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Austin American-Statesman Tuesday, March 31, 1981 C8 Thief extravagant, but lacking review Robert M. Cain, M.D. Announces The opening 'of a south Austin office for the practice of neurology and electroencephalography. SOUTH OFFICE Southwest Medical Plaza 4419 Frontier Trail, Suite 101 445-2877 NORTH OFFICE Bailey Square Medical Building 1111 West 34th, Suite 312 451-5185 hours by appointment m'immm Hi A 1 James Caan, as always, gives an effective Unfortunately, the attempted realization of that threat made by a heist-ring boss played by Robert Prosky takes the movie from the realm of sociological profile cum heist adventure to the unsavory world of revenge and mindless violence in the best Bronson, Eastwood tradition. "Thief" doesn't it winds up in a blind alley with nowhere to turn except toward violence, complete with slow-motion photography and gory entry and exit bullet wounds.

Need an ending? When in doubt, kill the characters. Tueaday Weld, who in the last couple of years has made a tremendous comeback to the movie mainstream, is excellent as Jessie. Caan is playing his traditional persona rough, tough but sensitive but he is always effective. Hometown favorite Willie Nelson, last seen as the star of "Honeysuckle Rose," appears briefly in two scenes, although in the second one he has no audible dialogue. He plays the part of Frank's dying convict friend extremely well, combining wistfulness in the voice with his tradition twinkle in the eye.

The performance is further proof, if needed, that under the proper direction Nelson has a legitimate place in this new business of his. By PATRICK TAGGART American Statesman Staff "Thief" is a kind of "Apocalypse Now" of jewel-heist films. Big and ambitious, it boasts good performances by respectable actors, a story that goes off on effective tangents for no purpose other than to flesh out an aspect of a character or show off some particularly good writing and acting. And like "Apocalypse," it has a resolution that sends the whole enterprise whirling down the toilet and leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of the viewer. Michael Mann, who wrote and directed the film based on a novel by Frank Ho-himer, explores in "Thief" the dangerous but rather elegant world of the world-class thief the circles in which he travels, the fruits and risks of his labor.

His protagonist is an ex-convict named Prank (James Caan). Frank uses a used business as a cover for his extremely lucrative career as a high-stakes bandit. Frank is not out for just any old necklace or pocketbook; his jobs involve breaking into vaults with torches and leaving with six-figure bundles. Is at his best in his depictions of 1iis characters. They are credible, multidimensional people.

His profiles of Frank, the thief, and his wife Jessie, (Tuesday Weld) are full and fair, as jack Mccreary on the issues. Five Reasons to Vote for Jack: richly fleshed out as you're likely to find. When Frank and Jessie battle their guts out against an unhearing bureacracy in an attempt to adopt a child, we practically cheer for Frank's subsequent criminal exploits to be successful. And there's no question where our sympathies lie when mobsters kill one of his partners (played by Jim Belushi, John's younger brother) and threaten the lives of his wife and child his family. v.

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