Thief
The contemporary American auteur Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with Thief, his debut feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most riveting performances, as a no-nonsense ex-con safecracker planning to leave the criminal world behind after one final diamond heist—but he discovers that escape is not as simple as he’d hoped. Finding hypnotic beauty in neon and rain-slick streets, sparks and steel, Thief effortlessly established the moody stylishness and tactile approach to action that would also define such later iconic entertainments from Mann as Miami Vice, Manhunter, and Heat.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New digital restoration from a 4K film transfer of the director’s cut, approved by director Michael Mann, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Mann and actor James Caan
- New interviews with Mann, Caan, and Johannes Schmoelling of the band Tangerine Dream, which contributed the film’s soundtrack
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Nick James
New cover design by Fred Davis
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New digital restoration from a 4K film transfer of the director’s cut, approved by director Michael Mann, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Mann and actor James Caan
- New interviews with Mann, Caan, and Johannes Schmoelling of the band Tangerine Dream, which contributed the film’s soundtrack
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Nick James
New cover design by Fred Davis
Cast
- James Caan
- Frank
- Tuesday Weld
- Jessie
- Robert Prosky
- Leo
- James Belushi
- Barry
- Tom Signorelli
- Attaglia
- Willie Nelson
- Okla
- Dennis Farina
- Carl
- Nick Nickeas
- Nick
- W. R. (Bill) Brown
- Mitch
- Norm Tobin
- Guido
- John Santucci
- Urizzi
- Gavin MacFadyen
- Boreksco
- Chuck Adamson
- Ancell
Credits
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Executive producer
- Michael Mann
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Produced by
- Ronnie Caan
- Screen story and screenplay by
- Michael Mann
- Based on The Home Invaders by
- Frank Hohimer
- Director of photography
- Donald Thorin
- Art director
- Mary Dodson
- Edited by
- Dov Hoenig
- Music
- Tangerine Dream
- Production designer
- Mel Bourne
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