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The Thomas Crown Affair [DVD] [1968]

DVD ~ Steve McQueen
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire
  • Directors: Norman Jewison
  • Writers: Alan Trustman
  • Producers: Norman Jewison, Hal Ashby
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, French, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Dutch
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Feb 2000
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CZ6F
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,802 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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 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


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DVD Special Features

Feature-length commentary by Director, Norman Jewison
Original theatrical trailer
Chapter Search
Soundtrack: English/German/Spanish/French/Italian
Subtitles: English/Swedish/Norwegian/Dutch/French/Polish/Finnish

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Steve McQueen at his peak!, 8 Mar 2000
By blair@englandmail.com (Surrey, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Thomas Crown Affair [VHS] [1968] (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.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ice, just like ice!, 28 Sep 2005
By still searching (MK UK) - See all my reviews
  
All the kudos usually goes to Bullit, released the same year, yet with this movie, McQueen, the King of Cool, comes of age as an actor, at the height of his power as the No.1 Box office Hollywood star. Commonly regarded by critics as a triumph of style over substance, Jewison crafted a movie for the age and drew from McQueen the kind of performance of which few thought him capable. True, Dunaway's outfits (and Burke's hats) do cement the movie pretty firmly into its time period but anyone coming new to this movie who wasn't around at the time it was made has ample compensation in the luminosity of the stars, the fabulous jazz inspired Michel Legrand soundtrack, a gem of a performance from Jack Weston, as Erwin, and the famous chess game scene. Through the filter of McQueen's performance in the movie, picturing Brosnan as Crown in the recent remake is even more ludicrous than trying to picture Alec Baldwin as Doc McCoy: watch out for the scene in which Crown sets the 'ball rolling' by phoning up the members of the 'gang' he's hired to carry out the heist and then reflect on the observational skills of his detractors. His acting in this movie was matched only by that of his performances later in Papillon and the Getaway. Ultimately, the movie has stood the test of time and will continue to be watched long after DVDs of the Brosnan remake are gathering dust, deservedly, on the shelves of charity shops up and down the country.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic, 26 May 2001
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A change of direction for Steve McQueen in this film playing a millionaire businessman who likes to plan bank robberies in his spare time.Shot in a unique way for its time Norman Jewison(In The Heat Of The Night) has made a remarkable film.McQueen and Dunaway are both great!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars What do you get for the man who has everything?

Just having re watched it I can understand those who might think it is a little slow and lacking in action. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Peter Wade

2.0 out of 5 stars I prefer the remake
I had the remake with Pierce on video and wanted to have the DVD. After reading the reviews I bought te original with Steve instead. What a deception. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jan

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best
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.
Published 19 months ago by Zella

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT
This movie I seen on many occasion and rate it as excellent performance by Steve McQueen.
Published on 20 Feb 2001 by trevor.aussie63@lineone.net

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