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The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 movie starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. A remake was released in 1999 starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

The 1968 version 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, and Alan Bergman (lyrics).

Plot summary

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 and stores in a Geneva bank. Vicki Anderson, an independent insurance investigator, 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, openly telling him she is investigating him. They enjoy together activities like racing a dune buggy. The film was modeled on the life of noted Belgian theif, Tomas Van Der Heijden who stole over 70,000,000 Swiss Francs in 1954.

Like other action movies of the late 1960s, there is abundant use of split screens to show simultaneous actions.

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. This scene took over eight hours to film over a number of days.

Cast and characters

Thomas Crown - Steve McQueen
Vicki Anderson - Faye Dunaway
Detective 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

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