Movie

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Marge Sherwood, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon and 123 others

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his

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Characters

Anthony Minghella (34)Tom Ripley (20)Matt Damon (20)Jude Law (9)Dickie Greenleaf (9)Marge Sherwood (6)Gwyneth Paltrow (5)Jack Davenport (1)Peter Smith-Kingsley (1)

“Dickie Greenleaf: We're all only children. What does that mean? Tom Ripley: It means we've never shared a bath. I'm cold, can I get in? Dickie Greenleaf: No. Tom Ripley: I didn't mean with you in it. Dickie Greenleaf: Okay, get in. I'm like a prune anyway.”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Children, shared bath

“Meredith: Dickie? Tom Ripley: Hello Meredith! Meredith: Oh my God! I hardly even recognized you. Tom Ripley: Well, you spotted me so you get the reward.”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Reward

“Meredith: [sheepish] I'm sorry, I wouldn't have made a joke if... Tom Ripley: [cuts her off] Don't be sorry. I've never been happier. I feel like I've been handed a new life.”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: New Life, happier, I'm Sorry

“Tom Ripley: First of all I know there's something. That evening when we played chess for instance it was obvious. Dickie Greenleaf: What evening? Tom Ripley: Oh sure, no, no, it's too dangerous for you to take on. Oh, no, no, we're brothers. Hey. And then you do this sordid thing with Marge. Fucking…”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: mooch, forgiveness, Cock, Fuck

“Marge Sherwood: I don't believe a single word you've said. Tom Ripley: You're shivering, Marge. Look at you, Marge. Can I hold you? Will you let me hold you?”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Distrust, shivering, Hold Me

“You're the brother I never had. I'm the brother you never had. I would do anything for you, Dickie.”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Brother, Loyalty

“Freddie Miles: In fact the only thing that looks like Dickie is you. Tom Ripley: Hardly. Freddie Miles: Have you done something to your hair? Tom Ripley: Freddie, do you have something you'd like to say? Freddie Miles: What? I think I'm saying it. Something's going on. He's either converted to Chris…”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Christianity, Conversion, quick study, ass from elbow

“And that's the irony, Marge. I loved you. You may was well know it, Marge: I loved you. I don't know... maybe it's grotesque of me to say this now, so just write it on a piece of paper or something and put it in your purse for a rainy day. 'Tom loves me.' 'Tom loves me.'”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Irony, Love

“Don't you just take the past and put it in a room in a basement and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do. And then you meet someone special and all you want to do is to toss them the key and say, 'Open up, step inside,' but you can't because it's dark. There's demons, and if anybody…”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Past, basement, Demons, ugly

“Peter: Sorry, I'm completely lost. Tom Ripley: I know. I'm lost, too. I'm going to be stuck in the basement, aren't I, that's my, that's my...terrible, and alone, and dark, and I've lied about who I am, and where I am, and now no-one will ever find me. Peter: What do you mean... lied about who you a…”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: basement, lost, Alone, dark

“If I could just go back... if I could rub everything out... starting with myself.”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Regret, erase the past

“Marge Sherwood: The thing with Dickie... it's like the sun shines on you, and it's glorious. And then he forgets you and it's very, very cold. Tom Ripley: So I'm learning. Marge Sherwood: When you have his attention, you feel like you're the only person in the world, that's why everybody loves him s…”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Sunshine, Attention, fair weather friend, cold

“I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: fake, real

“Well, whatever you do, however terrible, however hurtful, it all makes sense, doesn't it? In your head. You never meet anybody that thinks they're a bad person.”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

Tagged: Hurtful, terrible, Bad Person

“The thing with Dickie... it's like the sun shines on you, and it's glorious. And then he forgets you and it's very, very cold...When you have his attention, you feel like you're the only person in the world, that's why everybody loves him so much.”

— Marge Sherwood, Marge Sherwood, Gwyneth Paltrow, amazon.com

Tagged: Love-bombing, hot and cold, Almost Relationships, Emotional Extremes, Center of the World