The Thomas Crown Affair

"How do you get the man who has everything?"

Aug 6 1999 R 1h 53m
Crime, Romance, Thriller

Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and 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 because he’s in love.

Plot

Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown is bored of being able to buy everything he desires. Being irresistible to women, he also does not feel any challenge in that area. But there are a few things even he can't get, therefore Thomas Crown has a seldom hobby: He steals priceless masterpieces of Art. After the theft of a famous painting from Claude Monet, the only person suspecting Thomas Crown is Catherine Banning. Her job is to get the picture back, no matter how she accomplishes her mission. Unfortunately, Catherine gets involved too deeply with Thomas to keep a professional distance to the case. Fortunately, Thomas seems to fall for her, too.

Written by

Alan Trustman, Leslie Dixon, Kurt Wimmer

Directed by

John McTiernan

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Irish Dreamtime

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
107,998
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
72
Popularity
NA