The Italian Job [WS]

Director: F. Gary Gray F. Gary Gray

Overview

"F. Gary Gray's 2003 crime caper remake The Italian Job comes to DVD with this Collector's Edition from Paramount Pictures with a widescreen transfer enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions. Dolby Digital Surround soundtracks are available in English and French with optional English subtitles. Includes the featurettes ""Pedal to the Metal: The Making of The Italian Job"" and ""Putting the Words on the Page for The Italian Job."" Three sections focus on specific production details: ""The Italian Job Driving School,"" ""The Mighty Minis of The Italian Job,"" and ""High Octane: Stunts from The Italian Job."" Other special features include deleted scenes and theatrical trailers. This is a worthwhile disc for those who really care about how action scenes are constructed. Paramount has also released this film in a separate full-screen version."

Product Details

Release Date:	10/07/2003
UPC:	0097363304746
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	20,597

Special Features

Closed Caption;Pedal to the Metal: The Making of The Italian Job; Putting the Words on the Page for The Italian Job; The Italian Job - Driving School; The Mighty Minis of The Italian Job; High Octane: Stunts From The Italian Job; 6 deleted scenes; Theatrical trailer; Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French 5.1 Surround; English subtitles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mark Wahlberg	Charlie Croker
Charlize Theron	Stella Bridger
Edward Norton	Steve
Jason Statham	Handsome Rob
Seth Green	Lyle
Mos Def	Left Ear
Donald Sutherland	John Bridger
Boris Lee Krutonog	Yevhen
Gawtti	Skinny Pete,Skinny
Olek Krupa	Mashkov
Oscar Nunez	Security Guard
Christina Cabot	Christina Griego
Giancarlo Giannini	Actor
Ryan Adams	Metro Conductor
Erin Walker	Bully
Pete Anthony	Conductor

Technical Credits

Donna Powers

F. Gary Gray	Director
Donna Powers	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Stefano Corridori	Special Effects
Kelsee L. King-Devoreaux	Stunts
Kate Chase	Special Effects
Thomas M. Groody	Special Effects
Bryan Bowen	Sound Editor
Michael Kamper	Sound Editor
Douglas B. Arnold	Sound Mixer
Alan Rankin	Sound Editor
Randy Kelley	Sound Editor
Peter Zinda	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

Owing less to its source material than to Steven Soderbergh's high-starpower, low-wattage 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven, F. Gary Gray's slick, anonymous Italian Job retains little of the 1969 film's buoyancy, or irreverence -- which in many ways may actually be a good thing. Perhaps realizing that alpha-hipster Guy Ritchie had already strip-mined the Michael Caine classic in not one but two goofball caper films (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, both of which also happened to star Jason Statham), Gray chooses instead to update a few impressive chase scenes, lift a couple one-liners, and otherwise leave the classic untouched. Italy doesn't even make much of an appearance in this Italian Job: Save for an opening heist in the canals of Venice and a snow-capped betrayal in the Alps, the movie languishes in the Southern Californian sun, making good use of L.A.'s seamy pawn shops, nouveau-riche mansions, and permanent gridlock. Unlike the 2001 Ocean's, the humor here is, for the most part, forced and trite; but also unlike Soderbergh's film, there's a genuine sense of gravity to the proceedings, a sense that there's something important riding on ringleader Mark Wahlberg's only-in-the-movies revenge scheme. For his part, Wahlberg is functional but uninspired; best among the bunch are Charlize Theron and Mos Def, both making the most of the few zingers the script has to give them.