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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 54,695 users
Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 407 user | 144 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective. Director:John McTiernan |
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Cast
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| Rene Russo | ... | ||
| Denis Leary | ... | ||
| Ben Gazzara | ... |
Andrew Wallace
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John Reynolds
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Friedrich Golchan
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Heinrich Knutzhorn
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Michael Bahr | ... |
Proctor
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Robert D. Novak | ... |
Proctor
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Joe H. Lamb | ... |
Proctor
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Paul Cheng
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown is bored of being able to buy everything he desires. Being irresistible to women, he also does not feel any challenge in that area. But there are a few things even he can't get, therefore Thomas Crown has a seldom hobby: He steals priceless masterpieces of Art. After the theft of a famous painting from Claude Monet, the only person suspecting Thomas Crown is Catherine Banning. Her job is to get the picture back, no matter how she accomplishes her mission. Unfortunately, Catherine gets involved too deeply with Thomas to keep a professional distance to the case. Fortunately, Thomas seems to fall for her, too. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
6 August 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Thomas Crown-ügy See more »Box Office
Budget:
$48,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£916,452 (UK) (20 August 1999)Gross:
$69,304,264 (USA) (11 February 2000)Company Credits
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Thomas Crown: Nice little Renoir...
Catherine Banning: Oh... Renoir
[beat]
Catherine Banning: Nice little copy?
Thomas Crown: We'll never know will we?
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Written by Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman
Arranged by Rob Middleton
Performed by Chico O'Farrill and his orchestra
Produced by Todd Barkan and Jim Dunbar
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The idea of unusual heat in the museum rendering thermal cameras useless came from director John McTiernan's earlier movie Predator. In that movie, McTiernan's actual thermal cameras began to fail when the jungle temperature broke 90 degrees Fahrenheit. See more »Goofs
In the film the painting stolen by Mr. Crown: "San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk " by Monet, is said to be the first impressionistic painting in the world. But according to Wikipedia the first painting is "Impression, soleil levant", also by Monet, which gave name to "Impressionism". See more »Quotes
Catherine Banning: What was it?Thomas Crown: Nice little Renoir...
Catherine Banning: Oh... Renoir
[beat]
Catherine Banning: Nice little copy?
Thomas Crown: We'll never know will we?
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Crazy Credits
During the opening credits, the letters in the names of principal cast and crew switch same-letters (i.e., the "R's" in "Pierce Brosnan", the "E's" in "Dennis Leary"). See more »Soundtracks
"THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND"Written by Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman
Arranged by Rob Middleton
Performed by Chico O'Farrill and his orchestra
Produced by Todd Barkan and Jim Dunbar
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Hooray for Hollywood! The world may be falling apart so like we needed money spent on a remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair." But then heck if Tinseltown in all its unoriginality doesn't do a bang-up fun job of unreality with characters who have no place in the Unreel World, from the classy looking opening credits to Sting covering "Windmills of my Mind" over the closing credits.
In the opening scene I'm thinking, wait I know that woman's voice and voila it's Faye Dunaway from the original film as Crown's shrink - I cheered out loud (OK so I was the only one in the audience that got the joke).
Pierce Brosnan and Renee Russo are an age-appropriate couple with genuine fireworks and chemistry (with help from director John McTiernan and editor John Wright in the tango and copulation scenes).
There's unconventionally good music choices - that tango is from Three Penny Opera of all things and a terrific use of Nina Simone's "Sinner Man" in a marvelous Magritte-inspired ironically tense heist scene. Brosnan's trainer gets a credit, as there's plenty of skin. Russo laughs, a gorgeous belly laugh, unlike so many frozen femmes fatale.
The credits also say that no museum was used as a locale, so gosh they really recreated the Met amazingly accurately (and how much did that cost?), though it didn't seem crowded enough Crown goes in at 9 when the museum doesn't open until 11.
I would think this is a great date movie.
(originally written 8/22/1999)