The Thomas Crown Affair [1968] (DVD)

~ ~ What do you do to keep yourself amused when you’ve got more money stashed away than Rockefeller? Simple really; you turn your mind to crime, and devise interesting and ingenious new ways to rip off priceless works of art! That is, if your name happens to be Thomas Crown. (Played by Pierce Brosnan) This 1999 movie, directed by John McTiernan, and starring Irish actor Pierce Brosnan (James Bond et al) and Rene Russo is a remake of an earlier heist movie of the same name from 1968 that starred the late, great Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Given the large amount of extremely poor remakes that have hit the cinema screens recently this movie was surprisingly good, ...  Read the complete review

From the opening scene, to the very last, we are presented with a film that shine's above all the rest. The good old one liners, the great action, the romance and we even get a glimpse of Brosnan?s trademark smirk, then we?re off tracking him from the museum to his sprawling offices with a soundtrack of rhythmic applause. Whether playing Bond or a billionaire, Brosnan plays it terrifically. You get too see what every person's dream is, what it's like to be rich. The opening scenes show us an understanding of Crown?s own impatience with the world of business, and his underlying temptation to steal what he could just as easily buy. ...  Read the complete review

It doesn’t take a genius to work out why they’re reissuing this. With the oversexed 90s update currently out at the pictures, it’s educational to see what Pierce Brosnan and John McTiernan think they’re modernising. No-one will ever look back on the new Thomas Crown Affairand say it defined the year in which it was made (other than the fact that it’s endemic of Hollywood’s late-90s ideas drought), but the original is 1968 cubed, from the geometric shapes of the opening credits and the pre-ironic use of the word “baby” to the length and thickness of Faye Dunaway’s false eyelashes. The story is classic caper ...  Read the complete review

Well, what can I say after watching this film, being a fan of the original. To begin with, I enjoyed it as it was almost a 90's play by play remake, and I am always pleased to see how a 60's or 70's classic would have looked 20 something years later. The early scenes in the film were very close to the original, with the business deal going through, and then Crown going to observe the heist; although participating this time around, and so, with what I saw I saw a hell of a lot of promise to shine up to the original. The heist seems in both are superbly conceived and very well filmed, with just the right amount of tension about the problems arising. Good stuff. ...  Read the complete review

The story is about rich businessman, Thomas Crown. He get's bored of his life and starts, to get a buzz, to steal priceless paintings. When he steals his first one (what we see as his first one) he later replaces it with another painting, being the generous business man as he is, and is thanked by the museum, that he, unknown to them, took the priceless painting from. The crime of the stolen painting is investigated by the lovely Catherine Banning (played by Rene Russo) and she soon figures out it is Thomas Crown that is the thief, though has no proof. They both fall in love with each other and then it's up to Catherine whether to let him get caught by the ...  Read the complete review