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Entrapment
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
1999 · Directed by Jon Amiel · 112 min · Romance · Drama · Mystery · Screenplay in the scene database · 6 frames
Tagline
The trap is set.
Plot
In December 1999, insurance investigator Virginia "Gin" Baker assesses the theft of a valuable Rembrandt painting from a New York City apartment. Gin informs her boss, Hector Cruz, that she suspects the involvement of world-class international thief Robert "Mac" MacDougal, an elderly man who steals for the challenge. Cruz assigns her to investigate.
In London, Mac quickly realizes that Gin is following him and confronts her. She claims to be a thief in need of Mac's help to steal a valuable Chinese mask from the highly-secure Bedford Palace. After Gin passes his test by obtaining the Palace floorplans, Mac brings her to his isolated Scottish castle to prepare. There, Gin confesses to stealing the Rembrandt, prompting Mac to reveal that he, in turn, intercepted it before it reached her client. The pair train for the heist, clashing over Mac's over-preparedness and resisting their mutual attraction. Later, unaware that Mac is listening in, Gin contacts Cruz to explain her plan to entrap Mac.
That night, Mac and Gin break into Bedford Palace and steal the mask. Before they can escape, however, Mac threatens to drown Gin if she does not admit she is trying to arrest him. Gin claims that her insurance job is a cover identity, and she has no intention of arresting him as she needs him for another heist.
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Crew
- Screenplay: William Broyles Jr., Ronald Bass
- Cinematography: Phil Meheux
- Edited by: Terry Rawlings
- Music: Christopher Young
- Production design: Norman Garwood
- Produced by: Rhonda Tollefson, Michael Hertzberg, Sean Connery
Cast
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Virginia 'Gin' Baker
- Sean Connery as Robert 'Mac' MacDougal
- Will Patton as Hector Cruz
- Maury Chaykin as Conrad Greene
- Ving Rhames as Aaron Thibadeaux
- Kevin McNally as Haas
- Terry O'Neill as Quinn
- Madhav Sharma as Security Chief
- David Yip as Chief of Police
- Tim Potter as Millennium Man
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Fountainbridge Films, Regency Enterprises
- Budget: $66,000,000
- Box office: $212,404,400
- Themes: new year's eve, london, england, distrust, undercover, burglar, skyscraper, blackmail, heist, thief, older man younger woman relationship
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