Thief

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crime film film neo-noir film

Thief is a 1981 neo-noir crime film written and directed by Michael Mann, following a professional safecracker trying to escape his criminal life.

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Label	Occurrences
Thief canonical	6
Thief (soundtrack)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime film ⓘ film ⓘ neo-noir film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Frank Hohimer ⓘ
basedOn	The Home Invaders ⓘ The Home Invaders: Confessions of a Cat Burglar ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Donald E. Thorin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Michael Mann ⓘ
directorialDebutOf	Michael Mann ⓘ
distributedBy	United Artists ⓘ
distributorRegion	North America ⓘ
editedBy	Dov Hoenig ⓘ
filmRatingUSA	R ⓘ
follows	professional safecracker ⓘ
genre	crime ⓘ drama ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
hasPosterTagline	“Tonight, his take home pay is $410,000... tax free.” ⓘ
hasTheme	alienation ⓘ crime ⓘ freedom ⓘ professionalism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Frank ⓘ
medium	35 mm film ⓘ
musicBy	Tangerine Dream ⓘ
narrativeFocus	attempt to escape criminal life ⓘ
notableFor	realistic depiction of safecracking ⓘ stylized night cinematography ⓘ synthesizer-based score ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	American neo-noir cinema ⓘ
producer	Jerry Bruckheimer ⓘ Ronald L. Schwary ⓘ
productionCompany	United Artists ⓘ
releaseDate	1981 ⓘ
releaseYear	1981 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	122 ⓘ
screenwriter	Michael Mann ⓘ
setting	Chicago ⓘ
starred	Jim Belushi ⓘ surface form: James Belushi James Caan ⓘ Robert Prosky ⓘ Tuesday Weld ⓘ Willie Nelson ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	late 20th century ⓘ
writer	Michael Mann ⓘ

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Michael Mann → notableWork → Thief ⓘ

Michael Mann → directed → Thief ⓘ

James Caan → notableWork → Thief ⓘ

Tuesday Weld → notableWork → Thief ⓘ

Dennis Farina → notableWork → Thief ⓘ

Tangerine Dream → notableWork → Thief ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thief (soundtrack)

Bitty Schram → appearedIn → Thief ⓘ