Strade violente

Titolo originale: Thief

1981
VM14
2h 3min

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,4/10

42.742

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POPOLARITÀ

3.485

120

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Heist Tragedy Action Crime Drama Thriller

Avvicinandosi al suo sogno di condurre una vita normale, uno scassinatore professionista accetta di fare un lavoro per la mafia, che ha altri piani per lui.Avvicinandosi al suo sogno di condurre una vita normale, uno scassinatore professionista accetta di fare un lavoro per la mafia, che ha altri piani per lui.Avvicinandosi al suo sogno di condurre una vita normale, uno scassinatore professionista accetta di fare un lavoro per la mafia, che ha altri piani per lui.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,4/10

42.742

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

3.485

120

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Premi
- 2 vittorie e 6 candidature totali

Quiz
After Il padrino (1972), this was James Caan's favorite film of his own. He had stated that his monologue in the diner was the scene of which he was most proud in his career.

Blooper
Frank's mentor at the steel mill said, "Seven-, Eight-thousand degrees. Portable equipment! Sonny, if I can build it, it's going to be a son-of-a-bitch to use." Given that and the small hole cut at the top of the elevator shaft, getting into the vault room with all the welding equipment, oxygen and acetylene tanks would not have been easy but they could have winched it down. When planning the heist, it is mentioned they would be spending 16 to 18 hours inside the building.

Citazioni
Okla: Lie to no one. If there 's somebody close to you, you'll ruin it with a lie. If they're a stranger, who the fuck are they you gotta lie to them?

Versioni alternative
There are three official versions of the film - the Theatrical Cut (1981), the Director's Special Edition (1995), and the Director's Cut (2014). The Director's Special Edition was released on LaserDisc in 1995, and subsequently on DVD in 1998. This was the only version of the film available until 2014, when Criterion released the newly edited Director's Cut on DVD and Blu-ray. The following year Arrow Video released a two-disc Blu-ray set featuring both the Theatrical Cut and the Director's Cut. There is only one difference between the Theatrical Cut and the Director's Cut - right after the opening heist, there is a new scene where Frank (James Caan) meets his friend Cap (Willie Dixon) on the pier and the two admire the stillness of the water (1:22). The rest of the Director's Cut is identical to the Theatrical Cut. The Director's Special Edition also features the scene with Cap, but there are also some other minor changes, which were not been carried over to the Director's Cut. For the Special Director's Edition,
After the second heist, the scene of Frank lighting up a cigarette and nodding to himself has been shortened (-00:02).
The cut from Frank nodding to the shot of the beach is no longer in sync with the music, instead it cuts to the beach before the music cue.
A slow motion shot of Jessie (Tuesday Weld) holding the baby on the beach is absent (-00:07).
The initial shot of the waves in the above scene has been slowed down (00:09).
The shot of Frank taking a box from a shelf before telling Jessie to leave has been shortened (-00:03).
During the scene where Frank is telling Jessie to leave, her line "We just disassemble it and put it back in a box like an erector set you just send back to a store?" has been changed to "We just disassemble it and put it back in a box?"
The last shot of Frank's collage has been shortened (-00:02).
The speed of some of the shots during the shootout has been altered; the shot of Attaglia (Tom Signorelli) falling to the ground and the shot of Frank falling after Carl (Dennis Farina) shoots him have been sped up (-00:04), whilst the shot of Carl falling back into the bushes has been slowed down and edited slightly differently (00:02)

Connessioni
Featured in Sneak Previews: Rockshow, The Final Conflict, Thief, The Trials of Alger Hiss (1981)

Colonne sonore
Turning Point
(uncredited)
Written by Leo Graham
Performed by Mighty Joe Young

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Recensione in evidenza

a real classic!

Even though this film was made only a little over two decades ago, I consider it a film-noir classic! James Caan said once that this was the film he was in that he was proudest of next to The Godfather. I remember that Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel said this was one of the finest films of 1981. Caan is wonderful in a role that he was born to play, a tough guy with his heart on his sleeve. Everything about this film is wonderful from the musical score by Tangerine Dream to the dark lighting effects to the authentic detail about the life of a thief ( I read that Michael Mann actually used real life thieves as technical advisors to this film!). Even though Caan's character is an anti-hero, you have to feel sorry for him because he is caught in a situation where there is no way out! The best scene in the film is where he tells Tuesday Weld about his prison experiences and shows here the picture cut out that he has made of his American dream. Jimmy Caan is truly awesome, he is the only actor that ever made me cry (in Brian's Song) I also wanted to mention another great character actor who is in the film. His name is Robert Prosky and he plays the mob boss who uses Caan. This was his film debut after many years as a stage actor and he is terrific. Watch the scene in the acid plant where he threatens Caan. He is really chilling! Michael Mann created Crime Story and Miami Vice and he also directed Manhunter, but lets not forget this film as well.