Topkapi (1964)

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Wikidata Q1516287, film, IMDb tt0058672, TMDB 5052: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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

Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Rewatchables

Came from

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No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

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

Mission: Impossible: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (heist homage): Topkapi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Langley heist is an homage to the Jules Dassin heist classics Topkapi and Rififi.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics of uh, top copy and uh, Rafifi.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Thomas Crown Affair: 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)

Connected to

Mission: Impossible: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (heist homage): Mission: Impossible → Topkapi. Langley heist is an homage to the Jules Dassin heist classics Topkapi and Rififi.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics of uh, top copy and uh, Rafifi.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Paul Verhoeven: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (attached to remake): Paul Verhoeven → Topkapi. Verhoeven was going to direct the Topkapi remake.
    “Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Thomas Crown Affair: 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

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (heist homage): Mission: Impossible → Topkapi. Langley heist is an homage to the Jules Dassin heist classics Topkapi and Rififi.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics of uh, top copy and uh, Rafifi.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. 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)
  3. lineage (attached to remake): Paul Verhoeven → Topkapi. Verhoeven was going to direct the Topkapi remake.
    “Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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