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The Italian Job Overview:

The Italian Job (1969) was a Action - Comedy Film directed by Peter Collinson and produced by Stanley Baker and Michael Deeley.

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Groovy Michael Caine travels to Turin : The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1969)

By Virginie Pronovost on Sep 24, 2023 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

It’s not a secret for anyone familiar with The Wonderful World of Cinema that I love British films, especially the classic ones. They have a unique charm, especially with the actors and dialogue delivery that you don’t find in Hollywood films (and I’m not necessarily thinking of ... Read full article

The Italian Job (1969)

By Beatrice on Apr 28, 2020 From Flickers in Time

The Italian Job Directed by Peter Collinson Written by Troy Kennedy Martin 1969/UK IMDb link First viewing/Criterion Channel This was a very fun caper flick, absolutely perfect for Lock Down. Charismatic Cockney criminal Charlie Coker (Michael Caine) is released from prison.  He is immediately on t... Read full article

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969)

By Lê on Mar 14, 2018 From Critica Retro

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), c... Read full article

The Italian Job (1969, Peter Collinson)

on Aug 2, 2010 From The Stop Button

What a strange film. I’d never really heard of it, past the title, so… I didn’t know what to expect, but even if I’d known something about it, I doubt I could have expected it. Collinson is a fantastic Panavision director, so the Italian Job is always watchable, even through ... Read full article

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969)

By Lê on Nov 30, -0001 From Critica Retro

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), c... Read full article

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The Italian Job Quotes:

Garage Manager: You must have shot an awful lot of tigers, sir.
Charlie Croker: Yes, I used a machine gun.
Charlie Croker: You'll be making a grave error if you kill us.
Charlie Croker: There are a quarter of a million Italians in Britain and they'll be made to suffer. Every restaurant, cafe, ice-cream parlor, gambling den and nightclub in London, Liverpool and Glasgow will be smashed.
Charlie Croker: You wouldn't hit a man with no trousers on, would you?
[Arthur blows up a truck]
Charlie Croker: You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
Dominic: Shouldn't we synchronise our watches?
Charlie Croker: Nuts to your watches! You just be at the Piazza at a quarter to...
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The Italian Job Facts
Fiat immediately saw the potential for product promotion in this movie and offered an unlimited supply of Fiat 500s, plus top-of-the-line Lamborghinis and Ferraris, plus $50,000 if the producers would use the Italian cars instead of the Minis. The Minis stayed because they were seen as quintessentially British and one of the themes of the movie is us vs. them, i.e. Britain versus Europe.
The scene between Charlie Croker and the garage owner was entirely improvised between Michael Caine and John Clive.
Peter Yates was first offered the job of director.
Noel Coward was director Peter Collinson's godfather in real life. The part was in part a recognition of the role he played in giving the director, who had grown up unhappy in an orphanage, his start.
Believed to be the first time the word "camp" was used, in a movie, to describe a male homosexual.
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