'Italian Job' Memorabilia To Be Auctioned

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'Italian Job' Memorabilia To Be Auctioned The Mini Cooper number plates from 1969 movie The Italian Job will be auctioned in the UK later this week. The three plates, which worked within the plot to signify Sir Michael Caine's character's prison number HMP 729G, the robbery gang's flight number LGW 809G and Grand Prix flag number GPF

146G, are expected to raise up to $36,000 at Cheffins Auctioneers in Cambridge, England, on Thursday. A Cheffins spokesman says, "These are certainly a lot for the dedicated Italian Job fan - or maybe Michael Caine himself might be interested." The Minis are most famous for the chase scene in the 1969 movie, where they speed through the narrow streets of Turin, Italy. The Italian Job was remade in 2003.
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D.J.
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Hi, The Italian Job was not remade. It was a different film with different cars but the same name. K

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**

Nice one "K"..... spot on I like that ......... ;-) Fitzy

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Fitzy

Don't have to tell mME that, I know. I just cut and pasted the clip from the IMDB.com website as per the HTML link IN the messsage....

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D.J.

Actually, in the first part of the remake, there is an old mini in the movie. In an interview with Charlize Theron, the actress who drove it, she stated that the car had to be altered for her to fit in it. In the later part of the movie they do use three of the new mini's. Mark Wahlberg and Jason Statham , in the same interview, said they found the new mini to have much more leg room and that the new mini cooper s outperformed the older mini.

Mark

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Madmax

That is clearly nonsense. The Mini's driving position may be unusual, but they can be driven by people of all shapes and sizes... although anyone over about 6ft 7in would probably choose to drive from the back seat. (I'm not joking, it's been done.)

Of course the new so-called MINI has more leg room... in the front. After all, it is not a small car, it is just a short car. That is why it has no leg room in the back and not enough boot space to fit a spare wheel. The brilliantly packaged Mini has far more useable space in a much smaller car.

The Mini in the film is clearly a late model Mpi and probably bog standard. Of course the modern turbocharged car would be faster. Didn't outhandle it, though, did it? Anyway, there is no comparison. The Mini had all the class in the world - the imposters had none atall.

Now, pitch a pastiche Cooper S against a real Cooper S in mixed motoring and I'd bet on the real thing every time. How many Monte Carlo rallies has the new thing won? How many races? How many championships? (Other than against itself in one-make series, of course.)

Regards, David Betts snipped-for-privacy@minilist.org The Mini Gallery:

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David Betts

Yes and the the getaway in the Mini Coopers through the streets of Turin is often voted the best movie car chase of all time, well that's what it says here with regards to the 1969 original:

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and I've seen this film hundredsof times and I never grow tired of it, but if you haven't actually seen themovie then you really wouldn't understand? Taffy

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Taffy

The new(ish) film with the name 'The Italian Job' did not bill itself as a remake but as a sequel.

The Muffin Man

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The Muffin Man

How could it possibly be called a "sequel?" It has different cars, and different characters, different locations and a totally different "storyline"

K
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OK... Keith was the one talking about a remake.

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Madmax

Just quoting what the actors stated on the dvd.

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madmax

Whoaaa! Must be true then. Ever heard of product placement? Did you know that companies pay to get their products advertised in films? I guess the employees know who pays the bills.

I think I'd prefer to trust respected motoring journalists and my own experience, thank you.

Regards, David Betts snipped-for-privacy@minilist.org The Mini Gallery:

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David Betts

Sequels don't have to have the same script, cast, and locations. That is a remake - or what you describe would probably be better called 'copying the master tape of the original film'. A sequel can do whatever it wants.

And it was billed as a sequel. Child of crook takes cash from the man who took her father from her.

The Muffin Man

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The Muffin Man

Have you seen today's papers? The mirror reports: GPF 146G HMP 729G LGW 809G These old number plates from the Mini Coopers which starred in the original Italian Job with Michael Caine were almost worth their weight in gold after fetching £19,800 at auction in Cambridge yesterday.

Taffy

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Taffy

Does it include entitlement to put it on a car or just the piece of metal used in the film?

The Muffin Man

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The Muffin Man

Doesn't say.

Taffy

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Taffy

Unfortunately the piece of metal used in the film doesn't actually exist anyway, by the time they'd finished filming they'd destroyed a hefty number of Mini's and none survived.

Taffy

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Taffy

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