Entrapment (1999)

An insurance agent is sent by her employer to track down and help capture an art thief.

Director:

Jon Amiel

Writers:

Ronald Bass (story), Michael Hertzberg (story),

Stars:

Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Connery	...	Robert MacDougal
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Virginia Baker
Ving Rhames	...	Aaron Thibadeaux
Will Patton	...	Hector Cruz
Maury Chaykin	...	Conrad Greene
Kevin McNally	...	Haas
Terry O'Neill	...	Quinn
Madhav Sharma	...	Security Chief
David Yip	...	Chief of Police
Tim Potter	...	Millennium Man
Eric Meyers	...	Waverly Technician
Aaron Swartz	...	Cruz's Man
William Marsh	...	Computer Technician
Tony Xu	...	Banker
Rolf Saxon	...	Director

Storyline

Following the theft of a highly-secured piece of artwork, an agent convinces her insurance agency employers to allow her to wriggle into the company of an aging but active master thief. Connery's burglar takes her on suspiciously and demands rigorous training before their first job together--stealing a highly-valued mask from a chichi party. Their deepening attraction and distrust could tear apart their partnership but the promise of a bigger prize (some eight billion odd dollars) by Zeta-Jones keeps the game interesting. Only, who's playing with whom?

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Plot Keywords:

insurance | art thief | master thief | mask | laser | 

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Taglines:

The trap is set.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language, sensuality, violence and drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Fox (Germany) FOX Mexico

Country:

USA UK Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Antoine Fuqua Project

Filming Locations:

Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$66,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$97,100,000 (Non-US) (13 August 1999)

Gross:

ESP 1,645,901,898 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Regency Enterprises, Fountainbridge Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The DVD contains a more ambiguous and much shorter alternate ending in which Gin simply reappears on the platform and smiles at Mac.

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Goofs

On the roof top after the chase Mac tells Gin that he has 5 prototype chip that is worth 4 million, but in the train station he pays off the agent with 4 prototype chips that is worth 5 million.

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Quotes

Mac: I'm never late. If I'm late it's because I'm dead.

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Connections

Featured in 20 to 1: Adults Only 20 to 1: Sex on the Screen (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Sempahka"
Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

User Reviews

Zeta-Jones enough said

Entrapment beings with as a priceless Rembrandt is stolen from a New York skyscraper in a daring and technically executed robbery, insurance investigator Virginia Baker "Gin" (Catherine Zeta-Jones) begins looking into the matter and is soon convinced it's the work of master art thief Robert MacDougal "Mac" (Sean Connery.) Gin thinks the best way to get the goods on Mac is to work her way inside his operation, so she locates him in London and, posing as a fellow art thief, offers to work as his partner. While Mac is smart enough to not accept an offer like that from just anyone, most thieves don't look as good as Gin does, and she soon proves an able assistant in a shakedown robbery where they swipe a rare Chinese mask from a British museum. After this success, Mac agrees to join forces with Gin for what is literally the heist of the millennium as Midnight rolls around in Kuala Lumpur on December 31, 1999, the security computers in a major multinational banking facility will be breached for a split second as the computers roll over to a new program for Y2K. Entrapment may have been pretty weak for a story, but the robbery scenes were very good. I liked this movie overall, I know it wasn't the best Connery, but I watched this for the sexy Zeta-Jones, I thought she was great.