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	Catwoman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the course of the story, the origin of Catwoman was also re-envisioned, as a 5'7" Selina Kyle was reintroduced as a cat-loving prostitute/dominatrix who was inspired to become a costumed cat burglar when she saw Batman in action.
		For the film of the same name, see Catwoman (film).
		In this series, Selina Kyle, joined by new supporting cast members Holly and Slam Bradley (a character from the early Golden Age DC Comics), became protector of the residents of Gotham’s East End, while still carrying out an ambitious career as a cat burglar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catwoman (3049 words)

	Entrapment . Weekly Alibi . 05-10-99
		Both films share a typical superthief plot--a beautiful female insurance investigator is sent to Europe to ensnare a mysterious and impeccably dressed cat burglar.
		Entrapment has the supreme foresight to have cast Sean Connery in the mysterious cat burglar role and Catherine Zeta-Jones as the beautiful investigator.
		The film's central tension-building conceit is to keep viewers guessing which side of the law Gin is really on.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/alibi/e/entrapment1.html (772 words)

	Crimson Collector - SUPERHEROES (Catwoman)
		Catwoman emerged as a somewhat friendly foe, a cat-burglar who committed crimes but also was a romantic interest in Batman's rather sterile life.
		A feature film was made during the hiatus between the first and second season.
		But with the success of super-heroes in films of late, there is talk of the film once again being on the front burner with many names being mentioned for the part.
	cmp.bravepages.com /superhero/heroes_catwoman.html (951 words)

	channel4.com/film - Catwoman
		Instead, Warner Bros, which owns DC Comics, have simply taken the name and vaguely hung on to her cat burglar status, then recreated Catwoman as a superhuman (the original had no superpowers) more in the Spider-Man mould.
		Despite having a credit that says "based on the characters created by Bob Kane", the Batman creator, this version of Catwoman bears little relation to either the comics character, the 1960s TV version or the cinematic forebear, played by Michelle Pfeiffer in Tim Burton's 1992 film Batman Returns.
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	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=134713 (269 words)

	screenonline: Daring Daylight Burglary, A (1903)
		Compared with other British films of the period, the pacing is unusually rapid and the narrative is surprisingly sophisticated - particularly its use of a revenge motive (the policeman avenging his badly injured comrade), which viewers of just about any current action thriller will immediately recognise as a key ingredient of the genre.
		(1903), here it's just one technique among many, as the policeman is quickly substituted by a dummy as he's hurled off the roof by the burglar.
		was keen to make his film as visually and dramatically appealing as he could given the limitations of the basic story.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/443089 (275 words)

	1996 Review of Futuristic 1930 Film 'Metropolis'!
		But they also occur in the Mabuse films; in M, with the policeman mistaken by a burglar for another thief; and in The House by the River (1950), when a servant is strangled because another maid appears to be responding to her cries for help.
		His films are punctuated by shifts of viewpoint and discoveries which transform the reactions of his characters - and of his audience.
		In the two-part film, Die Nibelungen, Kriemhild is transformed from a secondary figure in the first film (Siegfried) into a whirlwind of fury in the second (Kriemhild's Revenge).
	www.dailyrepublican.com /metropolisfilmreview.html (275 words)

	1996 Review of Futuristic 1930 Film 'Metropolis'!
		But they also occur in the Mabuse films; in M, with the policeman mistaken by a burglar for another thief; and in The House by the River (1950), when a servant is strangled because another maid appears to be responding to her cries for help.
		His films are punctuated by shifts of viewpoint and discoveries which transform the reactions of his characters - and of his audience.
		The German language films were produced by the Nazi firm UFA for demestic German moviegoers and for export to New York and California from 1933-1938.
	www.dailyrepublican.com /metropolisfilmreview.html (1522 words)

	Immortal Befuddled-Double Trouble-20th Century
		What is not shown in the film is that the burglar actually did turn himself having had a change of heart at being treated like a human being for once.
		As in the film Moose was shot while fleeing from the police and died at the gas station.
		Because her father's dude ranch was in financial trouble, she agreed to his offer, even though it entailed keeping up the pretense that Bob was a real cowboy and she was taking pointers from him.
	www.pjfarmer.com /secret/Immortal/befuddled1i.htm (1522 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: Blue Streak
		The parallels between this film and "Beverly Hills Cop" are fairly obvious, starting with Logan's police partner, (Luke Wilson of "Bottle Rocket") who looks and acts a lot like Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy's police partner in "Beverly Hills Cop." Also Logan's experience as a burglar makes him very well suited for solving burglary cases.
		September 20, 1999 -- "Blue Streak" is a film that defies common sense and logic, but is a lot of fun to watch because of its main character, Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence of "Life").
		As noted earlier, there are some logical problems with the plot and some lapses in continuity (for instance, who put the diamond into a sack while it was supposedly hidden in the ventilation duct?) but overall, it is an enjoyable end-of-summer film.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/bluestreak.html (1522 words)

	James Handy @ Filmbug
		Among his feature film credits are Jumanji, Guarding Tess, The Rocketeer, Arachnophobia, Bird, Burglar, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Verdict, K-9 and K-9 II.
		The films for television in which he has starred include Threat of Innocence, The O.J. Simpson Story, A Family Torn Apart, Obsession, Guilty Until Proven Innocent, Heart of the Lie, Preppy Murders, Unspeakable Acts, Goodnight Sweet Wife, and Quiet Victory: the Charles Wedemeyer Story.
		He recently completed work on HBO's upcoming Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris film, 61* directed and produced by Billy Crystal.
	www.filmbug.com /db/276327 (181 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: After Hours
		By the end, Paul is on the run from an angry mob who thinks he's a burglar, fleeing in fear for his life.
		If Kafka had been working in the 1980s (and Scorsese's send-up of urban chic clothing, design, and styles of the era is worth the price of admission alone), this is the story he'd have written.
		Well, rest assured that After Hours is actually a comedy.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/81dd54bbd4c0c0b388256ac8006bd0af?OpenDocument (511 words)

	Films by Latter-day Saints: Directors, Producers
		This critically acclaimed film has been embraced by a segment of the population unlikely to see, for example, Kieth Merrill's "Testaments." Both films are radically Christian and Gospel-centered in viewpoint, but they speak to different audiences.
		The film is an action-drama about two students, one white and one black, who share a ride home from college.
		The film is a grand adventure from its powerful dramatic themes to its many stunning action sequences.
	www.ldsfilm.com /dir.html (511 words)

	ipedia.com: Whodunit Article
		Finally, recent additions to the subgenre of the whodunit include the novels of Simon Brett, Lawrence Block's The Burglar in the Library (1997), which is a spoof set in the present in an English-style country house, Kinky Friedman's Road Kill (1997), and Ben Elton's Dead Famous (2001).
		Ethel Lina White's The Wheel Spins (1936) -- which again was filmed by Hitchcock as The Lady Vanishes (1938) (with an ending which is wildly different though)
		Josephine Tey's A Shilling for Candles (1936) -- which became the basis for Alfred Hitchcock´s 1937 film Young and Innocent
	www.ipedia.com /whodunit.html (1713 words)

	The Thomas Crown Affair Movie Review by Anthony Leong
		With the new film, the mind games between burglar and investigator have become integrated with the romantic aspect of their relationship, and a number of scenes expand the level of verbal sparring between the two characters, which also doubles as flirtation.
		The original film's climax was essentially a condensed rehash of the opening heist, and it was a pleasant surprise to see at least one aspect that surpassed the original.
		Though the light script left much to be desired, including a number of glaring gaps in logic, this 1968 film left an memorable impression on audiences because of the undeniable chemistry between its two leads, matinee idol Steve McQueen and the fetching Faye Dunaway, which heightened the romantic tension of the film's cat-and-mouse plotting.
	members.aol.com /aleong1631/thomascrownaffair.html (1084 words)

	Immortal Befuddled-Double Trouble-20th Century
		What is not shown in the film is that the burglar actually did turn himself having had a change of heart at being treated like a human being for once.
		As in the film Moose was shot while fleeing from the police and died at the gas station.
		Although these two films by two different sets of artists appear to be two different films they actually appear to be two differing versions of the same incidents.
	www.pjfarmer.com /secret/Immortal/befuddled1i.htm (20066 words)

	screenonline: Daring Daylight Burglary, A (1903)
		(1903), here it's just one technique among many, as the policeman is quickly substituted by a dummy as he's hurled off the roof by the burglar.
		Compared with other British films of the period, the pacing is unusually rapid and the narrative is surprisingly sophisticated - particularly its use of a revenge motive (the policeman avenging his badly injured comrade), which viewers of just about any current action thriller will immediately recognise as a key ingredient of the genre.
		was keen to make his film as visually and dramatically appealing as he could given the limitations of the basic story.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/443089 (291 words)

	To Catch A Thief (1955)
		The American expatriate hero (a falsely-accused former cat burglar) has to catch the real cat burglar (a 'she-cat') during a rash of robberies before he is caught himself, while the heroine is on a quest to 'catch' him - first as the burglar, and then as a husband.
		The film's title, To Catch a Thief, was based upon the ancient proverb: "Set a thief to catch a thief," with double meanings regarding a double-chase.
		By putting himself into the thief's perspective, by imagining and identifying himself as the Cat burglar, and by anticipating and outdoing the copy-cat burglar's next move, Robie will use his burglary experience to ultimately unmask the real culprit:
	www.filmsite.org /toca.html (3103 words)

	Welcome To Kingston upon Hull : Events - Cinema
		ARSENE LUPIN is an adaptation of the 1924 novel THE COUNTESS OF CAGLIOSTRO, an enigmatic, extraordinary beauty played in this film by Kristin Scott Thomas, however the focus of the film is Arsène Lupin, the gentleman burglar, son of a master thief and murderer.
		Special thanks to Hull Screen and the Hull City Arts Unit, as well as all the artists and film makers involved in this screening.
		A full programme of films being shown at Hull Screen is available from City Information, Tourist Information, City Council Box Office and Branch Libraries.
	www.hullcc.gov.uk /events/cinema.php (3103 words)

	Romy Schneider Movies >> German-Hollywood Connection
		It was Schneider's performance in this European film that got her an invitation to Hollywood in 1962.
		Romy co-stars with Horst Buchholz in this film set in 18th century London.
		Eddie Chapman (Plummer) is a charming burglar and con-artist who gets involved with the beautiful spy known simply as the "Countess" (Schneider) during World War II.
	www.germanhollywood.com /romyschneider2.html (1481 words)

	FilmFestivals.com - Cannes 2000
		A year later, Pierre-Henri Deleau invited Oshima to participate in the Directors' Fortnight, the newly founded alternative festival housed in the Cinéma Le Français on the Rue d-Antibes, to which he came with The Diary Of A Shinjuku Burglar, while Death By Hanging was given an honorary showing in a sidebar.
		"That's when I decided to go back to Japan to make a film with a more reasonable budget and that film was Gohatto," says Oshima.
		He'd wanted to make a film in the United States, called Hollywood Zen, about the meeting of the actors Sessue Hayakawa and Rudolph Valentino, but the project failed at the last minute for financial reasons.
	www.filmfestivals.com /cannes_2000/official/gohatto.htm (623 words)

	Catwoman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the course of the story, the origin of Catwoman was also re-envisioned, as a 5'7" Selina Kyle was reintroduced as a cat-loving prostitute/dominatrix who was inspired to become a costumed cat burglar when she saw Batman in action.
		For the film of the same name, see Catwoman (film).
		In this series, Selina Kyle, joined by new supporting cast members Holly and Slam Bradley (a character from the early Golden Age DC Comics), became protector of the residents of Gotham’s East End, while still carrying out an ambitious career as a cat burglar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catwoman (3523 words)

	FilmStew.com • USA Network's Touching Evil
		They soon made a short film entitled How to Be a Burglar and people began to take notice.
		The Hughes brothers began making movies at age twelve, but their formal film education began their freshman year of high school when Allen took a TV production class.
		Most recently, the brothers further demonstrated their range with the Jack the Ripper film, From Hell, starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham.
	www.filmstew.com /Content/Article.asp?ContentID=6250 (474 words)

	IGN: Comics in Context #46: The United States of Spider-Man
		In the comics version, it is show biz Spidey, a male diva in the making, full of his own ego, who lets the Burglar escape out of a sense that he's too important to sully his hands with matters that are none of his business.
		In the movie Peter Parker lets the Burglar escape out of a sense of resentment towards the man the Burglar robbed, who had just cheated Peter.
		In the third film and book, when Sam has carried the Ring for a while, Frodo even takes it back from him, explaining that the Ring would "destroy" his friend.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/531/531434p4.html (1193 words)

	Amazon.com: Video: Thief (1981)
		Thief is Mann's first film and a kind of precursor to Heat, his 1995 crime 'epic'.
		This was his first theatrical film, and all the elements that characterize his later style (and this is a very stylistic film) are dominant.
		Extremely stylish and well-made, Thief is the story of Frank (James Caan), a lone-wolf, highline cat burglar working Chicago.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304084277?v=glance (1193 words)

	the agony booth : MITCHELL Review
		Mitchell starts out with a cruel reminder that the film was made in 1975, because in addition to general awfulness we'll also be getting a healthy dose of your typical 70's action movie score, complete with horns blaring, a guitar playing walk-a-chicken, walk-a-chicken riffs, and a disco beat.
		Mitchell tells him that none of the guns in Deaney's cabinet were loaded, and that the only loaded gun on the premises was the one next to the burglar.
		However, Mitchell thwarts their exit and closes the front gate by pushing a button on the same control panel that Deaney used to trap the burglar.
	www.agonybooth.com /mitchell (1193 words)

	CNN.com - Black History Month 2002
		Their high school "how-to" film project was titled "How to be a Burglar." Their mother gave them a video camera at age 12 and by 19, they had sold their first script.
		The two have faced off several times with the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board about the violence in their films.
		At 20, they had completed their first feature film, which grossed almost $30 million at the box office.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/20.hughes (242 words)

	Films by Latter-day Saints: Directors, Producers
		Rocco was forced to be virtually a one-man crew, use his friends as actors, orchestrate elaborate action sequences, and actually perform most of the film's dangerous stunts himself.
		The film is a grand adventure from its powerful dramatic themes to its many stunning action sequences.
		Temple's Telegram 1918-1919: An Adventure in Hearts Hawthorne of the U.S.A. The Lottery Man The Valley of the Giants The Love Burglar You're Fired The Roaring Road Alias Mike Moran The Dub Too Many Millions
	www.ldsfilm.com /dir.html (242 words)

	Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
		Smith converted the projector into a camera and the American Vitagraph began film production in late 1897, first simple actualities, then their first fiction film, The Burglar on the Roof, with Blackton acting and Smith operating the camera.
		Following the Edison law suit Vitagraph had been operating under licence, passing on their negatives to Edison after a period of months, and when this agreement was terminated in 1900, for a period 1901-02 Vitagraph did not produce films at all.
		Blackton found a small fame through being filmed for Edison as a cartoonist in August 1896, and early in 1897 they acquired an Edison projector and began exhibiting films as part of their act.
	victorian-cinema.net /albertsmith.htm (242 words)

	French Directors - Barbet Schroeder
		The film that catapulted Barbet Schroeder to worldwide fame, More is the tender tale of a free-spirited young couple in the late '60s whose open lifestyle leads them down a tragic path.
		Barbet Schroeder's first film away from Hollywood in 13 years also ranks as one of his best.
		Gerard Depardieu is a Parisian burglar who one day breaks into a flat which turns out to be the working quarters of Ariane (Bulle Ogier), a professional sadist who serves as dominatrix over a stable of wealthy masochists.
	www.multilingualbooks.com /tlstore/foreignvids-fren-schroeder.html (910 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: When Brendan Met Trudy
		Surprise, Trudy soon reveals that not only is she not a Montessori teacher, she's really a professional burglar, and wouldn't Brendan like to prove his nascent love by coming along on some jobs?
		The accents, Montgomery's in particular, are extremely thick -- we're talking Trainspotting thick; I screened the film on video and was constantly rewinding to pick up what had just been said.
		It's all so funny because it's all so unexpected, and rarely in my moviegoing career have I been so surprised by the direction a film has shot off to with the turn of each scene.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/ece0cf274ef7f50a882569f80065fa83?OpenDocument (634 words)

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