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Directed by | Liliana Cavani |
Screenplay by | Charles McKeown Liliana Cavani |
Based on | Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith |
Produced by | Simon Bosanquet Ricardo Tozzi Ileen Maisel |
Starring | John Malkovich Dougray Scott Ray Winstone Lena Headey |
Cinematography | Alfio Contini |
Edited by | Jon Harris |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
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Distributed by | 01 Distribuzione (Italy) Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) Fine Line Features (United States) |
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Running time | 110 minutes[1] |
Countries | Italy United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | US$30 million |
Box office | US$6.2 million |
Ripley's Game is a 2002 thriller film directed by Liliana Cavani. It is adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley's Game, the third in Patricia Highsmith's series about the murderous adventures of the anti-hero Tom Ripley. John Malkovich stars as Ripley, opposite Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. The film grossed $6.2 million on a budget of $30 million, making it a box-office failure;[2] although it received positive reviews. Highsmith's novel was previously adapted in 1977 as The American Friend by director Wim Wenders, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz.