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Unique ID Code: 0000007964
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Added on: 17/8/2000 13:31
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Talented Mr. Ripley, The (UK)

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How far would you go to become someone else?
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 133 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Synopsis:
Honoured with five Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor Jude Law and Best Adapted Screenplay, this suspense-filled thriller features memorable performances from Oscar winning stars Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare In Love).

Living a life of leisure on the sun-drenched coast of Italy, young Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law, eXistenZ, Gattaca) has it all: friends, the love of a beautiful woman (Paltrow) and the best things his father`s money can buy. Tom Ripley (Damon), on the other hand, has nothing but charm, good looks... and a deadly obsession to take over this rich mans life!

In another landmark motion picture from Adademy Award winning director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, 1996), a riveting game of stolen identity unfolds with Ripley`s desperate attempts to stay one step ahead of ever-growing suspicion!

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
Inside The Talented Mr Ripley Documentary
Making of the Soundtrack Documentary
"My Funny Valentine" Music Video
"Tuo Vu Fa L`Americano" Music Video
Feature Commentary with Director Anthony Minghella

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English

Subtitle Tracks:
Italian
CC: English

Directed By:
Anthony Minghella

Written By:


Starring:
Jack Davenport
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cate Blanchett
Jude Law
Gwyneth Paltrow
Matt Damon

Casting By:
David Rubin

Soundtrack By:
Gabriel Yared

Director of Photography:
John Seale

Editor:
Walter Murch

Costume Designer:
Ann Roth
Gary Jones

Production Designer:
Roy Walker

Producer:
Alessandro von Norman
Paul Zaentz
Tom Sternberg
William Horberg
Steve E. Andrews

Executive Producer:
Sydney Pollack

Distributor:
Warner Bros

Your Opinions and Comments

4 / 10
this movie takes far too long to tell its rather simple tale a coffee table movie
posted by flair on 1/12/2000 19:49
8 / 10
This is such a great film. but, you don`t really want to know much about the film do you? you want to know about extras and stuff. so here goes. full length commentry from anthony mighella is very interesting but i woud have prefered it if jude law and matty boy damon did some as well. there are two trailers one teaser and one theatrical that are both fun to wath before watching the movie, and making of documentry, two music videos and a moking of the soundtrack thingy that i am yet to see. the extras aren`t really going to persuade you to buy this movie like t2: ultimate did for me but if you like the film then why not buy it?

oh, and by the way, scene access isn`t a bonus feature in my book.
posted by michael85 on 28/12/2000 17:25