Gone in 60 Seconds
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Dominic Sena
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer Mike Stenson
Written by	H.B. Halicki (1974 motion picture) Scott Rosenberg (screenplay)
Starring	Nicholas Cage Giovanni Ribisi Christopher Eccleston Robert Duvall Will Patton Angelina Jolie
Music by	Ian Ball Trevor Rabin
Cinematography	Paul Cameron
Editing by	Roger Barton Chris Lebenzon Tom Muldoon
Studio	Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	June 9, 2000 (US) June 8, 2000 (New Zealand) June 29, 2000 (Australia) August 4, 2000 (UK)
Running time	117 minutes (original version) 127 minutes (director's cut)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90 million
Gross revenue	$237,202,299

Gone in 60 Seconds is a 2000 American action film, starring Nicholas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall, Will Patton, and Angelina Jolie. The film was directed by Dominic Sena, and written by Scott Rosenberg. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of The Rock, and Armageddon, 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]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Soundtrack 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

The film follows Randall "Memphis" Raines, a retired master car thief who is forced to return to Los Angeles, and back to his former trade and steal fifty specified cars by 8:00am, Friday morning, for British crime boss Raymond Vincent Calitri, who is threatening to kill Memphis' younger brother, Kip. Memphis must steal all fifty cars as his brother Kip had failed to successfully fulfill the 'boost' contract with Calitri, (a stolen Porsche Carrera was chased to Kip's warehouse and the collected cars were impounded). Memphis now has to fulfill the contract and so reassembles his old crew also joined by Kip's crew.

With LAPD Det. Roland Castlebeck and his partner, Detective Drycoff breathing down their necks, they decide to steal all the cars in one night in order to reduce the chances of being caught. But unfortunately, 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, SL200 set a trap to catch them in action. The gang decides to steal all 50 cars in one night to try to catch the police by surprise. The night before the deadline, they start stealing the cars en masse. The police choose to watch the Mercedes and lie in wait for the thieves to make their move. However, Memphis notices the police surveillance and is able to avoid police detection. Instead, the Mercedes with the laser cut keys are stolen from the Police Impound lot.

Later, Castleback and Drycoff receive a notice about the lightbulbs Detective Castleback finds at the first crime scene: they are blacklights. They go and discover the "The Shopping List" at the warehouse of the beginning of the movie, which was written in magic marker, undetectable except by blacklight. Knowing that Memphis will save the 1967 Shelby GT 500 a.k.a. "Eleanor" for last, they locate the only one in Long beach just as Memphis is boosting it. Thus begins a high-speed chase through Long Beach, which concludes with a high risk jump over a traffic jam on the Vincent Thomas Bridge.

After Memphis brings the damaged Eleanor to Calitri's salvage yard, Calitri decides to have Memphis killed instead of Kip, due to the fact that he is twelve minutes late, and car number 50 is damaged. After Kip and Atley Jackson save Memphis, Memphis heads into the warehouse to exact revenge on Calitri. Detective Castleback shows up and is ultimately saved from Calitri by Memphis, while Calitri falls to his death. Castleback lets Memphis go with the unspoken understanding that Memphis is still retired. Later, back at Otto's, the gang are having a sort of victory celebration barbecue, Sphinx bestows some words of wisdom (the only time he speaks in the film) and Kip gives Memphis a gift of the beaten-up 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500. The film concludes with Memphis and Sway (Angelina Jolie) going for a ride and the car breaking down.

[edit] Cast

• Nicholas Cage as Randall "Memphis" Raines
• Angelina Jolie as Sara "Sway" Wayland
• Robert Duvall as Otto Halliwell
• Will Patton as Atley Jackson
• Delroy Lindo as Detective Roland Castlebeck
• Giovanni Ribisi as Kip Raines
• Christopher Eccleston as Raymond Vincent Calitri
• Vinnie Jones as Sphinx
• Scott Caan as Tumbler
• T.J. Cross as Mirror Man
• James Duval as Freb
• Timothy Olyphant as Detective Drycoff
• Chi McBride as Donny Astricky
• William Lee Scott as Toby
• Grace Zabriskie as Helen Raines
• Frances Fisher as Junie Halliwell
• Stephen Shellen as Roger the Car Salesman
• Trevor Goddard as Don
• Master P. as Johnny B

[edit] Release

This section's factual accuracy is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. (January 2009)

In its opening weekend, Gone in 60 Seconds earned $25.3 million gross from 3,006 U.S. theaters, leading all films that weekend. By the end of the film's theatrical run, it had grossed $102 million from U.S. box offices and $136 million from foreign box offices, 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]

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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