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Release Date:
6 August 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
How do you get the man who has everything? more
Plot:
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective. full summary | full synopsis
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3 wins
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2 nominations
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Bradley Cooper Enters the "Dark Fields"
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Bradley Cooper Enters the "Dark Fields"
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"Thomas" is the "Crown" Jewel for your collection... SEE IT!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Pierce Brosnan | ... | Thomas Crown |
 | Rene Russo | ... | Catherine Banning |
 | Denis Leary | ... | Michael McCann |
 | Ben Gazzara | ... | Andrew Wallace |
 | Frankie Faison | ... | Detective Paretti |
| Fritz Weaver | ... | John Reynolds |
| Charles Keating | ... | Friedrich Golchan |
 | Mark Margolis | ... | Heinrich Knutzhorn |
 | Faye Dunaway | ... | The Psychiatrist |
| Michael Lombard | ... | Bobby McKinley |
| Bill Ambrozy | ... | Proctor |
| Michael Bahr | ... | Proctor (as Michael S. Bahr) |
| Robert D. Novak | ... | Proctor (as Robert Novak) |
| Joe H. Lamb | ... | Proctor (as Joe Lamb) |
 | James Saito | ... | Paul Cheng |
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Rated R for some sexuality and language.
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Runtime:
113 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Netherlands:MG6 |
Iceland:L |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) |
Denmark:7 |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
South Africa:PG |
Singapore:M18 (re-rating) |
Brazil:16 |
Australia:MA (2009 DVD rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:6 (w) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:15 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) |
Philippines:PG-13
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In the elevator after the boardroom meeting, Thomas Crown and his subordinates quote from the 'Leonard Cohen' song "The Stranger Song": "Ah, you hate to see another tired man lay down his hand like he was giving up the holy game of poker."
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Catherine Banning is from Lima, Ohio. Thomas Crown mispronounces the name as LEE-ma. It's actually LIE-ma.
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Detective Michael McCann:
Monet's unknown masterpiece, Dogs At Cards.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Even Stevens: The Thomas Gribalski Affair (#2.18)" (2001)
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Soundtrack:
EVERYTHING IS NEVER QUITE ENOUGH
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This DVD was an impulse buy, pure and simple. My wife and I like Pierce Brosnan, and I have enjoyed Renee Russo's other works, so what did I have to lose? Only my mind! This film was positively one of the most enjoyable, nail-biting, suspenseful romantic capers ever made.
A remake of the steamy 1968 Steve McQueen flick updated to the sleek and self-referential 90s, "Thomas Crown" features Brosnan as the title character - a bored billionaire businessman in the business of "acquisitions". For a thrill, he heists an extremely valuable Monet from the New York Museum right under the noses of security guards, cops, and about a thousand unsuspecting museum-goers. Renee Russo is the very sexy, very worldly Catherine Banning, whose insurance company underwrites the painting - and she is determined to get it back at any cost... But the cost just may be her soul as she woos, and then falls under the spell of the enigmatic Crown. Will Russo discover the location of the Monet? Will she rat out Thomas Crown? Or is Crown manipulating her affections like Bobby Fisher manipulates the pieces on a chess board?
What we have here is a high-speed chase film whose vehicle is clever dialog, rich and exotic direction, and more than a little sexual tension! Brosnan, as Crown, is ever the cool Brit charmer whose every word and action are as calculated as the movements of a Rolex. Russo smoulders every time she appears on screen. And when the two of them get together, the chemical reaction is pure dynamite.
Dennis Leary has a nice bit as a streetwise NYPD detective on the case, who dispenses advice to Russo's Banning, and watches her begin to spiral out of control. His role here most likely resulted in the deserved attempt at a television series on ABC ("The Job").
The action in the film moves exotically from caper to cover-up and back with dizzying speed... All the while, we are kept guessing about the motivations of the two lead, and find ourselves eagerly anticipating their next move. When the final checkmate comes, we are left totally bewildered, befuddled, and baffled... which is most-likely the director's intention!
On all levels, "The Thomas Crown Affair" will steal the hearts of men and women alike... but for different reasons - Men can enjoy the action and thrill of the chase, and Crown's ability to win over the most beautiful women and his attempt to get away with the ultimate heist... Ladies can marvel at the suave Brosnan and his life of extreme wealth, and all-the-while wonder if he will betray her, or if she will betray him...
I will not betray you... I ain't saying!