Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)

Gone in 60 Seconds is a 2000 American action film, starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall, Vinnie Jones and Will Patton. The film was directed by Dominic Sena, and written by Scott Rosenberg. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and is a remake of the 1974 H.B. Halicki film of the same name.

The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and throughout Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.^[1]

Plot

Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage), a retired master car thief, is forced to return to Los Angeles, California and his former trade to steal 50 cars in 72 hours for British crime boss Raymond "The Carpenter" Calitri (Christopher Eccleston), who has a strange hobby of making wooden furniture, including coffins. Raymond is threatening to kill Memphis' younger brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi), in his car compactor, after Kip and his associates did not make the deadline to deliver the stolen cars. Memphis quickly reassembles his old crew including his mentor Otto (Robert Duvall), former girlfriend Sway (Angelina Jolie), former colleagues Donny (Chi McBride) and Sphinx (Vinnie Jones), and some of his younger brother's associates.

With LAPD Detective Roland Castlebeck (Delroy Lindo) and his partner, Detective Drycoff (Timothy Olyphant), breathing down his neck, Memphis decides to steal all the cars in one night to avoid tipping off the cops. Stealing the cars en masse the night before the deadline, Memphis is forced to change the plan midstream when he realizes Detective Castlebeck is onto them, deciding to steal three of the cars from the police impound lot.

Discovering the 'shopping list' from Kip's earlier job, Castlebeck predicts that Memphis will save one particular car, the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500, or codename "Eleanor", for last; Memphis had unsuccessfully tried to steal the car numerous times. When he catches Memphis in the act of stealing it, a high-speed chase ensues through Long Beach. This concludes with a high-speed jump over a traffic jam on the Vincent Thomas Bridge.

When Memphis arrives at Calitri's salvage yard with the final car, 12 minutes after the deadline, Calitri condemns Memphis for the poor condition of the car (the Shelby had sustained severe damage during the jump; its right rearview mirror was snapped and the front bumper broken in half), before deciding to have his henchmen kill Memphis. As a bonus, he decides to crush the Shelby in front of Memphis. (The car later escapes, severely damaged).

Memphis manages to break free of Calitri's henchmen with the help of his ally Attly Jackson (Will Patton) and Kip, and confronts Calitri himself. Calitri is interrupted from killing Raines by the arrival of Castlebeck, who has learned of Memphis' true reasons for pulling the job. Memphis manages to kill Calitri by pushing him over the railing of the third floor and breaks his neck, ironically on the cofffin he made which he was planning to put Memphis in after he was killed, just as he's about to shoot Detective Castlebeck. Castlebeck then lets Memphis go free for saving his life, and Memphis tells him where the stolen cars are.

The film ends at a barbecue held by Raines' crew in celebration of the success of the job. As a token of his gratitude, Kip presents Memphis with an old rusty Shelby GT500 for him to restore as his own. The film ends with Memphis and Sway driving off in the rusty Shelby GT500.

Cast

• Nicolas Cage as Randall "Memphis" Raines
• Giovanni Ribisi as "Kip" Raines
• Angelina Jolie as Sara "Sway" Wayland
• Robert Duvall as Otto Halliwell
• Delroy Lindo as Det. Roland Castlebeck
• Timothy Olyphant as Det. Drycoff
• Will Patton as Atley Jackson
• Chi McBride as Donny Astricky
• Vinnie Jones as "Sphinx"
• Christopher Eccleston as Raymond "The Carpenter" Calitri
• Scott Caan as "Tumbler"
• T.J. Cross as "Mirror Man"
• William Lee Scott as Toby
• James Duval as "Freb"
• Frances Fisher as Junie Halliwell
• Grace Zabriskie as Helen Raines
• Carmen Argenziano as Detective Mayhew
• Bodhi Elfman as "Fuzzy" Frizzel
• Arye Gross as James Lakewood
• Michael Peña as Ignacio
• Master P. as Johnny B. (Uncredited)

Release

In its opening weekend, Gone in 60 Seconds grossed $25,336,048 from 3,006 US theaters, leading all films that weekend. By the end of the film's theatrical run, it had grossed $101,648,571 domestically and $135,553,728 internationally, comprising a total gross revenue for the film of $237,202,299 worldwide.^[2]

Though the film earned a $237 million worldwide box office gross, Slate columnist Edward Epstein argued that, after overhead, it lost roughly $90 million after all expenses, including the $103.3 million it cost to make the film, were taken into account over the four years following the film's release.^[3][4]

Soundtrack

A soundtrack containing a blend of rock, electronic and hip hop music was released on June 6, 2000 by the Island Def Jam Music Group. It peaked at #69 on the Billboard 200.^[5]

Director's Cut

On June 7, 2005, a Director's Cut version of the film was released on DVD. It ran for 9 extra minutes and featured scenes not included in the original cut.

Some of the differences include:

• Different dialogue in the opening Porsche race scene
• A longer conversation between Atley Jackson and Memphis
• Instead of Kip making breakfast for Memphis, an alternate scene is shown where Kip grabs a beer from the fridge and falls asleep as Memphis is trying to talk to him
• The scene where Memphis tries to get Otto's help is extended
• The scene where Kip offers to help out with the job is also extended
• There is a small scene where Memphis talks to Atley about the probability of meeting the deadline on time
• The scene where Det. Castlebeck comes to Otto's garage is extended
• The Ferrari boost scene includes a small conversation between Memphis and Kip
• The car chase is longer
• The final BBQ scene is extended
• Some scenes also include music not included in the original version of the movie
• The Director's Cut includes different menus; however, the special features remain the same as those included in the original version

References

External links

• Gone in Sixty Seconds at the Internet Movie Database
• Gone in Sixty Seconds at AllRovi
• Gone in Sixty Seconds at Box Office Mojo
• Gone in Sixty Seconds at Rotten Tomatoes
• Gone in Sixty Seconds at the Internet Movie Cars Database