The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) to the original 1968 version of the film. The most obvious is the casting of Faye Dunaway as Crown's psychiatrist; Dunaway portrayed insurance investigator Vicki Anderson in the original. In the remake, "The Windmills of Your Mind" plays during the ballroom scene, as background music in a couple other scenes, and during the credits at the end; the song earned an Oscar for the original film. Both films share a nearly identical scene with Crown playing high-stakes golf, and in both films Crown pilots a glider for recreation. Filming took place in several parts of New York City, including Central
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film) most under-plotted, underwritten, over-photographed film of the year. Which is not to say it isn't great to look at. It is." The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Windmills of Your Mind" by Michel Legrand (music), Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman (lyrics). It was also nominated for Original Music Score. "The Thomas Crown Affair" made its US television premiere on "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies" in September 1972. The music was composed and conducted by Michel Legrand, scoring his first major American film. Director Norman Jewison had hoped to hire Henry Mancini for the project,