Scooby,
The catamarans in the Thomas Crown Affair movie are Formula 40s. There were two of them; I think a yellow one and a white one. Back in the 80s when these boats were new, they cost 1 million US dollars and more.
The D class catamarans, a totally different boat, are built to the international D class rules which came from the IYRU, International Yacht Racing Union. The IYRU came out with rules for A, B, C and D class catamarans back in the 1950s. The only production boat today that I know of that comes close to the D class boats or F40s in size and performance is the RC30. A 30ft boat with the same performance as the "ultimate" 40ft racer is a special boat.
Good Sailing,
Bill