The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

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Wikidata Q1216770, film, IMDb tt0155267, TMDB 913: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Rene Russo as actor (Thor: The Dark World).

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Topkapi: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (remake (unmade)): Topkapi ⇒ The Thomas Crown Affair (the host's read). MGM tried to remake Topkapi as a sequel to the Brosnan Thomas Crown Affair, with Verhoeven.
    “Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy as a sequel to Thomas Crown Affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Christopher Nolan: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (people): The Thomas Crown Affair ⇒ Christopher Nolan (the host's read). Speaker says Christopher Nolan loves the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair because of Tenet.
    “you know who loves the Thomas Crown affair in 1999, Christopher Nolan, because I've seen Tenet”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:09:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

The 13th Warrior: 2 lines career ×2

  1. career (career): The Thomas Crown Affair → The 13th Warrior. Thomas Crown Affair read as McTiernan's safe, uncomplicated home run after the ordeal of this movie.
    “It just has to be uncomplicated, like fucking home run.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:56:11 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Christopher Nolan: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): The Thomas Crown Affair → Christopher Nolan. Speaker says Christopher Nolan loves the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair because of Tenet.
    “you know who loves the Thomas Crown affair in 1999, Christopher Nolan, because I've seen Tenet”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:09:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

John McTiernan: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Thomas Crown Affair → John McTiernan. McTiernan's fine-art eye is literal in Thomas Crown: he picked all the paintings.
    “he picked all the paintings”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Rene Russo: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Rene Russo → The Thomas Crown Affair. Russo has range, citing Thomas Crown Affair and Get Shorty.
    “Thomas Crown affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:03:28 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Topkapi: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (remake (unmade)): Topkapi → The Thomas Crown Affair. MGM tried to remake Topkapi as a sequel to the Brosnan Thomas Crown Affair, with Verhoeven.
    “Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy as a sequel to Thomas Crown Affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): The 13th Warrior → The Thomas Crown Affair. McTiernan finished and released Thomas Crown first; its success cushioned the damage of the 13th Warrior flop.
    “Thomas Crown comes out 3 weeks before”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:10:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): The Thomas Crown Affair → The 13th Warrior. Thomas Crown Affair read as McTiernan's safe, uncomplicated home run after the ordeal of this movie.
    “It just has to be uncomplicated, like fucking home run.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:56:11 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Rene Russo → The Thomas Crown Affair. Russo has range, citing Thomas Crown Affair and Get Shorty.
    “Thomas Crown affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:03:28 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): The Thomas Crown Affair → John McTiernan. McTiernan's fine-art eye is literal in Thomas Crown: he picked all the paintings.
    “he picked all the paintings”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (remake (unmade)): Topkapi → The Thomas Crown Affair. MGM tried to remake Topkapi as a sequel to the Brosnan Thomas Crown Affair, with Verhoeven.
    “Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy as a sequel to Thomas Crown Affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): The Thomas Crown Affair → Christopher Nolan. Speaker says Christopher Nolan loves the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair because of Tenet.
    “you know who loves the Thomas Crown affair in 1999, Christopher Nolan, because I've seen Tenet”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:09:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

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