High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the original theatrical cut with original uncompressed 2.0 Stereo PCM audio High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the director’s cut from a new 4K film transfer, approved by director Michael Mann, with uncompressed 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Limited Slipcase Edition featuring two versions of the film Trailers and another featurette are included on this extensive and ultimate edition. It's a nostalgic watch and was made for French television.
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The Michael Mann and James Caan commentary is a huge bonus! For a movie that relies on detail, Mann talks about everything down to the very last small bit of it.Ī new interview with James Caan and an retro documentary, filmed after Thief, about James Caan is included. It was an original documentary for the 'The Directors' series. There are also extras galore! A great doc on director Michael Mann, that covers his career from The Jericho Mile, his debut feature made for TV, all the way to 2001. The excellent Tangerine Dream score pumps through and dialogue is very clear.īased on the presentation of the movie alone, it's time to resign your old dvd copy of Thief to the attic, you’ll never have seen it so good. The limited slipcase edition has a restoration print of the directors cut remastered in 4K and on the other disc is the HD theatrical cut. This is a great package, it's definitely the edition it needs and deserves. Mann never makes Thief, we don’t get Drive and certainly not a Drive with a cool eighties inspired score and LA looking amazing. It doesn’t seem to get mentioned as much as other crime thrillers, but this Michael Mann gem has, no doubt, influenced a lot of the movies today like Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, for instance. Everything about this movie is fantastic, the mood, the suspense and although it's not really an action movie, when the action comes, it’s brutal and fast.
It has a neon tinge mixed with seventies grit and the closest we get to a good guy is James Caan, and even he’s an anti-hero. It was released in 1981, and the movie has a distinct eighties look and a great score from Tangerine Dream, but at its heart it’s like one of the greats the seventies forgot to make. Adding to that is James Caan giving, in my opinion, his greatest ever performance. Michael Mann is a great director and this is one of his best, if not the best movie he’s made. It's for a huge payday, but once you’re in, is it easy to get out? Being self employed on his jobs, he reluctantly agrees to one last job for the big boys.
He pursues Jessie played by Tuesday Weld, so he can finally be married and be the perfect family man, he just needs a big score to retire on. He's the best in the business at cracking safes for big scores.
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Maybe I should invest in a region free blu ray player I thought.Īrrow Films have come through for us tea drinking Brits yet again and not only have they released Thief on Blu, but they’ve done it BETTER than the Criterion version.
Like so many Brits I cried for days, cursing the region locking of a classic and wondering whether I would ever see the 1981 masterpiece in its HD glory. A year or so ago in the good ol' U.S of A, the Criterion Collection released Michael Mann's Thief as part of their collection.