Is The Italian Job based on a true story?

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1. Is The Italian Job based on a true story?
2. What happened to the Minis from The Italian Job?
3. What happens at the end of The Italian Job 1969?
4. How many minis were in the 1969 Italian Job?
5. Did they really destroy the cars in the Italian Job?
6. What cars were used in the original Italian Job?
7. Did they really destroy the Aston Martin in The Italian Job?
8. Did any of the Italian Job Minis survive?
9. Did they really destroy the cars in The Italian Job?
10. Do they lose the gold in The Italian Job?
11. Did they really destroy an Aston Martin in The Italian Job?
12. Did they really destroy a Lamborghini in The Italian Job?
13. Did they really destroy those cars in the Italian Job?
14. Do The Italian Job Minis still exist?
15. Did they really wreck an Aston Martin in The Italian Job?
16. Did they survive in The Italian Job?

Is The Italian Job based on a true story?

Real-life Italian Job: Thieves snatch £30million in gold from depot in rural Tuscany. Police are hunting a gang of thieves who carried out an Italian Job style heist by locking down an entire village to steal more than £3million worth of gold. The spectacular operation is already being dubbed the crime of the century.

What happened to the Minis from The Italian Job?

All sixteen Cooper S used in the filming of the Italian Job were also destroyed during filming, many ending up on their roofs and damaged beyond repair during the sewer tunnel stunts.

What happens at the end of The Italian Job 1969?

The 1969 heist film ends with the robbers' gold-laden bus teetering over the edge of an Alpine road, with their loot — and their lives — in doubt. ... The bus seesaws precariously, with the men gathered at the front and the gold weighing down the back, which is hanging over the cliff.

How many minis were in the 1969 Italian Job?

32 Minis 32 Minis were used throughout the shooting. A MINI with two steering wheels was used for some of the shooting in order that a stunt driver could drive the car whilst one of the actors performed in front of the camera.

Did they really destroy the cars in the Italian Job?

It's a beautiful car, beautifully shot, in a beautiful location. The scene does come to an abrupt end, however, as the car winds up destroyed due to a nefariously placed piece of heavy machinery. Thankfully, the car wasn't really destroyed. The filmmakers weren't daft enough to destroy an actual Miura.

What cars were used in the original Italian Job?

CARS:

• 1967 Austin Mini Cooper S.
• 1962 Aston Martin DB4.
• 1964 Bedford bus, 1963.
• Alfa Romeo Giulia TI.
• 19 coupe.
• 1950 Moto Guzzi Falcone.
• 1959 Ford Thames van.
• 1967 Lamborghini Miura.

Did they really destroy the Aston Martin in The Italian Job?

We were up a mountain and had to film the three cars being wrecked and thrown over the cliff. So, the Aston Martin was supposed to be thrown over and explode as it went down. Unfortunately, the special effects went off before it was thrown over the cliff and it blew up in front of us.

Did any of the Italian Job Minis survive?

Only a few cars survived the stunts, which included being pushed out of a coach and falling down the Italian Alps. Those which did survive cannot be identified because registration plates used in the film were false, and after 25 years, the identity of the stunt cars is no longer available.

Did they really destroy the cars in The Italian Job?

It's a beautiful car, beautifully shot, in a beautiful location. The scene does come to an abrupt end, however, as the car winds up destroyed due to a nefariously placed piece of heavy machinery. Thankfully, the car wasn't really destroyed. The filmmakers weren't daft enough to destroy an actual Miura.

Do they lose the gold in The Italian Job?

Peter Collinson's picture wraps up with a literal hanging ending, as the getaway coach is balanced precariously on the edge of a cliff. The gang is at one end and the gold is at the other.

Did they really destroy an Aston Martin in The Italian Job?

An Aston Martin DB4 convertible was also destroyed during filming. The reality: the DB4, bought by the film company for a mere £900, also escaped destruction. Its roof and windscreen were crushed and its bodywork damaged but it was spared the long, painful descent to automotive Valhalla.

Did they really destroy a Lamborghini in The Italian Job?

Thankfully, the car wasn't really destroyed. ... It's finished in Arancio Miura and features white leather seats, though the car in the movie had black seats. Paramount Pictures, which produced The Italian Job, approached Lamborghini prior to filming and discovered that the firm had an orange Miura that was badly damaged.

Did they really destroy those cars in the Italian Job?

It's a beautiful car, beautifully shot, in a beautiful location. The scene does come to an abrupt end, however, as the car winds up destroyed due to a nefariously placed piece of heavy machinery. Thankfully, the car wasn't really destroyed. The filmmakers weren't daft enough to destroy an actual Miura.

Do The Italian Job Minis still exist?

Only the Jaguar and the coach used in the film are known to exist still. However, replicas of the distinctive red, white and blue Minis, such as those belonging to the Davies family of Coventry are used to help NSPCC fund-raising in an event suitably named The Italian Job, of which Michael Caine is patron.

Did they really wreck an Aston Martin in The Italian Job?

An Aston Martin DB4 convertible was also destroyed during filming. The reality: the DB4, bought by the film company for a mere £900, also escaped destruction. Its roof and windscreen were crushed and its bodywork damaged but it was spared the long, painful descent to automotive Valhalla.

Did they survive in The Italian Job?

The mystery of The Italian Job's cliff-hanger has been resolved after almost 40 years by Sir Michael Caine. The 1969 film ends with a gang of gold thieves hanging over a ravine in a bus.