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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 becoming an ...
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
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.
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
Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman, played by Bruno Ganz, in a seedy criminal underworld as revenge for a personal slight—but when the two become embroiled in an ever-deepening murder plot, they form an unlikely bond.
- Tom Ripley
The relationship that develops between the American Ripley and his new German friend, Jonathan Zimmermann, a struggling picture framer and restorer, begins on a sour note when Zimmermann, meeting Ripley for the first time, indicates that he dislikes Ripley's reputation as a con man and wheeler dealer in expensive art.
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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.
