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The Talented Mr Ripley: Screenplay

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Talented Mr Ripley: Screenplay
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Anthony Minghella
By (author) Patricia Highsmith
SeriesScreen and Cinema
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 129
Category/GenreFilm scripts and screenplays
ISBN/Barcode 9780413742001
ClassificationsDewey:822.914
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 1 colour, 8 page sections

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 14 February 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The screenplay of Anthony Minghella's new film based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith The complete screenplay of Anthony Minghella's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr Ripley starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett. Tom Ripley, a small-time con man, arrives in Italy from New York in search of a wealthy young man named Dickie Greenleaf. He has been sent by the young man's wealthy father to bring Dickie back to America. But once in Italy, Ripley becomes so attracted to Greenleaf and his exotic lifestyle in the seaport village of Mongibello that Tom yearns to inhabit Dickie's life and falls tragically in love with him. Dickie's wealth, style and good looks are qualities that Tom begins to covet. The frightening consequences of this attraction and the moral choices raised by the crime of murder lie at the heart of Minghella's absorbing film. Set throughout Italy (Ischia, Palermo, Rome, Tuscany and Venice), Minghella's adaptation brings to life Highsmith's amoral tale of a criminal who gets away with murder. "The craft with which [Minghella] has expanded Patricia Highsmith's 1955 classic crime novel has made the film an even richer experience than the gleefully amoral original" (Scotsman)

Author Biography

Anthony Minghella is a dramatist and director whose best known plays have been published in two volu mes by Methuen. His films include TRULY, MADLY, DEEP and THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Patricia Highsmith wr ote a number of volumes about Tom Ripley; THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY is the first and best known novel i n this series. Anthony Minghella lives in London.