As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2000.
                                            Registration No. 333-
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
                                ----------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                ----------------

                         CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                                  One Crown Way
     Pennsylvania        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154          23-1526444
(State of Incorporation)  (Address of principal (Zip Code)     (I.R.S. Employer
                            executive offices)               Identification No.)


                        CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
                             RETIREMENT THRIFT PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                         William T. Gallagher, Esquire
              Vice President, Secretary and Acting General Counsel
                        Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
                                 One Crown Way
                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154
                    (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (215) 698-5100
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                With a Copy to:
                            Thomas A. Ralph, Esquire
                           William G. Lawlor, Esquire
                                    Dechert
                            4000 Bell Atlantic Tower
                                1717 Arch Street
                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
                                 (215) 994-4000


                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Proposed        Proposed
Title Of                          Maximum         Maximum
Securities          Amount        Offering        Aggregate          Amount Of
To Be               To Be         Price Per       Offering         Registration
Registered          Registered    Share(1)        Price(1)             Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock      500,000 shares   $3.20        $1,600,000.00        $422.40
par value
$5.00
per share (2)
Interests
in the Plan (3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)        Estimated  solely for purposes of determining the registration fee in
           accordance  with Rule 457(h)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
           amended,  on the basis of $3.20 per share,  the average  high and low
           prices of Common Stock,  par value $5.00 per share ("Common  Stock"),
           of Crown Cork & Seal Company,  Inc. as reported on the New York Stock
           Exchange on December 11, 2000.
(2)        Includes  associated  Rights  to  Purchase  Common  Stock.  Until the
           occurrence of certain prescribed events,  none of which has occurred,
           the Rights are not  exercisable,  are  evidenced by the  certificates
           representing Common Stock, and will be transferred with and only with
           Common Stock.
(3)        In  addition,  pursuant to Rule 416(c)  under the  Securities  Act of
           1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount
           of interests to be offered or sold  pursuant to the employee  benefit
           plan described herein.

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<PAGE>






                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.           Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

                  This  registration  statement is filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose of registering additional
shares of Common Stock of the  registrant  in  connection  with the Crown Cork &
Seal Company, Inc. Retirement Thrift Plan (the "Plan"). A registration statement
on Form S-8, file number 33-50369 (the "Prior Registration Statement") was filed
on September 22,1993 in respect of shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant
to the Plan and is currently  effective.  The contents of the Prior Registration
Statement,  to the extent not  otherwise  amended or  superseded by the contents
hereof, are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.           Exhibits.

                  The following  exhibits are filed herewith or  incorporated by
reference as part of this Registration Statement:

                  Exhibit Number         Description
                  23                     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
                  24                     Power of Attorney
                                         (included in Signature Page).



<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia,  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,  on
December 14, 2000.

                                        CROWN CORK & SEAL


                                        By: /s/ William J. Avery
                                            ---------------------------
                                            William J. Avery
                                     Title: Chairman of the Board
                                            and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  Each person whose signature  appears below hereby  constitutes
William J. Avery, Alan W. Rutherford and William T. Gallagher, and each of them,
his/her  true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents  each with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution  for him in any and all capacities to sign any
and  all  amendments  (including  pre-  or  post-effective  amendments)  to this
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits
thereto,  and other documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact,  or his substitute
or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and indicated on December 14, 2000.

/s/ William J. Avery
-------------------------
William J. Avery         Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
                         (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Alan W. Rutherford
-------------------------
Alan W. Rutherford       Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                         and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Thomas A. Kelly
-------------------------
Thomas A. Kelly          Vice President and Corporate Controller
                         (Principal Accounting Officer)





<PAGE>


/s/ Henry E. Butwel
-------------------------
Henry E. Butwel          Director


/s/ Arnold W. Donald
-------------------------
Arnold W. Donald         Director



/s/ John W. Conway
-------------------------
John W. Conway           Director



-------------------------
James L. Pate            Director



/s/ Jenne K. Britell
-------------------------
Jenne K. Britell         Director



/s/ Marie L. Garibaldi
-------------------------
Marie L. Garibaldi       Director



/s/ John B. Neff
-------------------------
John B. Neff             Director



/s/ Thomas A. Ralph
-------------------------
Thomas A. Ralph          Director



/s/ Harold A. Sorgenti
-------------------------
Harold A. Sorgenti       Director



/s/ Guy de Wouters
-------------------------
Guy de Wouters           Director
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2000.
                                            Registration No. 333-
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549
                                ----------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                ----------------

                         CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                                  One Crown Way
     Pennsylvania        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154          23-1526444
(State of Incorporation)  (Address of principal (Zip Code)     (I.R.S. Employer
                            executive offices)               Identification No.)

                        CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
                             RETIREMENT THRIFT PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                         William T. Gallagher, Esquire
              Vice President, Secretary and Acting General Counsel
                        Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.
                                 One Crown Way
                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154
                    (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (215) 698-5100
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                With a Copy to:
                            Thomas A. Ralph, Esquire
                           William G. Lawlor, Esquire
                                    Dechert
                            4000 Bell Atlantic Tower
                                1717 Arch Street
                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
                                 (215) 994-4000

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Proposed        Proposed
Title Of                          Maximum         Maximum
Securities          Amount        Offering        Aggregate          Amount Of
To Be               To Be         Price Per       Offering         Registration
Registered          Registered    Share(1)        Price(1)             Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock      500,000 shares   $3.20        $1,600,000.00        $422.40
par value
$5.00
per share (2)
Interests
in the Plan (3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)        Estimated  solely for purposes of determining the registration fee in
           accordance  with Rule 457(h)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
           amended,  on the basis of $3.20 per share,  the average  high and low
           prices of Common Stock,  par value $5.00 per share ("Common  Stock"),
           of Crown Cork & Seal Company,  Inc. as reported on the New York Stock
           Exchange on December 11, 2000.
(2)        Includes  associated  Rights  to  Purchase  Common  Stock.  Until the
           occurrence of certain prescribed events,  none of which has occurred,
           the Rights are not  exercisable,  are  evidenced by the  certificates
           representing Common Stock, and will be transferred with and only with
           Common Stock.
(3)        In  addition,  pursuant to Rule 416(c)  under the  Securities  Act of
           1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount
           of interests to be offered or sold  pursuant to the employee  benefit
           plan described herein.

================================================================================
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.           Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

                  This  registration  statement is filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose of registering additional
shares of Common Stock of the  registrant  in  connection  with the Crown Cork &
Seal Company, Inc. Retirement Thrift Plan (the "Plan"). A registration statement
on Form S-8, file number 33-50369 (the "Prior Registration Statement") was filed
on September 22,1993 in respect of shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant
to the Plan and is currently  effective.  The contents of the Prior Registration
Statement,  to the extent not  otherwise  amended or  superseded by the contents
hereof, are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.           Exhibits.

                  The following  exhibits are filed herewith or  incorporated by
reference as part of this Registration Statement:

                  Exhibit Number         Description
                  23                     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
                  24                     Power of Attorney
                                         (included in Signature Page).
SIGNATURES

                  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia,  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,  on
December 14, 2000.

                                        CROWN CORK & SEAL

                                        By: /s/ William J. Avery
                                            ---------------------------
                                            William J. Avery
                                     Title: Chairman of the Board
                                            and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  Each person whose signature  appears below hereby  constitutes
William J. Avery, Alan W. Rutherford and William T. Gallagher, and each of them,
his/her  true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents  each with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution  for him in any and all capacities to sign any
and  all  amendments  (including  pre-  or  post-effective  amendments)  to this
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits
thereto,  and other documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact,  or his substitute
or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and indicated on December 14, 2000.

/s/ William J. Avery
-------------------------
William J. Avery         Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
                         (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Alan W. Rutherford
-------------------------
Alan W. Rutherford       Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                         and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Thomas A. Kelly
-------------------------
Thomas A. Kelly          Vice President and Corporate Controller
                         (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Henry E. Butwel
-------------------------
Henry E. Butwel          Director

/s/ Arnold W. Donald
-------------------------
Arnold W. Donald         Director

/s/ John W. Conway
-------------------------
John W. Conway           Director

-------------------------
James L. Pate            Director

/s/ Jenne K. Britell
-------------------------
Jenne K. Britell         Director

/s/ Marie L. Garibaldi
-------------------------
Marie L. Garibaldi       Director

/s/ John B. Neff
-------------------------
John B. Neff             Director

/s/ Thomas A. Ralph
-------------------------
Thomas A. Ralph          Director

/s/ Harold A. Sorgenti
-------------------------
Harold A. Sorgenti       Director

/s/ Guy de Wouters
-------------------------
Guy de Wouters           Director