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.

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 likes a good challenge. During the film we see Crown can get anything he wants almost without challenge, material items, women etc. We see him crash an expensive yacht and lose a hundred thousand on a golf swing, simply because he can. We also see Crown steal a priceless Monet painting and get away. This is when the owners of the artwork unleash insurance investigator Cartherine Banning to assist the police department in solving the crime no matter the cost, during which she suspects Crown. The chase is on and it finally gives Crown everything 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

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.

External links

• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) at the Internet Movie Database