When you see a film like this, you realize from the remake how great things were then compared with the “now” of the remake. And greater still compared with now.
I have a deep fondness of this era. This guy was class. Dress shirt, dress pants, Italian shades, slimline watch, Miura. He exemplified the style of the era. Now it’s just kids in Gucci hoodies with daddy’s money having paid for a Huracan. No semblance of class, whatsoever.
I was 9 when our dad took is to the cinema (Savoy on O'Connell St. Dublin) to see this. I almost cried when the mob trashed the two E-types and Caine's Aston. I thought the Miura was 'nice' but it wasn't an E-type! I'm 59 now and haved owned a Porsche 911 (model 993) since 2005 (yeah it was my doctor's). I'd love to just drive a Miura now. I guess I've always liked cars.
Marcello Gandini, Miura e Countach. Disegnate da solo, in cucina a casa sua. Oggi le Lamborghini sembrano delle hot Wheels..... Grazie Marcello , guardarle è come guardare una bella donna.
Guardando attentamente l'auto che rotola lungo il burrone, si vede che non c'è il motore. C'è solo la socca. Inoltre quando nel cinema fanno vedere solo l'esplosione e non l'impatto, vuol dire che non c'è stato nessuno scontro.
Just using all the road to best effect. Fine I'm the absence of oncoming traffic. It used to be common practice here in the UK along country lanes before there were ten cars per household.
This makes me question the opinion that supercar performance has been watered down to appeal to middle aged boomers. Middle aged guys always used to drive these cars.
Boh, dipende...certe Lamborghini sono state eccezionali è vero, ma notevoli anche certe Ferrari! A seconda del modello o del periodo c'è stata supremazia o dell' una o dell' altra casa automobilistica. E non scordiamoci neanche di certe Porsche, per le quali vale lo stesso discorso.
@@CapitanFindus415 The regular Jensen Interceptor was nothing special technically. It was the FF version which had the pioneering Ferguson 'Formula 4wd system and Dunlop Maxaret brakes. This four wheel drive system had a neat epicyclic torque split device which sent 2/3 of the torque to the rear wheels and 1/3 to the front, so it maintained traction when grip is short, and also handling balance and finesse. The Maxaret brakes were developed for aircraft and had never been tried on a car before. The system gave VERY heavy pulses through the brake pedal as it operated. People who tried the Jensen FF in the '60s were astonished at just how capable the car was, but it was a sales flop due top its high cost, and the difficulty of converting it to left hand drive limited sales abroad. The problem was that the drive to the front wheels was on the left side of the gearbox and engine, intruding on the seat and footwell area It crosses my mind that they could have re-designed the transfer casing to put the front drive on the right side for lhd cars, but that's hindsight.. Only 320 were produced from 1966-72. The FF was way ahead of its time, and interest in fwd for road cars was not re-awakened until the Audi Quatro cars of the '80s.
@@psk1w1 Thank you! But I said Jensen cars were famous in the past for integral traction and mechanic antiskid (the same of the Ford Escort in '80), not that Jensen "Interceptor" has all these things. I wanted to be quick...
According to Evo magazine's web site, the car driven by Enzo Morruzi in the opening scenes of 'The Italian Job' survives. There was a bare shell which was smashed and pushed into the ravine. People looked for it but it had disappeared. See this page: www.evo.co.uk/lamborghini/17068/original-italian-job-lamborghini-miura-up-for-sale
plot hole: why on earth would you toss a wreath down, thus providinng clear evidence of murder? Wouldn't you prefer that the cops think it's an accident?
Traceable to whom in a mountain river where it will be washed to the sea? In any event, it's a story, and part of it is the idea that the Mafia are a parallel law unto themselves outside of normal state rules. Indeed, that was true in part. I recall from that period that the Italian state set up special investigators and judges to tackle Mafia corruption as the organisation's fingers corrupted the local police and judiciary. It was not without its dangers as there werre many assassinations. In any event, it's poetic licence. If you are into implausible parts of the story line, there's a lot more in the rest of the film than that opening scene.
No need for manifesting vile, leftist hate...enjoy this awesome movie snippet. Or better yet, go out a do something of 'value' and be financially compensated for your work rather than being envious of those that have done exactly that.
elmo omle The more you are the less you need.i come from your degenerate society and understand your dysfunctional mind completely. But I have reached the promised land of enlightenment, and you could never conceive the reality I know. Remain dreaming of noisy little cars like a child.
Best opening sequence in the history of cinema! The car, the scenery, the song - utter perfection! And then... bang! It’s the mafia!
When you see a film like this, you realize from the remake how great things were then compared with the “now” of the remake. And greater still compared with now.
The remake was more like the "American-with about 10 minutes taking place in Italy-Job".
Why remake a film that was perfect in the first place
How cool is this opening scene. Lamborghini Miura cruising through the Alps as Matt Munro croons effortlessly in soundtrack... Iconic.
Scenes like this makes you wanna cry. Poor Lambo...
The destroyed one was already crashed and stripped of usable parts
It's a fake we can breath again
Magnifique , J adore la chanson
I have a deep fondness of this era. This guy was class. Dress shirt, dress pants, Italian shades, slimline watch, Miura.
He exemplified the style of the era.
Now it’s just kids in Gucci hoodies with daddy’s money having paid for a Huracan.
No semblance of class, whatsoever.
"New money" 🙁
Cigarette and wrap-around shades were mandatory in '69
The wreath was really for the car. You can see the body bounced out halfway down and didn't even fall into the river.
I was 9 when our dad took is to the cinema (Savoy on O'Connell St. Dublin) to see this. I almost cried when the mob trashed the two E-types and Caine's Aston. I thought the Miura was 'nice' but it wasn't an E-type! I'm 59 now and haved owned a Porsche 911 (model 993) since 2005 (yeah it was my doctor's). I'd love to just drive a Miura now. I guess I've always liked cars.
On days like these... I wish I had a Miura.
This car look like the present day Alfa Romeo 4C or bether.
Is 100%-beautifull.
The very best of times great movie
Marcello Gandini, Miura e Countach.
Disegnate da solo, in cucina a casa sua. Oggi le Lamborghini sembrano delle hot Wheels.....
Grazie Marcello , guardarle è come guardare una bella donna.
you forgot the Espada (designed as the Carabo when Marcello was with Bertone)
Absolutely timeless classic & Fantastico!!
Guardando attentamente l'auto che rotola lungo il burrone, si vede che non c'è il motore. C'è solo la socca. Inoltre quando nel cinema fanno vedere solo l'esplosione e non l'impatto, vuol dire che non c'è stato nessuno scontro.
Fiat Dino 2,4 nero !!
Bella Macchina
2.4 liter, with live axle at the rear, sir!
The remake was a long BMW commercial....
what a way to go, to die with your Lamborghini.
Great movie. Benny Hill was a mind twisting bit of genius. Ermm big, BIG...
Belíssimo esportivo um clássico italiano Lamborghini Miura 🤠👍
Classic. A wreath for the driver would have been a nice touch too.
Awesome.
Proper Mini's not like the shite bmw sell, Classic film
Great movie, the remake sucked.
They usually do.
Super cool
まさか、こんな結末⁈
Q lugar danora !
Precioso el passo de san bernardo
Are you sure? Looks more like Colle del Gran San Bernardo to me.
Envy made them make this film :)
movie started so well and ended so badly
Agreed, the book had a better ending, I won't tell what it was, wouldn't like to spoil it for anyone.
On quite a few parts in the sequence he is driving on the left or seems to be, including when entering the tunnel, what is all that about?
Just using all the road to best effect. Fine I'm the absence of oncoming traffic. It used to be common practice here in the UK along country lanes before there were ten cars per household.
That's just the way Italians drove cars in those days; the whole road belonged to them, and if you are driving a care like that?
Where can I get those sunglasses 😎
Try internet. But it wont be cheap. Renauld Mustangs Spectaculars
Brazzi Rossano ...
The scrapped miura kinda looked real... maybe a real crashed one the took from a junkyard?
It was a crashed Miura used as a prop car.
Seems a valid theory
How on Earth the car exploded and the tractor driver survived? Actually orang utan JC brought me here 😁
It's car, not fragmentation bomb
Maybe because of a massive steel scoop on the front of the bulldozer?
Come si chiama la canzone?? In quale parte delle alpi è questa meravigliosa strada alpina???
"On days like these" cantata da Matt Monro
Salita al Passo del Gran San Bernardo
@@TheLuckymoon thanks☺
Baba Yaga woulda climbed back up that gorge and used the wreath to eliminate every one of them puppy killers.
This makes me question the opinion that supercar performance has been watered down to appeal to middle aged boomers. Middle aged guys always used to drive these cars.
Caterpillar D7 with a Hyster winch....
Pô cara é assim que termina acabaram com Lamborghini
Fatela guidare ad un pilota e non ad un attore,vedrete qualcosa di molto diverso.
Most beautiful italian car EVER !
Lamborghinis shit on Ferraris.
Boh, dipende...certe Lamborghini sono state eccezionali è vero, ma notevoli anche certe Ferrari! A seconda del modello o del periodo c'è stata supremazia o dell' una o dell' altra casa automobilistica. E non scordiamoci neanche di certe Porsche, per le quali vale lo stesso discorso.
Aiuto,le Porsche,quando hai ragione...@@CapitanFindus415
New price list Lamborghini Mirua 1968 20.000$=80.000 D.M=560.000 A.T.S (Dollar-Deutsche Mark-Östereiche Shilling).
Lasse Riise - Around €40000
3:35 jensen interceptor?
Fiat Dino Coupé!
@@peterengel751 correct
Jensen incredible car! With antilocking brakes and integral traction was a car of the future...
@@CapitanFindus415 The regular Jensen Interceptor was nothing special technically. It was the FF version which had the pioneering Ferguson 'Formula 4wd system and Dunlop Maxaret brakes.
This four wheel drive system had a neat epicyclic torque split device which sent 2/3 of the torque to the rear wheels and 1/3 to the front, so it maintained traction when grip is short, and also handling balance and finesse. The Maxaret brakes were developed for aircraft and had never been tried on a car before. The system gave VERY heavy pulses through the brake pedal as it operated.
People who tried the Jensen FF in the '60s were astonished at just how capable the car was, but it was a sales flop due top its high cost, and the difficulty of converting it to left hand drive limited sales abroad. The problem was that the drive to the front wheels was on the left side of the gearbox and engine, intruding on the seat and footwell area It crosses my mind that they could have re-designed the transfer casing to put the front drive on the right side for lhd cars, but that's hindsight.. Only 320 were produced from 1966-72.
The FF was way ahead of its time, and interest in fwd for road cars was not re-awakened until the Audi Quatro cars of the '80s.
@@psk1w1 Thank you! But I said Jensen cars were famous in the past for integral traction and mechanic antiskid (the same of the Ford Escort in '80), not that Jensen "Interceptor" has all these things. I wanted to be quick...
And he still can smoke..
2:19 a green Mini
Was Mr Bean in it?
An Austin A40 a second before
Is this a real lambo or replica?
as far as i know it was a real Miura totalled in a crash.... if you look the gold side bands become silver
According to Evo magazine's web site, the car driven by Enzo Morruzi in the opening scenes of 'The Italian Job' survives. There was a bare shell which was smashed and pushed into the ravine. People looked for it but it had disappeared. See this page:
www.evo.co.uk/lamborghini/17068/original-italian-job-lamborghini-miura-up-for-sale
No engine in lambo
This opening sequence would have been SO much better without the music. Just the sound of the car is enough.
The scene is meant to be relaxing. The engine would be slightly too intense. Agree on it sounding lovely, though.
The musical score was done by the great Quincy Jones,sung by Matt Monro.. love this song
SERIOUSLY???
No. The crashed is faked
Cost Beckerman his life 😐
Que desperdicio. :(
Lambo Mira
deberia ser delito fumar en ese coche!!!
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plot hole: why on earth would you toss a wreath down, thus providinng clear evidence of murder? Wouldn't you prefer that the cops think it's an accident?
When you own the cops it doesn't matter.
Just a nice touch, they are Italian after all 😎.
Traceable to whom in a mountain river where it will be washed to the sea? In any event, it's a story, and part of it is the idea that the Mafia are a parallel law unto themselves outside of normal state rules. Indeed, that was true in part. I recall from that period that the Italian state set up special investigators and judges to tackle Mafia corruption as the organisation's fingers corrupted the local police and judiciary. It was not without its dangers as there werre many assassinations.
In any event, it's poetic licence. If you are into implausible parts of the story line, there's a lot more in the rest of the film than that opening scene.
May everyone of wealth meet the same fate
jen zydyk dude Whats your problem??
Kas van Dam injustice
No need for manifesting vile, leftist hate...enjoy this awesome movie snippet. Or better yet, go out a do something of 'value' and be financially compensated for your work rather than being envious of those that have done exactly that.
elmo omle The more you are the less you need.i come from your degenerate society and understand your dysfunctional mind completely. But I have reached the promised land of enlightenment, and you could never conceive the reality I know. Remain dreaming of noisy little cars like a child.
@@NoPrivateProperty Enlightenment? You have reached the abyss!