The Art of the Steal
Directed by	Jonathan Sobol
Produced by	Nicholas Tabarrok
Screenplay by	Jonathan Sobol
Starring
Music by	Grayson Matthews
Cinematography	Adam Swica
Edited by	Geoff Ashenhurst
Distributed by	United States: Radius-TWC Canada: Entertainment One International: Sony Pictures Releasing International
11 September 2013 (TIFF) 20 September 2013 (Canada)
90 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Box office	$61,446^[1]

The Art of the Steal (also called The Black Marks and The Fix) is a Canadian comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Sobol. It stars Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Chris Diamantopoulos, Matt Dillon,^[2] and Katheryn Winnick.^[3] It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4]

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Plot[edit]

The film begins with a soliloquy by Crunch Calhoun as he begins a seven-year stint in a Polish prison, courtesy of his brother, Nicky Calhoun. A flashback reveals the heist involving the two men that went wrong; resulting in Nicky's capture and subsequent betrayal of Crunch. Once released, Crunch works as a motorcycle daredevil alongside girlfriend Lola and an apprentice, Francie. Meanwhile, Nicky steals a painting by Georges Seurat with the help of a partner whom he double crosses. The partner seeks out and threatens Crunch to get information on Nicky's whereabouts. Shortly afterwards, Crunch informs an old colleague of his, 'Uncle' Paddy, that he's ready to work again. At Paddy's place, he and Francie run into Nicky.

'Uncle' Paddy explains that a priceless historical book needs to be stolen from a Customs warehouse in Canada and taken to the buyer's middle man in Detroit. The payout is over a million dollars so they agree. Crunch insists on recruiting an old partner, Guy de Cornet, for his skills and talent in forgery. Cornet creates an exact replica of the book which Crunch takes through the Canadian border station hidden inside a peculiar piece of art. An identity check prompts the police to impound his art, as planned, in the same facility where the historical book is being held. Meanwhile, Guy de Cornet passes as an art authentication expert and enters the facility, replacing the real book with the forgery and hiding the real book within Crunch's art piece. After Canadian border patrol clears Crunch's name, he goes to the facility and reclaims his art piece.

The team is in the process of taking the book to the buyer when Nicky persuades Crunch to keep the book and forge multiple duplicates to sell to multiple buyers at the same time, netting them several times the original payout. They run into a snag when Cornet reveals that in order for him to create forgeries that would pass such tests as carbon dating and professional scrutiny, they would need $750,000. Each person names an amount they could chip in and after some persuasion, Crunch agrees to fund the remaining amount. They agree not to contact one another until the required month has passed to conduct the transaction. Sometime during this month, Nicky secretly plots to create his own cheaper forgeries and beat his team at selling them to the same buyers. Nicky calls the original buyer and informs him that there will be a delay, but the buyer claims to know nothing about the deal. A frantic Nicky calls all people and organizations involved in the heist, learning to his dismay that they either could not be reached or had no knowledge of the book. Meanwhile, Crunch explains to his apprentice Francie how the historical book was a fabricated ploy and its true purpose was to steal the Georges Seurat painting from Nicky and make a great deal of money using Nicky's idea of multiple forgeries. Flashbacks reveal that Francie was the only one who did not know of the alternate plan. Meanwhile, Interpol receive an anonymous tip as to the whereabouts of Nicky and the painting that he stole from the partner that he double crossed earlier. The ending reveals the last player in Crunch's plan, an old reformed colleague of his by the name of Samuel Winters, who had been paired with the Interpol agent who had been watching them at the start of the plan.

Cast[edit]

Kurt Russell as Crunch Calhoun
Jay Baruchel as Francie Tobin
Chris Diamantopoulos^[5] as Guy de Cornet
Matt Dillon as Nicky Calhoun
Katheryn Winnick as Lola, Crunch's girlfriend^[3]
Terence Stamp as Samuel Winter
Devon Bostick as Ponch
Jason Jones as Agent Bick
Kenneth Welsh as 'Uncle' Paddy McCarthy
Eugene Lipinski as Bartkowiak
Karyn Dwyer as Ginger
Joe Pingue as Carmen
Camilla Scott as Olga Something-Long
Dax Ravina as Sunny

Development[edit]

Post-production[edit]

In January 2013, the film originally titled The Black Marks changed to The Fix.^[6] In March 2013, the movie changed titles again, from The Fix to The Art of the Steal.

Trivia[edit]

The supposedly 'Warsaw' aerial pictures actually show Budapest, Hungary.The Amsterdam scene was filmed in Strada Nicolae Tonitza, in Bucharest, Romania.^[7]

Reception[edit]

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 45% of 49 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads: 'It boasts a terrific cast led by the always-watchable Kurt Russell and Terence Stamp, but The Art of the Steal wastes its stars on a formulaic plot that borrows too obviously from superior heist pictures.'^[8]Metacritic gave the film a weighted average rating of 53/100 based on 19 reviews, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[9]

Justin Chang of Variety wrote, 'This lightly amusing heist-movie riff feels as disposable as the numerous counterfeit paintings that exchange hands throughout.'^[10] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter called it an 'enjoyable heist pic [that] is more talk than action'.^[11]Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called it 'a fairly amusing heist film' with a convoluted plot.^[12] Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times wrote, 'The actors give it punch, but in the grand scheme of caper comedies, The Art of the Steal is more breathlessly imitative than authentic.'^[13]

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, 'It’s like a low-budget, Canadian version of Ocean's 11, with about half as many characters and about one-tenth the charm and style.'^[14]Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated it 3/5 stars and called it a 'heist caper with a swinging-60s feel' with 'a lovable-rogue crew of triple-crossers, every one of whom may be scamming the others.'^[15] Robbie Collin of

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