kidnapping mr. heineken vvs films <b>based on a true story.</b> in 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century when they kidnapped one of the richest men in the world; the heir of the heineken beer empire <b>(anthony hopkins).</b> the shocking capture -- by gunpoint, in broad daylight -- resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual. it was truly the perfect crime... until the got away with it.