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One day he takes under his protection Anne, 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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One day he takes under his protection Anne, Anne (Nutsa Kukhianidze), a young prostitute from Eastern Europe, 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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* FriendlyEnemy: Roger, the cop played by Creator/TchekyKaryo, is this to Bob - he will arrest him, but doesn't want to.
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* 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."
* TitleDrop: Bob explains to Roger, his policemannemesis nemesis, the Biblical story of the Good Thief while in a church.
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: Tony Angel gives one of these to Bob and Anne at one point.
-->'''Tony''': If I don't get my money back by Monday, what I do to both of your faces will definitely be cubist!
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''The Good Thief'' is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Creator/Neil Jordan Creator/NeilJordan and starring Creator/NickNolte. It is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of a classic 1956 French FilmNoir, ''Film/BobLeFlambeur'' by Jean-Pierre Melville.
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''The Good Thief'' is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Creator/Neil Jordan and starring Creator/NickNolte. It is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of a classic 1956 French FilmNoir, ''Bob le Flambeur'' ''Film/BobLeFlambeur'' by Jean-Pierre Melville.
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* MayDecemberRomance: 17-year-old Anne falls in love with the middle-aged Bob.
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--> '''Creator/RogerEbert''''s [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030411/REVIEWS/304110304/1023 review]]
''The Good Thief'' is a film by Neil Jordan starring Nick Nolte and released in 2002. It is a [[TheRemake remake]] of a classic French FilmNoir, ''Bob le Flambeur'' by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Bob 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.
''The Good Thief'' is a film by Neil Jordan starring Nick Nolte and released in 2002. It is a [[TheRemake remake]] of a classic French FilmNoir, ''Bob le Flambeur'' by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Bob 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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* OneLastJobOneLastJob: The casino heist so Bob can provide better for Anne.
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* XanatosRoulette: The job.
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* EverythingsBetterWithBob: Even more obvious in the original, since Bob isn't a French name.
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->''"Nick Nolte was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts."''
--> '''Creator/RogerEbert''''s [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030411/REVIEWS/304110304/1023 review]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:Bob and Anne.]]
''The Good Thief'' is a film by Neil Jordan starring Nick Nolte and released in 2002. It is a [[TheRemake remake]] of a classic French FilmNoir, ''Bob le Flambeur'' by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Bob 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.
One day he takes under his protection Anne, 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.
RogerEbert has [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030411/REVIEWS/304110304/1023 commented]] that Nick Nolte "was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts."
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* TheCameo: One of the thieves is played by filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Not only is the remake's title completely different from that of the original, it has been translated in French as ''L'Homme de la Riviera''.
* EverythingsBetterWithBob: Even more obvious in the original, since Bob isn't a French name.
* 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.
* GuileHero: Bob.
* 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.]]
* 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."
* MayDecemberRomance: 17-year-old Anne falls in love with the middle-aged Bob.
* MismatchedEyes: Anne.
* OneLastJob
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The thieves are a motley crew that includes a transsexual bodybuilder.
* TheRemake: The original dates from 1955.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Anne's evening dress when she and Bob go to the casino.
* SingleMindedTwins
* TitleDrop: Bob explains to his policeman nemesis the Biblical story of the Good Thief while in a church.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Philippa, the aforementioned transsexual bodybuilder, is afraid of spiders.
* XanatosRoulette: The job.
* YouMustBeCold: While they are out at night, Bob puts his jacket on Anne's shoulders.
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[[caption-width-right:320:Bob and Anne.]]
''The Good Thief'' is a film by Neil Jordan starring Nick Nolte and released in 2002. It is a [[TheRemake remake]] of a classic French FilmNoir, ''Bob le Flambeur'' by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Bob 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.
One day he takes under his protection Anne, 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.
RogerEbert has [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030411/REVIEWS/304110304/1023 commented]] that Nick Nolte "was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts."
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* TheCameo: One of the thieves is played by filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Not only is the remake's title completely different from that of the original, it has been translated in French as ''L'Homme de la Riviera''.
* EverythingsBetterWithBob: Even more obvious in the original, since Bob isn't a French name.
* 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.
* GuileHero: Bob.
* 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.]]
* 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."
* MayDecemberRomance: 17-year-old Anne falls in love with the middle-aged Bob.
* MismatchedEyes: Anne.
* OneLastJob
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The thieves are a motley crew that includes a transsexual bodybuilder.
* TheRemake: The original dates from 1955.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Anne's evening dress when she and Bob go to the casino.
* SingleMindedTwins
* TitleDrop: Bob explains to his policeman nemesis the Biblical story of the Good Thief while in a church.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Philippa, the aforementioned transsexual bodybuilder, is afraid of spiders.
* XanatosRoulette: The job.
* YouMustBeCold: While they are out at night, Bob puts his jacket on Anne's shoulders.
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