Based on the strength of the film alone, altmans thieves like us is well worth ones time. Thieves like us original trailer turner classic movies. Ive watched your face for a long time its always the same ive studied the cracks and the wrinkles you were always so vain but now you live your life like a. Mgmfoxs dvd of thieves like us presents altmans eccentric mood piece in a beautiful enhanced transfer.
But thieves like us stands up to any one of them, because it plays to altmans. Thieves like uss instagram profile has 526 photos and videos. The film follows bowie keith carradine, tdub bert remsen and chicamaw john schuck as they escape the mississippi state penitentiary in 1936. Thieves like us is an imperfect altman film unlike many of his movies, banalities are not always enlivened by their dialogue but its intimate, sweetsad pathos are grandiose even when things. The highdefinition presentation is good enough, and getting to hear a talented director like altman speak about his work is a treat. The film is based on the novel thieves like us by edward anderson. Thieves like us proves that when robert altman has a solid story and script, he can make an exceptional film, one mostly devoid of clutter, auterist mannerism, and other cinema chic. Bernard sumner stated during a tv interview in 1984 that the song title was suggested by john jellybean benitez an associate of the songs cowriter, arthur baker. Would you like to see any other tv series guides on. Altman characters keith carradine in thieves like us and nashville, elliot gould in long goodbye are anachronisms. A trio of fugitives keith carradine, bert remsen, and john schuck rob banks in mississippi while trying to stay out of the hands of the law. The way thieves like us lingers over the routine of listening to the radio, the omnipresent glass bottles of coke, or its reverence for the quilt sewn by keechies great grandmother make clear altman is as interested in telling a story about how it wouldve been to live in the south in the 30s as he is in a bonnie and clyde riff. As with his other films, thieves like us at first has a homemade immediacy, chugging along like backporch skiffle music.
The overall lesson the author wants the reader to take from this book is being a thieve takes a lot of skill, patience, and most importantly the right team with skills. Thieves like us is a 1974 american neonoir crime road film directed by robert altman and starring keith carradine and shelley duvall. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Thieves like us written by edward anderson, calder willingham, joan tewkesbury and robert altman directed by robert altman usa, 1974 robert altman s foray into film in the 70s left him with a body of work densely packed with revered quality, which enshrined him as one of the great american directors. Thieves like us owes more than a passing nod to bonnie and clyde and badlands in theme and treatment. Jan 09, 20 this feature is not available right now. Thieves like us is a sixpart bbc three sitcom which was first broadcast in 2007, based on the book the burglar diaries. Thieves like us 1974 edward andersons 1937 novel thieves like us was first adapted to the screen in 1948 by director nicholas ray under the title they live by night. It is named for the 1974 crime movie thieves like us, directed by robert altman.
Famous people born on this day include markpaul gosselaar and renata porto krentkowski. They live by night is a 1948 american film noir directed by nicholas ray his first feature film and starring farley granger as bowie bowers and cathy odonnell as keechie mobley. I think the 1930s attract altman because they mark the end of that organic america, the america that existed before the crass commercialization of the american soul. Set in the midwest of the 1930s, early scenes between the three thieves keith carradine, bert remsen, and john schuck feel like silentmovie era routines about a trio of affable farm boys turned bank robbers.
Ctva us crime barnaby jones quinn martincbs season. Jan 03, 2010 thieves like us is a singled released in april 1984 by the legendary label factory records. As always with altmans best films, part of the allure of thieves like us is waiting to see how events will unfold, since nothing is telegraphed ahead of time, and altman strategically leaves out certain key scenes i. Thieves like us is a single by british group new order, released in april 1984 by factory records, catalogue number fac 103. Thieves like us internet movie firearms database guns in.
Altmans thieves like us is a beautiful and heartbreaking version of the loversonthelam story, with keith carradine cast as bowie, the soft spoken, sensitive member of a trio of escaped convicts and bank robbers the other two, chickamaw and tdub, played by altman regulars john schuck and bert remsen, respectively. Thieves like us is 28 minutes longer than they live by night and didnt have to worry about the hays code. Jean boffetys handsome, hazy photography finds good compositions in all of those telephoto master shots, and the films sound design is so interesting that we dont notice the absence of a conventional music score. The naturalistic acting and rich period detail of thieves like us make it seem almost like a documentary, while they live by night plays like a stylized fictionalization of the same people and events. The following year, louise gained international recognition for her performance as nurse ratched in the 1975 film one flew over. Thieves like us is a fivepiece band based in berlin, germany and paris, france. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing thieves like us near you. It is named after the 1974 film thieves like us, directed by robert altman. Such a sweet scene from the 1974 film thieves likes us directed by robert altman, one of my favorite filmmakers, if not favorite.
It was based on edward andersons depression era novel thieves like us. But you cant sink back and simply absorb an altman film. Better call sauls season finale reveals what kim might do with time on her. R 2h 3min crime, drama, romance 3 june 1974 denmark. Season 3 cbs 197475 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by. Like so much of his work, robert altmans thieves like us has to be approached with a certain amount of imagination. Thieves like us internet movie firearms database guns. Thieves like us is a singled released in april 1984 by the legendary label factory records. Thieves like us is adapted from edward andersons 1937 novel of the same name. Two convicts break out of mississippi state penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing, their special talent and claim to fame. Thieves like us may find a place on my list of top ten films by altman. Set during the 1930s, this film focuses on three escapees from a midwestern prison camp who go on a crime spree throughout the south.
Thieves like us is a single by british group new order, released in april 1984 by factory records. Cbs are employed to go undercover in order to solve a jewellery theft from a hotel strongroom. Mash and the 1970s and the period details in thieves like us 1974, altmans adaptation of edward andersons 1937 novel about a bonnieandclydelike gang of bank robbers. Thieves like us 1974 nude scenes 1974 edward andersons 1937 novel thieves like us was first adapted to the screen in 1948 by director nicholas ray under the title they live by night. Robert altmans 1974 remake, which retained the novels original title. A 1930s crime story with humor and humanity, thieves like us owes more than a. Altman keeps the books great depressionera timeframe and. In this robert altman period drama, bowie keith carradine is an escaped convict who embarks on a crime spree with fellow former prisoners chicamaw john. Thieves like us your love runs still official video by andythief. Some movies are content to offer us escapist experiences and hope well be satisfied. Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers chicamaw and tdub escape from a mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. It was friday, under the sign of pisces see birth chart on march 1, 1974.
R, 2 hr 3 min tell us where you are looking for movie tickets. Thieves like us is a single by british group new order, released in april 1984 by factory. A welldone remake of they live by night thats slightly long but unusually free of altmans customary indulgences. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes refuge with the daughter of the gas station attendant, keechie. The supporting cast includes louise fletcher and tom skerritt. Thieves like us is a multinational postpunk band led by vocalist and guitarist andy grier, with a fluid lineup of members ranging from berlin to the uk and scandinavia the bands music has often featured heavy use of electronic elements but is also influenced by the krautrock, italo disco, glam punk, french touch and hiphop genres. The film was entered into the 1974 cannes film festival. Miller 1971 that of innocent love struggling to find itself in an uncaring american social setting. The film was based on the novel thieves like us by edward anderson, which was also the source material for the 1948 film they live by night, directed by nicholas ray. Thieves like us was originally published in 1937 and is part of the american noir of the 1930s and 40s collection. This is the remastered version that came up on the 2008 collectors edition of power, corruption. The bside was lonesome tonight and the catalogue number fac 103. Thieves like us 1974 r 2h 3min crime, drama, romance 3 june 1974 denmark when two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the south. From thieves like uss first hazy, zooming long shot of three men escaping.
Thieves like us written by edward anderson, calder willingham, joan tewkesbury and robert altman directed by robert altman usa, 1974 robert altmans foray into film in the 70s left him with a body of work densely packed with revered quality, which enshrined him as one of the great american directors. Others felt the film fell short of nicholas rays treatment of the same source material in they live by night 1949. Thieves like us is 1974 crime romance directed by robert altman and based on the novel of the same name written by edward anderson the following weapons were used in the film thieves like us. In that special week of march people in us were listening to seasons in the sun by terry jacks.
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