November 2004: Issue 95". Total Film. Future Publishing. Archived from the original on 29 March 2006 . Retrieved 29 May 2006. Now in his 85th year, Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares wisdom and stories from his remarkable career in this "engrossing" memoir that "shines with positive energy" ( Library Journal, starred review). Field, Matthew (2019). The Self Preservation Society: 50 Years of The Italian Job. Porter Press International. ISBN 978-1907085864. OCLC 1099316716. I do like to laugh. I remember Roger Moore, years ago, saying to me “Cheer up. You’d better have a good time because this is not a rehearsal, this is life. This is the show.” Age to me is in the mind. I’ve seen 70-year-olds who are already dead and 90-year-olds who can’t stop themselves living. I stay young by refusing to be old.”

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The movie was the 14th most popular at the UK box office in 1969. [34] Although it received a Golden Globe nomination for "Best English-Language Foreign Film", the film was not a success in the US. The film remains popular, however. James Travers of Films de France believes that the film's enduring appeal rests in the "improbable union" of Michael Caine, Noël Coward and Benny Hill, whom he considers "three of the best known [British] performers [...] in the late 1960s". He states that the film has a cult status and stands as a "classic of its genre". [26] Legacy [ edit ] In 1999, it was ranked No. 36 on the BFI Top 100 British films by the British Film Institute. In November 2004, Total Film named The Italian Job the 27th greatest British film of all time. [28] In 2011, it was voted the best British film in a poll of film fans conducted by Sky Movies HD. [29] The line "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" by Caine was voted favourite film one-liner in a 2003 poll of 1,000 film fans. [30] One of the most discussed end scenes in film, what happened to the coachload of gold teetering over the edge of a cliff, has been debated in the decades since the film was released. [31] [32] MICHAEL CAINE: My view was this wasn’t going to be a sort of third autobiography, which it would have been. This was a journey between me and the reader. It was you and me. And we were going to do this together. And it came about because I told these people saying I want to be rich and famous. You know, but what I felt was that you’ve got to find out what you want to do and be the best possible person you can be at it. In my case, there are actors who are better than me, actors who are worse than me. My only competition was me. I had to be better every time. I must confess that my primary reason for reading this is that I love listening to Michael Caine and wanted to hear him talk for 7 hours. In that much the book easily fulfilled its purpose. And that is what the book is best at; Michael Caine telling star-studded anecdotes. Since 2000, there have been two remakes of the film. The first was released in 2003 and also called The Italian Job, set in Los Angeles and starring Mark Wahlberg as Charlie Croker. It features Donald Sutherland as John Bridger, played as more of a father figure to Croker. It employs the updated Mini Cooper for a chase towards the end. An official Bollywood remake of the 2003 film, called Players, was released in 2012. [35] The artwork Hang On A Minute Lads, I've Got A Great Idea by Richard Wilson on the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England.The film proved a success upon its release, earning critical acclaim amongst critics for the performances by Caine and Coward, the film's reflection of British culture from the period, and the climactic car chase. The Italian Job became a cult symbol of British filmography and was ranked favourably in the top 100 British films by the British Film Institute. Several elements became symbolic cult features, including the cliffhanger ending, [4] [5] and Caine's famous line about only blowing the doors off. CAINE: Yes, we’ve had loads of fish. He was quite well paid as a fish market porter but he was a gambler. So we never had a lot of money. It hasn't been easy, he's had life threatening situations. Yet he's so full of kindness and love--happiness and gratitude. Joy. Of his eight chosen discs, Sir Michael’s favourite is Sinatra’s My Way, his book choice is Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and his luxury item is a large bed with 50% goose down and 50% feather pillows.

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London 2012 Olympic Games end with a party". Channel 4 News. Channel 4. 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012 . Retrieved 13 August 2012. The Minis featured in the climactic chase were 1275cc Austin Mini Cooper S models. Production took place just as the manufacturer, the British Motor Corporation was preparing for the introduction of the Mk2 Mini, which was launched just before the film's public release. The Minis used were 1967 Mk1 models, fitted with future-dated 1969 G-suffix number plates to match the year of the film's intended release, despite that any 1969-registered Mini would be a Mk2, not a Mk1. BMC provided six new Minis (two of each colour) to the production at cost price. A further 25 were bought on the secondhand market via BMC's agent in Switzerland. Ten of these secondhand cars were Cooper S models and the remainder were standard 848cc models which were modified to various degrees to match the genuine 'star cars' as required for filming. All 16 Mini Coopers were destroyed or rendered unroadworthy in the course of filming, along with nine of the replica cars, leaving six 848cc replicas surviving intact. These were abandoned in the film crew's storage unit in Turin when filming concluded and their subsequent history is unknown.

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Overal this could be seen as an easy read, his previous autobiographies were somewhat more fun and less preachy. This book, like the author himself is charming and considered. It is essentially Michael Caine's advice or lessons in life, based on his own career as an actor. While this would align perfectly if the reader is an actor (or aspiring actor), it is not to say it is not comparable for life in general.

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Vincent Canby, writing at the time of the film's release, felt that the caper film had been made before and much better as well. He complimented the film's technological sophistication, only criticising what he saw as an "emotionally retarded" plot. Canby also expressed concern that Coward's appearance in the film, although intended to be kind, "exploits him in vaguely unpleasant ways" by surrounding his character with images of the royal family, which had not knighted him at the time. A contemporary review in Time magazine felt that the film spent too much time focusing on the film's caper as opposed to building the characters; it also criticised the car chases as "dull and deafening". [33] I promised myself I wasn't going to read another book by Michael Caine. I love his casual writing style, but couldn't imagine he'd have anything new to say that he hadn't already told in TV interviews or in his previous autobiographies. Then I saw this copy in a secondhand bookshop & thought "Why not ?" Huggins, Nik (15 May 2009). "The Italian Job (1969)". Future Movies. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013 . Retrieved 11 July 2018.The Italian Job". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020 . Retrieved 11 July 2018. I had a better idea': writer's original finish for 'Italian Job". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022 . Retrieved 1 September 2019. The birthday celebration continues all week when Sir Michael reads a five-part adaptation of his autobiography, Blowing the Bloody Doors Off, weekdays at 07.15. The Italian Job's lost Lamborghini Miura has been found". Sunday Times Driving. 8 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019 . Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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The final escape from Turin was filmed on the road from Ceresole Reale via Lago Agnel to Nivolet Pass (the highway does not lead to France or Switzerland because it is a dead end). After leaving for Italy, Croker and some of his crew split off from the others while en route to Turin, to avoid raising suspicion. However, the small group soon encounter the Mafia waiting for them in the Alps, led by their boss Altabani, who destroys their cars. Croker narrowly manages to talk his way out of getting murdered. His crew infiltrate the Turin traffic control centre later that night, whereupon Peach replaces one of the computer's magnetic tape data storage reels with a duplicate designed to sabotage Turin's traffic control system on the day of the heist. The next day, as the gold arrives and the crew prepare for the heist, Croker sends Lorna to Geneva to protect her and the plan. At the same time, Peach absconds from the crew, and is later arrested for molesting a woman on a tram. At last Michael Caine reveals ending to the Italian Job". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019 . Retrieved 1 September 2019. Although I haven't read any of the others, this isn't the first time Michael Caine has written an autobiographical book. My sense is that this one is more of an addendum to his previous books, which are more straightforward autobiographies (and keep being outdated as he continues to find success in old age). It's billed and structured around different "life lessons," (specifically for prospective actors yet told in a more general sense) which run the gamut between tediously obvious and surprisingly insightful. That organizational structure can be off putting at times, as, after starting out with his pre-star early days, he constantly jumps around in time the rest of the book. At the very end the book does devolve a little too much essentially into lists of actors he's met and friends that have passed away. Even so, there are some really entertaining stories throughout, which are told with his ever-present wit and humility. Andreeva, Nellie (28 September 2016). " 'The Italian Job' Drama Series Inspired By Movies Set At NBC From Paramount TV". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016 . Retrieved 23 October 2016.

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My favorite story in the book was Michael's first meeting with writer/director Christopher Nolan, who showed up at his house on a Sunday morning, unannounced, with a movie script. Michael had seen Nolan's movie "Memento," and assumed this new film would also be something low-budget. I don’t want to screw up today’s work and tomorrow’s worrying about yesterday’s and I don’t want to focus on what it looks like on the outside when the performance has to come from within me. I want to be in the moment now, getting it right from the inside.” The Simpsons: The Italian Bob". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009 . Retrieved 4 January 2009. The Italian Job (1969)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021 . Retrieved 25 October 2021. a b Otterson, Joe (24 February 2021). " 'Italian Job' Sequel Series, 'Love Story' TV Adaptation in the Works at Paramount Plus". Variety. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021 . Retrieved 25 April 2021.