Thief (Criterion Collection) (4K + Blu-ray) [USA]

C.C. 95

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Release Date: March 11, 2025
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Director: Michael Mann
Writers: Michael Mann, Frank Hohimer
Starring: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky
  • United States
  • 1981
  • 124 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English
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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 professional thief planning to leave the criminal world behind after one last score—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, tactile approach, and drama that would also define such later iconic Mann films as Heat, The Insider, Ali, and The Last of the Mohicans.

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DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

  • New 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, supervised and approved by director Michael Mann, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring Mann and actor James Caan
  • 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
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