Thief

Thief

DVD - 2014

A professional thief is caught between Chicago organized crime families and corrupt police.

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Subjects
Burglars > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Burglary > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Criminals > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Chicago (Ill.) > Drama.
Gangster films.
Police films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Gangster films
Police films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection 2014.
Language
English
Other Authors
Michael (Michael Kenneth) Mann (film producer), Frank Hohimer (-)
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition ; widescreen
Item Description
Originally released as motion picture in 1981.
Based on the book The home invaders, by Frank Hohimer.
Special features: audio commentary featuring Mann and actor James Caan; new interviews with Mann, Caan, and Johannes Schmoelling of the band Tangerine Dream, which contributed the film's soundtrack.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1, 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Music by Tangerine Dream ; editor, Dov Hoenig ; director of photography, Donald Thorin.
ISBN
9781604658040
9781681431024
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Ex-cons out for one final score rise above that heist-film cliche in this pair of movies. Jules Dassin's Rififi focuses more on methodology, highlighted by a half-hour, dialog-free safe-cracking scene. In his feature-film debut, Michael Mann (Manhunter; Heat) aims Thief toward character study, with a go-it-alone robber (James Caan) obsessed with having an ideal family life reluctantly financed by one big job for Da Man. Fatalistic endings wrap up both crime thrillers, offering the sort of trappings genre fans will appreciate. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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