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BIGGER, FLASHIER JOB.(Revs)(remake of the 1969 movie "The Italian Job")(Movie Review)
Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON
Fans who've made the 1969 movie The Italian Job a cult classic have been eagerly awaiting the new version, a Paramount production that opens May 30. Originally billed as a remake, the new edition is best approached as a summer fun movie inspired by the original. You'll recognize key elements, such as the three new Minis involved in the main getaway chase scene after a gold heist, a computer wizard who snarls city traffic to facilitate matters, and the main character's name is Charlie, played by Mark Wahlberg. After that, well, it's a whole new Job.
If the filmmakers had one eye on the 1969 original, the other was clearly fixed on the phenomenon of The Fast and the Furious, a franchise unto itself with a sequel opening June 6. The preview we saw suggested that TIJ director F. Gary Gray adheres to-or was inspired to-a higher standard of filmmaking, though, with better writing and acting than we anticipate from 2Fast 2Furious.
Wahlberg is sometimes wooden in the lead, so Edward Norton may prove more memorable, playing his bad-guy role with an edge of bitter hostility. That may be less great acting than a reflection of Hollywood insider reports that suggest he did the film only angrily, reluctantly, and ...
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- Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) October 3, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) September 21, 2003 700+ words
...Robin Lynch and Deirdre O'Brien. THE ITALIAN JOB 1969 THE LEADER Michael Caine as Charlie...to blow the bloody doors off! ' THE ITALIAN JOB 2003 THE LEADER Mark Wahlberg as Charlie...out easily. Have you seen the first Italian Job? I hadn't, but I watched it when...
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- `The Italian Job'.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 28, 2003 700+ words
...those Minis come flying in. The original "Italian Job" didn't flop in this country...genius played by Benny Hill in the original, and when Lyle isn't tying...credit for. He's watching "The Italian Job" with Michael Caine...
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- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) May 30, 2003 700+ words
...to be. The remake of "The Italian Job" isn't exactly the 1969 original -- and it isn't trying...stand out. Calling this new "Italian Job" a remake is almost inaccurate...only a few elements with the original: a traffic jam staged as...
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- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) March 8, 2004 700+ words
...with their take on The Italian Job. In fact, the only...main elements of the original are there -a gold heist...But, as with the original, the cars are the stars...their getaway. The Italian Job is good knockabout fun...stand apart from the original. CAPTION(S): Chris...
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- Magazine article from: Video Business Hettrick, Scott October 6, 2003 700+ words
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