Anthony Minghella Adapted Screenplay. He also received an Adapted Screenplay nomination for "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999). "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency", a pilot episode television adaptation which he co-wrote and directed, was broadcast posthumously on BBC One (23 March 2008); watched by 6.3 million viewers. He vocally supported "I Know I'm Not Alone", a film of musician Michael Franti's peacemaking excursions into Iraq, Palestine and Israel. He directed a party election broadcast for the Labour Party in 2005. The short film depicted Tony Blair and Gordon Brown working together and was criticised for being insincere: "The Anthony Minghella party political
The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) is traveling with members of her family. Sobbing, he strangles Peter, and returns to his cabin. "The Guardian" reported in 2000 that Leonardo DiCaprio declined the offer to play Ripley before Damon was cast in the role. Apart from the beginning scenes filmed in New York City, the movie was shot entirely on location in Italy. The cliffside resort town of Positano and various villages on the islands of Ischia and Procida, near Naples, were used to represent the fictional town of "Mongibello". The scenes taking place in San Remo were actually filmed in Anzio, a resort-town near Rome. Famous