Melina mercouri celebrity profile check out the latest melina mercouri photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In this weeks total recall, take a look at a some of the many masks the heist movie can wear. Melina mercouri celebrity profile check out the latest melina mercouri photo gallery. It does move slowly and is terribly overacted but it is still a joy to watch. Peter ustinov won a best supporting actor oscar for his role. Rotten tomatoes top 100 movies of all time 2018 update.
In the heist and caper films, we see the hero hatching a plan, putting together a crew, and then pulling off the job, usually in order to turn the screws against an institution or person thats wronged them or maybe just for the thrill of sticking up banks. A comprehensive guide to the greatest screen actors by steven jay schneider published 2007. The rest seems only padding to fill it up to feature. Steal these 11 heist movies movie continues to survive not because of our obsession with the slimeball antihero, but also the genres ability to convincingly morph into areas like comedy, action, and horror.
Another crown for brosnan topkapi affair, the film will use eric amblers novel, the light of the day, as well as topkapi, the 1964 movie based on the book, for inspiration. Topkapi 1964 is a technicolor heist film made by filmways pictures and distributed by united artists. This usually only works when the film carries with it the kind of energy that resonates with its audience. Topkapi is a english movie released on 2 sep, 1964.
Topkapi istanbul film movie melina merkouri peter unstinov. Turkish intelligence, suspecting arms smuggling, gets involved, and under pressure the conman rises to heights hed never dreamed of. Topkapi 1964 allmovie movies and films database movie. Robert morley in scene from 1964 film topkapi 2117 flickr lisas home bijou. Peter ustinov won a best supporting actor oscar for his performance as arthur simpson. A wonderful and truly international cast is assembled here for this 60s effort that showcases istanbul. A enjoyable romp for anyone who likes caper movies with a touch of comedy, as a gang of incompetent crooks try to steal a jewelled dagger from istanbuls topkapi museum. Jan 01, 2009 topkapi release year 1964 running time 120 min language english categories actionadventure action classic jewels recommended suspense theatrical release thieves thriller ratings imdb 7. And this is the very thing that makes topkapi so wonderful.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing galileo near you. Sep 08, 2005 brosnan to participate in the topkapi affair. Demonstrating that theres more to the city than its picturesque french quarter, new orleans becomes the fictitious anytown, usa in the bigscreen version of the tv show that launched the career of johnny depp. The film is based on eric ambler s novel the light of day 1962, adapted as a screenplay by monja danischewsky. Whenever i watch a film like topkapi i am expectantly waiting for it to take over my reality and immerse me in this other, carefree reality we need to go to sometimes.
Its a rather disreputable crew that teams for the elaborate jewel theft masterminded by maximillian schell. Rotten tomatoes top 100 movies of all time 2018 update show list info. Rent topkapi 1964 starring melina mercouri and peter ustinov on dvd and bluray. A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger. The movie is directed by jules dassin and featured melina mercouri, peter ustinov, maximilian befort and akim tamiroff as lead characters. Despite both being seminal heist movies that set many of the tropes of the genre, rififi and topkapi are very different affairs. Joseph dassin 19381980 who plays the role of the gypsy josef in topkapi was director juless sonhe also appears in his fathers 1960 movie when the hot wind blows. Peter ustinov won an oscar for best supporting actor in director jules dassins lighthearted thriller about five thieves including melina.
The fastpaced caper takes off in hong kong where a dapper english cat burglar caine enlists the aid of a eurasian dancer maclaine to help him in an elaborate scheme to grab an ageold artifact from the heavily secured palace of a powerful middle eastern tycoon. A smalltime conman with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of worldclass jewelry thieves plotting to rob the topkapi museum in istanbul. Vous pouvez regarder le film topkapi en streaming dans le cable tv ou cinema au montreal canada et france avec son original en. After years of enduring movie lampoons of his 1955 crimecaper classic rififi, director jules dassin topped them all with his own spoof, topkapi. Du rififi chez les hommes a is a 1955 french crime film adaptation of auguste le bretons novel of the same name. Filmfocus joe utichi brings some news from former bondsman pierce brosnan, and it looks like the classact actor will be bringing eric amblers novel light of day to the big screen. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing rififi topkapi near you. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies. Steal these 11 heist movies mar 05, 2008 in this weeks total recall, take a look at a some of the many masks the heist movie can wear. The music which accompanied the opening and closing credits for the 1964 movie, topkapi. Steal these 11 heist movies topkapi 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Peter ustinov bumbles along beautifully but melina mercouri overacts outrageously.
Topkapi is a light hearted action comedy about the heist of a valuable jewel encrusted dagger in turkey. Movie winning oscars for best performances 2020 update page 3 show list info. The terrifying, psychedelic and inexplicable introduction from 1964s topkapi. Are you sure you want to delete your score and checked. Topkapi was released to dvd by mgm home video on december 11, 2001 as a region 1 widescreen dvd and on october 7, 2014 by kino lorber as a region 1 dvd and bluray. Topkapi caper film casa bouquet robert morley in scene from 1964 film topkapi 2103 a photo on. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emeraldencrusted dagger of the mehmed ii from istanbuls topkapi museum. All critics 24 top critics 2 fresh 19 rotten 5 nodding to the movies bleak mood, burton bleakens himself. Topkapi 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The most interesting part, only 30 minutes, is the struggle between the protagonist trying to sell his shop and the investor who doesnt want to pay what the shop owner is asking. Having spoken to the camera in the opening, footloose globetrotting jewel thief elizabeth melina mercouri, wife of director jules dassin begins to plan the job, with lover william maximillian schell, early in topkapi, a very loose adaptation of eric amblers novel light of day. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing topkapi near you.
Movie winning oscars for best performances 2020 update. In 1964 dassin made topkapi, shot largely in istanbul, backed by united artists, a heist movie, the criminal gang planning to steal a jewel encrusted dagger from the topkapi palace. Starring michael caine and shirley maclaine, gambit is a delightful yet deadly game of international catandmouse. This is one of the few movies to have been given top. A tribute to the 1964 movie topkapi directed by jule dassin and starring melina mercouri. She was also in topkapi 1964, a classic caper flick based on an eric ambler novel about the theft of an emeraldstudded dagger from a turkish museum.
Beautiful thief elizabeth lipp melina mercouri and criminal genius walter harper maximilian schell put together a plan to steal an emeraldencrusted dagger from istanbuls topkapi palace. Arthur simon simpson is a smalltime crook biding his time in greece. Brosnan to participate in the topkapi affair rotten tomatoes. Rotten tomatoes 75 best heist movies list challenges. With a 99% on rotten tomatoes and a slew of lists naming it the greatest movie of all time, francis ford coppolas epic is as close to perfect as it gets. If you havent seen it, we have no idea what youre waiting for. No release date has been mentioned, but brosnans already excited. List of films with a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes wikipedia. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Nestled deep in the most guarded room of the most guarded museum in istanbul, in a glass. It seems to take a long time to parlay to us, the movie watchers, how bleak things are in 1984.
Jan 16, 2011 topkapi istanbul film movie melina merkouri peter unstinov. With melina mercouri, peter ustinov, maximilian schell, robert morley. Before mission impossible made every big heist a challenge for technology, there were movie efforts like topkapi which played the human element in the big scam. It was shot on location in istanbul, and it offered superb suspense and an exceptional cast, including peter ustinov who won an. Watch topkapi movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Peter ustinov celebrity profile check out the latest peter ustinov photo gallery. Melina mercouri is marvelous, blending humor and sensuality with her hard side. Adapted into the 1964 film topkapi, light of day will act as inspiration to the topkapi affair, a rendition in which mr. Topkapi was shot on location in and around istanbul, turkey. Leonard maltins movie guide states that burton is ok, and dassin does not go for the cheap thrill, but the result is slight and forgettable. The best version of 15 mega popular movie and tv characters. The fastpaced caper takes off in hong kong where a dapper english cat burglar caine enlists the aid of a eurasian dancer maclaine to help him in an elaborate scheme to grab an ageold artifact from the heavily secured palace of a powerful middle. Three story lines, maybe effective in the book but not in this movie. Peter ustinov celebrity profile check out the latest peter ustinov photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The film was produced and directed by the emigre american film director jules dassin.
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