The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.
Primary Title
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
Date Broadcast
- Friday 12 October 2018
Release Year
- 1999
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 23 : 20
Duration
- 170:00
Channel
- Bravo
Broadcaster
- MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
- The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character)--Drama
- Impostors and imposture--Drama
- Americans--Italy--Drama
- Serial murderers--Drama
- Feature films--United States
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
- Thriller
Contributors
- Anthony Minghella (Director)
- Anthony Minghella (Writer)
- Matt Damon (Actor)
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Actor)
- Jude Law (Actor)
- Cate Blanchett (Actor)
- Miramax (Production Unit)
- Paramount Pictures (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character)--Drama
- Impostors and imposture--Drama
- Americans--Italy--Drama
- Serial murderers--Drama
- Feature films--United States