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
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