Tag: The Thomas Crown Affair
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Pierce Brosnan’s Best Role Was Emulating Steve McQueen
If there’s any film that explains why Steve McQueen was known as “the King of Cool,” it’s 1968’s The Thomas Crown Affair. While Bullitt, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Papillon, and The Towering Inferno are all classics in their own right, it’s the relative simplicity of McQueen’s slick demeanor in The Thomas Crown Affair…
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Oscar Winner Michel Legrand Scores Orson Welles’ Final Film (Exclusive)
French composer and multiple Oscar- and Grammy-winner Michel Legrand is scoring Orson Welles’ final film, “The Other Side of the Wind,” Variety has learned.This will mark Legrand’s second Welles project. The veteran composer, whose work includes “Yentl,” “Summer of ’42,” “The Thomas Crown Affair” and “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” scored Welles’ last completed film, “F…
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Tessa Thompson to Star as Doris Payne in Jewelry Heist Movie (Exclusive)
Tessa Thompson has signed on to portray Doris Payne, a woman who gained notoriety for her luxury jewelry heists from stores around the world.Thompson, whose credits include “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Creed,” and “Westworld,” will also produce the currently untitled film with Codeblack Films’ Jeff Clanagan. Codeblack is launching the project after having obtained Payne’s life rights.The…