THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968 and 1999) What are the differences between both films?

Question

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO FILMS BUT, ARGUABLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE SEXUALITY FACTOR.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE(S) BETWEEN THE TWO FILMS CITING SPECIFIC CHARACTERS, POINTS AND/OR PARTS OF THE FILM(S) TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR ARGUMENT. YOU MUST BE SPECIFIC!

I NEED MAINLY THE SEXUAL FACTOR DIFFERENCES, PLEASE!!

Answer 1

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) -- 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 activities together like racing a dune buggy. The film was modelled on the life of noted Belgian thief Tomas Van Der Heijden who used a dune buggy to steal seven paintings by French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Louvre in 1961. [1]

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.

The film also features the now famous chess scene. McQueen and Dunaway play a game of chess, silently flirting with each other, carressing the chess pieces, using them as metaphorical sexual objects.



The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) --- Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan), a self-made billionaire, is an adventurous businessman who savors a good challenge. He crashes an expensive yacht and bets one hundred thousand dollars on a golf swing simply because he can. Crown steals a painting (the San Giorgio Maggiore at dusk) by Monet valued at one hundred million dollars. The insurers of the artwork unleash insurance investigator Catherine Banning (Rene Russo) to assist the police in solving the crime. From the beginning, Banning suspects Crown is behind the heist. The elaborate game of cat-and-mouse that ensues gives Crown exactly what he was seeking: a challenge.

Answer 2

1) Original - money stolen from a bank by accomplices, remake- art stolen from a gallery by Thomas Crown himself
2) Original- Thomas Crown leaves girl behind, remake, Thomas Crown gets the girl to run away with him
3)Original- Thomas Crown makes off with the money from his last heist, remake- Thomas Crown returns the original piece of art stolen but makes off with another one.
There really was not that much difference in terms of sexual intensity in both movies. What was different was that the original movie did not have the risque scenes like the remake such as the amount of flesh flashed by Rene Russo in her dance with Pierce Brosnan. That barely there dress. It was understood in the original movie where that type of thing would not have been explicitly laid out but inferred.

Answer 3

1968 Windmills Of Your Mind" Sung by means of Noel Harrison Lyrics by means of Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman Music by means of Michel Legrand 1999 "THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND" Written by means of Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman Performed by means of Sting Sting looks Courtesy of Interscope Records

Answer 4

68 version...he had money stolen from a bank...in the 99 version he stole a painting.Most of the plot in both are ALOT different,most of the characters names are the same.