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| Year: | 1999 |
| Rating: | 6.1(40723) |
| Listed in: | Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Jon Amiel |
| Actors: | Sean Connery Ving Rhames Will Patton Maury Chaykin Kevin McNally Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Then again, practice makes perfect." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Jon Amiel | |
| Actors | |
| Sean Connery | as Robert MacDougal |
| Ving Rhames | as Aaron Thibadeaux |
| Will Patton | as Hector Cruz |
| Maury Chaykin | as Conrad Greene |
| Kevin McNally | as Haas |
| Terry O'Neill | as Quinn |
| Madhav Sharma | as Security Chief |
| David Yip | as Chief of Police |
| Tim Potter | as Millennium Man |
| Eric Meyers | as Waverly Technician |
| Aaron Swartz | as Cruz's Man |
| William Marsh | as Computer Technician |
| Tony Xu | as Banker |
| Rolf Saxon | as Director |
| Tom Clarke Hill | as Operator |
| David Howard | as Technician |
| Sai-Kit Yung | as Doctor |
| Ravin J. Ganatra | as 1st Security Guard |
| Rhydian Jai-Persad | as 2nd Security Guard |
| Hari Dhillon | as 3rd Security Guard |
| Kee Thuan Chye | as Trader #1 |
| Harry Fielder | as Stallholder |
| Actresses | |
| Catherine Zeta-Jones | as Virginia Baker |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 29 June 1998 - October 1998 |
| Budget: | USD 66,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 87,704,396 USD (26 September 1999) UK - 5,669,676 GBP (22 August 1999) Worldwide - 97,100,000 USD (15 August 1999) (except USA) Spain - 1,645,901,898 ESP (30 June 2001) |
| Plot: | Following the theft of a highly-secured piece of artwork, an agent convinces her insurance agency employers to allow her to wriggle into the company of an aging but active master thief. Connery's burglar takes her on suspiciously and demands rigorous training before their first job together--stealing a highly-valued mask from a chichi party. Their deepening attraction and distrust could tear apart their partnership but the promise of a bigger prize (some eight billion odd dollars) by Zeta-Jones keeps the game interesting. Only, who's playing with whom? |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Lost My Faith" ('Trevor Horn' (qv) Remix) Written by Seal and Reggie Hamilton Performed by Seal Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Special Products "Shrine of Llasa" Written by Mudd/Gita/Dubulah/Trapp Performed by Loop Guru Courtesy of Nation Records, UK "I Want to Be Happy" Written by Irving Caesar and Vincent Youmans Performed by Ted Heath and His Orchestra Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited (London) Under license from Universal Music Special Markets "Giro" Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings "Hour of Need" Written by Jamie Catto, Rollo, and Sister Bliss Performed by Faithless Courtesy of Cheeky Records Ltd. "Shrine of Sringar" Written by Mudd/Gita/Dubulah/Trapp Performed by Loop Guru Courtesy of Nation Records, UK "Sempahka" Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings "Lies" Written by K. Ramirez, S. Della Monica, G. Canu, A. Sommella Performed by Karen Ramirez Courtesy of Mercury Records Ltd. (London) Licensed courtesy of Universal Film and Television Licensing "The Right Way" Written by D. Kedros, C. Kedros, S. Jewitt Performed by Headrillaz Courtesy of V2 Music Limited |
Goofs
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Miscellaneous: On several occasions, the characters refer to their plan to "download" information to the bank's computer. In order for their plan to work, they need to "upload" information. In order to tell the computer what to do, they need to give it information, not take information from it. Continuity: When Gin is stealing the mask, she carefully raises her leg to avoid a laser, and then moves both arms right through the same beam. FAIR: In the train scene, Hector points his gun at Gin with his finger all the way inside the trigger guard, but behind the trigger, a position from which it would be impossible to fire. He has no intention of firing, and in fact would want to take no chance. Fact errors: When it's midnight in Malaysia (in December/January), it's only 11am in New York. The machine there should have been set to trigger at 10am. (Or 9:20, to get the extra four seconds noted elsewhere.) Continuity: During the knife attack, it goes through the roof of the car, but the car's roof is in perfect shape in the next scene. Continuity: After Gin loses her mini-parachute she can be seen wearing it when standing on the bridge between the towers before Mac has given her his parachute. Continuity: The position of the sheet covering Gin in Malaysia. Continuity: Gin and MacDougal go down to the 50th floor of the ICB office building, but the security camera feed watching them says they're on 90. GEOG: The Petronas Towers in Malaysia are not located immediately beside slums. The scenes involving the hideout in Malaysia were filmed in actual slums, and the towers were added into the film later. The Malaysian government complained about this as they felt it misrepresented their rich/poor divide. Continuity: When navigating through the red strings with a blindfold, Virginia gently nudges a string with her leg and it shakes, but she is said to have passed the test afterwards. Continuity: Gin's shoes in the final running/climbing sequence around the bridge and the building repeatedly change from very high heels to flats. Miscellaneous: When we first see our heroes' watches being synchronized, they actually are off by one second. Fact errors: When Gin waits for Mac at Pudu Station at 6:30 AM it should be still dark (or at least dawn) outside (sunrise is at around 7 AM). Continuity: When stealing the mask it takes Gin about two minutes to pass through the laser grid. When she takes the mask, Mac tells her there are about 30 seconds left before the guard reaches the room. When the guard finally reaches the door Gin has already vanished, but the laser grid is still active. How did she manage to pass through it in less than half a minute? Continuity: When Mac and Gin are standing on the top of the castle's tower it sometimes has a very low parapet (e. g. when Mac approaches Gin from behind or when he throws off the glass), sometimes it has a high embrasure ("I never come up here without dropping something off"); the position of Mac and Gin to each other changes likewise. In the first aerial shot from the helicopter, the castle doesn't seem to have a tower at all. Continuity: After a brief car chase Mac pulls up to the curb and we see the car is heavily damaged on all sides; the damage is much more extensive than this chase caused. On the DVD there is a deleted scene of a much longer car chase that explains this discrepancy. CHAR: When Virginia is explaining to her boss the break-in to steal the Rembrandt painting, she quotes Mao Zedong (or Chairman Mao) as saying, "Let a thousand flowers bloom." The actual quote from Mao was to "let a hundred flowers bloom" referring to the Hundred Flowers Movement which preceded the Cultural Revolution in China. PLOT: Gin tells Mac that the heist is to be pulled "tomorrow night," yet the day they conduct the heist is one day after that. Continuity: When Hector Cruze and Chiel Inspector Yeng San enter the security room (where three guys are seen standing in front of computers), one of the men is wearing a blue party hat. The doors are then seen opening and that same man is seen taking off a green party hat. Continuity: When Virginia enters Haas shop she is wearing a red shawl, which disappears during the car chase. PLOT: Gin uses chewed gum to neutralize the pressure switch while stealing the mask. This would leave her DNA behind. Some would argue that she was setting up Mac and would not care, but she was unaware that Mac knew who she was at that time. Her leaving DNA would mark her as careless and tip him off. Fact errors: Infrared lasers are not visible through thermal imaging Fact errors: In film, the banks go off line at midnight local time. Sydney goes off line an entire day before Kuala Lumpur. In reality, Sydney is only 3 hours ahead of Kuala Lumpur. Both banks should have gone off line within 3 hours of each other CHAR: At 11:00 PM on the night of the Millenium Heist, Gin says they will now gain one tenth of a second every minute until midnight to gain the extra ten seconds the heist requires. However, 60 minutes' worth of gains will only yield them six extra seconds. Revealing mistakes: When Gin is stealing the mask, she uses powder to reveal on last laser beam that Mac can't she because she is blocking it. However, if she had actually blown on her powder hard enough to get enough powder off to see the beam, she would have set off the alarms. (This was tested on an episode of Mythbusters.) |
Quotes
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Mac: It's impossible. But doable. Gin: You stole my suitcase? Mac: I'm a thief. So sue me. Gin: I said this is called entrapment. Mac: No, actually it's called blackmail. Entrapment is what cops do to thieves. Mac: Rule number one: never carry a gun. If you carry a gun you may be tempted to use it. Rule number two: never trust a naked woman. Mac: I have absolutely no reason to believe anything you say. Gin: But you want to. Gin: Look what you've done to that beautiful car! Mac: Thank God it's not mine. Gin: Is all this paid for? Mac: With blood. Mac: In order for there to be complete trust between thieves, there can be nothing personal. Mac: We'll either both get caught or both get dead. Gin: I'm not who you think I am, Mac. Mac: I hope not. For your sake. Mac: What's the job? Gin: Like the wise man said: first we try then we trust. Mac: I'm never late. If I'm late it's because I'm dead. Mac: You know what they say about fear. The only remedy is to cut off the head. Mac: You are the most beautiful crook I've ever seen. Gin: Why, thank you kind sir. Mac: I don't like surprises. Gin: Trust me, there won't be any. Mac: Trust me, there always are surprises. Gin: I give you the world's tallest building. Mac: And we're going to steal it? Gin: Don't use a cannon to kill a mosquito. Confucius. Mac: Now time stands still - hopefully. Mac: This is it? Whatever happened to money? I mean where is the good old-fashioned loot? Mac: Believe me, I was prepared for everything - except you. Aaron Thibadeaux: Well, this looks like the end of a terrible friendship. Mac: Give me the spanner! Gin: The what? Mac: The wrench! Aaron Thibadeaux: Wanna tell me why my Jaguar looks like you drove it off a fuckin' cliff? Mac: Thibadeaux, I'm awfully sorry. Aaron Thibadeaux: You own me 140 G's. Mac: How about a $40 million Chinese mask? [repeated line] Gin: It was perfect! Mac: Has there ever been anyone you couldn't manipulate, beguile or seduce? Gin: No. Gin: I stole the Rembrandt. [pause] Mac! I stole the Rembrandt. Mac: ...and I painted the Sistine Chapel. Gin: Oh come on! Ask me how I did it. Mac: So how'd you do it? Gin: I came in from the roof. I dropped twenty floors down on a McNeel descender. Mac: Well, you must be one hell of a climber. Gin: I am a hell of a climber. [begins to scale the side of the room] I am, one, hell of a climber. Gin: Preparing pressure switch neutralization device. [removes chewing gum from her mouth and covers the pressure switch with it] [a train passes and Gin appears on the opposite platform] Mac: How did you do it? Gin: I jumped trains mid-station. When the train slowed down I just... It was perfect. Mac: Was it now? Gin: [starts walking along the platform] You know what, Mac? I don't want to hold the record alone. Mac: No? Gin: I need your help on another job. Mac: Wow. The crown jewels or something? Gin: [smiling] No! Come on! Too easy. [last lines] [a train passes and Mac disappears off the opposite platform] Gin: [calls] Mac? [playing] Mac. [louder] Mac! Mac: [appears behind Gin] What? Gin: [turns around smiling] So what do you think? Mac: About what? Gin: About my idea? Mac: [gives it quick thought] It's doable. [Gin grabs Mac and he embraces her; another train passes and they disappear off the platform, appearing on board the train] |
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