The American Friend

<i>The acclaimed thriller from the Director of <i>Wings of Desire</i> and the Author of <i>The Talented Mr. Ripley</i>.</i><br /><br /> Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper) is an American sociopath who sells forged paintings in Germany. Jonathan Zimmermann is an idealistic art restorer dying from a rare blood disease. But when Ripley arranges for the desperate family man to carry out a high-paying mob hit, the two forge an uneasy bond steeped in deceit, corruption and cold-blooded murder in the riveting thriller that The Boston Phoenix called "the best-acted, most beautifully photographed and most exciting work of the New German Cinema yet to be shown in this country."<br><br> Legendary American filmmakers Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller co-star in this worldwide cult hit co-written and directed by Oscar nominee Wim Wenders (<i>Buena Vista Social Club</i>) and based on the classic novel <i>Ripley's Game</i> by Patricia Highsmith, author of <i>The Talented Mr. Ripley</i> and <i>Strangers On A Train</i>.