Ripley's Game is a feature film based on the 1974 novel of the same name, the third in Patricia Highsmith's "Ripliad," a series of books chronicling the murderous adventures of con artist Tom Ripley. John Malkovich stars as Highsmith's anti-hero, opposite Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. The director is the veteran Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, whose career dates back to the 1960s and includes one of the 1970s' most controversial movies, The Night Porter. Highsmith's novel was previously adapted in 1977 as The American Friend by director Wim Wenders, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz.... Tom Ripley is living in Veneto and is involved in an art scam in Berlin, partnered with Reeves, a thuggish British gangster whom he orders to remain out on the street as the deal takes place. A violent argument breaks out in which Ripley kills one of his "customers." He gives the money to Reeves but takes the artwork for himself, curtly informing Reeves that their partnership is over. Three years later, Ripley is extremely wealthy, living in a lush venetian villa with his wife Luisa, a beautiful harpsichordist.
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| Release date: | February 16, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Liliana Cavani |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 110 Minutes |
| Editor: | Jon Harris |
| Music by: | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography: | Alfio Contini |
| Screenplay by: | Liliana Cavani, Charles McKeown |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Ripley's Game |
| Genre: | Thriller |