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The American Friend (German: Der amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 neo-noir film written and directed by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. It stars Dennis Hopper as career-criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces into ...
Sep 28, 1977 · A film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, directed by Wim Wenders and starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz. Tom Ripley, a forger and con artist, recruits a dying picture framer to be a hit man in Hamburg.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Wim Wenders
- 1977-09-28
A slow burning existential thriller based on a Patricia Highsmith novel, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the movie.
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- Dennis Hopper
- Wim Wenders
- Bavaria Film
Roger Ebert praises the visual style and the atmosphere of Wim Wenders' adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, but criticizes its murky plot and missing characters. He also compares the film to Wenders' later city pictures and road movies.
Wim Wenders pays loving homage to rough-and-tumble Hollywood film noir with The American Friend, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game.
- Tom Ripley
Feb 25, 2015 · Discover the best of the city, first. Superb adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game, with Hopper as her amiably cynical hero, asked to find a non-professional for a killing or...
Gradually succumbing to an incurable illness, Jonathan Zimmermann, a humble family man and picture framer, has a chance encounter with the amoral American expatriate and art dealer, Tom Ripley, at an auction in Hamburg.
