Cover: The Thomas Crown Affair Rating: 0
Jan 1, 2001
Dec 30, 2011

Details

Director:Norman Jewison
Writer:Alan Trustman
Producer:Norman Jewison, Hal Ashby, Walter Mirisch
Theatrical:1999
Rated:R
Studio:MGM (Video & DVD)
Genre:Mystery
Duration:102
Awards:3 wins & 2 nominations
Languages:English, German, Polish, French
Subtitles:English, French
Sound:DTS
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Picture Format:Widescreen
Discs:1
Region:1
Release:Feb 1999

Summary

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"

Credits

Steve McQueen ...
Faye Dunaway ... The Psychiatrist
Paul Burke ...
Jack Weston ...
Biff McGuire ...
Haskell Wexler ... Cinematographer
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt ... Editor
Pierce Brosnan ... Thomas Crown
Hal Ashby ... Editor
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
Michael Lombard ... Bobby McKinley
Bill Ambrozy ... Proctor
Michael Bahr ... Proctor
Robert D. Novak ... Proctor
Joe H. Lamb ... Proctor
James Saito ... Paul Cheng
Esther Cañadas ... Anna Knudsen
Mischa Hausserman ... Jimmy
Daniel Oreskes ... Petru
Dominic Chianese Jr. ... Dimetri
Ritchie Coster ... Janos
Gregg Bello ... Iggy
John P. McCann ... Senior Detective
Gino Lucci ... Freight Truck Driver
George Christy ... Senior Museum Guard
Mike Danner ... Forklift Operator
James J. Archer ... J.J. the Security Guard
John Elsen ... New York City Cop
Robert Spillane ... Crown Acquisitions Security Officer
Daniel Jamal Gibson ... Sam
Cynthia Darlow ... Daria, Crown's Secretary
Sherry Koftan ... Crown Acquistions Employee
Jane DeNoble ... Crown Acquisitions Employee
Gene Bozzi ... Crown Acquisitions Employee
Ryan Hecht ... Crown Acquisitions Employee
Paul Simon ... Crown Acquisitions Employee
Tom Tammi ... Businessman
Mark Zeisler ... Bulldog
Mark Zimmerman ... Bulldog
Daniel Southern ... Crown Acquisitions Executive (as Dan Southern)
James Yaegashi ... Crown Acquisitions Executive
Ira Wheeler ... Old Man
David Adkins ... Son
John McKay ... Company Lawyer (as John A. MacKay)
Melissa Maxwell ... Teacher
Colleen Hamm ... Schoolgirl
Timothy Wheeler ... Museum Security Technician
John Thrall Bush ... Museum Security Guard
Dominic Marcus ... Museum Security Guard
Robert Lewis Stephenson ... Museum Security Guard (as Robert Stephenson)
David Toney ... Museum Security Guard
Phillip Douglas ... Museum Security Guard
Jeffrey Dreisbach ... Junior Proctor
R.J. Remo ... Smoking Kid
Caleb Archer ... Smoking Kid
Dennis Creaghan ... Museum Director Jim Lenox
Randy Phillips ... National Art Club Guest
Gloria Barnes ... National Art Club Guest
Mimi Weddell ... National Art Club Guest
Pat Friedlander ... National Art Club Guest
Gary L. Catus ... National Art Club Guest
Jeremy Nagel ... Tommy, Crown's Caddy
John C. Havens ... Museum Operating Technician
Annie Rose Murray ... Woman Spectator
Bill Tatum ... Gentleman Yachtsman
Teddy Coluca ... Detective in Restaurant
Michael Charles ... Detective in Restaurant
Orlando Carafa ... Cipriani Waiter
Ben Epps ... Male Associate
Kim D. Cannon ... Cleaning Man
Douglas Kahelemauna Nam ... Cleaning Man
Richard Russell Ramos ... Dr. Cornelius
John Seidman ... Forensics Expert George French
Robert Ian Mackenzie ... Jeweler
Yusef Bulos ... Second Jeweler
Ray Virta ... Museum Detective
Thomas Michael Sullivan ... Museum Special Police
J. Paul Boehmer ... Museum Detective
Tony Cucci ... Watching Cop
Paul Geoffrey ... Another Cop
R.E. Rodgers ... Uniform Cop
Tom Bloom ... Crown Imposter (as Thomas Richard Bloom)
Kim Craven ... Ticket Agent
Marion McCorry ... Stewardess
Sean Haberle ... Ramp Manager
Mikel Sarah Lambert ... Wealthy Woman
Angelo Fraboni ... Featured Dancer
Melanie LaPatin ... Featured Dancer
Jodi Ellen Melnick ... Featured Dancer (as Jodi Melnick)
Tony Meredith ... Featured Dancer
Michael Terrace ... Featured Dancer
Bill Conti ... Composer
Tom Priestley Jr. ... Cinematographer
John Wright ... Editor