The italian job 1969 imdb

A comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. Charlie Croker : You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! Sign In Sign In. New Customer?

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The italian job 1969 imdb

The film's plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing a cache of gold bullion being transported through the city of Turin , Italy , in an armoured security truck. The soundtrack was composed by Quincy Jones , featuring the songs " On Days Like These ", sung by Matt Monro over the opening credits, and "Getta Bloomin' Move On" usually referred to as "The Self-Preservation Society", after its chorus during the climactic car chase, which featured Caine among its singers. The film proved a success upon its release, earning critical acclaim amongst critics for the performances by Caine and Coward, the film's reflection of British culture from the period, and the climactic car chase. The Italian Job became a cult symbol of British filmography and was ranked favourably in the top British films by the British Film Institute. Several elements became symbolic cult features, including a rare never-resolved cliffhanger ending, [4] [5] and Caine's famous line about only blowing the doors off. The popularity of The Italian Job led to several parodies and allusions in other films and productions, including the episode of The Simpsons titled " The Italian Bob ", and a re-enactment of the Mini Cooper car-chase in the MacGyver episode "Thief of Budapest". 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 taste of freedom. Leaving her to meet with Beckerman for a job he was planning in Italy , Croker is shocked to meet his widow instead. Croker breaks back into prison to ask British nationalist crime lord Mr. Bridger for financial backing. Initially unconvinced, Bridger soon offers support when he learns of the heist's target.

Absolutely perfect, flawed, stupid, evening's entertainment ProfessorPeach 28 August

Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. The chief of Fiat Motors offered to donate all of the cars needed, including Fiat s in place of the Minis. Director Peter Collinson decided that, as it was a very British movie, the cars should be British Minis. Fiat still donated scores of cars for filming, as well as the factory grounds.

The film's plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing a cache of gold bullion being transported through the city of Turin , Italy , in an armoured security truck. The soundtrack was composed by Quincy Jones , featuring the songs " On Days Like These ", sung by Matt Monro over the opening credits, and "Getta Bloomin' Move On" usually referred to as "The Self-Preservation Society", after its chorus during the climactic car chase, which featured Caine among its singers. The film proved a success upon its release, earning critical acclaim amongst critics for the performances by Caine and Coward, the film's reflection of British culture from the period, and the climactic car chase. The Italian Job became a cult symbol of British filmography and was ranked favourably in the top British films by the British Film Institute. Several elements became symbolic cult features, including a rare never-resolved cliffhanger ending, [4] [5] and Caine's famous line about only blowing the doors off. The popularity of The Italian Job led to several parodies and allusions in other films and productions, including the episode of The Simpsons titled " The Italian Bob ", and a re-enactment of the Mini Cooper car-chase in the MacGyver episode "Thief of Budapest". 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 taste of freedom.

The italian job 1969 imdb

By John Mahoney. On Sept. The film is yet another international bullion raid yarn, familiar and not especially well developed, its best early moments largely technical. What The Italian Job has to revive the viewer of the drowsy first 70 minutes is a whopping good third-act mini-car chase, one which will inevitably compared to the daredevil hill vaulting of Bullitt , the sort of sequence an audience walks out talking about and continues to talk about long after all of the reservations about the rest of the film have been forgotten. By gambling with less money up front, actually investing his own, star Michael Caine stands to make more than he has in a long string of films in which his was the only profit.

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A physical security breach allows the tape to be inserted into the computer which controls the traffic system SCADA for Turin, at the same time several cameras are de-activated during the course of the film by devices which cause interference. I wonder how many chumps went out and bought a Mini and then realized they CAN'T do all the insane tricks they did with Minis in the film!! OK that's not a bad thing, but the comedy is fast wooden while the action suffers from it. In depth: the movie drags its feet to set up the action, editing in an almost random order scenes where the humor becomes increasingly tired as you get used to it. Its basic message is that British is Best, even when it comes to crime. From then on the film is packed with laugh out loud moments that never seem forced. The actual robbery itself is tense, suspenseful and imaginatively staged. Blonde scrubber at Diner party uncredited. However, it's not an easy job and there are many risks involved, so the job must be astutely planned and flawlessly executed for it to work right - and it is there that the film really takes off. As part of a celebration of British culture at Summer Olympics , which were held in London, a replica of the bus was made and was exhibited balanced on the edge of the roof of The De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea. Create account.

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The Original - There is no comparison. Large portions of the car chase scenes were lifted directly from the film for use in the MacGyver episode "Thief of Budapest" Series 1, Ep 3 , with the main characters setting up the story with three Minis visible at the start of the episode. The film blends tension ,action packed ,comedy, emotion, suspense , plot twists and being pretty entertaining and bemusing. Such films tell the story of a robbery, but differ from the traditional heist movie in that they tell that story in a lighthearted way and from a viewpoint sympathetic to the criminals. The Minis used were Mk1 models, fitted with future-dated G-suffix number plates to match the year of the film's intended release, despite that any registered Mini would be a Mk2, not a Mk1. In other projects. When Charlie Croker gets out of jail, his girlfriend is waiting with a car to drive him home. OK that's not a bad thing, but the comedy is fast wooden while the action suffers from it. The original DB4 belongs today to a private English collection. I noted that the version is good as well, but it is all crime without the comedy, and it's almost all "high tech.