The Good Thief

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The Good Thief
The Good Thief theatrical poster
Directed by	Neil Jordan
Produced by	Seaton McLean John Wells Stephen Woolley
Written by	Neil Jordan based on screenplay by Auguste Le Breton & Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring	Nick Nolte
Music by	Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Release date(s)	September 6, 2002 (Toronto Film Festival)
Running time	108 min.
Language	English
Budget	$25,000,000 (estimated)
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The Good Thief is a 2002 film starring Nutsa Kukhianidze and Nick Nolte, directed by Neil Jordan. It is a remake of a famous 1955 French film Bob le flambeur, by Jean-Pierre Melville.

The film, shot in both Monaco and Nice, France follows a heroin addict/retired thief through the setup and completion of one last job.

[edit] Reaction

The film received mostly positive reviews. Critic Roger Ebert notes of Nolte: "it is clear that he was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts." [1]

Reviewer Pam Grady, writing for Reel.com, also praised the film: "The Good Thief has many virtues, beginning with the sheer wit of Jordan's screenplay and Chris Menges's neon-saturated cinematography that renders Nice both beautiful and sinister, trapping the characters in the glare of its lights. The heist itself is a complicated affair — Jordan took Melville's original idea and added a distinctly 21st-century twist — and all the more satisfying for it." [2]