The American Friend

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Der Amerikanische Freund
Directed by	Wim Wenders
Written by	Patricia Highsmith (novel Ripley's Game) Wim Wenders
Starring	Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz
Release date(s)	June 24, 1977 (U.S. release)
Running time	127 min
Language	German English
Budget	DEM 3,000,000 (estimated)
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The American Friend (German: Der Amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 film by Wim Wenders, loosely adapted from the novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. The film is of the neo-noir genre, and features Dennis Hopper as career criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces into becoming an assassin.

The source novel Ripley's Game (1974) was cinematically adapted a second time as Ripley's Game (2002).

Contents 1 Critical Reaction 2 Featured cast 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Critical Reaction

In A Girl and a Gun: The Complete Guide to Film Noir, David N. Meyer says, "Though the plot may not make a whole lot of sense the first time around — and the thick European accents of a couple of the major actors doesn't help — The American Friend is worth the effort. Few movies from any era or genre offer such rich characters, realistic human relationships, gripping action sequences, or sly humor." ^[1]

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Dennis Hopper	Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz	Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer	Marianne Zimmermann
Gérard Blain	Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray	Derwatt
Samuel Fuller	The American Mobster
David Blue	Allan Winter

[edit] External links

• Der Amerikanische Freund at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] References

v • d • e Films directed by Wim Wenders Summer in the City • The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty • The Scarlet Letter • Alice in the Cities • The Wrong Move • Kings of the Road • The American Friend • Lightning Over Water • Room 666 • Hammett • The State of Things  • Paris, Texas • Tokyo-Ga • Wings of Desire • Until the End of the World • Faraway, So Close! • Lisbon Story • The End of Violence • Buena Vista Social Club • The Million Dollar Hotel • Ten Minutes Older • The Soul of a Man • Land of Plenty • Don't Come Knocking' • The Palermo Shooting

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