[Movie Script]Talented Mr. Ripley, The

                    THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY


Screenplay By

                       ANTHONY MINGHELLA



Based On The Novel By

                      PATRICIA  HIGHSMITH


1st November 1999
     NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS

     AND SOME "SCENE OMITTED" SLUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR

     THIS SOFT COPY.


1958
     PROLOGUE:  INT. RIPLEY'S CABIN. EVENING.



Fade up on Ripley, as in the final scene of the film,

sitting, desolate in a ship's cabin. The camera rotates

around his face, which begins in light and ends in darkness.
                         RIPLEY (O/S)

               If I could just go back.  If I could rub

everything out.  Starting with myself.

Starting with borrowing a jacket.
     EXT. CENTRAL PARK WEST TERRACE. EARLY EVENING.


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