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5	''Gone in 60 Seconds'' is a 2000 action film starring Creator/NicolasCage, directed by Dominic Sena, and written by Scott Rosenberg. It was produced by Creator/JerryBruckheimer, producer of ''Film/TheRock'' and ''Film/Armageddon1998'', and is a remake of the [[Film/GoneInSixtySeconds1974 1974 H.B. Halicki film of the same name]].
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7	The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and throughout Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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9	The film concerns "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage), a former master car thief forced to return to his former trade and steal fifty specified cars for crime boss Raymond Vincent Calitri (Creator/ChristopherEccleston), who is threatening to kill Memphis' brother, Kip (Creator/GiovanniRibisi), because Kip had taken a contract but failed to fulfill it (a stolen Porsche Carrera was chased to Kip's warehouse and the collected cars were impounded).
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11	Memphis now has to fulfill the contract and so reassembles his old crew, also joined by Kip's crew.
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13	With Detective Castlebeck (Creator/DelroyLindo) and his partner, Det. Drycoff (Creator/TimothyOlyphant) breathing down their necks, they decide to steal all the cars in one night, to reduce the chances of being caught. Also, in case the police are monitoring their communications, all of the cars they are stealing have female code names. The most famous one in the story is the 1968 Mustang, which is nicknamed "Eleanor."
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15	But, the police already know about the boost and, after cracking an employee at the Mercedes dealership, who had earlier supplied Kip's crew with the special laser cut keys for a Mercedes, set a trap to catch them in action. It thus turns out to be a high action drama of a very long night.
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17	Also featured are Creator/AngelinaJolie as "Sway", Creator/RobertDuvall as "Otto", and former professional soccer player Creator/VinnieJones as "Sphinx".
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20	!! This movie contains examples of:
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22	* ActorAllusion: In ''Film/{{Snatch}}'', Vinnie Jones's character is reluctant to cut a dog open to remove a diamond from its stomach, leading to his accidental death a minute later. In this film, the second Sphinx hears Otto's dog swallowed the Mercedes' keys he pops his knife out and prepares for surgery with a pissed-off look.
23	* AdaptationalHeroism: In the original film, Maindrian Pace is portrayed as an unrepentant thief (although one with [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]]) who is in the scheme to steal cars purely for the money. "Memphis" Raines, however, quit being a thief to not drag his brother down into Hell with him and gets back on the saddle when Calitri makes clear that it's the fifty cars or Kip (and maybe everybody else Memphis loves) dies.
24	* AdaptationalKarma: The people who hired Maindrian Pace to steal fifty cars end the film [[KarmaHoudini completely untouched by the law]] (and aside from the scene in which they hire Pace, not appear any further in the film). Raymond Calitri, however, ends this film very much dead and it's heavily implied that the people who hired him to get the cars will have the LAPD on their tails in very short order.
25	* AdaptationalNationality: The people who hired Maindrian Pace in the original film are heavily implied to be Latin (and even more heavily implied to be from TheCartel). Raymond Calitri, while constantly referring to be working on behalf of "his clients" (info about them not supplied) is Northern British like his performer, Creator/ChristopherEccleston.
26	* AdaptationNameChange: The protagonist name, from Maindrian Pace (original film) to Randall "Memphis" Raines (remake).
27	* TheAllegedCar: Zig-zagged with Eleanor. She is as much of a CoolCar as a Shelby Mustang is expected to be and helps Memphis outrun the LAPD, but it's also made clear that she is "cursed" and every time Memphis has tried to steal her previously [[MyCarHatesMe she's malfunctioned]] in a crucial moment and gotten him arrested or even nearly killed. Sure enough, at one point she seems to react to a damaged rearview mirror by having her engine choke, [[SoMuchForStealth drawing the attention of a nearby police car]].
28	** Just to clarify, the name is just as alleged. Memphis assigns Eleanor to any 1967 Shelby Mustang GT-500, and that he's previously attempted to steal them before. When the introduction of Eleanor scene takes place, it's mentioned that Memphis flipped one and drove one off a pier.
29	* AndStarring: "And Robert Duvall", complete with an attention-getting OrbitalShot just to make sure the audience is paying attention.
30	* AnythingButThat: When Calitri is trying to kill Memphis, Memphis is able to hold him at bay by using a wooden chair that [[ChekhovsHobby Calitri had earlier been building]] as if it were a HumanShield.
31	* ArtisticLicense: Police don't generally engage in high speed chases in a city, better to just tail from a distance and have air support follow.
32	* AsianDrivers: Donny's driving student, who is an Asian woman, is hopeless at any and all aspects of driving.
33	* AutoErotica: Memphis and Sway make out to pass the time while stuck in a car. Lots of DoubleEntendre lobbing occurs as they are doing so in a stick shift.
34	* AutopsySnackTime: Sphinx is working as a coroner and puts his sandwich down on a cadaver's chest to answer the phone.
35	* BigBrotherInstinct: Memphis quit being a car thief and moved away to not drag Kip into the criminal business with him (for how little that helped) and goes on a titanic hijacking spree to keep him safe from Calitri. Calitri even lampshades it while convincing (read: threatening) him into helping Kip.
36	* BondVillainStupidity: The BigBad having his HostageMacGuffin Kip guarded/watched over by just one henchman, who is a family friend of the Raines family
37	* TheCakeIsALie: When Memphis delivers the last car, Calitri pretends to agree to his terms for closing the deal… then decks him with a [[PowerFist knuckle duster]] and says he planned to kill Memphis from the moment he insulted Calitri and put a gun to his head.
38	* CaperRationalization: Sure, the protagonists are a bunch of car thieves, but somebody's gotta save Memphis' brother. Once the day is saved, he gives Det. Castlebeck the location of the cargo ship where the stolen cars were held so they can be returned to their rightful owners.
39	%%* CarChase: Well, yes, duh.
40	%%* CarPorn: Many of the cars on the list get this treatment, particularly Eleanor.
41	* ChekhovsGun: Mempis' photo of a Mercedes he took while scoping the cars. On the night of the theft, he notices that a van in the background is now closer. [[note]]The viewer is shown that it is Castlebeck's stakeout of the Mercedes. When a neighbor had parked between them and the Mercedes, they are forced to park on the next driveway to get a clear view. [[/note]] Deducing that the Mercedes is under police surveillance, he walks away from stealing it and gives Donny a coded message, saving him from being arrested as he was also about to steal a Mercedes that had a police stakeout.
42	* ChekhovsSkill: Calitri is shown during his introduction to be a skilled carpenter who spends his time building furniture, leading to AnythingButThat.
43	* CoolCar: '''Eleanor.''' She is a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT-500, packing enough horsepower to outrun the entire LAPD.
44	%%* DisneyVillainDeath: Calitri.
45	* DownLADrain: The film has an L.A. river chase scene.
46	* TheDreaded:
47	** Raymond Calitri quickly establishes himself as one of these the moment he enters the picture and his threat dangles over Raines' head for most of the film.
48	** Discussed ([[RedHerring although thankfully it doesn't leads to much]]) when Kip's crew steals a car that wasn't on the list because it was just parked in front of a restaurant with the keys on the ignition. As Memphis points out [[FiveSecondForeshadowing seconds before they discover the heroin in the car's trunk]], maybe the man who left the car like that did it because he knew nobody in the neighborhood was stupid enough to steal it and make him angry.
49	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Memphis and Detective Castlebeck in the climax]].
50	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After Calitri turns on the car crusher that Kip is being held in, Memphis grabs his gun and threatens him with it, screaming at him to turn the crusher off. Calitri, completely unfazed, delivers this gem:
51	-->You've got 30 seconds to consider your options. One: You kill me, they kill you, your brother dies anyway. Two: you lie, you accept the job, you run. I hunt you down, I kill you, your brother, and your mother, for the aggravation you've caused me. Three: You accept the job, you steal some cars, you make some money....and you be a big brother.
52	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Donny Astricky does ''not'' appreciate a thug pulling a gun on him to try and steal his car (which Donny just stole himself), because he considers it lazy thievery.
53	* EvilBrit: Raymond Vincent Calitri, played by Creator/ChristopherEccleston. Unusually (for an American work, anyways), he speaks with a Northern accent rather than a posh London one.
54	* FakeAmerican: [[invoked]] PlayedWith. Memphis thought Sphinx was from Long Beach [[spoiler:until Sphinx gets in one line with Vinnie Jones's natural English accent.]]
55	%%* GeniusLoci: Eleanor is apparently both sentient and vindictive.
56	%%* HelloAgainOfficer
57	* HeroAntagonist: Castlebeck and Drycoff are members of the LAPD's Robbery Division who want the Raines brothers (and Raymond Calitri) behind bars. For his part, Memphis is only stealing the cars to prevent Calitri from killing his brother
58	* ICallItVera: All of the stolen cars get women's names as codenames, and the most plot-important one is "Eleanor", which is made clear Memphis gives to all Shelby Cobras he ([[TheAllegedCar tries to]]) steal.
59	* InformedAbility: The movie does a good job of making all the car thieves look cool and masterful in action, but at the point Memphis is preparing to steal the first of the Mercedes, we have only Detective Castlebeck's word that Memphis is somehow doing everything right in terms of counter-detection. To the audience, Nicolas Cage just got out of the car that brought him there and walks purposefully towards his target.
60	-->'''Detective Castlebeck''': ... he's smart. He watches his ass.
61	** Of course, moments later, he does correctly identify Castlebeck's van as a police surveillance van...
62	* InvisibleWriting: Kip and his crew use this to hide a list of target cars, from Detective Castlebeck. The writing is only visible under "black light". Unfortunately, Castlebeck eventually realizes this and uses a black light to read the list and learn what cars they're targeting.
63	* ItsPopularNowItSucks: In-universe, Memphis claims this to be the reason why he doesn't want a particular Ferrari while visiting a dealership. In reality, he is just [[BatmanGambit convincing the salesman]] to help him find a particular, much rarer, and much more valuable car that he intends to steal.
64	* JurisdictionFriction: Within the LAPD. Detectives Castlebeck and Drycoff, who are investigating Calitri for auto theft, have their files on him confiscated by Homicide and are told to stay away from him.
65	-->'''Homicide detective''': Raymond Calitri is going down for ''murder one''. Boneheads.
66	* JustifiedCriminal: Memphis. He used to steal for money, but he quit and the film's MandatoryUnretirement is forced upon him by trying to protect his brother.
67	* JustLikeRobinHood: Subverted, when Freb asks Donny if he ever feels bad about being a thief.
68	-->'''Donny''': Hell, no. I'm Robin Hood, man. I rob from the rich and give to the needy.\
69	'''Freb''': You mean the poor.\
70	'''Donny''': No, like I said, the needy. 'Cause brother, we need this car.
71	* KarmicDeath: Calitri had gone to the trouble of making a special coffin for Kip if he doesn't get his 50 cars on time. Guess how the coffin ends up getting used.
72	* LeonineContract: Memphis must steal 50 high-end cars, while being watched by the cops, or Calitri will kill his brother Kip.
73	* LetOffByTheDetective: Det. Castlebeck has Memphis dead to rights at the end, but lets him skate because he sympathizes with the motive ("[[ThickerThanWater A brother's love is... a brother's love.]]"), Calitri was the real mastermind of the heist and a much bigger collar, and Memphis had just saved his life by kicking said mastermind off a catwalk before he could shoot Castlebeck.
74	* LethalChef: Kip has no part in any kind of [[AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast complete breakfast]].
75	* MomentKiller: Memphis and Sway are about to get intimate, but Sway breaks the moment by pointing out that they have an opportunity to steal the car they're after.
76	* MuggingTheMonster: A random car thief tries to jack Donny's already-stolen car at gunpoint. Donny punches him out, gives him a few kicks for good measure, then lectures him on being a lazy thief.
77	* MundaneSolution: When one of Kip's crew tries to figure out how to unlock a control panel for the Ferrari warehouse, Sphinx simply pulls out his folding knife and pries it open.
78	* MyCarHatesMe: Be nice to Eleanor, and she will be nice to you. Or not. She's kind of a bitch that way.
79	* MythologyGag: Freb steals a car that's not on the list, just to prove he can. Said car is a Cadillac Eldorado that happens to have heroin in the back, just like in the original 1974 film.
80	* MythicalMotifs: Eleanor doesn't only get called a pretty girl's name (the name is pretty, not the girl), she also gets called "the unicorn" by Memphis.
81	* NoOSHACompliance: The final showdown takes place in an industry-standard steam and flame factory.
82	* ObsoleteMentor: Creator/RobertDuvall's character.
83	* OneLastJob: Memphis has actually retired as a thief, and comes out of retirement to save his little brother's bacon.
84	* PassThePopcorn: Memphis and Kip have coffee in the diner as Johnny B is arrested.
85	* ProductDeliveryOrdeal: Raines, a former master car thief, is forced to return to his former trade and steal fifty high-end cars for a British gangster who threatens to kill Memphis's brother. Here, "Eleanor" is a 1967 Ford Shelby [=GT500=] which Memphis "saves for last." As in the original, when Memphis goes to steal the '67 Shelby, police were already lying in wait, leading to a CarChase. [[spoiler:After Memphis shakes off the police, he arrives at the gangster's junkyard twelve minutes late, and he refuses to accept the slightly damaged Shelby.]]
86	* OopNorth: Creator/ChristopherEccleston insisted on using his native Manchester accent in the film, as he figured that American audiences were used to English characters being either posh or Cockney and wouldn't have heard a northern accent before.
87	* TheQuietOne: The Sphinx, whom everybody thinks is mute [[spoiler: until he [[SilentBob breaks into a philosophical speech]] at the end]].
88	* RefugeInAudacity: Knowing that the cops have their shopping list, and that some of the rarer cars are under surveillance, Memphis and Co. decide the simplest option is to [[spoiler:break into the police impound lot.]]
89	* ReportingNames: Each of the fifty cars is assigned a girl's name, so the crew can track what they've stolen.
90	* RoadApples: A dog eats a set of keys needed by the heroes. You know what comes next.
91	* RunningGag: [[MyCarHatesMe Eleanor]] stalls out and refuses to start pretty much whenever it is inconvenient to Memphis.
92	* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Calitri is British and menacing, with a criminal history galore, unhesitatingly threatens to kill everybody Memphis loves unless Memphis does as he is told while Memphis has a gun pointed at his face, and when Castlebeck tries to prevent Calitri from killing him at the climax by pointing out that it would cause a CopKillerManhunt, Calitri only hesitates because he [[EvilGloating decides to gloat to Castlebeck]] how little he cares.
93	--> '''Raymond Calitri''': [''aiming a gun''] Who are you?\
94	'''Det. Roland Castlebeck''': I'm a police officer. You don't want to do that now.\
95	'''Raymond Calitri''': Yeah, I do.\
96	'''Det. Roland Castlebeck''': Listen to me. You walk out of here with me, you've got some options. You kill me - now you think about this, I'm a police officer - your life will be over.\
97	'''Raymond Calitri''': No, you've got that the wrong way around. If I kill you, ''your'' life's over. Not all bad, though. Your funeral will be on the telly. Everybody out there, pressed and dressed. Guard of honor, twenty-one gun salute, and the stars and stripes draped all over your coffin.\
98	[''tightens his finger on the trigger'']\
99	'''Raymond Calitri''': It'll be the greatest day of your life...\
100	[''Memphis appears and kicks Calitri over the rail'']
101	* SloMoBigAir: A car reaches low Earth orbit during the final chase scene. Unlike most examples, this is portrayed as a ''bad'' thing for the car.
102	* StupidCrooks: Kip at the beginning of the movie, when he steals the Porsche 911 Carrera, by smashing the dealership's window with a brick, and then driving like crazy, even goading a Honda Civic into a street race. And after attracting police attraction, by driving past a police unit at an excessive speed - assuming that he clearly saw the unit - still proceeds to bring the car to his team's hideout. Also, throughout the movie, his inexperienced and youthfully arrogant crew keep acting stupid and belligerent many times.
103	** Stealing a car that wasn't even on the target list before the main heist is due to begin. Not only does it increase the likelihood of police attention but Freb didn't think to question why it was unlocked in the first place (it belonged to a known drug dealer who no sane person would cross).
104	** While Detective Castlebeck is prowling around the hideout Toby picks up a piece of pipe and makes ready to assault a ''police officer'' before Memphis silently warns him off. This latest stupidity finally prompts Memphis to strip the younger crooks of their decision-making privileges for a whole day.
105	* ThreatBackfire: At the climax, Calitri gets ready to shoot Detective Castlebeck and Castlebeck tries to talk him out of it by telling him that becoming a CopKiller would make things a lot harder for him. Calitri makes clear how few shits he gives by telling Castlebeck that getting a policeman's funeral, TwentyOneGunSalute and all, will be "the best day of [Castlebeck's] life" as the camera zooms in on his tightening trigger finger. [[BigDamnHeroes It is then than]] Memphis [[HeyYouHaymaker blind-sides Calitri]] and [[DisneyVillainDeath tosses him off the catwalk]].
106	* TimeTitle: A renowned car thief gets pulled out of retirement to rescue his kid brother from the clutches of a deranged crime lord. The protagonist and his cohorts are skilled professionals, able to "boost" any car in 60 seconds or less. Kiss your ride goodbye.
107	* VanityLicensePlate: The Hummer's is "SNAKE". [[{{Foreshadowing}} Guess what they find inside?]]
108	** Something of a MythologyGag, referencing a tiger found in one of the Cadillacs, foreshadowed by a tiger's paw tattoo on a woman who looks just like (but isn't) [[Series/ThreesCompany Suzanne Summers.]]
109	* VehicularSabotage: Kip does this to Johnny B's second car to get him arrested. While Johnny and his crew watch Memphis in the diner, Kip sneaks out the back door to tie the front axle to a tow truck and the rear axle to a stationary post. When the truck driver goes to leave, the front axle is torn off and gets the attention of the police officers at the diner.
110	* VillainProtagonist: Memphis and his team are pretty unrepentant thieves (although Memphis quit because his mother asked him to), although at least Memphis has the reason he wishes to protect Kip.
111	* TheVoiceless: The Sphinx spends most of the film without saying a word (when Memphis calls him to ask for help, he asks Sphinx to punch a button to see if he's still there). When Sphinx makes a soliloquy at the film's denouement, the caper crew is pretty surprised (although they then joke that they didn't expect a British accent).
112	* UnflinchingWalk: Averted, Sphinx does indeed react to Johnny B's car, which he set on fire, exploding as he walks toward the fight.
113	* WatchThePaintJob: Don't make Eleanor angry. [[MyCarHatesMe You won't like her when she's angry]].
114	* WeaponForIntimidation: Sphinx does this with a folding knife to get Mirror Man, one of Kip's crew, to shut him up as he was upset that Sphinx simply pried open a control panel.

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