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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Drama Crime Thriller

How far would you go to become someone else.

Release Date: 1999, December 25
Directors: Anthony Minghella
Countries: United States of America
Production: Mirage Enterprises, Timnick Films
Cast: Jack Davenport, Sergio Rubini, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law, Philip Baker Hall, Jack Willis, James Rebhorn, Antonio Prester, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Celia Weston

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.

Keywords:

distressing new york city based on novel or book friendship serial killer period drama gay theme complex secret identity psychological thriller intense shocking italy double life frightened tragedy wealth dual identity fake identity envy venice, italy jealousy male homosexuality ship atlantic ocean homicide prosecution lovesickness new identity new love rejection beguilement inferiority inferiority complex identity theft sexual ambiguity