented Mr. Ripley [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Sydney, NSW] : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd, [2020] |
| ©1999. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (approximately 133 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. |
| Creation Note |
Written by Anthony Minghella ; Produced by William Horberg, Tom Sternberg ; Directed by Anthony Minghella. |
| Performer note |
Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Sergio Rubini, Philip Baker Hall. |
| Summary Note |
In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures. It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. That's how working class struggler, Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), feels. So when a wealthy shipping magnate mistakes him for an Ivy league classmate of his son, Dickie (1999 Academy Award nominee, Jude Law), Tom allows him to believe it. Dickie's father then has a proposal for Tom: bring his wild playboy son back from Southern Italy and he will be paid handsomely, It is an offer someone like Tom could not refuse. And so the wheels of deception start rolling. Tom finds and befriends Dickie and his gorgeous girlfriend, Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow) who are unaware of his false identity or his motives...and they also never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go, to make their lifestyle his own. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M - Violence, themes and coarse language. |
| Language note |
In English. English Captions. |
| Subject - Name |
Ripley, Tom,(Fictitious character)Drama |
| Subject |
Deception -- Drama |
| Criminals -- Drama |
| Italy -- Drama |
| Feature films. |
| Fiction films. |
| Added Author |
Minghella, Anthony film director,
screenwriter. |
| Horberg, William film producer. |
| Sternberg, Tom film producer. |
| Damon, Matt actor. |
| Paltrow, Gwyneth, 1972- actor. |
| Law, Jude, 1972- actor. |
| Blanchett, Cate, 1969- actor. |
| Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014 actor. |
| Davenport, Jack, 1973- actor. |
| Rebhorn, James, 1948-2014 actor. |
| Rubini, Sergio actor. |
| Hall, Philip Baker, 1931- actor. |
| Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995 Talented Mr. Ripley. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F TALE |
