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How far would you go to become someone else. - The Talented Mr. Ripley
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Title: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Release Date: 25 Dec 1999

Runtime: 2h 20m

Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Director: Mirage Enterprises, Timnick Films

Production Companies: Mirage Enterprises, Timnick Films

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.

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Average Vote: 7.2 (3783 votes)

Cast

  • Tom Ripley: Matt Damon
  • Marge Sherwood: Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Dickie Greenleaf: Jude Law
  • Meredith Logue: Cate Blanchett
  • Freddie Miles: Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Peter Smith-Kingsley: Jack Davenport
  • Herbert Greenleaf: James Rebhorn
  • Inspector Roverini: Sergio Rubini
  • Alvin MacCarron: Philip Baker Hall
  • Aunt Joan: Celia Weston
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