American Friend, The
Starz / Anchor Bay (1977)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In Collection
#786
0*
Seen ItYes
013131202892
IMDB   7.4
2 hr 5 mins West Germany / German
DVD  Region 1   NR
Dennis Hopper Tom Ripley
Samuel Fuller The American Mobster
Lisa Kreuzer Marianne Zimmermann
Nicholas Ray Derwatt
Bruno Ganz Jonathan Zimmermann
Gerard Blain
Daniel Schmid Ingraham
Peter Lilienthal Marcangelo
Ismael Alonso
Gérard Blain Raoul Minot
Lou Castel
Andreas Dedecke
Jean Eustache Friendly Man
Rudolf Schündler Gantner
Gérard Blain Raoul Minot
Rudolf Schündler Gantner
Josef Bierbichler Hias
Stefan Guttler Huttenbesitzer
Clemens Scheitz Adalbert
Director
Wim Wenders
Werner Herzog
Producer Wim Wenders
Renée Gundelach
Margaret Ménégoz
Werner Herzog
Margaret Menegoz
Writer Wim Wenders
Patricia Highsmith
Werner Herzog
Cinematography Robby Müller
Musician Jürgen Knieper


The acclaimed thriller from the Director of Wings of Desire and the Author of The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) is an American sociopath who sells forged paintings in Germany. Jonathan Zimmermann is an idealistic art restorer dying from a rare blood disease. But when Ripley arranges for the desperate family man to carry out a high-paying mob hit, the two forge an uneasy bond steeped in deceit, corruption and cold-blooded murder in the riveting thriller that The Boston Phoenix called "the best-acted, most beautifully photographed and most exciting work of the New German Cinema yet to be shown in this country."

Legendary American filmmakers Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller co-star in this worldwide cult hit co-written and directed by Oscar nominee Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club) and based on the classic novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers On A Train.
Edition Details
Distributor Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date 1/7/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.77:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks GERMAN: Dolby Digital 5.1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Wim Wenders and Star Dennis Hopper
Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Writer/Director Wim Wenders
Theatrical Trailer
Talent Bios