The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1968-06-26

Country

United States

Production

United Artists, The Mirisch Company, Solar Productions, Simkoe

Genre

Crime, Romance, Drama

Budget

$4 300 000

Revenue

$14 043 050

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Director

Norman Jewison

Actors

Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Addison Powell, Astrid Heeren, Gordon Pinsent, Yaphet Kotto, Sidney Armus
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Scenario

Producer

Hal Ashby, Norman Jewison, Steve McQueen, Walter Mirisch

Operator

Haskell Wexler

Composer

Michel Legrand

Artist

Audition

Lynn Stalmaster

Editing

Hal Ashby, Ralph E. Winters, Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
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• The role of Thomas Crown was initially offered to actor Sean Connery, who later called refusing the role one of his greatest mistakes.
• The idea for the film came to screenwriter Alan Trustman while working at a bank, and in his free time, he amused himself by thinking about how the bank could be robbed.
• According to director Norman Jewison, the bank robbery was filmed at a National Shawmut Bank branch, and only the bank's management and security guards knew that a feature film was being shot. Customers were unaware, as the filming was done with a hidden camera. Of course, customers and passersby outside on the sidewalk suspected something was happening, but none of them intervened.
• Steve McQueen (1930-1980) performed all the stunts himself, including playing polo and racing a buggy at high speed along the Massachusetts coastline.
• The one-minute scene of the two main characters kissing was filmed over several days, totaling 8 hours.
• The filmmakers turned to the FBI for assistance with filming and permission to shoot at FBI headquarters in Boston, but were denied. The FBI decided that the film's script portrayed the agency in a foolish light and depicted it as incompetent.