Thomas Crown Affair |  | Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Denis Leary
Studio: Mgm Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  82 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 883904137160
EAN: 0883904137160
ASIN: B001QB5T62
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
Release Date: April 7, 2009
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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 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
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 The Thomas Crown Affair September 14, 2009
Mary E. Kilgour (Inkster, MI USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this movie the first time I saw it when it was first released. I still love it!
The Thomas Crown Affair August 31, 2009
Michael M. Siggars (Boston, MA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a product that is not that easy to find in stores, and I was very happy to find it on Amazon for a great price...please keep the great deals of classic films coming!
The Thomas Scoundrel Affair - Legendary McQueen August 10, 2009
kapri pierce
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was a showcase for Steve McQueen's talents and flair for fashion and fast living: gliding, polo playing, dune buggy racing along a deserted beach (except for unseeen camera and film crew), some activities cherished by the rich and famous. While it is dated in the dress styles (Faye in her Chanel and Courrege-inspired boots and outfits), and 60's vehicles, it is still a cinematic foray into photographic procedure, subtley exciting drama with a twist of humor, mouthwatering sensual interchanges between two screen icons, and an opportunity for McQueen memorabilia chasers. If you liked Steve, (who didn't admire his style, grace, and charmed life), this is one film your collection shouldn't be without, just because it is the quinessential Steve McQueen -- action hero, winner in the end, ultimate scoundrel, and yet so thoroughly likeable.
 classic February 25, 2009
Richleigh H. Powers (Vista,, Ca USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
classic film, perhaps I should have purchased a new not a used dvd, some imperfections, but you get what you pay for.
Very good film September 13, 2008
J. CALDERON (MEXICO CITY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very good film made many years ago. The story and the musical theme are good. Nowadays, there is a new version on DVD and cinema for this story but I prefere the first one.
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