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The Italian Job (1969) -- Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.

Overview

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Director:
Peter Collinson
Writer:
Troy Kennedy-Martin (written by)
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Release Date:
3 September 1969 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
Introducing the plans for a new business venture: "The Italian Job." more
Plot:
Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
(27 articles)
Bollywood 'inspired by Hollywood profits'
 (From digitalspy. 21 June 2009, 5:32 PM, PDT)

DVD release inspirations including He's Just Not That Into You
 (From BoxWish. 15 June 2009, 3:23 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Mamma Mia! Classic crime caper still looks good today. more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Charlie staubt Millionen ab (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Az olsz meló (Hungary) [hu]
Den vilda biljakten (Sweden) [sv]
Den ville biljakten (Norway) [no]
Dobar posao u Italiji (Serbia) [sr]
L'or se barre (France) [fr]
Listeia... ala italika (Greece) [el]
Maxi-job i mini-biler (Denmark) [da]
Riehakas ryöstö (Finland) [fi]
Um Golpe à Italiana (Brazil) [pt]
Un colpo all'italiana (Italy) [it]
Un trabajo en Italia (Spain) [es]
Wloska robota (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
South Korea:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-12 (original rating) | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (cinema version) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:U (original rating) | USA:G | West Germany:12

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Trivia:
This is a movie primarily about cars and driving. Michael Caine, the star, could not drive at the time the movie was made, and in fact he is never seen driving a car. The only time in the movie that Charlie Croker is assumed to be driving is the cut between when he picks up his Aston Martin at the garage, and in the next shot we see it arrive outside the hotel. But Michael Caine gets out of a stationary Aston Martin after a further cut. Throughout the drive to Turin and the entire heist, Croker is always a passenger. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obvious dummies when the police car crashes through the gate at the end of the sewer. more
Quotes:
Tailor: [Charlie is being measured for a suit after his release from prison] We haven't seen you for a while, sir.
Charlie Croker: No, I've been away.
Tailor: Well, I'm glad you're out- er... back.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Greensleeves And All That Jazz more

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19 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Mamma Mia! Classic crime caper still looks good today., 26 July 2004
8/10
Author: Mr Ben from Hampshire, England

Now this is more like it! Having bought this movie (and getting the wretched 2003 remake free with it), I waited until last night before I refreshed my memory. And despite being more than thirty years older, it scoops up the remake in a snowplough and tosses it down the side of a mountain. This is the superior film and not just because of the whole "English" thing.

Michael Caine plays Charlie Croker, a lovable cheeky Cockney rogue who is given plans for the biggest gold heist of the century after being released for prison. Assembling his finest team of experts, the group head off to Italy to pull off the seemingly-impossible - steal $4'000'000 worth of gold from under the noses of the Italian Mafia and escape through the crowded streets of Turin and dash for the Swiss border. Only, it's not as easy as that...

Caine shines as Croker, turning what could have been a dark character into this almost comedic gem. He has all the best lines for the simple reason that nobody else comes close. Even the great Noel Coward seems to be sleep-walking in his role as Mr Bridger, Croker's Imperialistic mentor who's still behind bars. So the first half of the film belongs to Caine which is just as well because the Mini's steal the second half. Like "From Dusk Til Dawn", this is a movie with a definite switch halfway through as the cars take over and leave the audience struggling to remember anything from the first half.

And even so long after the initial release, the Mini Coopers are still mind-blowing to watch. By far and away the most inventive part of the film, the car chase is what everybody remembers and rightly so. It is a shame because the build-up to the heist is rather funny. This isn't a serious crime movie - no dour detectives or rainy city scenes here. This film is bright, colourful and a joy to watch, even if you will have forgotten the first half by the end of it. And what an ending, possibly the greatest cliffhanger of all time. Literally.

There is much to admire about "The Italian Job". It's an amusing crime caper, a family version of "Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels", which has plenty to involve young and old. It also harks back to a time when it was great to be British - we had won the World Cup, we had the Beatles and the Rolling Stones blazing a new trail throughout the world. We had flower power and the summer of Love. Watching this film, it is impossible for any Englishman to not feel his blood pumping in patriotic fervour. The characters, the story, the cars, the annoyingly catchy soundtrack - everything is geared towards celebrating England and poo-pooing the rest of the world. And quite frankly, it's about time too! Forget "Austin Powers" - this is the real Swinging Sixties and it's just groovy, baby!

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