Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Director:

Dominic Sena

Writers (WGA):

H.B. Halicki (1974 motion picture)
Scott Rosenberg (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Ice Cold, Hot Wired.

Plot:

A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life.

Plot Keywords:

Car | Brother | Thief | Auto Theft | Theft

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Memphis Raines
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Kip Raines
Angelina Jolie	...	Sara 'Sway' Wayland
T.J. Cross	...	Mirror Man (as TJ Cross)
William Lee Scott	...	Toby
Scott Caan	...	Tumbler
James Duval	...	Freb
Will Patton	...	Atlee Jackson
Delroy Lindo	...	Det. Roland Castlebeck
Timothy Olyphant	...	Detective Drycoff
Chi McBride	...	Donny Astricky
Robert Duvall	...	Otto Halliwell
Christopher Eccleston	...	Raymond Calitri
Vinnie Jones	...	The Sphinx
Grace Zabriskie	...	Helen Raines

Also Known As:

Gone in 60 Seconds (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

118 min | USA:127 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:16 (director's cut) | Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37519) | Finland:K-14 (2000) | Finland:K-15 (2005) (director's cut) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

In one of the earlier drafts of the script, it included various things from the original film. For example, Memphis puts on a disguise that makes him look like an old man when he goes to steal Eleanor (the same way the lead character in the original did). Also, the reason why Sphinx was called Sphinx was because he originally was written to have no nose (similar to the famous structure in Egpyt), and that he had a pair of glasses that added on a fake nose that he wore only during the overnight boost.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Donny steals the silver Jaguar saloon (XJR) Otto is seen crossing out "Jaguar XJ220" on the blackboard, which is the name of Jaguar's supercar, and not stolen until towards the end by Sway.

Quotes:

Sway: I've got two jobs. I've discovered that you have to work twice as hard when it's honest.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Ride on Josephine

Entertaining, But Shallow

This is one of those films I liked quite a bit the first time, but didn't think that much of it on the second viewing. I guess enough of it was just good for one look. Maybe it was the immature attitude that prevailed throughout the film that wore thin. But I am not going to knock the movie: it's entertaining and definitely worth a look if you have not seen it.

If you like cars and chase scenes. t's worth multiple looks. In fact, the car chase scene at the end is one of the best you'll ever see. Nice soundtrack in here, too, and a pretty good cast with Nicholas Cage leading the way.

The bad news? Well, here's yet another case of Hollywood making "bad guys" into heroes. We're supposed to root for people that steal cars? Hello??!!