The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley is a novel by Patricia Highsmith, published in 1955. It is also the title of a 1999 feature film based on the novel and directed by Anthony Minghella.

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Novel - Patricia Highsmith - Published - 1955 - 1999 - Feature film - Anthony Minghella

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Highsmith won an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America for this novel, which first introduced the character of Tom Ripley. She would return in the novels Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Underwater

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Edgar Allan Poe - Mystery Writers of America - Tom Ripley - Ripley Under Ground - Ripley's Game - The Boy Who Followed Ripley - Ripley Underwater

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The Talented Mr Ripley was first filmed as Plein Soleil (also known as Purple Noon) in 1960. It was directed by Rene Clement and starred Alain Delon as Ripley.

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Plein Soleil - 1960 - Rene Clement - Alain Delon

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The 1999 film version, The Talented Mr. Ripley, had the full title of The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley. This version starred Matt Damon as Ripley, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue (a character created for the film), Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles, Jack Davenport as Peter Smith-Kingsley (also created for the film) and James Rebhorn as Herbert Greenleaf.

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Matt Damon - Gwyneth Paltrow - Jude Law - Cate Blanchett - Philip Seymour Hoffman - Jack Davenport - James Rebhorn

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It was filmed mainly in Italy with famous landmarks in the cities of Rome and Venice being used as a backdrop for the narrative. An opera scene features the duel between Lensky and Onegin from Eugene Onegin.

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Italy - Rome - Venice - Opera - Eugene Onegin

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