the mini became was alresdy an extremely coveted car as by 1967, o my two years after production, people started to race them and they did extremely feckin well somehow! The movie for SURE expanded the helm out fo the european market for it :)!
Having seen this film countless, I always notice something new. Now you have added to that list. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. Had tears of joy, watching youtube'r Ian Tyrell drive that Muira through the alps, talking about how they found it. Thanks for sharing
Nice to watch this over a quick Lockdown lunch. One of the best films ever made, since it's in all kinds of pop culture and people know about it who weren't even born at the time.
I saw this film when I was about six years old, in the theater. I loved it, then I grew up but the movie stayed with me, or at least bits and pieces did. I especially remember the bringing the minis up the ramp into the bus and when they threw them back out. I also remembered a scene where someone, and by then I had forgotten the actors, threw a bicycle into an electrical substation and knocked out the power. Beyond that I knew so little. And I couldn't find out any more and I searched through Leonard Maltin's annual guide for years trying to find this movie, I had no name for it, and I honestly thought Dean Jones was in it(because in 1969 when I saw it I was six, every movie I saw, mostly Disney, had Dean Jones in it). Jump ahead to 1998 and finally by putting in a few elements I remember into IMDB I found it. I ran right out and found a VHS of it at a local video store and since then I have watched it periodically, updating to DVD when I could. I love this feature, which has told me so much more about a movie I have loved for many years. Thank you.
I’d recommend watching it with the director’s commentary on the DVD. Apparently Peter Collinson was the one waving the Minis up the ramp because they were told it was too dangerous and nobody was allowed to, so he just did it anyway
Somehow I can't imagine Robert Redford saying "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" I didn't work out the weight of the gold, but if they stole half a ton and divided it between three cars, then each would have to carry 1/6th of a ton - those cars should have stood up on their rear ends during the rooftop jump. Apparently Collinson did the "waving the cars aboard the bus" becaues no stuntman would take it on, thinking it too dangerous. Ah, yes, Crime Does Not Pay. The first film I ever saw where they get away with it was Kelly's Heroes; right up to the last second I was waiting for something to go wrong, because something always did, and then the credits started rolling and it was a shock to realise that they DID get away with it.
Sorry, but Minis - and ALL cars in fact - certainly does have a differential. This is the component that enables the drive wheels to turn at different speeds while cornering. In the Mini, the “diff” is housed inside the front-mounted transaxle and not, as you stated, in the middle of a rear axle.
My pal was in this film as one of the gang. He was a really great guy and I miss him a lot. This is one of my favourite films and haven't been able to watch it since his death.
This is great ! a fantastic insight into the movie , must have seen the movie a 100 times and never knew all this great info ! Very very well put together..... Superb !
Thank you for your wonderful contribution to cinema facts/trivia on this channel! I understand the difficulties in continuing such endeavors, but just wanted to say I've really enjoyed the ride!
Thanks for the video, some useful trivia there. The Col du Nivolet road is a dead end so would have caused some annoyance when the Miura reached the end! And the Aston as you say didn't go over the edge, it was substituted with an equally lovely Lancia Flaminia two-door convertible in very similar colours - that should have annoyed the Italian classic car fraternity...Long live Michael Caine!
Great video. As a Coventrian, I often tell my friends about the sewer scene. For 100% authenticity, please note that "Sowe" valley is pronounced locally like "sow" [a female pig], not like "sow" [as in seeds].
I was wondering a while back, how come I kept humming Days like these from the intro? I hadn't seen The Italian Job for ages or even thought about it. Went on for weeks, then one afternoon I went for a pint in my local pub. I heard that theme tune. The one armed bandit slot machine was Italian job based, had all the lines from the film I knew, but today nobody was in the pub and when nobody was playing the machine it quietly kicked into that theme song. You made my day saying those amazing cars survived, it's always depressed me to think they were destroyed. Micheal Caine was asked bout those cars, he said he hated cars and driving.
A very good collection of curious facts. However... The Mini DID have a differential. All cars (apart from ancient chain-drive monsters) have a differential. And... Even back in the day, people who raced and rallied Minis had trouble with the differential. So... It makes sense that a gang of thieves who have been ragging Coopers to practise their moves would have to work on the diffs and gearboxes.
@@martinkaye6397 Indeed... But on the film he doesn't say "rear diff". That is only a distinction when 4wd was used.... and vehicles had a front and a rear diff.... and sometimes a centre diff. But in the film he only says "differential". Although the mechanic seems to be sliding under from the rear of the car, once a Mini is off the ground, that is not a bad place to slide on from. It is a very, very small motor car.
well this was quite good , but there was still b s in it the daimler limo was owned by blenhiem location hire and had been for some time now it may have been the pakistani , car but it wasnt before the film or during it , i remember it was used by richard harris , pior to the italian job , i drove that many times , including the minis as i and others fitted the roll over bars , sump guards seat belts , and the many super oscar lights that came from cibie uk, the light bars were aley as well as the rollover cage , the gold was wooden block painted gold , they were in our shop for maybe a year after the film but i should should have acquired a few .
FYI: the wales collector who owns that Miura has a famous Italian car repair and restoration shop and recently started his own you tube channel which is terrific👍.
Mill An not Mil arn Fee At not Fee Art Dame ler not Dime lar Cov ent ree not Cove entry Also if you look on the roof top jump, there are Lorries underneath with padded tops incase the Minis fell off. Interesting video 👌🏻 20:46 is Delboys Relient Regal from Only Fools and Horses. 👍🏻
When the Italian Spanish and French had trouble or strikes their Governments backed the industry. In Britain the car manufacturers were sent to the wall by the Tories, which was really short sighted.
having a diff at the rear as well would also applly to a 2wd rwd car (i am now 63 wich means i was about 10 when me and my dad first watched this film) he then had an international rally licence - i wonder what kind of car he drove?
I read about BMC not wanting to provide Minis: The movie's producers of course pointed out that the motor manufacturer would benefit through product placement. Incomprehensively the manufacturer's representative countered: 'But how will the viewer know it's a Mini?'
So for the gold part, you don’t want to be calculating the weight of the gold by the price of it during 1969, yeah ok $4m is a nice figure but look at the picture. Gold bars are a standard weight and size, and they weight 14kg or approx 28 pounds each. Now have a look at the picture and work out how many bars you can see. I’m pretty certain that amount of gold would weight more than the figure you’ve given.
You mention the rear differential as being a problem in the script/movie as the cars were fwd. But even in the clip you've included the character says 'rossa is having trouble with his differential'. You even quote them as such. No one says 'rear'. Yet your criticism is that fwd cars don't have a rear differential, which they don't. But they *DO* have a differential at the front. So the script makes perfect sense. The script only has a problem if you say *rear* diff, but as no one does I don't understand why you raise it like there is a problem.
I am busier, but there are other reasons. Because I use clips, my videos get copyright checked pretty often. I try to keep the clips short and within the Fair Use guidelines, but it’s a pain to deal with. I’m trying to find ways to do my videos without triggering so many issues.
The winning solution - with the smashed windows and ballast rocks etc. - is actually pretty good, apart from one element: it's not that easy to "drain" the fuel tank of a bus unless you really know what you are doing. It involves either siphoning it off (time-consuming and disgusting) or drilling holes in the right places (time-consuming and involves equipment). Apart from that, jolly good.
I’ve never ever heard the part about the tv series in any of the documentaries I’ve seen which included the writer and producer. As such, I don’t believe that. And Hazel Collinson worked a few desks down from me In the office I worked at in the late 90s. I spoke to her a few times but never knew who she was until years later when an ex-colleague told me. Now I remember her face of course. And they filmed in Turin because Turin is a ‘factory’ town, Fiat pumps millions into the city and they were happy for the production to occur there because of the publicity. And the ‘machina’ story is well documented to be a misunderstanding This commentary is so full of holes.
JEFF: Aircraft with a VERY SPECIFIC target, to be hit at great sacrifice. Try these... First, the lead in "633 Squadron" and "Star Wars"... ruclips.net/video/4OZq-tlJTrU/видео.html Now "The Bridges at Toko Ri", "The Hunters", "Independence Day", "Flight of the Intruder", "A Guy Named Joe", and "Always"
![Seungmin "그렇게, 천천히, 우리(As we are)" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kAzmhLHePqU/mqdefault.jpg)
The stunt driver Remy Julienne has just passed away aged 90, January 2021. He also worked on 6 James Bond films as well.
Nice to know that his stunt team equipe remy julienne still continues.
In hindsight, British Layland should have been grateful for the publicity. The Mini is an Icon thanks to this movie.
And a great movie it is.
This shows you why BL went to the wall ,its not from forward thinking!
Yeah British Layland where really really bad at PR
And British Leyland were as well
I wonder how Mini sales went after the film came out ... sharply upwards, I'd imagine
the mini became was alresdy an extremely coveted car as by 1967, o my two years after production, people started to race them and they did extremely feckin well somehow! The movie for SURE expanded the helm out fo the european market for it :)!
Having seen this film countless, I always notice something new. Now you have added to that list. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. Had tears of joy, watching youtube'r Ian Tyrell drive that Muira through the alps, talking about how they found it. Thanks for sharing
Nice to watch this over a quick Lockdown lunch. One of the best films ever made, since it's in all kinds of pop culture and people know about it who weren't even born at the time.
I saw this film when I was about six years old, in the theater. I loved it, then I grew up but the movie stayed with me, or at least bits and pieces did. I especially remember the bringing the minis up the ramp into the bus and when they threw them back out. I also remembered a scene where someone, and by then I had forgotten the actors, threw a bicycle into an electrical substation and knocked out the power. Beyond that I knew so little. And I couldn't find out any more and I searched through Leonard Maltin's annual guide for years trying to find this movie, I had no name for it, and I honestly thought Dean Jones was in it(because in 1969 when I saw it I was six, every movie I saw, mostly Disney, had Dean Jones in it). Jump ahead to 1998 and finally by putting in a few elements I remember into IMDB I found it. I ran right out and found a VHS of it at a local video store and since then I have watched it periodically, updating to DVD when I could. I love this feature, which has told me so much more about a movie I have loved for many years. Thank you.
I’d recommend watching it with the director’s commentary on the DVD. Apparently Peter Collinson was the one waving the Minis up the ramp because they were told it was too dangerous and nobody was allowed to, so he just did it anyway
Me too . I saw it it as a little kid . The sewer pipe and stair scenes blew me away.
Very good indeed and a few surprises. Definitely one of my favourite films of all time!!
Have Fun and Stay Safe,
Joe
Thanks. Hoping everyone stays safe!
Great video about one of my all time favorite movies. Thanks, a million movies, that was well worth my time.
Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it.
The sounds of the screeching tyres were recorded in Aldershot in the Multistorey Carpark then dubbed onto the movie.
Can you tell me where you found this info?
@@C.I... My ex father inlaw told me who drove the minis.
Somehow I can't imagine Robert Redford saying "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"
I didn't work out the weight of the gold, but if they stole half a ton and divided it between three cars, then each would have to carry 1/6th of a ton - those cars should have stood up on their rear ends during the rooftop jump.
Apparently Collinson did the "waving the cars aboard the bus" becaues no stuntman would take it on, thinking it too dangerous.
Ah, yes, Crime Does Not Pay. The first film I ever saw where they get away with it was Kelly's Heroes; right up to the last second I was waiting for something to go wrong, because something always did, and then the credits started rolling and it was a shock to realise that they DID get away with it.
Sorry, but Minis - and ALL cars in fact - certainly does have a differential. This is the component that enables the drive wheels to turn at different speeds while cornering. In the Mini, the “diff” is housed inside the front-mounted transaxle and not, as you stated, in the middle of a rear axle.
One of my all time favourites.
My pal was in this film as one of the gang. He was a really great guy and I miss him a lot. This is one of my favourite films and haven't been able to watch it since his death.
This classic beats the hell out of the mediocre remake.
Absolutely, the producers should have been charged with vandalism of a great art piece!
@@iainherridge6253
Too right!
It surely does!
Great job! I really like your work. Thanks.
Very interesting you can't stop watching the movie. The most interest is understanding knowing the role played by casts and producers.
Comprehesive and entertaining and very enjoyable!
Finally, a new video. I missed ya!
Sorry it took so long. I need to start on another one now - otherwise it'll be another ten months.
@@AMillionMovies 8 months, but nobody's counting. Hope your safe in this mad world!
Excellent insight. Thanks a lot
I enjoyed this a lot thanks ,
Very nice review!
Brilliant video !!!! Thanks so much !
Clips of this movie was used in an episode of MacGyver
This is great ! a fantastic insight into the movie , must have seen the movie a 100 times and never knew all this great info !
Very very well put together..... Superb !
Very good, genuinely interesting and different to other channels.
Love it! Great moments in there. Thanks!
The doors off scene was filmed at crystal palace sports centre .
Good to know. I love visiting spots where movies were filmed. If I ever get near there, that’ll be on my list of places to visit.
@@AMillionMovies It’s not really changed since the film was made
Thank you for this "mini" documentary lol
Respect to Turin for the help in making this film and Fiat
Thank you for your wonderful contribution to cinema facts/trivia on this channel! I understand the difficulties in continuing such endeavors, but just wanted to say I've really enjoyed the ride!
great stuff! Thanks!
My god this is out of this world ❤️🚘
Thanks for the video, some useful trivia there. The Col du Nivolet road is a dead end so would have caused some annoyance when the Miura reached the end! And the Aston as you say didn't go over the edge, it was substituted with an equally lovely Lancia Flaminia two-door convertible in very similar colours - that should have annoyed the Italian classic car fraternity...Long live Michael Caine!
Great video. As a Coventrian, I often tell my friends about the sewer scene. For 100% authenticity, please note that "Sowe" valley is pronounced locally like "sow" [a female pig], not like "sow" [as in seeds].
You need to mention the classic Caterpillar D7 that stops the Miura dead and pushes it over the cliff
A great video thank you :)
I loved the movie. I have a 2013 mini convertible. Would love to be a part of a charity Talley here in the states
No, you have a small 2013 BMW.
Daimler at 7:45 .... dame-ler .... not Dime-ler
I was wondering a while back, how come I kept humming Days like these from the intro? I hadn't seen The Italian Job for ages or even thought about it. Went on for weeks, then one afternoon I went for a pint in my local pub. I heard that theme tune. The one armed bandit slot machine was Italian job based, had all the lines from the film I knew, but today nobody was in the pub and when nobody was playing the machine it quietly kicked into that theme song. You made my day saying those amazing cars survived, it's always depressed me to think they were destroyed. Micheal Caine was asked bout those cars, he said he hated cars and driving.
A very good collection of curious facts. However...
The Mini DID have a differential. All cars (apart from ancient chain-drive monsters) have a differential.
And... Even back in the day, people who raced and rallied Minis had trouble with the differential. So... It makes sense that a gang of thieves who have been ragging Coopers to practise their moves would have to work on the diffs and gearboxes.
the mini differentials were at the front.
@@martinkaye6397 Indeed... But on the film he doesn't say "rear diff". That is only a distinction when 4wd was used.... and vehicles had a front and a rear diff.... and sometimes a centre diff. But in the film he only says "differential". Although the mechanic seems to be sliding under from the rear of the car, once a Mini is off the ground, that is not a bad place to slide on from. It is a very, very small motor car.
10:50 This maybe wasn't deliberate - in Italian, one word for "car" is "macchina", which also means "machine".
Also, the 2003 film doesn't exist.
😁😁😁👍👍
Great video my favourite film ever
In 1987 I restored a red 1968 Cooper "S" to accurately replicate HMP729G. Luckily, most of the parts were obtainable even without the internet.
10:40 the red minis drivers door flys open
20:00 - 20:10 Is the only thing stopping this being a 100% decent video. (Btw, just for the record, I ain't got no problems with Steve Coogan)
My favourite movie.
well this was quite good , but there was still b s in it the daimler limo was owned by blenhiem location hire and had been for some time now it may have been the pakistani , car but it wasnt before the film or during it , i remember it was used by richard harris , pior to the italian job , i drove that many times , including the minis as i and others fitted the roll over bars , sump guards seat belts , and the many super oscar lights that came from cibie uk, the light bars were aley as well as the rollover cage , the gold was wooden block painted gold , they were in our shop for maybe a year after the film but i should should have acquired a few .
"Well look happy, you stupid bastards! We won, didn't we?"
FYI: the wales collector who owns that Miura has a famous Italian car repair and restoration shop and recently started his own you tube channel which is terrific👍.
Mill An not Mil arn
Fee At not Fee Art
Dame ler not Dime lar
Cov ent ree not Cove entry
Also if you look on the roof top jump, there are Lorries underneath with padded tops incase the Minis fell off.
Interesting video 👌🏻
20:46 is Delboys Relient Regal from Only Fools and Horses. 👍🏻
Mispronunciations are sort of my trademark. Not intentional, but I rarely pronounce anything correctly.
This movie is awesome. Favorite of my Dad and mine too
Dad's Army? Bit odd I know, but they made a movie of the series and I loved it 🙂🙂
The roof to roof jump worked because the minis were equipped with Austin 1800 engines.
What's your source on this?
I think that’s cobblers
🐂💩!
When the Italian Spanish and French had trouble or strikes their Governments backed the industry. In Britain the car manufacturers were sent to the wall by the Tories, which was really short sighted.
William Hartnell (1st Dr who) has the same illness during his time of Dr Who
Derek Ware who played Rozzer is a stunt man and a Stunt Coordinator.
RIP. A million movies. Only 52 videos.
🎉🎉
having a diff at the rear as well would also applly to a 2wd rwd car (i am now 63 wich means i was about 10 when me and my dad first watched this film) he then had an international rally licence - i wonder what kind of car he drove?
I read about BMC not wanting to provide Minis: The movie's producers of course pointed out that the motor manufacturer would benefit through product placement. Incomprehensively the manufacturer's representative countered: 'But how will the viewer know it's a Mini?'
Yes.This was all very well and good as usual.
But who was the blond in the bikini sitting at the outdoor cafe at the :46 second mark? :)
I have been wondering the same thing for 50 years!
@@Vincent_Sullivan: Right?
But....It's a coach that they used NOT A BLOODY BUS !!
In American, it’s a bus. A coach is pulled by horses.
@@AMillionMovies but it's an English film 🎥😄
One more fact is that a BMW is not in anyway a Mini just because you buy the name Mini.
can you make 50 facts about Miracle on 34th Street
Not a lot of people know that.
You just cost him his insurance bonus!
R.I.P.
It's been a year so please some more content as where all waiting with baited breath.
You simply do not get films of these calibres any more.
16:52 THIS SOUNDS PERFECT. WHY DIDN'T WE THIS ENDING 😭 😡?
AT LEAST THE 2003 REMAKE HAD A TON TIMES BETTER ONE.
You dont make videos any more?
So for the gold part, you don’t want to be calculating the weight of the gold by the price of it during 1969, yeah ok $4m is a nice figure but look at the picture. Gold bars are a standard weight and size, and they weight 14kg or approx 28 pounds each. Now have a look at the picture and work out how many bars you can see. I’m pretty certain that amount of gold would weight more than the figure you’ve given.
The traffic jam was real, They are not payed Statists ! True brittish movie!
You mention the rear differential as being a problem in the script/movie as the cars were fwd. But even in the clip you've included the character says 'rossa is having trouble with his differential'. You even quote them as such. No one says 'rear'. Yet your criticism is that fwd cars don't have a rear differential, which they don't. But they *DO* have a differential at the front. So the script makes perfect sense.
The script only has a problem if you say *rear* diff, but as no one does I don't understand why you raise it like there is a problem.
Then why did you make the video public..
Why don't you post new videos??
Do you got work or something??
I am busier, but there are other reasons. Because I use clips, my videos get copyright checked pretty often. I try to keep the clips short and within the Fair Use guidelines, but it’s a pain to deal with. I’m trying to find ways to do my videos without triggering so many issues.
RIP Quincy Jones
The producer had a get away car and a plane lined up that day so he could get out of Italy.
I had the ps1 game!
The winning solution - with the smashed windows and ballast rocks etc. - is actually pretty good, apart from one element: it's not that easy to "drain" the fuel tank of a bus unless you really know what you are doing. It involves either siphoning it off (time-consuming and disgusting) or drilling holes in the right places (time-consuming and involves equipment).
Apart from that, jolly good.
The best sad with what happened to our Austins etcera
Fiat didn't agree to donate Lamborghinis. There has never been a link between the two companies
I absolutely love 'The Italian Job'. But it always irks me as to the amount of times certain lines of dialogue are repeated. Very annoying.
Coventry is not pronounced like that
Nor Edinburgh
I’ve never ever heard the part about the tv series in any of the documentaries I’ve seen which included the writer and producer. As such, I don’t believe that.
And Hazel Collinson worked a few desks down from me In the office I worked at in the late 90s. I spoke to her a few times but never knew who she was until years later when an ex-colleague told me. Now I remember her face of course.
And they filmed in Turin because Turin is a ‘factory’ town, Fiat pumps millions into the city and they were happy for the production to occur there because of the publicity.
And the ‘machina’ story is well documented to be a misunderstanding
This commentary is so full of holes.
what happened to this channel?
It actually says 'Osgood is God', not 'Osgood is Good'.
Hope the yanks don't make a series of The Italian Job look how they fucked up the remake
Jeff, why did you quit? Did you die? Say nothing if the answer is yes.
I think the channel owner died from covid 😢
Too much 🐂💩!
JEFF: Aircraft with a VERY SPECIFIC target, to be hit at great sacrifice.
Try these... First, the lead in "633 Squadron" and "Star Wars"... ruclips.net/video/4OZq-tlJTrU/видео.html
Now "The Bridges at Toko Ri", "The Hunters", "Independence Day", "Flight of the Intruder", "A Guy Named Joe", and "Always"
If you dont need to know then why have you bothered to show them?🫣🫣🤣🤣