- Actors: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire
- Directors: Norman Jewison
- Writers: Alan Trustman
- Producers: Norman Jewison, Hal Ashby, Walter Mirisch
- Language English
- Classification: PG
- Studio: MGM
- VHS Release Date: 1 Feb 2000
- Run Time: 102 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CK5T
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,338 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 catalogue 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
From the Back Cover
Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a lone wolf in chic clothing. He's a Boston tycoon who masterminds a daring bank job, even though he doesn't need the money. What he needs is the thrill of the heist, the adrenaline rush of not getting caught.
Catching crooks is where insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) comes in. She always gets her man. But this time she may be too much in love to give him up. McQueen and Dunaway are lovers and adversaries in a stylish cat-and-mouse thriller written by Alan R. Trustman and directed by Norman Jewison (In The Heat Of The Night, Moonstruck). Jewison makes exciting use of split screen images as the action leaps from the boardroom to the boudoir, the polo field to a glider cockpit. The Oscar winning best song (1968) "The Windmills of your mind" sets the perfect tone for the swirl of romance and intrigue.
Catching crooks is where insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) comes in. She always gets her man. But this time she may be too much in love to give him up. McQueen and Dunaway are lovers and adversaries in a stylish cat-and-mouse thriller written by Alan R. Trustman and directed by Norman Jewison (In The Heat Of The Night, Moonstruck). Jewison makes exciting use of split screen images as the action leaps from the boardroom to the boudoir, the polo field to a glider cockpit. The Oscar winning best song (1968) "The Windmills of your mind" sets the perfect tone for the swirl of romance and intrigue.
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Before the new version of Thomas Crown was released I thought I ought to see how it should have been, so I bought this. What a gem of a movie - did you know the original bank heist sceen was filmed with only five actors - everyone else there were members of the public who actually thought it was real ! This shows sixties cult filming at it's highest, well shot and excellent editing make this a film to own for all the right reasons.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A wonderful performance. I loved first watching it 20 years ago. McQueen's charisma is unbeatable. They should never have bothered with the Brosnan remake.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
hee hee hee stive was daft enough to give me his passwords.this is basia kulesza writing this review
14 Nov 2011
Format:DVD
Iv been worried about being called a polish immigrant.even my mother reading the polish news papers.thinks all english people dont like us.my son kubus and i.are anglophiles we have made england our home.stive taught me to think and be english.so im going to review.the film the thomas crown affair.to prove how i understand what it is to be english.the film the thomas crown affair should be a aftershave.because its stylish.this films got every thing.a chess game.were you dont kick each others legs under the table to win.in this film we have great jazz.beach buggys.and the song.thats has 60s has it comes.i refer to.wind mills of your mind.we've got capers.not adam west bat man capers.but a ultra sopisticated crime caper..we have a glider.we have a great film that is the 1960s in a wrapper.of course we all hate the remix of this film.i must admit stive was a beautiful wonderful english teacher.before i met him i was polish.but now im has english has bread and dripping.or has english has yorkshire pudding.o no stives here he's'got my arm up my back.he says make sure you buy the cd set.connected 15 years of garage city.stive says this is one of the greatest disco cds hes ever heard.anyway bye from me basia kulesza.my brother adam and family.and kubus my three year old son.and my mom .this review is dedicated to my best face book friend charmae amora
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great acting and chemistry by McQueen & Dunaway..make this in to a...
Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a lone wolf in chic clothing. He's a Boston tycoon, who masterminds a daring bank job, even though he doesn't need the money. Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. F. husseiny
Classic McQueen
I really enjoyed this and love the remake also. I think both McQueen and Brosnan bring different elements to the crown role. Read more
Published 2 months ago by P. Johnson
jeff in eastbourne
I slept thru the remake. This is much better. The 1960's styles dont detract. It is a very hip caper movie but has some serious moments, excitement and danger too. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jeff Fleming
A Classic
One of those easy viewing films that you can watch over and over, which we have done many times, a Classic.
Published 3 months ago by D. Pass
original isn't always best
I have to say I do prefer the modern version with Pierce Brosnan. But this "arty" original is worth watching for Steve MaQueen's usual air of sophisticated star quality, the strong... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Randy Wornhole
windmills of our minds in murky immoral but stylish riddles
The stylishy opulent and glibly executed 'heist caper' from 68 is one of the most innovative genre movies ever made ,and mister Norman Jewison is to be accredited with this glowing... Read more
Published 4 months ago by usman
Over four decades ago
I first saw this movie on its release. Even considering the advances in movie techniques, this one remains good, and should be judged by its era (smoking, and roaring along a beach... Read more
Published 11 months ago by W. O. Johnson
Cool, cool, cool!
A McQueen classic, and what a film! The epitome of Hollywood cool breezes thru this caper movie, persued by a delicious Faye Dunaway, in his own inimitable style! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. T. A. Hare
The best version, with Steve and Faye
Shot forty odd years ago, Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway give us timeless performances in a dreamy film that is unique. Read more
Published on 21 May 2010 by R. F. Stevens
42 year old classic on DvD in great shape!
Having seen original film in 1968, wonderful to get DvD
version in good condition. I wanted music and colour to bring alive my old recollection and was very happy on all... Read more
version in good condition. I wanted music and colour to bring alive my old recollection and was very happy on all... Read more
Published on 23 April 2010 by Mr. C. Cherian
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