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Purple Noon

starring: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore
directed by: René Clément

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788832062
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788832069
Label: Times Film Corporation
Manufacturer: Times Film Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Times Film Corporation
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 22611
Studio: Times Film Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: 1960



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Description:
Filled with suspense, PURPLE NOON is the critically acclaimed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat! A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend and all the finest things money can buy. His envious friend, on the other hand, has nothing but his charm, good looks ... and a wickedly sinister plot to take over the rich man's life! Tensions mount as this deadly game unfolds and the murderer struggles to stay one step ahead of the police -- and the ever-growing suspicions of the dead man's friends! Prepare yourself for PURPLE NOON, a shocking story of betrayal, murder, and stolen identity in a world where nothing is as it seems!

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A member of the middle generation of French filmmakers between Renoir and the New Wave, René Clément was a strong visual stylist who tried on different subjects and genres: documentaries, semidocumentaries, wartime dramas, comedies. In Purple Noon he showed a strong facility for feverish film noir, and the results are quite memorable. Based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, the film stars Alain Delon as the notoriously amoral Ripley (a character also played, albeit quite differently, by Dennis Hopper in Wim Wenders's The American Friend). Envious of a playboy pal (Maurice Ronet) having a luxurious time on the Mediterranean, Ripley decides to murder the man and assume his identity. The subsequent suspense concerns the dirty deed done and the aftermath of complicated cover-ups, and in the best Hitchcockian sense you can never quite tell whose side you're on as Ripley's efforts at survival are followed in meticulous detail. Mesmerizing to watch, saturated in light and color, and topped by Delon at his most icy, Purple Noon is a terrific discovery for enthusiasts of film noir and the French cinema. --Tom Keogh



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - First class Mr Ripley
Overall this a superb take on Patricia Highsmith's Talented Mr Ripley. Its certainly a match, if not ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Meet the most beautiful, talented male actor of all time
It appears the "Purple Noon" story line has been detailed quite well in prior reviews, so no need to ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Faithful Thriller and Era
Not only faithful to Highsmith's great book, the cast gets the cool objectivity of her writing and is ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Talented Mr Delon
Forget Matt Damon. Ladies, Alain Delon will crawl up your skin and send tingles where you want tingles ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Essential French cinema: Clément's 'Plein Soleil.'
Alain Delon takes identity theft to the extreme in this stylish French thriller. Based on Patricia Highsmith's ... Read More

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