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The Good Thief (DVD, 2003)

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Bob is an ageing American thief living in Nice, France. He is hoping to do one last job so that he can retire on the proceeds. The job involves stealing a rare painting from a casino in Monte Carlo, the problem is that the local police chief is hot on Bob's heals...

Product Identifiers

ProducerStephen Woolley, John Wells, Seaton Mclean, Tracey Seaward

EAN5060049140384

eBay Product ID (ePID)3961624

Product Key Features

ActorNick Nolte, Said Taghmaoui, Tcheky Karyo, Gerard Darmon, Marc Lavoine

Film/TV TitleThe Good Thief

DirectorNeil Jordan

LanguageEnglish

Run Time104 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

FeaturesWidescreen, Audio Commentary - 1. Neil Jordan - Director\Trailers\TV Spots\Featurette - 1. The Making Of THE GOOD THIEF

GenreThriller, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerElliot Goldenthal

ReviewsTotal Film - ...THE GOOD THIEF is exuberant, sexy, and ultimately life-affirming drama..., Chicago Sun-Times - ...[Nolte gives] one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts..., Rolling Stone - ...Nolte brings a raspy authority to the role, and director Neil Jordan surrounds him with colorful characters..., New York Times - ...It's a triumph of flourish, all weathered, movie-star-size gesture....The movie is the ultimate caper, a work of brazen ebullience..., USA Today - ...THE GOOD THIEF offers a couple of good benefits. One is the pleasing sight of Nick Nolte in fairly robust form....There's also an appealing turn by Tcheky Karyo...

Additional InformationIrish director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, MICHAEL COLLINS) and veteran actor Nick Nolte combine their talents for this breezy heist picture. Bob (Nolte) is a retired master thief and gambler living as an expatriot in France. His past robberies are the stuff of underworld legend, but he's given it all up, and fallen into a twilight life of heroin addiction and seedy gambling dens. Then a chance encounter with an attractive young runaway (Nutsa Kukhianidze) inspires him to clean up his act and take one last big job; an elaborate modern art heist at a swanky Riviera casino. Standing in his way is a cagey police inspector (Tcheky Karyo) who is determined to bring him down, even though the two are longtime friends.<BR>The twisty caper plotting compliments a fun cast (including Emir Kusturica and Gerard Darmon as two of Bob's brothers in crime), clever dialogue, stylish direction, and pretty Riviera scenery. Loosely modeled on Jean Pierre Melville's BOB LE FLAMBEUR, this is something of a pet project for Jordan and it's obvious he's invested himself into every detail of the production. The result is both elegant and warmly quirky. As for Nolte, he seems to be having a terrific time; the charming old rascal role fits him perfectly, and Kukhianidze proves his match with an aplomb beyond her years. Ralph Fiennes has a small role as a disreputable art dealer.

Executive ProducerThierry de Navacelle, Neil Jordan, Kristin Harms

ScreenwriterNeil Jordan

AuthorJean-Pierre Melville, Auguste Le Breton

FeaturedRalph Fiennes

Movie/TV TitleThe Good Thief

Director of PhotographyChris Menges

Consumer AdviceContains strong language and hard drug use