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The Italian Job (2003) -- Based on a 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name, thieves plan to pull of the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles largest traffic jam ever.
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The Italian Job (2003) -- Based on a 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name, thieves plan to pull of the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles largest traffic jam ever.
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6.9/10   70,010 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Troy Kennedy-Martin (1969 screenplay)
Donna Powers (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
30 May 2003 (USA) more
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Steal The Day 5.30.03 more
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Thieves plan to pull off the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles' largest ever traffic jam. full summary | add synopsis
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5 wins & 6 nominations more
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Very Entertaining Heist Movie & A Big Plug For MINIs more (452 total)

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Also Known As:
Braquage à l'italienne (France)
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Rated PG-13 for violence and some language.
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111 min
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After the crew have stolen the gold in Venice and are discussing their shopping lists, 'Handsome Rob' says he is going to buy an Aston Martin Vanquish. Although Steve has a Vanquish (The Green car in the courtyard of his house when Stella goes to repair the TV) Handsome Rob actually drives an Aston Martin DB7 Volante at the end of the movie, an older and totally different car to the Vanquish. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: The motorcycles used in the chase scene are BMWR1100RT's, which are 2 cylinder motorcycles. The engine noise heard from them is that of a 4 cylinder sport bike, a very different sound than a 2 cylinder sport-touring bike. more
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Stella: [on the phone] Hello.
John Bridger: [on the phone] Hello, sweetie.
Stella: [on the phone] Daddy, it's early.
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28 out of 44 people found the following review useful.
Very Entertaining Heist Movie & A Big Plug For MINIs, 20 January 2007
9/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I wonder how many MINI Cooper automobiles were sold thanks to this movie? It couldn't help but add to the sales of this little car, which is featured in this film, along with an attractive cast.

This is a very, very entertaining heist-and-chase film. It features a "cool" cast with Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green and Jason Statham.

The best chase scene is right at the beginning with a boat pursuit in Venice, Italy. The film doesn't overdo the violence, has a pretty intelligent script (with a few short exceptions). features interesting characters and is nicely firmed. The cat-and-mouse game between Norton and Theron's characters is suspenseful and fun to watch.

Once again, however, we are manipulated into rooting for criminals portrayed as "the good guys." How many times has this happened since the days of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" in the 1960s? It's twisted Hollywood, for you. In here, one of the criminals (Norton) stole and killed the leader and father figure (Donald Sutherland) of the gang, so he's the worst of the bunch and the film's villain. Also Theron's character is in the typically overblown-feminist mode of Hollywood in which women can do all things (including driving a car) better than a man. A third minor irritation is Seth Green's smug, smart-ass attitude which we also are supposed to go along with because it's hip and cool.

Despite these hindrances, it is an extremely entertaining movie and it also doesn't overboard on the profanity or sex....and, yes, those little cars are cool. Everyone I've talked to who has seen this film, enjoyed it.

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