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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 76,803 users
Metascore:
76/100
Reviews: 661 user | 183 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com
In late 1950's New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Europe to retrieve a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures. Director:Anthony Minghella |
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Nominated for 5 Oscars.
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| Matt Damon | ... | ||
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | ||
| Jude Law | ... | ||
| Cate Blanchett | ... | ||
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | ||
| Jack Davenport | ... | ||
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Sergio Rubini | ... |
Inspector Roverini
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Alvin MacCarron
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| Celia Weston | ... |
Aunt Joan
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Fiorello | ... |
Fausto
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| Stefania Rocca | ... |
Silvana
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Ivano Marescotti | ... |
Colonnello Verrecchia
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Anna Longhi | ... |
Signora Buffi
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| Alessandro Fabrizi | ... |
Sergeant Baggio
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Storyline
The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Everybody should have one talent... what's yours? See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley See more »Box Office
Budget:
$40,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$12,738,237 (USA) (26 December 1999) (2307 Screens)Gross:
$81,292,135 (USA) (23 April 2000)Company Credits
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Tom Ripley: If I could just go back... if I could rub everything out... starting with myself.
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cutting to the final "The Talented Mr. Ripley". See more »
from "St. Matthew Passion"
By Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester (as Munich Bach Orchestra) & Karl Richter
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft GmbH, Hamburg
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Trivia
Fausto and Dickie (and Tom, later) sing "Tu Vuo' Fa' L'Americano," a humorous song about an Italian man in the 50s who wants to imitate the American lifestyle he sees in the movies. But American food doesn't do him any good and in the end, the money he spends comes from his mother's purse. See more »Goofs
Errors in geography: When Tom and Dickie are in the boat on the sea of San Remo, the Isle of Capri, 800 kilometers distant, can be clearly seen at the horizon. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Tom Ripley: If I could just go back... if I could rub everything out... starting with myself.
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The opening title uses all the adjectives of the complete title beforecutting to the final "The Talented Mr. Ripley". See more »
Soundtracks
"MACHE DICH, MEIN HERZE, REIN"from "St. Matthew Passion"
By Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Orchester (as Munich Bach Orchestra) & Karl Richter
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft GmbH, Hamburg
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets See more »
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