Have you ever watched Gladiator and seen the gas cylinder in the back of one of the Roman chariots? Or the stagehand caught on set during the Tin Man's dance in The Wizard of Oz? Or been amazed by the astounding self-attaching electrodes in Spider Man? Everyone loves a good movie, but there's nothing we like more than finding a continuity error, a historical innaccuracy or a technical blunder in them. In this completely updated edition, Jon Sandys has included new mistakes from films such as Star Wars II - Attack of the Clones, Die Another Day, Gangs of New York, Harry Potter and the Chamber...
Have you ever watched Gladiator and seen the gas cylinder in the back of one of the Roman chariots? Or the stagehand caught on set during the Tin Man'...
The complete screenplay of Anthony Minghella's new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY. Tom Ripley, a small-time con man, arrives in Italy from New York in search of a wealthy young man named Dickie Greenleaf. He has been sent by the young man's wealthy father to bring Dickie back to America. But once in Italy, Ripley becomes so attracted to Greenleaf and his exotic lifestyle in the seaport village of Mongibello that Tom yearns to inhabit Dickie's life and falls tragically in love with him. Dickie's wealth, style and good looks are qualities that Tom begins to covet. The...
The complete screenplay of Anthony Minghella's new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY. Tom Ripley, a small-time con man, arrive...
From the moment that Bruno decides that he should kill Guy's wife and that Guy kills Bruno's father, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of personalities.
From the moment that Bruno decides that he should kill Guy's wife and that Guy kills Bruno's father, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared gu...
The death of a gallery owner means that an American art collector cannot find out why the painting he bought three years ago is a fake. Ripley needs to find a solution, keep his nerve and if murder is required still keep his nerves steady.
The death of a gallery owner means that an American art collector cannot find out why the painting he bought three years ago is a fake. Ripley needs t...
Tom Ripley detested murder, unless it was absolutely necessary. If possible, he preferred someone else to do the dirty work. In this case, a victim of a fatal disease, who will murder for a reward in order to provide for his young widow and child.
Tom Ripley detested murder, unless it was absolutely necessary. If possible, he preferred someone else to do the dirty work. In this case, a victim of...
Therese first glimpses Carol in the New York department store where she is working as a sales assistant. Carol is choosing a present for her daughter. Standing there at the counter, Therese suddenly feels wholly innocent - wholly unprepared for the first shock of love.
Therese first glimpses Carol in the New York department store where she is working as a sales assistant. Carol is choosing a present for her daughter....
Tom Ripley is quietly living a life of luxury at his chateau at Villeperce, and, as ever, is keeping one step ahead of the law - he has, after all, a past that would not bear too much close scrutiny.
Tom Ripley is quietly living a life of luxury at his chateau at Villeperce, and, as ever, is keeping one step ahead of the law - he has, after all, a ...
Traditional Chinese edition of The Talented Mr. Ripley. This thriller chronicles the sociopathic scheme of Tom Ripley to enter into a life of wealth and class by stealing another person's identity.
Traditional Chinese edition of The Talented Mr. Ripley. This thriller chronicles the sociopathic scheme of Tom Ripley to enter into a life of wealth a...
The Blunderer was written by Highsmith in between Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley. The novel follows the young, successful and handsome, Walter Stackhouse who seems to have it all, that is, until the day his wife's body is found at the bottom of a cliff. Under the intense scrutiny of the investigation he commits one mistake, then another, until - in true Highsmithian fashion - Walter finds his perfect life derailed. Now Walter is running from the obsessions of the murderer, and the suspicions of the lead cop, not to mention his own increasingly life-threatening blunders. 'The...
The Blunderer was written by Highsmith in between Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley. The novel follows the young, successful and handso...
Edith Howland's diary is her most precious possession, and as she is moving house she is making sure it's safe. A suburban housewife in fifties America, she is moving to Brunswick with her husband Brett and her beloved son, Cliffie, to start a new life for them all. She is optimistic, but most of all she has high hopes for her new venture with Brett, a local newspaper, the Brunswick Corner Bugle. Life seems full of promise, and indeed, to read her diary, filled with her most intimate feelings and revelations, you would never think otherwise. Strange, then, that reality is so dangerously...
Edith Howland's diary is her most precious possession, and as she is moving house she is making sure it's safe. A suburban housewife in fifties Americ...