The Thomas Crown Affair - New Transfer
by Norman Jewison
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Actor: Biff McGuire, Faye Dunaway, Jack Weston, Paul Burke, Steve McQueenDirector: Norman Jewison
Brand: MGM
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Producer: Norman Jewison
Editor: Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Editor: Hal Ashby
Producer: Hal Ashby
Producer: Walter Mirisch
Writer: Alan Trustman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: United Artists
DVD Reviews of The Thomas Crown Affair - New Transfer
DVD Review: The King of Cool Makes This The One To Go To
Summary: 5 Stars
Many reviewers have mentioned that, in all fairness, that they feel the Pierce Brosnan remake of this movie is just as good as Steve McQueen's original, if not better. Point taken, and ack, um, (me struggling to get the words out), they're right. The 1968 version is a little dated, the music is almost painful, and the Brosnan screenplay is definitely stronger. The acting in the latter version has to be noted, as well - Pierce Brosnan has that coolness, coldness and shrewdness that needs to be brought to the role of Tommy Crown, and had a different actor even attempted to re-do this movie, it could have been an eighty car pile-up. But Pierce, god love him, ain't McQueen, and that's why this version should be bought, downloaded, however you can get it (I bought the new transfer off of Amazon just this week). McQueen brings the actual belief to his role that not only would the character of Crown do something like hit a bank just for the thrill, but you can easily imagine Steve McQueen himself, offscreen, lighting a cigarette, saying, "Ah, the hell with it," and doing the exact same thing, had the arms of Hollywood not reached out for him and given him all the material rewards he needed in his lifetime. Pierce...well, you never quite get past the feeling that his Thomas Crown, if it all came down to said and done, if it came down to that absolute moment of iciness, would say to Rene Russo (replacing Faye Dunaway from the original), "So, shall we see which one of us wins this thing?" Our man Steve would never let those words fleck from his lips; there's absolutely no doubt in his mind that he's gonna win, he's gonna get the lady and he's gonna spin dirt in everybody else's faces while he's doing it. Reviewing a movie with such a well-known plot is almost impossible, and I think that the best thing to do is to comment on the new transfer (much, much better than previous offerings, but still with an odd 'fuzzy' look and, here and there, murky sound to it that, despite this being made in the 1960s' does not seem to be intentional); the writing (again, the Brosnan version is more crisply written, but then, forty years later, the almost wordless chess scene between McQueen and Dunaway holds up, burns through the celluloid and needs no dialogue)and the original is interesting to watch for those 1968 cultural references, and character actors whom have slipped into some anonymity, unfortunately enough (remember the great Yapho Kotto?). When all is said and done, this is another Steve McQueen "Don't you wish you were this cool?" projects that, in fact, also offers good acting, able direction and production and a plot that does in fact get you to thinking about when is too much not enough, and what would you do to kickstart a stale morning? Oh, and those blue, blue eyes: Mercy, somebody bring me some water -
Description of The Thomas Crown Affair - New Transfer
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.Bestsellers in DVD
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