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Purple noon = Plein soleil
Title
Purple noon = Plein soleil / Robert et Raymond Hakim presentent ; un film de René Clément ; adaptation et dialogue de René Clément et Paul Gégauff ; co-production Paris Film Production - Titanus Rome ; une production Robert et Raymond Hakim.
ISBN
9781604655278
1604655275
Edition
DVD ed.
Publication
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Notes
Based on the novel "The talented Mr. Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: New video interview with René Clément scholar Denitza Bautcheva; Archival interviews with Alain Delon and novelist Patricia Highsmith; Original English trailer.
Music by Nino Rota ; director of photography, Henri Decaë ; production designer, Paul Bertrand ; editor, Françoise Javet.
In French and some Italian and English with optional English subtitles.
Summary
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this film stars Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf back to the United States; what initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder.
Variant and related titles
Plein soleil
Title on container: Purple noon
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French; Italian; English
Added to Catalog
November 16, 2017
Series
Criterion collection ; 637
Credits
Music by Nino Rota ; director of photography, Henri Decaë ; production designer, Paul Bertrand ; editor, Françoise Javet.
Cast
Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Bill Kearns, Ave Ninchi, Viviane Chantel, Nerio Bernardi.
System details note
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1, 16x9) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC2208D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Suspense films.
Feature films - France.
Foreign language films - French.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films - France.
Foreign language films - French.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Paris Film Production.
Titanus (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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