Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jude Law, Philip Baker Hall
Visible crew/equipment: When Dickie and Ripley are scootering down a little Italian hillside, you can see the shadow of the whole film crew against the hill.
Visible crew/equipment: When Dickie, Tom and Marge are coming out of the Venice Railway Station via revolving glass doors, the cameraman is visible in its reflection on their left when it closes.
Factual error: A copy of Miles Davis' album "Tutu" is sitting on a counter. Odd since the recording wasn't made until 1986.
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.
Question: Maybe I missed a major plot point, but why exactly does Tom kill his lover at the very end?
Answer: He had to kill him. Tom couldn't kill Meredith because she wasn't travelling alone, and Peter was.
Chosen answer: Tom and his lover, Peter, are travelling on a boat. Meredith, who knows Tom as Dickie, is also on the boat. If they were to meet her while together, Tom's false identity would have been revealed. Peter would have been able to figure out that Tom actually murdered Dickie.
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