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MOViE iNFORMATiON

MOViE TiTLE      : Der Amerikanische Freund (1977)
GENRE            : Crime/Mystery/Thriller
LANGUAGE         : English/German/French

SChiZO RELEASE   : Jan 24, 2003
DVD RELEASE      : Jan 07, 2003
THEATRE DATE     : Jun 24, 1977

iMDB URL         : http://us.imdb.com/Title?0075675
iMDB RATiNG      : 7.1/10 (544 Votes)
DiRECTOR         : Wim Wenders
MAiN CAST        : Dennis Hopper ............... Tom Ripley
Bruno Ganz .................. Jonathan Zimmermann
Lisa Kreuzer ................ Marianne Zimmermann
Gerard Blain ................ Raoul Minot
Nicholas Ray ................ Derwatt

PLOT SUMMARY     : Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer in Hamburg, is
diagnosed as having leukemia. Ripley, an American art
dealer dealing in forgeries, uses this fact to arrange
for a mob associate of his to recruit Zimmermann as a
hitman. Zimmermann agrees to this because this would
ensure his family's financial future. Jonathan descends
into the nightmare world of deceit and double-dealing.
The narrative acts as a metaphor for the relationship
between American (Hollywood) and post-war German
culture. The appearance of several Hollywood directors
in cameo roles underlines this.

RELEASE iNFORMATiON

CD 1 : 694MB; 50x15MB             CD 2 : 696MB; 50x15MB
Vols.: amfriend-cd1-schizo.r??    Vols.: amfriend-cd2-schizo.r??

A.R/RES       : ~1.85:1, 640x352
RUNTiME       : 126 min.
ViDEO         : XviD @ 1350kbps
FRAMERATE     : 23.976
AUDiO         : Stereo 48KHz VBR MP3 @ 148kbps
SUBTiTLES     : Yes
- FORMAT/LANG : VobSubs: English (for German/French speaking parts only)
SPECiAL NOTES : While this film was initially produced with a monoaural
soundtrack, Anchor Bay remixed it quite nicely to 5.1
channels for this year's DVD release. But since the video
was not compressible enough to include the 5.1ch AC3,
we give you a DS2.0-downmixed stereo MP3 instead.

GROUP iNFORMATiON

SChiZO is one of the longest living MPEG-4 release groups
in the scene. Since our inception in March of 2001 we have
been catering to the needs of DivX enthusiasts everywhere
by releasing high-quality DVDRips of the finest films from
around the world. Our dedication to quality is shown by the
lack of any technical nukes in our 200+ release history.
In recent months we have continued to grow as we established
our TV division, PHRENiC, dedicated to bringing the SChiZO
philosophy to the TVRips scene.
SChiZO does not have any public means of contact, nor do we
plan to add any. Remember, we do this for fun and don't
respond to unsolicited offers from unknown people.

OUR GREETiNGS

MDX + QiX + DVD-R + iNSPiRE + SAC + MSR

SPECiAL THANKS TO:
All our fans & supporters

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