The Talented Mr. Ripley

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The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 psychological thriller film, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, about a young con artist who becomes dangerously obsessed with assuming another man's identity.


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instanceOf crime thriller film
film
psychological thriller film
awardReceived Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score
Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Jude Law)
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Jude Law)
basedOn The Talented Mr. Ripley (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor Patricia Highsmith
castMember Cate Blanchett
Gwyneth Paltrow
Jack Davenport
James Rebhorn
Jude Law
Matt Damon
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Sergio Rubini
characterPortrayed Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue
Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood
Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf
Matt Damon as Tom Ripley
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles
cinematographer John Seale
countryOfOrigin United States
director Anthony Minghella
distributor Miramax Films
Paramount Pictures
editor Walter Murch
filmingLocation Italy
New York City
genre crime drama
neo-noir
psychological thriller
hasTheme class and social status
moral corruption
sexual ambiguity
mainCharacter Dickie Greenleaf
Freddie Miles
Herbert Greenleaf
Marge Sherwood
Tom Ripley
musicComposer Gabriel Yared
narrativeFocus deception
identity theft
obsession
originalLanguage English
producer Minghella Film Partners
Tom Sternberg
William Horberg
productionCompany Miramax Films
Paramount Pictures
publicationDate 1999-12-25
releaseYear 1999
runningTimeMinutes 139
screenwriter Anthony Minghella
setInCountry Italy
United States
setInPeriod 1950s


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