Most stunt drivers go to a stunt driving school then serve an apprenticeship in a team. And if youre doing a big stunt driving film, you go for the best. Often voted the best british film ever made, it caught the zeitgeist of the 1960s. Remy julienne born april 17, 1930 in cepoy, france is a french driving stunt performer, stunt coordinator, assistant director and occasional actor. However, all of the cast members acknowledged that charlize theron was easily the.
Remy was responsible for all the vehicular action and british stuntman derek ware, who also plays rozzer in the film, was responsible for all. The quintessential british caper film of the 1960s, the italian job is a flashy, fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the bigge. At the hands of lequipe remy juliennes stunt drivers they became legends. The italian job behind the stunts by jon auty issuu. Notable large film projects in which he has arranged stunts, consulted or manufactured special stunt cars include the italian job. Practically all the supporting actors are comedians. You might need to work a second job if you want to be a stunt driver. Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment. T he italian job is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019. The italian job movie intro with fiat x 19 stunt double.
David salamone was originally hired to source and manage all the vehicles used in the italian job, along with some stunt driving duties. The italian job film premir london 2009 remy julienne and friends the italian job stunt driver london 2009. Italy is an italian job of note and fun for visitors to expl. As the 1969 classic the italian job turns 50 years old, caught up with david. If theyre in the elite group of professional drivers who work fulltime on commercials, television shows. I am not a hollywood alister, but ive claimed the title of professional stunt driver several times. The secrets behind the cars and stunts in the italian job the secrets behind the cars and stunts in the italian job we pick the brains of stunt driver turnedactor david salamone. Can you name all of the stunt drivers in the original 1969 italian job movie. On the face of it, the italian job is an unlikely cult movie. If the italian job has any star, its remy, said 2nd unit director philip wrestler, also speaking on the making. Movie world, which originally opened on 26 december 2008. In fact, the italian job was the first feature film julienne and his company remy julienne lequipe worked on, and his expert planning and driving here kicked off a long and remarkable stunt.
The italian job is a 1969 british comedy caper film, written by troy kennedy martin, produced by michael deeley and directed by peter collinson. Hollywood stunt driver is a stunt show at warner bros. The italian job allstarparamount mini coopers plural, to be precise, as there was a red, white and blue one, and they all did some of the best driving stunts ever seen in movie history. This wild ride takes families on a highspeed stunt car adventure through movie sets and scenes inspired by the movies urban chase sequences. The secrets behind the cars and stunts in the italian job. Its normal for movie cars to be heavily modified to cope with the. Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of turin by creating a traffic jam. The mini chase in the italian job has been voted the best movie car scene of all time. The premise is that youre a movie stunt driver a novice, and this is your first film. It tells the story of charlie croker michael caine, the leader of a cockney criminal gang released from prison with the intention of doing a big job in italy to steal gold bullion from an armoured security truck. Michael caine uncredited stunt driver uncredited stunts uncredited. The original movie car from the italian jobs opening scene has been rediscovered, and lamborghinis restoration house, polo storico, restored it. You must be able to drive a vehicle with a manual gearbox. The italian job 1969 cast and crew a british crook michael caine robs gold ingots in italy by having a computer expert benny hill cause a traffic jam.
We pick the brains of stunt driverturnedactor david salamone. Lamborghini restored the miura from the original italian. In reality, we have the legendary stunt driver and coordinator remy julienne and his team to thank for the italian jobs imaginative chase. Extras among each discs makingof docs are features highlighting the movies true stars. A portion of the car chase, a surreal dance between the minis and the police cars, was filmed inside pier luigi nervi agnelli b hall for torino esposizioni, turin. Exclusive 50th italian job anniversary artwork art by. Drivers will need to know the basics of stunt driving drifting, handbrake turns, jturns, flips, barrel rolls, driving on two wheels and jumps. Surprisingly not many modifications were made to the cars for their jaw dropping stunts. The car featured a lowered suspension, faza 3575 cam and sport exhaust. Marking the 50th anniversary of the film, in june 2019, stunt drivers in red, white and blue coopers recreated parts of the films famous carchase around turin at. All stunt drivers, hollywood stunt drivers, professional. With michael caine, noel coward, benny hill, raf vallone.
In the 1973 movie the sevenups, bill hickman returned, with longer hair, for a role similar to his role in bullitt. The italian job is a 2003 american heist action thriller film directed by f. It would be one of several stunts which, along with minis and michael caine, make the italian job such an iconic moment in british cinema. Both have similar stunts, lack dialogue and background music, and were arranged and produced by the same person. He is also a former rallycross champion and 1956 french motorcross champion he is a veteran of over 1,400 films. For that, well give the movie a 7 out of 10, with a bonus nikola tesla award for making batterypowered mini coopers look so sweet. The top 10 wheels from the movies, from the italian jobs. The italian job 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
While the italian mafia are major antagonists throughout the film, in real life, they were actually quite helpful to the filmmakers. Comparing the chase in the sevenups to the one in bullitt is hard to avoid. As soon as michael caine arrived in america to promote it and saw the marketing campaign that depicted him with a. I had done a movie called robbery where id supplied all the cars. A sequel to the show, titled hollywood stunt driver 2 made its debut in february 2014 the first revision of the show replaced the police academy stunt show and put guests in the middle of an action movie set on location in italy where stunt drivers are shooting the scenes for the. The italian job 2003 cast and crew after a heist in venice, steve edward norton turns on his partners in crime, killing safecracker john bridger donald sutherland and keeping all the gold. The italian job 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Stunt drivers careening, crashing, doing 360s, driving under the trailer of a semi or sailing through the air in a car constitutes a good day at the office for some people. Julienne was the french motocross champion of 1956 and a distinguished stuntman who had his own stunt driving company, lequipe remy. The stunt drivers made these coopers fly around back streets of turin before they jumped into the ford thames trader minibus singing, this is the self preservation society, you know the words, then sing along. In 1969 the parks racing circuit the scene of many famous races was also used by italian job stunt drivers to practise the famous jumping sequence with mini coopers. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, steve edward norton, driven by greed and jealousy, arranges to take the gold for himself and eliminate the remaining members of the. All the minis in the italian job were mini coopers. Thats a lot of schedules to coordinate, seeing as how were talking.
Its a british movie in which the three mini stunt drivers are frenchremy juliennes teamand the three vehicles are blue, red and whitethe colors of the french and british flags. See more ideas about the italian job, the devil inside and movies. An american remake of the 1969 british film, the plot follows a motley crew of thieves who plan to steal gold from a former associate who doublecrossed them. Guests are treated to special audio and pyrotechnic effects, adding to the sensation of the experience. The group shut down whole sections of turin for filming, resulting in the very real traffic jams you see in the movie, as well as the reactions of the drivers. The italian job is a fun caper film with lots of fantastic driving, but were still disturbed by edward nortons facial hairand have a bit of traffic jam ptsd. Its been estimated that less than 5% of all professional stunt drivers are employed at any given time. The italian job 1969 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
The stars of the italian job were three mk1 austin mini cooper ss, in red, white and blue of course. But fords go faster experience isnt like other driving experiences. Stunt driving is one of the hardest professions to break into, even if you have experience and have worked in the past. Enjoy a spirited drive made over 20 years ago in a high revving 1986 bertone x 19. The secrets behind the cars and stunts in the italian job we pick the brains of stunt driverturnedactor david salamone. Eventually he set up his own stunt driving company remy julienne lequipe. Ten interesting facts about the italian job the original one. The italian job behind the stunts published on apr 11, 2011 a look at the action scenes on the 1969 classic caper movie starring michael caine and noel coward. Mini tribute to the italian job london evening standard. Gary gray and starring mark wahlberg, charlize theron, edward norton, jason statham, seth green, mos def and donald sutherland. The secrets behind the cars and stunts in the italian job top gear. Spoilers 9 in interviews, jason statham said that in addition to the stunt driving course they all received, he got two days driving tuition from damon hill, the british exworld champion formula 1 driver. Michael caine uncredited stunt driver uncredited stunts uncredited john landis. The italian job 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors.