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Title:

The American friend / Road Movies Film Production ; written, produced and directed by Wim Wenders.

Edition:

Special edition.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..

Subject:

Highsmith, Patricia,--1921-1995--Film adaptations.
Terminally ill--Drama.
Assassins--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Crime films.
Film adaptations.

Other Authors:

Wenders, Wim, film director.
Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010, actor.
Ganz, Bruno, actor.
Kreuzer, Lisa, actor.
Blain, Gérard, actor.
Fuller, Samuel, 1912-1997, actor.
Ray, Nicholas, 1911-1979, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Highsmith, Patricia. Ripley's game.
Road Movies Filmproduktion, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Other Titles:

Container of (expression): American friend (Motion picture). French.
Container of (expression): American friend (Motion picture). German.

Notes:

Title from web page. Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray. Adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Special features: Audio commentary from 2002 featuring Wenders and actor Dennis Hopper; New interview with Wenders; New interview with actor Bruno Ganz; Deleted scenes with audio commentary by Wenders; trailer; Plus: an essay by author Francine Prose.

Summary:

A young picture framer thinks that he has a terminal disease and is set up to become a hired assassin in West Germany because of the lure of quick money.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 793

ISBN:

9781681430973
1681430975

OCLC:

(OCoLC)931599735

UPC:

715515165716

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)