The American Friend (Criterion Collection)

Terminally ill Berlin art restorer Jonathan Zimmerman (Bruno Ganz) was just looking to get his affairs in order when he made a new client of slick American art broker Tom Ripley (Dennis Hopper). It develops that Ripley has some shady connections...and is trying to wheedle the dying man into performing a contract hit. Wim Wenders' electric nod to U.S. film noir, adapted from Patricia Highsmith's prose, also stars Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller. 127 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: German Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer. In German with English subtitles.