The Film: Issue movies in the can and Oscar in the bag, it was time for some down time. Roping in the A-listers who'd lit up his string of successes (Clooney and Roberts, joined by Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Andy Garcia) Soderbergh crafted an effortlessly breezy and brilliantly enjoyable heist romp.

It sparkles, it charms, it barely means a thing – and then it's gone, just the film's band of thieving heroes.

Soderbergh Speaks: “Our whole idea was, 'Remember those Irwin Allen movies with 15 stars – wouldn't that be cool?' There's only one way to do it – come up with a formula that everybody adheres to. And the bottom line is, nobody's getting what they normally get, up-front or in the back-end.”