Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal fifty 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, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

9 wins & 6 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	...	Atley 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

In exchange for his little brother's life, the reformed car thief, Randall "Memphis" Raines, has to do the impossible: in less than three days, he has to steal not one, but fifty exotic supercars for the ruthless crime lord, Ray Calitri. To stand a chance of pulling off this intricate and time-sensitive grand theft auto, once more, Memphis has to rely on his old gang--his knowledgeable mentor, Otto; the old friends, Sphinx and Donny; his reluctant ex-girlfriend, Sway, and a band of tech-savvy young thieves--however, the police are already onto them. Now, fast Lamborghinis, precious Ferraris, luxurious Porsches, and Eleanor--a rare Ford Shelby Mustang GT500--are just some of the cars in Raines' long list. Can Memphis execute the perfect car heist?

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Plot Keywords:

auto theft | car | brother | thief | theft | 

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Taglines:

Cut to the Chase

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the earlier drafts of the script included various things from Gone in 60 Seconds (1974). For example, Memphis (Nicolas Cage) 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 The Sphinx (Vinnie Jones) was called "The Sphinx" was because he originally was written to have no nose (similar to the famous structure in Egypt), 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

When they are driving the XJR out of the garage, the driver's window can clearly be seen as being 3/4 up, but when the guy pulls the gun to steal the car the window is completely down.

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Quotes

Memphis: [Memphis breaks one of the side mirrors off of Eleanor] It's okay, Eleanor. It can be fixed.

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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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Alternate Versions

Director's cut DVD contains nine additional minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in Death Proof (2007)

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Soundtracks

Roll All Day
Written by Ice Cube and Don Saunders
Performed by Ice Cube
Courtesy of Best Side/Priority Records

User Reviews

Gone, but not forgotten

Also, poor Nicholas Cage, I knew him well... Once upon a time (possibly in Las Vegas) he was a Box Office heavyweight. Now... well, you can probably pick up one of his latest films from those buckets you find of DVDs for £2.99 in petrol stations. However, before his decent into depressingly-bad cinema, he made some pretty fun films. Yes, he's won an Oscar in his time for his deep and meaningful acting, but you won't find any of that here. Just fun.

Nicholas Cage plays (basically) Nicholas Cage – only a Nicholas Cage who used to steal expensive cars, only to retire. However, his loose cannon of a brother steals (or doesn't steal – I forget – it doesn't matter!) for (or from) the wrong mobster in L.A. meaning Nicholas Cage the now not-so retired car thief must steal a load of flash motors in one night or his brother ends up in the car crusher (literally!).

If you like fast cars driving even faster (and, judging by the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise a lot of people do) then this one is basically for you. It's an action film and it's pretty much by the numbers, but, when it's such fun, who cares? Everyone cranks their performances up to eleven and it all comes across as one of those adorable eighties and nineties 'over-the-top' action flicks (yes, I know it was made it in 2000, but it sure feels like a nineties movie) with a real cartoony vibe to it. You have Christopher Ecleston plays the 'evil Brit villain' much like any other evil Brit villains you've seen in cinema. Vinnie Jones and Angelina Jolie are on hand to show their faces, but feel a little underused for what they could have been.

Ultimately, it's all on Nicholas Cage's manic shoulders and he does the film proud. It's loud, dumb and it's basically one long car crash that you'll probably be unable to tear your eyes away from.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 June 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gone in 60 Seconds

Filming Locations:

Southwest Marine - 985 South Seaside Avenue, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,336,048, 11 June 2000

Gross USA:

$101,648,571

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$237,202,299

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:

2.39 : 1