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Patricia Highsmith

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	Patricia Highsmith's 'The Cry of the Owl' is now a film starring Julia Stiles On June 8th, Paramount is releasing the new horror film The Cry of the Owl on DVD. It's based on the novel by acclaimed author and suspense master Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Strangers On A Train.) The film tells the story of Robert (Paddy Considine), a man trying to recover from a messy divorce by seeking solace in a small town. Robert becomes fascinated by the apparent domestic bliss of Jenny (Julia Stiles), who he secretly watches through her window. When Jenny catches him, she invites him in and the two begin a relationship, much to the chagrin of Jenny’s boyfriend. But when her boyfriend goes missing, Robert becomes the number one suspect in a murder investigation, leaving him to wonder if Jenny may not be all that she seems.	03/08/10
	Patricia Highsmith's 'Deep Water' to become new horror film Patricia Highsmith wrote her suspense/thriller novel Deep Water in 1957 - now, fifty years later, it will be a film from Fox. Highsmith is probably best known for her thriller novel Strangers on a Train which Hitchcock adapted into the most famous of several film versions and the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. In Deep Water, set in the small town of Little Wesley, Vic and Melinda Meller's loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Eventually, Vic tries to win her back by asserting himself through a tall tale of murder-one that soon comes true...	08/18/09