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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Horror Movies, Thriller Videos, Mystery, Crime, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Based On A Novel, Organized Crime, Film Noir, Assassination | | Starring | Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray, Gerard Blain, Lisa Kreuzer | | Director | Wim Wenders | | Composer | Jurgen Knieper | | Costume Designer | Isolde Nist | | Director of Photography | Robby Muller | | Editor | Peter Przygodda | | Screenwriter | Wim Wenders | | Source Writer | Patricia Highsmith |
An American sociopath sells forge paintings in Germany. An idealistic art restorer is dying of a rare blood disease. Sociopath Ripley arranges for the desperate family man to carry out a high-paying mob hit and the two forge an uneasy bond. Stars Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz, directed by Wim Wenders. Jonathan Zimmermann, a German picture-framer, is dying of a rare blood disease. Despite his illness, the happily married Jonathan does his best to live each day to the fullest with his wife and child. But when Tom Ripley, a cunning American gangster, learns of Jonathan's sickness, he convinces the dying man--deeply concerned about his family's financial future--to work as a hit man for a big payoff. Will Jonathan get in over his head by making a deal that could ruin what's left of his life? German director Wim Wenders delivers a sensitive, film-noirish tribute to the American gangster film, based on the novel RIPLEY'S GAME by Patricia Highsmith. Film screened at 1977 New York Film Festival, and at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. American Friend Reviews: "...[One] of the most interesting American underworld movies of recent years....An extremely beautiful film..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...A French-flavored thriller about friendship, isolation, and its own moody self..."-- Troy Patterson, Entertainment Weekly "...[A] complex and nuanced adaptation....Dennis Hopper makes an amiably psychotic Ripley..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound "A moody and entrancing film."
-- Andy Webster, Premiere
This is the only Gerard Blain video. American Friend | List Price | $14.98 (You save $3.63) | | Studio | Anchor Bay | | Orig Year | 1977 | | DVD Encoding | All Regions | | All Time Sales Rank |  16815  | | CD Universe Part number | 5249406 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 07, 2009 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | L' Ami Americain; Der Amerikanische Freund | | Running Time | 125 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Mastered; Widescreen |
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Audio Commentary: Wim Wenders - Director, Dennis Hopper - Star
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