Entrapment (1999) on Netflix
PG-1319991h 53mActionCrimeRomance
Insurance investigator Virginia Baker suspects Robert MacDougal, a veteran thief, of stealing a Rembrandt. She trails him to London, posing as a thief who wants his help with a Chinese mask.
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Plot summary
A Rembrandt is stolen from a New York City apartment in December 1999, and insurance investigator Virginia Baker looks into the theft. She tells her boss, Hector Cruz, that she suspects Robert MacDougal, a thief who steals for the challenge, and Cruz sends her after him. In London, MacDougal spots Baker trailing him and confronts her. She says she is a thief herself and needs his help to take the valuable Chinese mask kept at Bedford Palace. To prove herself, she obtains the palace floorplans, and MacDougal takes her to his castle in Scotland to prepare for the job. There the two train together, and their mutual attraction grows alongside their distrust.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Entrapment (1999)
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- Following the film's release in June 1999, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad accused it of presenting a distorted image of Malaysia, taking issue with the way it spliced images of the Petronas Twin Towers with slums from Malacca.
- The Malaysian Government assisted Twentieth Century Fox with visa processing, customs clearance, telecommunications and security in a bid to promote Malaysia as a film location.
- Locations included Blenheim Palace, the Savoy Hotel, Lloyd's of London, Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull and the Petronas Towers, plus Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Jalil LRT station, where the signage used for the movie read Pudu LRT station instead.
- Simon West and Antoine Fuqua were both in talks to direct before Amiel was hired, and principal photography then took place from June to October 1998 at locations in Britain and Malaysia.
