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- The American Friend Summaries Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man. Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder.
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Gradually succumbing to an incurable illness, Jonathan Zimmermann, a humble family man and picture framer, has a chance encounter with the amoral American expatriate and art dealer, Tom Ripley, at an auction in Hamburg.
"The American Friend" lacks the same clarity and unsparing eye. It's deliberately murky, I suppose, in its tale of a criminal and personal triangle involving an American (Hopper) who becomes a middleman between a French gangster and a German picture framer.
Wim Wenders' mines Dennis Hopper's real-life experience as a painter and collector in this existential take on the American gangster film based on a Patricia Highsmith novel featuring the notoriously sociopathic Tom Ripley.
- Wim Wenders
- Joachim Mengershausen
- Lisa Kreuzer
- Wim Wenders
American expatriate Tom (Dennis Hopper) treats Hamburg, Germany, like it's the Wild West and makes a living by hawking art forgeries, but decides to take part in a murder plot for extra cash.
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- Dennis Hopper
- Wim Wenders
- Bavaria Film
Brief Synopsis. A dying man reluctantly takes on a job as a hit man in order to have money to leave to his widow.
- Wim Wenders
- Bruno Ganz
Sep 26, 1977 · Synopsis by Michael Costello. Wim Wenders' mines Dennis Hopper's real-life experience as a painter and collector in this existential take on the American gangster film based on a Patricia Highsmith novel featuring the notoriously sociopathic Tom Ripley.
Summary Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man. Crime. Drama. Mystery. Thriller. Directed By: Wim Wenders. Written By: Patricia Highsmith, Wim Wenders. The American Friend. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews. 79. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings.