The Italian Job (1969) corrections

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The Italian Job (1969) - 5 corrections

starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Raf Vallone

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The two cars that fall off the car transporter are supposed to be brand new cars just out of the factory. The second car to fall the maroon Austin Cambridge is obviously not that new, as when it falls off the truck you can see that it is has rusty sills. Also, its paint has faded and you can see where the rear number plate has been removed. [When is it said they are brand new cars just from the factory? Since they aren't Italian cars this is absurd. Why couldn't they be confiscated cars on the way to the pound, a second hand or scrap dealers stock, or something similar?]

When the truck swings out over the edge of the cliff, you can see an upwards shot showing the sky, with an airplanes jetstream going across. After a quick shot of the interior, we see the same shot, moments later, but the sky is now lighter and the jetstream has moved further across. [It's the same jetstream. The camera angle has changed, meaning distant objects appear to move drastically in relation to nearby objects.]

As Charlie is leaving prison, Bridger and his sidekick discuss the fact that Charlie is planning a job in Italy. However at this point, Charlie has not yet seen Beckermann's tape of the plan, and Bridger doesn't know about it until Charlie breaks back in to tell him. [Mr Bridger says that Charlie has a job in Italy but that's all. He doesn't say that he knows what the job is. Charlie has had contact with Bekkerman before he gets out of prison otherwise Bekkerman would have no time to get to England for the meeting (which of couse he can't attend because he's dead). Even if it was not made explicitly clear, Charlie would assume that since Bekkerman is Italian, the job is in Italy. The tape is only to explain in more detail.] Corrected by tw_stuart

Why was Professor Simon Peach even necessary? He was supposedly the computer expert but in fact the new computer program was already written to tape before he joined the venture. His contribution was solely to bolt the new tape onto the computer in the traffic center, and he wasn't even sure how to do that. [The first tape was written for the original plan. The job actually done is a one time gold delivery not the weekly delivery mentioned by Bekkerman so a new programme was needed.] Corrected by tw_stuart

The film uses Mini Coopers during the escape scene. Mini Coopers have 2 fuel tanks in the rear wings, and so have filler caps on both sides. Genuine Coopers were used in the escape scenes, but when they are dropped from the coach at the end, the cars only have one filler cap indicating that they were not Coopers, but the cheaper standard bodies. [The Mini Cooper actually did have just one fuel tank. It was the Mini Cooper 'S' which had two.]