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Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts) Fri Apr 4, 2014, 03:42 PM Apr 2014

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I finally had the opportunity to watch "In Cold Blood" on the big screen

I've seen the movie 20 or so times, but Tuesday was the first viewing in a theater.
Oh...and Scott Wilson was there!

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I finally had the opportunity to watch "In Cold Blood" on the big screen (Original Post) Tom Ripley Apr 2014 OP

Where was this? That was a great opportunity. I saw it on the big screen raccoon Apr 2014 #1

Athens, GA. It was part of the university's film series Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #2

Wish I had known! I'm not all that far from Athens. I might've been able to make it. raccoon Apr 2014 #3

raccoon

(31,110 posts)

1. Where was this? That was a great opportunity. I saw it on the big screen

Reply to Tom Ripley (Original post)

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 02:39 PM

Apr 2014

when it first came out.

Scott Wilson did a good job in that movie.

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)

2. Athens, GA. It was part of the university's film series

Reply to raccoon (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 04:31 PM

Apr 2014

Wilson is a longtime friend of a professor (and is also visiting his 99 year old mother in the Atlanta area)
He spoke during a question and answer period after the screening:
Sidney Poitier recommended him to Brooks for the role
It was six weeks of back and forth meetings before he secured the role
Wilson did not want to present Dick as a likeable character, but he did not want the audience to forget his humanity
He remains friends with Robert Blake
Wilson thinks that Quincy Jones' score is an overlooked masterpiece. I wholeheartedly agree.

raccoon

(31,110 posts)

3. Wish I had known! I'm not all that far from Athens. I might've been able to make it.

Reply to Tom Ripley (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:11 AM

Apr 2014

I liked Wilson as Dick, especially his accent.

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