Cold Mountain (film) Cold Mountain (film) Cold Mountain is a 2003 epic war film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling 1997 novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger with Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland, and Ray Winstone in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a wounded deserter from the Confederate army close to the end of the American Civil War, who is on his way home to the woman he loves. The film was a co-production
Tom Ripley Soleil)" in 1960, starring Alain Delon as Ripley, and under its original title in 1999, starring Matt Damon. "Ripley Under Ground" was adapted into a 2005 film, starring Barry Pepper. "Ripley's Game" was filmed in 1977 as "The American Friend", starring Dennis Hopper, and under its original title in 2002, starring John Malkovich. The Ripley novels have also been adapted for television and radio. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" was adapted for a January 1956 episode of the anthology television series "Studio One", and Jonathan Kent played Ripley in a 1982 episode of "The South Bank Show" titled "Patricia Highsmith: A