Purple Noon

Purple Noon
by Ren? Cl?ment

Purple Noon
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Actor: Alain Delon, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Marie Lafor?t, Maurice Ronet
Director: Ren? Cl?ment
Cinematographer: Henri Deca?
Writer: Ren? Cl?ment
Editor: Fran?oise Javet
Writer: Patricia Highsmith
Writer: Paul G?gauff
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Times Film Corporation

Movie Reviews of Purple Noon

Movie Review: 3.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars

The Bottom Line:

Arguably the best adaptation of a Highsmith Ripley novel, Purple Noon is an engaging thriller with a corker of an ending; if you liked the more recent Matt Damon version then be sure to check this one out, and if you're uninitiated into the world of Tom Ripley then check it out anyway.

Summary of Purple Noon

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!
A member of the middle generation of French filmmakers between Renoir and the New Wave, Ren? Cl?ment 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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