The Italian Job

Name: The Italian Job
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 2003-05-30
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham

Get in. Get out. Get even.

The Italian Job (2003)

Timing: 1:50 (110 min)

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Release date

2003-05-30

Country

Italy, United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany

Production

Paramount, De Line Pictures, Working Title Films, Senator International, Peninsula Films, Mestiere Cinema

Genre

Action, Crime

Budget

$60 000 000

Box office

$176 070 171

Website

http://www.italianjobmovie.com/

Director

F. Gary Gray

Actors

Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Yasiin Bey, Donald Sutherland, Olek Krupa, Boris Lee Krutonog, Fausto Callegarini
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Donald De Line, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, James Dyer, Wendy Japhet

Camera operator

Wally Pfister

Composer

John Powell

Artist

Charles Wood, Jon Billington

Audition

Sheila Jaffe

Editing

Richard Francis-Bruce, Christopher Rouse, Matthew J. Birch
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Short description

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.

What's left behind the scenes

When Edward Norton’s character turns on the television in his house, the original 1969 film is playing, and Michael Caine’s character can be seen.
All actors in the leading roles had to take extreme driving courses, while Yasmin Bey's situation was even more complicated – he couldn't drive at all, so he had to learn from scratch.
Edward Norton made no secret from the very beginning of filming that he was participating in the project only due to contractual obligations. He had an agreement with the film company “Paramount Pictures” to star in three films, and the first of these was “Primal Fear” (1996) by Gregory Hoblit, where Norton played his debut role. After that, the actor began to refuse all scripts offered to him under the same agreement until the film company persuaded him to work with F. Gary Gray. The actor openly demonstrated his attitude towards the project, constantly arguing with members of the film crew, and when the film was surprisingly successful, and the producers gave small gifts to the actors involved to celebrate, Norton returned his gift with a note that read: “Better give this to someone you like, … or someone who likes you.”
The subway tunnel was so large that it wouldn't fit into any studio pavilion in Los Angeles. It was built in a huge hangar where the first space “shuttle” was once assembled.
To film some scenes, a special “MINI Cooper” with duplicated steering was used, so that a stunt driver could control the car while the actor focused on filming the scene. Now this car is shown to tourists as part of a tour of the assembly plant in Cowley in Oxfordshire, England.
Filming on location was fraught with some difficulties. Representatives of the local authorities closely monitored the filming of the robbery in Venice. They insisted on it themselves due to the high speeds at which the boats raced according to the script, which naturally exceeded the permissible speed limits for movement along the canals. Minus temperatures in the Italian Alps created certain problems with the weapons, which refused to fire, and the water in the bottles froze instantly. During breaks between takes during filming on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, passages for pedestrians had to be opened on the sidewalks, and scenes on the highway and city streets could only be filmed on weekends.
The scene featuring the traffic jam at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue used 300 cars. Filming lasted a week.
At the moment the truck with the safe falls into the subway, a fleeing crowd is shown, in which a frightened Spider-Man can be spotted.
While the original film “The Italian Job” (1969) was set in Europe, this remake begins in Venice and continues in Los Angeles.
Jason Statham recounted in an interview that, in addition to the extreme driving courses all the actors in the film took, he also spent two days training with Damon Hill, a hereditary English racing driver and the 1996 Formula One World Champion. All the actors unanimously agreed that Charlize Theron was the best driver among them.
All the actors in the lead roles had to complete extreme driving courses, while Yasin Bey’s situation was even more challenging – he couldn’t drive at all, so he had to learn from scratch.
When screenwriters Donna and Wayne Powers decided to work on the script for a remake of Peter Collinson’s “The Italian Job” (1969), they hadn’t seen the original, and only watched it once after that. This was intentional – the Powers didn’t want to copy the original, they wanted to create a script for their own film, merely inspired by Collinson’s thriller.
When Edward Norton's character turns on the television in his home, the original 1969 film is playing, and Michael Caine's character can be seen.
While the original film 'The Italian Job' (1969) took place in Europe, this remake begins in Venice and continues in Los Angeles.
Jason Statham mentioned in an interview that, in addition to the stunt driving courses taken by all the actors in the film, he spent two days training with Damon Hill, a hereditary English racing driver and the 1996 Formula One world champion. All the actors were unanimous in their opinion that Charlize Theron was the best driver among them.
All the lead actors had to take stunt driving courses, but Yassin Bey's situation was even more difficult—he didn't know how to drive at all, so he had to learn from scratch.
From the very beginning of filming, Edward Norton did not hide the fact that he was participating in the project only due to contractual obligations. He had an agreement with Paramount Pictures to appear in three films; the first was Gregory Hoblit's 'Primal Fear' (1996), in which Norton made his debut. After that, the actor began refusing all scripts offered to him under that same agreement until the studio persuaded him to work with F. Gary Gray. The actor openly displayed his attitude toward the project, constantly arguing with crew members. When the film turned out to be surprisingly successful and the producers gave small gifts to the cast to celebrate, Norton returned his gift, accompanied by a note that read: 'Better give this to someone you like... or someone who likes you.'
When screenwriters Donna and Wayne Powers decided to tackle the script for the remake of Peter Collinson's (1936-1980) 'The Italian Job' (1969), they had not seen the original and only watched it once afterward. This was intentional—the Powers did not want to copy the original; they wanted to write a script for their own film that was merely inspired by Collinson's thriller.