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The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · Film · 113 min
Directed by John McTiernan
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.
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Nonsense like this reminds me of the following quote from the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair movie:
“Have you figured out what you're going to say to your board when they realize you paid me thirty million more than others were offering?”
In the span of <20 years we’re talking about a sale price 3 orders of magnitude larger than a minor plot point of a hollywood movie.
The Wikipedia article for 1999 in film is there for all to see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_film#1999_Wide-release_films
Between The King and I (Disney animated), Baby Geniuses, Doug's 1st Movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, Wing Commander, The Rage: Carrie 2, My Favorite Martian, and Office Space, I see plenty of sequels, low-effort trash, and remakes. And that's just stuff that came out in the first three months of the year.
edit: We got a remake of Wild Wild West, a remake of Tarzan, a sequel to Austin Powers, a sequel to The Brave Little Toaster, a prequel to Star Wars, and our second Shakespear adapation of the year in months 4-6.
double edit: In 7-9, we got another Muppet movie, an Inspector Gadget remake, The Haunting and The Thomas Crown Affair were both remakes, a Universal Soldier sequel, and a Dudley Do-Right remake.
I have no interest in continuing to analyze this list, thing were just as bad twenty years ago
>> the Romanian gang flies members
> Wow that is really out of the script of so many heist/caper movies I have seen.
More literally than you think: The Thomas Crown Affair remake (1999) had the initial break-in team be Romanians:
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/faq#fq0018585
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_(1999_film)
Check out The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), the classic is good too.
Interesting fictional perspective on the super wealthy and thinking they can have anything they want. legal or not. I expect it's not far from reality for some.
"I love my haystacks."
Great movie.
For anyone wanting to have a wonderful 90s flashback featuring the theft of high-end art, you can't do worse during shelter in place than to watch the Thomas Crown Affair: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/
Ah, but it would be so interesting if it actually had all been manufactured! I think this opinion comes from my love of movies where, in the end, the entire plot turns out to have been elaborately planned by the clever hero all along. I'm thinking of The Thomas Crown Affair (Pierce Brosnan verison) among others.