TY - ADVS AU - Wenders,Wim AU - Hopper,Dennis AU - Ganz,Bruno AU - Highsmith,Patricia ED - Road Movies Filmproduktion. ED - Anchor Bay Entertainment (Firm) TI - Der Amerikanische freund AV - CM DVD 00880 U1 - 791.4372 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Troy, MI PB - Anchor Bay Entertainment KW - Detective and mystery films KW - Feature films N1 - Originally released in 1977 as a motion picture; Based on the novel "Ripley's Game" by Patricia Highsmith; Special features include: commentary by cast and crew; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; and talent bios; Directed by Wim Wenders ; photography, Robby Muller ; edited by Peter Przygodda ; music, Jurgen Knieper; Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gerard Blain; Not rated N2 - Story about a Hamburg picture framer who is perfectly ordinary except that he is suffering from a rare and fatal blood disease. His peace and sanity are upset when he is offered money to assassinate a Mafia figure in Paris ER -