The Italian Job

The Italian Job

The Italian Job is a 1969 British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. Subsequent television showings and releases on video have made it well known in the United Kingdom. Its soundtrack was composed by Quincy Jones, and includes "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. Lead actor Michael Caine is among its singers. In 1999, it was ranked #36 on the BFI Top 100 British films by the British Film Institute. In November 2004, Total Film named The Italian Job the 27th greatest British film of all time. The line "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" by Caine was voted favourite film one-liner in a 2003 poll of 1,000 film fans. The popularity of the film has led to parodies and allusions in other films and productions, including a 2003 remake and inspired a charity event that has taken place annually since 1990 and involves Minis and other vehicles featured in the original film, driving from the UK to northern Italy and back, visiting Grand Prix circuits, historic Italian cities and the locations in Turin featured in the film, while fundraising for children's charities. The event has raised nearly £2,600,000 so far.

Production: Paramount Pictures
  8 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
PG-13
Year:
2003
111
£105,996,316
Website
10,352 Views

[Lyle arrives on his motorcycle. He has trouble on the bike, though]

Charlie Croker:
That's Lyle. He's my computer genius. You know he's who really invented Napster? At least that's how Lyle tells it. Said Shawn Fanning was his roommate in college and stole his idea.

[We see a flashback of Fanning stealing a Floppy disk from a napping Lyle]

Charlie Croker:
I think it's his first time riding that bike, though.

Lyle:
Hey.

[Lyle falls over]

Charlie Croker:
You okay?

Lyle:
Yeah.

[a car drives up behind him]

Charlie Croker:
That's Left Ear. Demolition and explosives. When he was ten, he put one too many M-80s in the toilet bowl.

[Cuts to the exterior of a toilet stall. Suddenly the door bursts open from an explosion. The toilet is spraying a fountain of water up]

Kid On Left:
Damn, that was cool. How did you do that?

Young Left Ear:
What?

Kid On Right:
How did you do that?

Young Left Ear:
WHAT?

Kid On Right:
I said, "how did you do that?"

Young Left Ear:
What?

[Flashback to present]

Charlie Croker:
Lost the hearing in his right ear. He's been blowing stuff up ever since.

[a car zooms in from behind Charlie and Stella]

Charlie Croker:
Handsome Rob. Premier wheel man. Once drove all the way from Los Angeles just so he could set the record for longest freeway chase.

[Cuts to Rob being chased down the freeway by a massive armada of police cars]

Charlie Croker:
You know he got 110 love letters sent to his jail cell from women who saw him on the news?

[We see two women hanging a banner on a bridge saying "We heart you, Rob."]


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