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Wim Wenders' mines Dennis Hopper's real-life experience as a painter and collector in this existential take on the American gangster film based on a Patricia Highsmith novel featuring the notoriously sociopathic Tom Ripley. Hopper stars as the eponymous American, currently a middleman selling the work of American painter Derwatt (Nicholas Ray), who has feigned his own death to increase the value of his paintings. While auctioning this work in Berlin, he meets art restorer Jonathan Zimmerman (Bruno Ganz), who he learns is suffering from an incurable blood disease. When a shady friend (Gerard Blain) requires Ripley to find a "clean" non-professional to do a contract hit in order to pay off a debt, even he is reluctant. But he quickly realizes that the physically vulnerable Jonathan would be perfect for the job, and tries to get him to accept by employing various subterfuges to persuade him that his condition is even worse than it is. For his part, Blain guarantees the restorer that his family will be financially secure for life, and a deal is struck. As usual, nothing works out quite as expected.
Condition:NEW.
Product Details:
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer
Directors: Wim Wenders
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, AC-3, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Dubbed: French, German
Number of discs: 1
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: January 12, 2016
Run Time: 127 minutes
Cast & Crew:
Dennis Hopper Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray Derwatt
Samuel Fuller American Mobster
Peter Lilienthal Marcangelo
Daniel Schmid Ingraham
Lou Castel Rodolphe
Jean Eustache Friendly Man
Technical Credits:
Wim Wenders Director,Screenwriter
Jürgen Knieper Score Composer
Robby Müller Cinematographer
Peter Przygodda Editor
Sickerts Art Director
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