- Actors: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire
- Directors: Norman Jewison
- Writers: Alan Trustman
- Producers: Norman Jewison, Hal Ashby, Walter Mirisch
- Format: NTSC, Import
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
- VHS Release Date: Sep 1 1998
- Run Time: 102 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6301986024
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Millionaire businessman Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is also a high-stakes thief; his latest caper is an elaborate heist at a Boston bank. Why does he do it? For the same reason he flies gliders, bets on golf strokes, and races dune buggies: he needs the thrill to feel alive. Insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) gets her own thrills by busting crooks, and she's got Crown in her cross hairs. Naturally, these two will get it on, because they have a lot in common: they're not people, they're walking clothes racks. (McQueen looks like he'd rather be in jeans than Crown's natty three-piece suits.) The Thomas Crown Affair is a catalog of '60s conventions, from its clipped editing style to its photographic trickery (the inventive Haskell Wexler behind the camera) to its mod design. You can almost sense director Norman Jewison deciding to "tell his story visually," like those newfangled European films; this would explain the long passages of Michel Legrand's lounge jazz ladled over endless montages of the pretty Dunaway and McQueen at play. (The opening-credits song, "Windmills of Your Mind," won an Oscar.) It's like a "What Kind of Man Reads Playboy?" ad come to life, and much more interesting as a cultural snapshot than a piece of storytelling. --Robert Horton
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Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo catch fire (USA Today) in this sizzling, suspense-filled thriller from the director of Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October. Thrill-seeking billionaire Thomas Crown (Brosnan) loves nothing more than courting disasterand winning! So when his world becomes too stiflingly 'safe, he pulls off his boldest stunt ever: stealing a priceless paintingin broad daylightfrom one of Manhattan's most heavily guarded museums. But his post-heist excitement soon pales beside an even greater challenge: Catherine Banning (Russo). A beautiful insurance investigator hired to retrieve the artwork, Catherine's every bit as intelligent, cunning and hungry for adventure as he is. And just when Thomas realizes he's finally met his match, she skillfully leads him into a daring game of cat and mouse that's more intoxicatingand dangerousthan anything either of them has ever experienced before!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent bank heist story,
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This review is from: Thomas Crown Affair (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
The Thomas Crown Affair is an interesting story about a multimillionare who organizes a bank robbery. Thomas Crown is a millionare with everything and everyone at his disposal, so he uses everything he has to make himself feel alive. Crown organizes this huge bank heist which works perfectly. Soon after, an insurance agent is hot on his tail. This is a pretty good movie that is better because of the stars. At points the story lags a bit, but overall is worth a watch. If nothing else, watch the preparation and then the opening bank heist for an exciting thirty minutes.Steve McQueen is okay as millionare Thomas Crown, but at some points he seems out of place in the three piece suits he wears throughout. Maybe its just because I'm used to him as a gunfighter or a prisoner trying to escape from a prison camp. Faye Dunaway is very good as Vicki Anderson, the insurance agent trying to prove Crown's guilt. Some reviewers think there is no chemistry between them, but I disagree. There is definite attraction between the two stars. The DVD is good with widescreen or full screen options, theatrical trailer, 8-page booklet, and commentary all included. Not one of McQueen's best, but still very good and much better than the Brosnan/Russo remake. Worth a watch if nothing else.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Has It Been THAT Many Years?,
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This review is from: Thomas Crown Affair (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
After enjoying the remake of this movie I ordered the DVD of the original. I loved it at the theater back in the sixties and hadn't seen it since then. For once in a blue moon, I discovered I liked the remake better! The plot is only vaguely the same for these two movies. I remember this film was a great departure for Steve McQueen and he still seems to have a thug-like quality to me. Ms. Dunaway is a walking parade of late-sixties fashion, with lots of makeup and eyelashes. Strange, I didn't ever realize she had a scar on her forehead. Regardless, the style of cinematography is extremely dated now. Sort of like what today's jerky-camera commercials will look like a few years from now. Oh, it's fun to watch. It's just not as good a story as the remake.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Original Crown!,
By classicmoviefan (Rancho Mirage, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thomas Crown Affair (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
This is an extremely fine film. Besides a ingenious story and terrific acting by McQueen (who plays a "cool" and very wealthy businessman perfectly) and Dunaway (who looks absolutely stunning and plays it "smart" in nearly every scene), this movie has some fascinating and utterly BRILLIANT editing like no other film I know of... and a HAUNTING and GORGEOUS music score created by Michel LeGrand. What about the NEW version? I have been a huge fan of the original Thomas Crown Affair since I first saw it while in the military in 1969..... and bought the 1999 "re-make" because I heard so many good things about it. I must say that honestly there are good points in BOTH films. I never quite bought the fact that the original wealthy "Crown" got his "kicks" robbing a bank.... so stealing the "Monet" made much more sense to me. I also thought the story was a bit more interesting in the new version and I was more satisfied by the challenge Bronsnan's character found in Russo's bluntness. Overall, however this 1969 "Crown" is the version I prefer. It contains an absolutely beautiful music score by Michel LeGrand (which is superior to the loud, lackluster and frangmented score that Bill Conti created for the new version). The title track here is "Windmills of Your Mind" is an awesome song, but also amazing is "Her Eyes, His Eyes" created for the infamous chess playing sequence. I also prefer the sensuous and sexy elegance of the fire between McQueen and Dunaway to the overtly sweaty lust that Brosnan and Russo desparately share together... this film is more subtile and suggests sexuality.. which seems more fascinating than just the plain nakedness in the new version. Although I do prefer this film to the remake, both versions are well made and interesting in their own right, and should be enjoyed for what they are and what makes them so entertaining.
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