Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

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.

Director:

Dominic Sena

Writers:

H.B. Halicki, Scott Rosenberg (screenplay)

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie

6 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% when Randall "Memphis" Raines walked away from the life. He gets dragged back into it by assuming the job his brother Kip screwed up for stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri: steal 50 exotic cars and have them on a container ship by 8 AM Friday morning, and he got this news on a Monday. With Calitri threatening to kill him and Kip, and the police GRAB unit breathing down his neck, Memphis reassembles his old crew and attempts to pull off the logistically impossible.

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Plot Keywords:

car | brother | auto theft | theft | thief | 

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Taglines:

Ice Cold, Hot Wired.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 June 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

60 segundos

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,715,147 (UK) (4 August 2000)

Gross:

ESP 1,234,703,248 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min 127 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one of the earlier drafts of the script, it included various things from Gone in 60 Seconds. 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.

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Goofs

Car number 34 on the list is a Mercedes Benz S600 (the only S class on the list). As the cars are being driven out of the police impound, the silver car in front is actually an S500 model (as shown on the rear).

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Quotes

Drycoff: Who's Eleanor?
Det. Roland Castlebeck: It's a damn car. And don't ever talk about my wife.

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Crazy Credits

Before the end credits begin the screen goes black. When this happens we hear Memphis' car stall and he says "Oh don't do this to me!"

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Connections

References Bullitt (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Leave Home"
Written by Tom Rowlands (as Thomas Rowlands), Ed Simons (as Edmund Simons) and Blake Baxter
Performed by The Chemical Brothers
Courtesy of Astralwerks Records

User Reviews

Action packed film taking your typical car chase to new levels of excitement.

What's in a name? If the name is Jerry Bruckheimer expect it to be filled with action.

In producer Bruckheimer's latest film, Gone in 60 Seconds, its all about the nomenclature. With character monikers like Kip, Sway and The Sphinx and cars idealized with names like Diane, Sue and the elusive Eleanor, it's only the non-stop action that keeps you from wanting to just play the name game.

Not a deep script by any means, but it is a great vehicle for action as Nicolas Cage as Memphis Raines, along with Angelina Jolie and Robert Duvall, comes out of car-thievery retirement to save his brother's life by stealing a list of 50 exotic cars in one night. A remake of the 1974 cult hit, this film may not be destined for the same cult status but it is entertaining.

Surprisingly, it's the action that keeps you watching not the acting. Although loaded with stars, none of them have standout performances, including a very weak performance by one of my favorite up and comers, Giovanni Ribisi. Even Jolie, coming off her recent Oscar win, is just a token love interest with hardly any screen time.

Can a series of beautiful cars and the car chases they become involved in make a great film? I think so. The film is a pleasure to look at and although one particular scene takes you into the realm of unbelieveablity, the action is non-stop and the suspense is compelling. Just be wary of other drivers fighting for a pole position as you leave the theatre.

3 1/2 out of 5