The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1999 American heist film directed by John McTiernan. The film, starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo and Denis Leary, is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. The film generally received positive reviews. It was a success at the box office, grossing $124,305,181 worldwide. The film's success prompted plans for a sequel starring Brosnan. In January 2007, it was reported that the sequel, tentatively titled The Topkapi Affair, would be a loose remake of the 1964 film Topkapi starring Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, and Peter Ustinov. Thomas Crown is a... wealthy financier who aches for a challenge. Despite all of his success in business , he feels bored. Among other diversions, he crashes an expensive catamaran while racing and bets $100,000 on a golf swing simply because "it's a beautiful Saturday morning," and there is not much else to do. In order to cure his boredom, Crown orchestrates an elaborate heist to steal a painting by Monet, valued at $100 million, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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| Release date: | July 27, 1999 |
| Directed by: | John McTiernan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 113 Minutes |
| Producer: | Pierce Brosnan, Beau St. Clair |
| Editor: | John Wright |
| Music by: | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography: | Tom Priestley Jr. |
| Screenplay by: | Leslie Dixon, Kurt Wimmer |
| Estimated budget: | $48,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |