Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

GENRE: Thriller, Drama
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 2h 14m
RELEASE DATE: December 25, 1999
STARRING: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett
DIRECTOR(S): Anthony Minghella
PRODUCER(S): William Horberg, Tom Sternberg
WRITER(S): Anthony Minghella
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures