The American friend
(2016)
Fiction
DVD
Series:
Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/AMERICAN
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
EDITION
Special edition
DESCRIPTION
2 videodiscs (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
1681430983 CC2573DDVD, 9781681430980, 9781681430980, 1681430983 :, 715515165815
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Title from sell sheet
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
Adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novel "Ripley's Game."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977
Widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio
Special features: audio commentary; new interviews with Wenders and Bruno Ganz; deleted scenes with audio commentary; trailer; essay by Francine Prose
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Samuel Fuller
DVD
English, French or German dialogue; English subtitles