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MYSTERYREALM FILM SERIESJune 27- 29, 2025 | $12 per person | $100 for a 10-Pass or $50 for a 5-Pass
Wim Wenders’ THE AMERICAN FRIEND
(1977, 127 min)
Wim Wenders pays loving homage to Hollywood film noir with “The American Friend”, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “Ripley’s Game”. Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as a sleazy American art dealer who entangles a dying German cancer patient (Bruno Ganz) who’s desperate to leave his family an inheritance into the seedy criminal underworld as revenge for a personal slight—but when the two become embroiled in an ever-deepening murder plot, they form an unlikely bond. Filmed on location in Hamburg and Paris, with some scenes shot in grimy, late-70s New York City. Featuring cameos by filmmakers Jean Eustache, Samuel Fuller, and Nicholas Ray.
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The Carolina Theatre of Durham, 309 W Morgan St, Durham, NC 27701-2119, United States,Durham, North Carolina
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