{"id":19880,"date":"2023-07-19T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:44:35","slug":"the-jewel-thiefs-landon-van-soest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/the-jewel-thiefs-landon-van-soest\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: The Jewel Thief\u2019s Landon Van Soest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gerald Blanchard, one of the most creative, calculating and accomplished criminal masterminds in modern history, is at the center of the new documentary\u00a0<em>The Jewel Thief<\/em>. The docu-film features a firsthand account from Blanchard and focuses on two unlikely Winnipeg detectives who track him across the globe as he perpetrates a series of increasingly elaborate heists in a quest for fame and notoriety through a life of crime.\u00a0<em>The Jewel Thief<\/em>\u00a0premiered earlier this month on Hulu.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6331401832112\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Landon Van Soest,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>film director and producer, sat down with\u00a0<em>TV Real Weekly\u00a0<\/em>to go behind the scenes of the making of\u00a0<em>The Jewel Thief<\/em>. 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