How did Crown fold the painting into his briefcase?

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In The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) a painting is stolen and folded into a briefcase. Crown doesn't even have time to remove the stretchers. The painting is later seen no worse for wear. What magic did he have in that briefcase?



Best Answer

A quote from John McTiernan, the director:

"Anyway we did an elaborate thing of folding the painting into the brief case and people were so offended by it that I sorta hadda cut it out and make it much briefer."




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How does Thomas Crown get the painting in the briefcase?

Since the camera sees a mirror image, the actors look to their left out of natural instinct, but appear to look to their right. When Thomas steals the Monet in the first theft, he puts the painting with wooden canvas stretcher into his briefcase and folds it closed.

How did Thomas Crown steal the painting?

The letters moving around \u2014 like the two 'e's in Rene Russo's name flipping positions \u2014 foreshadow how often Crown will exchange one seemingly identical painting for another, a gag he uses over and over again as he steals a Monet, and then leads police and an insurance inspector (Russo) on a wild goose chase to ...

What island is in Thomas Crown?

Indeed, the critically-acclaimed movie The Thomas Crown Affair was filmed on location in Martinique in a villa located in the charming town of Le Vauclin. Visitors wishing to follow in the footsteps of Pierce Brosnan and Ren\xe9e Russo can rent the villa today.



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Answer 2

According to IMDB this is a Continuity error.

When Thomas steals the Monet in the first theft, he puts the painting with wooden canvas stretcher into his briefcase and folds it closed. When he opens the briefcase later, the canvas stretcher is not broken.

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