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The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. It tells the...
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Driving through the Alps, thief Roger Beckerman is killed when his car crashes into a bulldozer parked in a tunnel by the Mafia, who dispose of him and his car by pushing it over a cliff and into the river below. Meanwhile, his friend and fellow thief Charlie Croker is released from prison, reuniting with his girlfriend Lorna to enjoy his first tas...
Writing
According to producer Michael Deeley the film started "as a modest concept for a TV drama concerning a robbery set in and around a traffic jam in London's hectic Oxford Street thoroughfare," that was originally conceived by Ian Kennedy Martin. Ian's brother Troywould eventually buy the idea from him "with the vision of creating a feature film set in Italy."
Ending
According to a "Making Of" documentary, producer Deeley was unsatisfied with the four written endings and conceived the current ending as a literal cliffhanger appropriate to an action film which left an opportunity for a sequel. The documentary describes how helicopters would save the bus seen on the cliff at the end of the first film. In interviews in 2003 and 2008, Michael Caine revealed that the ending would have had Croker "crawl up, switch on the engine and stay there for four hours unt...
Locations
The interior of the prison that held Bridger was Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, Ireland. The exterior, seen when Croker leaves, is HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs in west London. Upon his release, Croker stays at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in Bayswater, London. Denbigh Close, Notting Hill, W11, was used as the location for Croker's home. The training sessions shown for the Mini drivers were at the Crystal Palace race track in Upper Norwood, South London. The attempt to blow off the doors of the bullion...
The music for the soundtrack was written by Quincy Jones. The opening theme, "On Days Like These", had lyrics by Don Black and was sung by Matt Monro. The closing theme, "Get a Bloomin' Move On" (a.k.a. "The Self Preservation Society"), was performed by the cast and had lyrics featuring Cockney Rhyming Slang. Many incidental themes are based on Bri...
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81% and an average rating of 7.4/10, based on 31 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Italian Job is a wildly fun romp that epitomizes the height of Britannia style." On Metacritic it has a score of 70% based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "generally...
Since 2000, there have been two remakes of the film. The first was released in 2003 and also called The Italian Job, set in Los Angeles and starring Mark Wahlberg as Charlie Croker. It features Donald Sutherland as John Bridger, played as more of a father figure to Croker. It employs the updated Mini Cooper for a chase towards the end. An official ...
The Italian Job at IMDbThe Italian Job at the TCM Movie DatabaseThe Italian Job at AllMovieThe Italian Job: Directed by Peter Collinson. With Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone. A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
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- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Peter Collinson
- 1969-09-03
Although the first production MINI, the MINI Cooper SE, wouldn’t come out until over a decade later, the MINIs of The Italian Job helped popularise this new iteration of the classic British small car and create a new generation of fans.
So if you ever are in northern Italy and spot a fifty-year-old right-handed Mini with buggered suspension, littered with spotlights and a blow-over paint job in red, white or blue … Read the full, true story of the Italian Job here:
There were 16 Minis used in the 1969 film, with 6 original Mk1 Austin Cooper S types as the hero cars. ALL of the Minis were destroyed during filming. Although many stories have been told and stated on the internet. Remy confirmed first hand that what remained of the cars were merely parts.
20 de oct. de 2008 · Plot overview: A gang of cockney villains, led by small-time thief Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), undertake a daring gold bullion robbery in the heart of Turin dressed as England...
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