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UW Cinematheque: Wim Wenders - Portraits Along The Road

The American Friend (Der Amerikanisch Freund) | West Germany, USA, France | 1977 | DCP | 126 min. | English and German with English subtitles Director: Wim Wenders

Event Details

Date
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Nicholas Ray
Believing his leukemia to be out of remission and anxious to provide for his family, the once upstanding frame-maker Jonathan (Ganz) accepts an offer from slick and shady American Tom Ripley (Hopper) to become a paid assassin. Eventually, these two opposite types become friends in Wenders’ adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley’s Game.
Cost
Free

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