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Release Date:
27 March 1981 (USA)
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Tagline:
Tonight, his take home pay is $410,000...tax free.
Plot:
Becoming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the mafia, who have other plans for him. full summary | add synopsis
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2 nominations
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(8 articles)
Heat Blu-ray Review
(From TheHDRoom. 9 November 2009, 10:12 AM, PST)
The Collector: Icons Interview!
(From Icons of Fright. 31 July 2009, 3:58 PM, PDT)
(From TheHDRoom. 9 November 2009, 10:12 AM, PST)
The Collector: Icons Interview!
(From Icons of Fright. 31 July 2009, 3:58 PM, PDT)
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Sublime Mann & Caan character study of a career criminal
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Caan | ... | Frank |
 | Tuesday Weld | ... | Jessie |
 | Willie Nelson | ... | Okla |
 | James Belushi | ... | Barry |
 | Robert Prosky | ... | Leo |
| Tom Signorelli | ... | Attaglia |
 | Dennis Farina | ... | Carl |
| Nick Nickeas | ... | Nick |
| W.R. Brown | ... | Mitch (as W.R. [Bill] Brown) |
| Norm Tobin | ... | Guido |
| John Santucci | ... | Urizzi |
| Gavin MacFadyen | ... | Boreksco |
| Chuck Adamson | ... | Ancell |
| Sam Cirone | ... | Martello |
| Spero Anast | ... | Bukowski |
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Violent Streets (UK)
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122 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Finland:K-18 (cut) |
USA:R (certificate #26144) |
Iceland:12 |
Brazil:14 |
Australia:R |
France:-12 |
Germany:18 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:16 (1981) |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:16 |
UK:X |
UK:18 (video rating)
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In the scene in Leo's house, James Caan improvised mispronouncing "elected" as "elected-ed" to show that Frank was an uneducated man who tried project an air of sophistication.
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Crew or equipment visible: Late in the film, when Frank gets out of his car to plant the bomb at his bar, the Green Mill, the lights used to illuminate the scene are clearly visible in the car door as the door's angle changes. When he opens the car door to get back in, the lights are visible again.
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Referenced in "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: PDA (#1.16)" (2002)
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THIEF (1981) *** James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky. Michael Mann's atmospheric and realistic profile of a seasoned professional thief (Caan in a brilliant turn) out for one lucrative score with a dream to lead a normal life with some dire circumstances standing in the way. Great production design and waycool score by Tangerine Dream.
Excellent photography and a genuine storyline since copied to death. A small gem of a film. Noteworthy: look quick for Dennis Farina and John Santucci who would star in Mann's tv series "Crime Story' and William L. Petersen as a bar room bouncer who'd collaborate with Mann in 'Manhunter".