The Italian Job [40th Anniversary Edition] [Blu-ray]

Director: Peter Collinson, Michael Deeley, F. Gary Gray, Donald De Line

Overview

The quintessential British caper film of the 1960s, The Italian Job is a flashy, fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the biggest international gold heists in history. Michael Caine is Charlie Croker, a stylish robber and skirt-chaser just out of British prison. Shunning rehabilitation for recidivism, Croker takes over "The Italian Job," a complicated plan to hijack gold bullion from Italy -- right from underneath the noses of the Italian Police and the Mafia. The job, whose original mastermind was murdered, clearly requires the sponsorship of a richer, more established criminal than Croker. He turns to the auspices of the eccentric Mr. Bridger (No?l Coward in his last film role), a suave, regal, incarcerated English crime boss with a peculiar fascination with the Queen. Bridger provides Croker with a quirky group of Britain's most infamous computer hackers (including a lascivious Benny Hill), bank robbers, hijackers, and getaway drivers -- the ex-con is soon well on his way to relieving Italy of the gold.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2010
UPC:	5051368207636
Original Release:	1969
Rating:	PG
Source:	Ais
Region Code:	2
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	37,187

Special Features

Commentary with Screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin and Matthew Field, Author of "The Making of the Italian Job"; ; Commentary By Producer Michael Deeley and Matthew Field; ; Mini Adventures HD; Self Preservation Society: Making The Italian Job HD; Music Video HD; The Deleted Scene With Commentary by Author Matthew Field; Theatrical Trailer HD; Re-Release Trailer HD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michael Caine	Charlie Croker,Coco
Benny Hill	Prof. Simon Peach
Noel Coward	Mr. Bridger
Raf Vallone	Altabani
Tony Beckley	Freddie
Rossano Brazzi	Beckerman
Maggie Blye	Lorna
Irene Handl	Miss Peach
Fred Emney	Birkenshaw
Graham Payn	Keats
Michael Standing	Arthur
Harry Baird	Big William
Lelia Goldoni	Mme. Beckerman
George Innes	Bill Bailey
Robert Powell	Yellow
John Forgeham	Frank
Derek Ware	Rozzer
Frank Jarvis	Roger
Barry Cox	Chris
David Salamone	Dominic
Richard Essame	Tony
Mario Volgoi	Manzo
Renato Romano	Cosca
John Le Mesurier	Governor
Franco Novelli	Altabani's Driver
Robert Rietty	Police Chief
Timothy Bateson	Dentist
Arnold Diamond	Senior Computer Room Official
Mark Wahlberg	Charlie Croker
Charlize Theron	Stella Bridger
Jason Statham	Handsome Rob
Yasiin Bey	Left Ear
Franky G	Wrench
Olek Krupa	Mashkov
Boris Lee Krutonog	Yevhen,Actor
Julie Costello	Becky
Fausto Callegarini	Italian Guard
Stefano Petronelli	Thug / Garbageman
Fabio Scarpa	Thug / Garbageman
Cristiano Bonora	Thug / Garbageman
Tiberio Greco	Thug / Garbageman
Jimmy Shubert	First Detective
Tammi Cubilette	Second Detective
Mary Portser	Stella's Receptionist
Christopher Moore Jr.	Young Left Ear
Terrelle Jones	Kid On Left,Composer
Valentine Ebunilo	Kid On Right
Joel Homan	Young Charlie
Erik Walker	Bully
Scott Adsit	Actor Reharsing in Car
Oscar Nu?ez	Security Guard
Marty Ryan	ATSAC Supervisor
Aaron Speiser	Danielson
Gawtti	Skinny Pete
Gregory Scott Cummins	Ukranian
Thomas Alexander	Vance
Frank Nyi	ATSAC Employee
Simon Rhee	Armored Truck Guard
Merritt Yohnka	Gold Truck Driver
Ryan B. Adams	Metro Conductor
John Alden	Motorcycle Guard
Gloria O'Brien	Handsome Rob's Policewoman
Ed Norton	Actor
Sheila Jaffe	Actor
Simon Dee	Shirtmaker
Valerie Leon	Actor
Henry McGee	Tailor
John Morris	Actor
John Clive	Garage Manager
David Kelly	Vicar,Prisoner in cell
Alastair Hunter	Warder in Prison Cinema

Technical Credits

Troy Kennedy-Martin

Donna Powers

Michael Deeley	Producer
Remy Julienne	Stunts
Pat Moore	Special Effects
Ken Morris	Special Effects
Troy Kennedy-Martin	Screenwriter
Stanley Baker	Producer
John Aldred	Sound Effects
Gerry Humphreys	Sound Effects
John Glen	Sound Effects
Claude Carliez	Stunts
John Landis	Stunts
Donna Powers	Screenwriter
Donald De Line	Producer
Tim Bevan	Producer
Eric Fellner	Producer
Wendy Japhet	Producer
Eric Allard	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

The Italian Job is a quick, fun celebration of British ingenuity and wit. Its style is fast, gaudy, and hilarious; its players are clever, flippant, and rakish. Michael Caine's Croker is handsome, natty, and has a mischievous penchant for orgies, plotting, and international escapades. Caine gives Croker a cocksure panache that is skillfully matched by Noël Coward's command as the odd Mr. Bridger. Their scheme to steal gold bullion while distracting the police with a traffic jam proves excellent fodder for antics and car chases, allowing the film to end in the patriotic flair of the British flag as red, white, and blue Mini-coopers race through Italy, driving over buildings and waterfalls and into the Italian hillside. For this sequence, director Peter Collinson enlisted Quincy Jones and Beatles producer George Martin to create the pop anthem "Getta Bloomin' Move On" (more commonly known as "Self-preservation Society"), a tune that jokingly adds to the atmosphere of a "British Invasion." The Italian Job was a smash in Britain and abroad, and is remembered as an archetypal and influential British caper film; compare the last few frames of Guy Ritchie's modern hit Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels to the final moments of The Italian Job to find an homage to the earlier picture.