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15 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_good_thief.jpg]] |
16 | [[caption-width-right:320:Bob and Anne.]] |
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18 | ->''"Nick Nolte was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts."'' |
19 | -->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''''s [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030411/REVIEWS/304110304/1023 review]] |
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21 | ''The Good Thief'' is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Creator/NeilJordan and starring Creator/NickNolte. It is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of a classic 1956 French FilmNoir, ''Film/BobLeFlambeur'' by Creator/JeanPierreMelville. |
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23 | Bob (Nolte) is an aging but LoveableRogue who lives on the French Riviera and shambles through life by indulging his twin addictions, gambling and heroin, with a little thievery on the side. His lifestyle has got him into plenty of trouble, but even the cop who keeps putting him behind bars can't help but like the guy. |
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25 | One day he takes under his protection Anne (Nutsa Kukhianidze), a young prostitute from Eastern Europe who swiftly develops a crush on him. Having gambled away the last of his money, he accepts to do OneLastJob with a group of fellow thieves: stealing the priceless paintings held in the vault of a casino in Monaco, while pretending to be after the casino's money as a diversion. |
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29 | * TheCameo: One of the thieves is played by filmmaker/actor Creator/EmirKusturica. |
30 | * FriendlyEnemy: Roger, the cop played by Creator/TchekyKaryo, is this to Bob - he will arrest him, but doesn't want to. |
31 | * GoingColdTurkey: Bob overcomes his heroin addiction by chaining himself to a bed and forcing himself into a withdrawal phase. Ironically, he remains addicted to tobacco. |
32 | * GuileHero: Bob is a cunning thief. |
33 | * ImpliedDeathThreat: Tony Angel gives one of these to Bob and Anne at one point. |
34 | -->'''Tony''': If I don't get my money back by Monday, what I do to both of your faces will definitely be cubist! |
35 | * LoonyFan: One of Bob's accomplices completely idolizes him and seeks to emulate him in every way, to an extent that Bob finds embarrassing. [[spoiler:His infatuation eventually causes him to kill a man he thought was double-crossing Bob.]] |
36 | * LoveableRogue: Bob. As the reviewer of the ''Austin Chronicle'' [[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:155098 puts it]], "Bob could be called a lower-echelon crook, but that would be missing the point; he's a gentleman gambler, wastrel, and sage protector of fallen women." |
37 | * OneLastJob: The casino heist so Bob can provide better for Anne. |
38 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The thieves are a motley crew that includes a transgender bodybuilder. |
39 | * TheRemake: The original dates from 1955. |
40 | * SexyBacklessOutfit: Anne's evening dress when she and Bob go to the casino. |
41 | %%* SingleMindedTwins |
42 | * TakeThat: InUniverse - Bob rags on how the French never got rock-n-roll, and points to Creator/JohnnyHallyday as proof, to which Roger responds, "Don't knock Johnny Hallyday." |
43 | * TitleDrop: Bob explains to Roger, his policeman nemesis, the Biblical story of the Good Thief while in a church. |
44 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Philippa, the aforementioned transgender bodybuilder, is afraid of spiders. |
45 | * YouMustBeCold: While they are out at night, Bob puts his jacket on Anne's shoulders. |
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