Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Director:

Dominic Sena

Writers (WGA):

H.B. Halicki (1974 motion picture)
Scott Rosenberg (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Ice Cold, Hot Wired.

Plot:

A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life.

Plot Keywords:

Car | Brother | Thief | Auto Theft | Theft

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Memphis Raines
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Kip Raines
Angelina Jolie	...	Sara 'Sway' Wayland
T.J. Cross	...	Mirror Man (as TJ Cross)
William Lee Scott	...	Toby
Scott Caan	...	Tumbler
James Duval	...	Freb
Will Patton	...	Atlee Jackson
Delroy Lindo	...	Det. Roland Castlebeck
Timothy Olyphant	...	Detective Drycoff
Chi McBride	...	Donny Astricky
Robert Duvall	...	Otto Halliwell
Christopher Eccleston	...	Raymond Calitri
Vinnie Jones	...	The Sphinx
Grace Zabriskie	...	Helen Raines

Also Known As:

Gone in 60 Seconds (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

118 min | USA:127 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:16 (director's cut) | Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37519) | Finland:K-14 (2000) | Finland:K-15 (2005) (director's cut) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

The list of cars, with their codenames, is as follows: (Note: Some of the codenames listed here do not correlate with what is actually said in the movie as each car arrives, for an explanation of this phenomenon, please see "goofs" for this film) - 1 1999 Aston Martin DB7 - Mary - 2 1962 Aston Martin DB1 - Barbara - 3 1999 Bentley Arnage - Lindsey - 4 1999 Bentley Azure - Laura - 5 1964 Bentley Continental - Alma - 6 1959 Cadillac El Dorado - Madeline - 7 1958 Cadillac El Dorado Brougham - Patricia - 8 1999 Cadillac Escalade - Carol - 9 2000 Cadillac El Dorado ETC (El Dorado Touring Coupe) - Daniela - 10 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible - Stefanie - 11 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 - Erin - 12 1953 Chevrolet Corvette - Pamela - 13 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Big Block - Stacey - 14 2000 Ford F350 4x4 modified pick-up - Anne - 15 1971 DeTomaso Pantera - Kate - 16 1969 Dodge Daytona - Vanessa - 17 1998 Dodge Viper Coupe GTS - Denise - 18 1995 Ferrari 355 B - Diane - 19 1997 Ferrari 355 F1 - Iris - 20 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB4 - Nadine - 21 1999 Ferrari 550 Maranello - Angelina - 22 1987 Ferrari Testarosa - Rose - 23 1956 Ford T-Bird - Susan - 24 2000 GMC Yukon - Megan - 25 1999 HumVee 2-Door Pickup - Tracy - 26 1999 Infiniti Q45 - Rachel - 27 1994 Jaguar XJ 220 - Bernadene - 28 1999 Jaguar XK8 Coupe - Deborah - 29 1990 Lamborghini Diablo - Gina - 30 1999 Lexus LS 400 - Hillary - 31 1999 Lincoln Navigator - Kimberley - 32 1957 Mercedes Benz 300 SL/Gullwing - Dorothy - 33 1999 Mercedes Benz CL 500 - Donna - 34 1999 Mercedes Benz S 600 - Samantha - 35 1998 Mercedes Benz SL 600 - Ellen - 36 1950 Mercury Custom - Gabriela - 37 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda - Shannon - 38 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner - Jessica - 39 1965 Pontiac GTO - Sharon - 40 1999 Porsche 996 - Tina - 41 2000 Porsche Boxster - Marsha - 42 1961 Porsche Speedster - Natalie - 43 1988 Porsche 959 - Virginia - 44 1997 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo - Tanya - 45 2000 Rolls Royce Stretch Limousine - Grace - 46 1966 Shelby AC Cobra - Ashley - 47 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500 - Eleanor - 48 2000 Toyota Landcruiser - Cathy - 49 1998 Toyota Supra Turbo - Lynn - 50 2000 Volvo Turbo Wagon R - Lisa

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Detective Castlebeck at one point refers to a "1967 Shelby Mustang". This is a Mustang that was customized by Carroll Shelby under contract to Ford, a fairly rare production model. Some have misheard this as "Chevy Mustang".

Quotes:

Memphis: I'd like to get a... chocolate malt.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hustle & Flow (2005)

Soundtrack:

Down

A film about 51 times the HOT STUFF

To make it short and not to spoil everything this film is about Kip (Giovanni Ribsi), a car thief, who messes up a big delivery of stolen cars (50 in total). He is then threatened to be killed by the man who gave him the ‘order'. The objective now is to get 50 cars stolen in 3 days, with the help of Randall (Nicolas Cage), a ‘retired' booster and also Kip's brother and a couple of old friends of Randall's. As you can see this is the same old, big bro' needs to get lil' bro' out of trouble routine and of course Randall is the best thief there ever was. Of course as in all other movies there are also a few setbacks and surprises you never would have thought of, but at times it is predictable too, so there is nothing fancy about the story.

You are by now probably wondering why this is about 51 times the HOT STUFF, since there are only 50 beautiful, fast, cool and expensive cars to be stolen. Well the other hot item in this film is Sway (Angelina Jolie (who will be a big STAR (trust me))). She is not only very convincing in the role as a car theft, but she is pretty hot too. OK not hot as in pretty, but hot as in damn cool and sexy. She was very believable in this role, probably because she is some kind of a wild woman in real life too (don't believe me, read her biography) and for the sexy part well just see for yourself man. I only know, that she plays the kind of girl I like in this film, because she is not too mainstream, a bit alternative look and she even comes with a tattoo.

OK the only downsides I felt while watching this movie was, that there is not very much action, there is one totally unrealistic scene, the story is only OK and that there are not much jokes. Hey but after seeing the whole film I must say: WHO CARES. Why must I say that, well because it was still entertaining; had a couple of cool car chases; good music; some Bruckheimer scenes (where the combination of music and the lines of actors make your eyes go wet); good actors who all did their jobs; pretty cars; one cool, wild, sexy lady (yes, I mean Mrs. Jolie) and last but not least very nice and cool tools to boost the cars with. So some downsides here but still a pretty good and entertaining movie. All in all the best way to describe this film is that it is an overall OK movie with a cool – feelgood ending.

As for Nicolas Cage, well… He is actually one of my most favourite actors in the action genre nowadays after such good films as The Rock, Con Air, Face / Off, Snake Eyes and finally this one. Plus what actor has had so many good action / thriller's in the last years and such successful ones ? Well no one!!! Maybe Jackie Chan, but he is one of my favourites too. One thing that is true though about Mr. Cages Bruckheimer films is that they keep getting worse. The Rock, was a clear 9, Con air was a nice 8 and this well this clearly is a 7. Not that that mark is bad. Does it not show that his films under Bruckheimer keep getting worse and that maybe Cage has to think longer before he accepts a role in a movie and probably he should make a few less movies ? No it doesn't show us that, because almost all of Cage's films were successful in the last few years, except for 8mm and Bringing out the Dead. 8mm was not great, I admit that, but that was never Cage's fault and the story seemed good to me. About the latter film I can not say anything, ‘cause I have not seen it yet. One thing though I know for sure, if Bruckheimer would have asked me for those three films, I would have said YES to all of them. I would have said yes to The Rock, because the story was great and because you would get to play with Sean Connery and Ed Harris. I would have said yes to Con Air, because there would be a lot of action in it, because the story was good and because you got to act with John Malkovich and Ving Rhames. In this one I would have starred because I would have gotten a big paycheque, I would have been able to ride some cool and fast cars and because I would have been able to kiss Angelina Jolie (can't wait to see her in that Lara Croft outfit). This one was a good choice of Mr. Cage and it certainly was worth a look at in the theatre.

7 out of 10