TY - ADVS AU - Wenders,Wim AU - Hopper,Dennis AU - Ganz,Bruno AU - Fuller,Samuel AU - Ray,Nicholas AU - Highsmith,Patricia ED - Criterion Collection (Firm), TI - The American friend T2 - Criterion collection SN - 1681430983 PY - 2016///] CY - [United States] PB - The Criterion Collection KW - Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character) KW - Drama KW - Serial murderers KW - Psychopaths KW - Criminals KW - Murder KW - France KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Crime films KW - Film adaptations KW - Fiction films KW - Detective and mystery films KW - Thrillers (Motion pictures) N1 - Title from container; Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel "Ripley's Game."; Widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio; DVD release of the 1977 motion picture; Special features: Audio commentary from 2002 featuring Wim Wenders and Dennis Hopper ; new interviews with Wim Wenders and Bruno Ganz ; deleted scenes with audio commentary by Wim Wenders ; trailer ; essay by Francine Prose; Director of photography, Robby Müller ; music, Jürgen Knieper ; editor, Peter Przygodda; Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray; MPAA rating: Not rated N2 - A young picture framer thinks that he has terminal disease and is set up to become a hired assassin in West Germany because of the lure of quick money ER -