The Thomas Crown Affair
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The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 film starring Steve McQueen as Thomas Crown and Faye Dunaway as Vicki Anderson. It is also a 1999 film starring Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown, and Rene Russo as Catherine Banning.
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1968 film
Thomas Crown, a young, handsome millionaire, pulls off the perfect crime by having four men rob a bank and dump the money in a trash can, which Crown retrieves later. Independent insurance investigator, Vicki Anderson, is contracted to investigate the heist. As she digs deeper into the case she begins to suspect Crown's involvement. In an attempt to get closer she begins seeing Crown socially.
The movie has the distinction of featuring the longest kiss in cinema history, with McQueen and Dunaway liplocked in one scene for 55 uninterrupted seconds.
Cast
- Thomas Crown - Steve McQueen
- Vicki Anderson - Faye Dunaway
- Det. Lt. Edward 'Eddy' Malone - Paul Burke
- Erwin Weaver - Jack Weston
- Jamie McDonald - Gordon Pinsent
- Sandy - Biff McGuire
- Abe - Addison Powell
- Gwen - Astrid Heeren
Crew
- Directed by: Norman Jewison
- Wrriten by: Alan Trustman
- Music by: Michel Legrand
- Produced by: Norman Jewison, Hal Ashby
- Production Company: The Mirisch Corporation
- Distributed by: MGM
The 1968 version of The Thomas Crown Affair was nominated for two Academy Awards for Original Music Score and Best Song. It won an Academy Award for Best Song with "Windmills of Your Mind" by Michel Legrand (music), Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman (lyrics).
1999 film
Thomas Crown, a self-made billionaire, is an adventurous businessman who savors a good challenge. Crown can get almost anything he wants without challenge: material items, women, etc. He crashes an expensive yacht and bets one hundred thousand dollars on a golf swing simply because he can. In a change from the 1968 film, Crown steals a painting by Monet valued at one hundred million dollars. The insurers of the artwork unleash insurance investigator Cartherine Banning to assist the police in solving the crime. From the beginning, Banning suspects Crown is behind the heist. The elaborate game of cat-and-mouse that ensues gives Crown exactly what he was seeking: a challenge.
Cast
- Thomas Crown - Pierce Brosnan
- Catherine Banning - Rene Russo
- Detective Michael McCann - Denis Leary
- John Reynolds - Fritz Weaver
- Detective Paretti - Frankie Faison
- Andrew Wallace - Ben Gazzara
- Heinrich Knutzhorn - Mark Margolis
- Anna Knutzhor - Esther Cañadas
- The Psychiatrist - Faye Dunaway (A role created specifically for her.)
Crew
- Directed by: John McTiernan
- Wrriten by: Alan Trustman
- Screenplay by: Leslie Dixon, Kurt Wimmer
- Music by: Bill Conti
- Produced by: Michael Tadross, Pierce Brosnan, Beau St. Clair
- Production Company: United Artists
- Distributed by: MGM
In addition, the film ended with the remake of the Academy Award winning song "Windmills of Your Mind", sung by Sting.