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.
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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