RIP Marcello Gandini, legendary designer of the Lamborghini Miura. He's driving this car to heaven right now...
@andyelliott80272 ай бұрын
The hands you see on the steering wheel are not those of the actor Raf Vallone who you see with the cigarette and sunglasses they are the hands of Lamborghini's test driver Enzo Moruzzi who did nearly all the driving in the opening sequence. Raf Vallone just did enough driving to get the required camera shots of him.
@kishordhake5099Ай бұрын
Great information 🎉@@andyelliott8027
@tonywilliams7742 Жыл бұрын
My Dad took me and my younger brother to see this film at the cinema. The cinema was a couple of miles walk from our home. A walk home of excited chat I will never forget. Amazing.
@Seanryan2001 Жыл бұрын
What a great memory. I was only a toddler when this film came out at the cinema but i remember watching this on tv in the 70s for the first time and i was just transfixed on this film, especially this opening theme. Just watching this today brings back a very long distance memory of when i first saw it.
@EricaNernie4 жыл бұрын
Surely the best intro to a film ever! The singing of Matt Monro, the car, the scary crash, the introduction of the Mob. Best ever!
@jenniferjones1882 жыл бұрын
Plus the gorgeous Rossano Brazzi
@ellenthorne82222 жыл бұрын
Not forgetting Raf Vallone as the Godfather.
@porterhouse_2 жыл бұрын
Let's make movies, cars, actors, clothing, cool again!
@LarsTragel-zh7ei Жыл бұрын
Overrated crap with cheap humour.
@h2xhypocriet Жыл бұрын
Or Kingpin
@Nemoticon5 жыл бұрын
This one scene alone is a million times better than all the Fast and Furious bollocks put together!
@ferkara82235 жыл бұрын
Firebrand You are right!!
@Eire_Go_Deo5 жыл бұрын
You said it mate!!!
@1979jon4 жыл бұрын
Pure class
@ZnenTitan4 жыл бұрын
The Fast and the Furious is a 1955 movie from director Rodger Corman. And none of these remakes (including the Italian Job) can hold a candle to the originals. That because in this era of dead creativity all they can do is mine the past for their "Ideas" rather than come up with new concepts and story lines. Western culture is dead and running on yesterdays momentum.
@leifvejby80234 жыл бұрын
Amen
@Pedro-cj7mg2 жыл бұрын
I drove over the Swiss Alps in my red Boxster with this soundtrack playing all day. Best recreation I could manage and a great day ☺️🤷♂️
@thesushifiend5 ай бұрын
I also have a Boxster and was just thinking I should do the same thing!
@MrMcKane4 ай бұрын
I did something similar up the Stelvio Pass, although it was in a MK3 Focus ST.
@FrodrichFonkensteenАй бұрын
Me and my wife did it in a wheelbarrow.
@jerribee1Ай бұрын
@@FrodrichFonkensteen In a wheel barrow? Or as a wheel barrow?
@samcorrado53295 жыл бұрын
This has to be the most polite, well mannered assassination I've ever seen portrayed on the big screen! Flowers and hats off and all.
@seanhuds2295 жыл бұрын
That's La Cosa Nostra for you mate, nothing personal, it's just business.
@pgr32904 жыл бұрын
Being in the mob was ever so civilised and taught respect. These days petty criminals don't know they're born! Pff!
@daviddrupa16384 жыл бұрын
Assassinations these days are just too hurried.
@robdean7042 жыл бұрын
Morals are nice but business is just that, business
@Kacpa2 Жыл бұрын
@@seanhuds229 Also so he dies doing what he loves and instantly too.
@jessesands4099 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic Opening Scene To The Italian Job! Wonderful Music Sung By The Late Matt Monro Wonderful Scenery Of The Mountains And Best Of All The Magnificent Red Lamborghini Sports Car!😎🕴🚗🚘🗻🎤🎚🎛🎼🎼🎵🎶🎶🇮🇹
@moonday48686 жыл бұрын
The '60s in Europe! What an insanely stylish time and place.
@harveyvid5 жыл бұрын
The 2010's in Europe! What an insanely horrifying time and place. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6rbn6ifmbSsfqc
@MrJimbaloid5 жыл бұрын
Oh boy your not kidding.
@lucaslonchampt6135 жыл бұрын
@@harveyvid name me a time where Europe wasn't a dangerous place
@GLYNDYER5 жыл бұрын
haskapaska and Italian mafia launching lambos off cliff tops.....
@1061andy5 жыл бұрын
Great opening sequence....wonderful film too, written by later Sweeney creator Troy Kennedy Martin.
@Isleofskye6 жыл бұрын
The Scenery....The Car and The Velvet Voice of Matt Monro......Has there EVER been a better introduction to a film?
@nevittwoods17305 жыл бұрын
i made model garden rockery to look like scenery,
@anridapu5 жыл бұрын
Agreed! This is about as good as it gets. Pure class ...
@Bubbsmaster5 жыл бұрын
Best driving song ever... that is all
@jasonfernee37555 жыл бұрын
In a word... no.
@howardmckenna5 жыл бұрын
Cannonball run opening credits runs it damn close.
@milanlazic9731 Жыл бұрын
Absolute genius start to a classic film…the car, the scenery, the actor and the great Matt Munro song…simply brilliant..🙏🙏🙏❤
@richardwestwell4902 Жыл бұрын
If you like this you may be interested to know that iain Tyrrell of Tyrrell's classic cars (video on youtube) found the actual Lamborghini Miura featured in this movie, restored it into pristine condition, recorded the song in a friend's recording studio and drove it on the same road 50 years after this opening scene was shot, The video of this quite unique event is on youtube if anyone cares to look for it
@chriswarren25996 ай бұрын
That’s answered my question-no way would the producers wreck a brand new Muira!!
@pauldoree39675 ай бұрын
I am a big Iain Tyrell fan, great Sunday afternoon watching. This was a customers car that they ‘borrowed’ before delivery, disconnected the Speedo so it wouldn’t show the miles they did. You can see that in this sequence.
@teddyedward1006 жыл бұрын
We drove over the St Bernard Pass last summer in our Citroen Berlingo with Matt Monro on the car stereo, it was a great day.
@TellyWatcher19975 жыл бұрын
No problems in the tunnels I hope, Teddy Edward?
@mudamoody9965 жыл бұрын
Laura Barber he didnt replied until now, oh well...
@juangallego71975 жыл бұрын
@@TellyWatcher1997 If he's telling you that he drove it means he survived it...
@rich_edwards794 жыл бұрын
@@shootmcrunfast now if it was a Citroen SM it would be a different matter. That had a Maserati engine and was one of the most beautiful cars ever built.
@dijohnson74 жыл бұрын
I bet you had to play that tune about 6 or 7 times for the same trip, whereas he did it in one, with a little editing, ;-)
@stealthwolf63692 жыл бұрын
The greatest intro to a film ever made .Matt Monro nails this song .
@davidfletcher4522 жыл бұрын
Not only nails it but owns it
@acewilliams791711 ай бұрын
Indeed 💯 I used to put the scene on repeat.
@frglee6 жыл бұрын
Can there ever have been such a perfect opening credits to a film? Matt Monro singing an amazing song, perfectly orchestrated, beautiful lyrics. The scenery, the car, the cool driver...
@brendaedwards29695 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest introduction to a movie in years with a 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 driving through the Alps of Italy. This is beautiful! Lovely!
@gibbonsgriffithsinc77315 жыл бұрын
The Italian Job was the coolest British film. The cars, Michael Caine and extra starring actors and this opening scene with the music is so awesome.
@Benratbag19973 ай бұрын
It's one of my all-time favourite films. A million times better than Fast & Furious.
@Martin-sk4ff7 жыл бұрын
The best beginning of a film ever! They dont´t make films like this any more.
@farishanafiah84615 жыл бұрын
@ZappoTan ...seriously, mate? Out of all movie, FF7? 😑
@mrrolandlawrence5 жыл бұрын
id imagine that Michael bay would have a different take on it ;)
@AW_Cars-z9f4 жыл бұрын
Drive ft Ryan Gosling?
@daver.j68054 жыл бұрын
There are some very good one liners.
@NightyFall4 жыл бұрын
@@mrrolandlawrence *explosion*
@lonophonic117 Жыл бұрын
This was one of the first films I ever watched when I was little and instantly loved it and I still do now. One of the greatest films of all time and one of the greatest opening title sequences/songs of all time as well.
@trishahopkins8199 Жыл бұрын
Whoever put this sequence together is a bloody genius!!! Perfect in every element. It doesn't get any better than Matt Munro's voice. Bliss!
@stephensimpson40224 жыл бұрын
This film has absolute style and class in abundance. Still love it after all these years.
@josephbrown23562 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful romantic song...I remember seeing it in the theatre long ago. I've got the dvd and play it over and over just for that into. It reminds me of a lovely, gentle, sweet lady a dated a few years ago. Ill never forget her or get this song out of my mind. Her memory still haunts me...
@Benratbag19972 жыл бұрын
The Italian Job is one of my all time favourite films and the opening always brings a smile to my face - The Lamborghini Miura, Matt Monro’s ‘On Days Like These’ and the peaceful scenery of the Alps everything! Plus a lot more soul than all the Fast & Furious films put together 😊❤️
@mmzpop7 жыл бұрын
I saw this intro on TV as a little kid back around '75 or so when this movie was on one night. Then my mom said it was bedtime. I remember trying to put it all together in my head for days afterward. Beautiful car, beautiful scenery, nice music, then suddenly, shockingly fiery explosion. Why did they kill him. I never forgot it. It wasn't until the VCR rental era that I was able to see the whole movie.
@CAL1MBO7 жыл бұрын
mmzpop Same, apart from I watched the rest.
@chrischibnall593 Жыл бұрын
I saw it at the cinema when it came out in 1969: I would have been 10 years old at the time, and it was, believe it or not, the "B" feature to "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", which we'd actually gone to see (Perhaps the idea behind this double-billing was that they both had "car" themes?). I had similar impressions about it, and the Mafia in their black suits really "creeped me out"...
@jconner30119 жыл бұрын
Sung by the great Matt Munro. What a voice he had!!!
@beetleything18645 жыл бұрын
J Conner bus driver too 🤷♂️
@harrismiller19484 жыл бұрын
I don't think Britain has ever come up with a better singer during the 60s
@hermanman82353 жыл бұрын
➡️ NUCLEAR!!!!
@manchestertart56142 жыл бұрын
@@harrismiller1948 best English singer
@harrismiller19482 жыл бұрын
@@manchestertart5614 not too shabby for a former bus conductor/ driver!👍
@malcolmjawohowelll28924 жыл бұрын
What makes this s classic is the way all the elements pay off the casting ,humour 1960s stylish cinematography music and the thrill of the over ambitious small time criminals getting more than they bargained for ...just brilliant and even after all these years. It moves the story with a cheekiness in the performances and slick pace and iconic stunts
@debbiecclark653810 ай бұрын
Omg scenery, stylish car , gorgeous Rosanno Brazzi ( spelling) and the silky wonderful voice of Matt Munro... What a brilliant opening to a film...
@stephenburke8059 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite films of all time a classic with no rivals😊
@raduangheluta37392 жыл бұрын
Acest mare videoclip minunat și superb de blues de dragoste și romantism este după coloana sonoră a filmului lovitură în italia din anul 1969 Cu o mare pleiadă de actori de excepție și l-am vizionat pentru prima dată în viața mea pe timpul lui ceaușescu la cinema festival de la noi din țară bucurești românia sectorul 5 al capitalei de la vremea respectivă unde mă duceam odinioară și eu ca tot omul normal să mă recreez și relaxez la un film bun de calitate.
@acmarston4 жыл бұрын
This never gets old.
@Rudra01418 жыл бұрын
perhaps the best movie intro ever, thanks fro uploading
@cesarbenitez87937 жыл бұрын
it is great!! check out "The Shining" intro, it's similar
@kingamoeboid38877 жыл бұрын
César Benítez to me the best intro ever would be the opening of A Clockwork Orange. I became an Anglophile (someone who likes English people) because of that film.
@Isleofskye6 жыл бұрын
Funny that. I am an English Londoner who is 63 and that film turned me OFF some of my fellow Englishmen :)
@benhughes13035 жыл бұрын
Ravi S Chadha couldn’t agree more
@chancerybunch47574 жыл бұрын
you're right but I would put the opening shots of Catch22 along side. totally different mind..
@porkscratchings5428 Жыл бұрын
I recreated this, blasting the music after seeing this movie as a kid. Didn’t do it in a Miura but in my VW Passat buzzing along the Great St Bernard Pass in the Italian Alps, murder with no power steering lol. Just beautiful I could do this listening to Matt driving through there with full volume on. My missus thought I was mental, the kids asked me to turn it down as it was embarrassing them lol
@hcrun5 жыл бұрын
Sung by Matt Monro.....a man who died well before his time. An outstanding voice.
@nevittwoods1730 Жыл бұрын
Pitty most sings arnt as lovely as mat🎙
@Alex-di8ti4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best film openings ever!!
@jaholejamoke Жыл бұрын
The best video in KZbin . I crank this while I'm driving in my sl320 complaining about not being able to get the removable hard top off . 2 months ago I lived under a tree next to Walmart. Thank God I'm sober and working a program. What an awesome life . Amor Fati
@leeparker89264 жыл бұрын
This was my late mums favourite film we did this journey many times together R I P mum I will never forget you
@andyrob357 жыл бұрын
Got to be one of the finest openings of any Movie
@rogerkincaid9315 жыл бұрын
I like how when the song plays, the background noise becomes muted -- very stylish. And Europe in the 60s was superbly cool.
@cordoba19524 жыл бұрын
I was 17 years old when I saw the movie, 51 years later, I still recall the music AND the movie!!!!!
@FATBAZ017 жыл бұрын
ONE of the best intro's to a movie. Great car, great voice and stunning scenery.
@LarsTragel-zh7ei Жыл бұрын
"intro's" LOL
@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this film! The stylish suits of both the mafiosi and Charlie Croker, the cars, ESPECIALLY that gorgeous Aston and of course the genius car chase! Thanks for sharing the best opening sequence in movie history. 😁
@davidgarrick16816 жыл бұрын
There is nothing that captures Italian romance better. I love it and play it as I drive by Hampton Court Palace. It is such a part of my love life and life in general..
@Enlightenedwarrior15 ай бұрын
Without doubt one of the all time great movies💕
@fredfungalspore4 жыл бұрын
The Best Song he ever song was .....On Days Like these My late mother who was a jazz singer ask for this song to be played at her funeral ...everyone cried xxx mum
@jameslynch7826 Жыл бұрын
Everything about the film is spot on Costume Cars Soundtrack the whole album is perfect Banter Oh and pretty cars obviously
@CaCtiSaNdwich7 жыл бұрын
This is such an amazingly English film, Noel Coward, Michael Caine and Matt Monro. All sharing one amazing picture
@Isleofskye6 жыл бұрын
As a Peruvian Woman from Fulham said to me last year on a Thames Boat Trip about the late 1960's....."That is when England WAS England".....I quote verbatim...
@68Boca4 жыл бұрын
throw in Benny Hill also
@raypurchase8013 жыл бұрын
@@68Boca Imagine this title sequence to the music, "Yakkety Sax". Or the Minis being chased to that music.
@jaapseiye22464 жыл бұрын
I still get goose bumps when that clarinet kicks in....
@FrshJurassicPrnceYA6 жыл бұрын
It was that intro that instantly hooked me into the film. I wish more people in my age group would appreciate older films.
@kingamoeboid38875 жыл бұрын
FrshJurassicPrnceYA I’m nearly 19 and I have a great list of Top 20 favourites. 20: Samsara (2011) 19: Garden Of Words (2013) 18: JFK (1991) 17: Badlands (1973) 16: Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964) 15: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) 14: Whiplash (2014) 13: Spirited Away (2001) 12: Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) 11: Requiem For A Dream (2000) 10: Chinatown (1974) 9: Citizen Kane (1941) 8: War And Peace (1967) 7: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 6: Barry Lyndon (1975) 5: If.... (1968) 4: Akira (1988) 3: Grave Of The Fireflies (1988) 2: Whisper Of The Heart (1995) 1: A Clockwork Orange (1971)
@toastytoast67075 жыл бұрын
Where’s “The Italian Job” in your list?!
@maxhunt57024 жыл бұрын
ungratefulmetalpansy first thing I know you said it’s symbolic and just a “film” but the car wouldn’t of blown up in real life. It’s a flimsy Lamborghini miura woudve of just crumpled up not blown up into a ball of flames but then again that wouldn’t be cool
@petrifiedtoaster8572 Жыл бұрын
Apparently, Sinatra used to watch Munro perform in his heyday. I can see why, Munro was sublime.
@kungfuninja558 жыл бұрын
Must have seen this a thousand times but I've never seen it in such quality! Thanks for posting
@jobob472 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with the car and the scenery the first time I saw this film. London, in 1970.
@sodaholic2283 жыл бұрын
"Guys only want one thing and it's disgusting" What guys want:
@SpainHighlander3 жыл бұрын
Yawn.
@acewilliams79173 жыл бұрын
A car like that one...
@chocolatcats3 жыл бұрын
oh grow up...........educate yourself on HUMANS
@captainclever.radioyachtin79504 жыл бұрын
The pure voice of Mat Monroe. Perfection!!
@lindy-ps7vy4 жыл бұрын
Driving in the mountains in Greece heading to Alfonsina Beach I had this playing in my mind, I knew the winding roads ment something to me.....Of course My Favourite Movie
@christopherwalters97106 ай бұрын
That lovely song and delicious voice of Matt Monro sticks in my memory. It's so poignant to me, as it was played at my father's funeral. Chris Walters
@lukesaucier19802 жыл бұрын
Grace, elegance & style. Oh, and melancholy for a sweeter time.
@arsenalfeet3 жыл бұрын
THE best movie intro ever. Im going to do this drive in my 2003 BMW 320ci sport convertible hopefully this late summer. It just has to be done. One on the bucket list. Blaring matt Monroe on days like these , and self preservation society
@DDougz4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song, played at my grandads funeral
@inregionecaecorum2 жыл бұрын
I can remember years ago when I was offered a second hand Alfa Romeo, that Matt Monro jumped into my head as an earworm. Some classic motors in this movie, but none more so than the mini's and that scene that is close to the heart of all Coventrians cos it was filmed in our sewer. To drive a Lambo or a Ferrari in the alps, must be almost like driving a Morgan through the Malverns :)
@manuelsantiusteacha85512 жыл бұрын
No me canso de ver este principio desde la primera vez q vi esta peli de chaval. Es un arranque mágico.
@charliebartman28847 жыл бұрын
17 years old, still my favourite movie. So much can be said in 5 minutes with no dialogue.
@crofton59366 жыл бұрын
charliebartman I’m 17 too and I fully agree. My favourite movie, instant classic.
@harridavies84666 жыл бұрын
23 seen it for the 1st realy upsetting seeing that and 2 E types and the DB5 killed
@crashbash85495 жыл бұрын
This was more than 17 years ago, what are you guys on??
@hasan_z5 жыл бұрын
@@crashbash8549 their age, not the movie age
@ZnenTitan4 жыл бұрын
No dialogue and cool shades,
@jackkruese42584 жыл бұрын
Why does this scene and song make me miss a time.... even though I wasn’t alive in 1969 ?
@aleddavies7703 жыл бұрын
Modern days are shit
@Selena_Mary3 жыл бұрын
Would love a time machine and go back for that decade
@TheGrandmasterMan4 жыл бұрын
Iconic film, iconic clip. What a classic The Italian Job is. Little things count....such as when all the guys take their hats off out of respect at the same time. Style....and you can't buy it.
@jaasmac5 жыл бұрын
On the rare occasion I find myself driving on a road similar to this, I can't help but start humming this tune... : )
@geoffreycarson2311 Жыл бұрын
LISTEN To the SNARL !!!!of THAT V12 LATIN Masterpeice !!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😅😅😁😅😀and MATTS VOICE !!!SUPERB g
@cortezafterdark4 жыл бұрын
I remember being excited watching this after seeing the trailer, but this opening blew me away. Once I saw Quincy Jones did the soundtrack I was definitely sold.
@decckys2 жыл бұрын
Rediculously cool and rediculously superb!
@robertdavis57144 жыл бұрын
Did not know this 1969 version Movie even existed and Stars a 1969 Lamborghini Miura, time to go buy this DVD.
@gabriellaleroux50273 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of when I was in my early twenties and I used visit my parents how lived in northern Italy.My bother in law would drive me on those mountain roads.It was so excitingit took my breath away.What a beautiful time
@benpasquale63535 жыл бұрын
when i was younger i always thought it was the start of a james bond movie....fantastic intro...very moving
@flashtheoriginal5 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest English singers ever. FACT
@sebastian_lorenzo2 жыл бұрын
I drove the Colle del Gran San Bernardo hearing this song for about twenty times
@b317706 жыл бұрын
i just love this tune what a voice he had,
@notmagicok76127 жыл бұрын
best soundrack ever. got his on my playlist.. Well doesn't everyone??
@vinibisetto5 жыл бұрын
One of the best movie intros! Lamborghini Miura, masterpiece of Marcello Gandini, macchina stupenda! The exhaust sound of the V12 is magnificent!
@frostyfrost40949 ай бұрын
Mr Gandini has recently died RIP
@vinibisetto9 ай бұрын
@@frostyfrost4094 😢🙏
@littlephilly75372 жыл бұрын
Yeah , how stylish is that 😎 With the Alps in summer too 👍
@paulnewman46244 жыл бұрын
Matt Munro. What a great singing voice. Worked as a bus conductor before being discovered .
@user-ky6vw5up9m4 жыл бұрын
Paul Newman Driver on 27 and 27A
@mikewest15423 жыл бұрын
My Grandad knew him as he could sing a bit ( not as well of course ) , Matt was a regular in the Boston Arms opposite Tufnell Park tube station in London.
@manchestertart56142 жыл бұрын
Matt Monro (Terry Parsons) was a bus driver for about 13 weeks,according to his daughter. I love his voice.
@kronsteen90934 жыл бұрын
That road always reminds me of the A470 through the Brecon Beacons!
@kernowarty7 жыл бұрын
Wow. What a beautiful car and so ahead of its time in body design. Would not look out of place if it was made today.
@DrMcMoist5 жыл бұрын
And made as a big 'Fuck you' to Enzo Ferrari.
@znentitan40324 жыл бұрын
Strange isn't it? Here we are fifty years later and other than the fact it is a beautiful car would fit in today's traffic, while a forty year old car in the sixties would look like an antique. (it's been a fallow time since that vibrant decade)
@neildelbridge26703 жыл бұрын
' Maybe today you're singing songs with someone new '......Aww !
@praguetimes51347 жыл бұрын
Best opener ever. Class with a twist.
@Dough_Dough4 Жыл бұрын
I usually skip the opening credits when I watch old films, but these I had to watch twice because they were so good. It's no wonder that newer films moved the credits to the end of the film. They just don't know how to make them as good as this anymore.
@Dudleymiddleton3 жыл бұрын
Iconic, timeless film. I feel priviledged that I was born (in 1966) before it came out. And yes, massive sacrifices were made to what I see as the most beautiful object on four wheels that humankind has ever produced. Big, big budgets in those days I guess!
@CamaroAmx2 жыл бұрын
Not really. A borrowed brand new mint miura and a already wrecked and stripped miura.
@Pbrou1008 жыл бұрын
😍😍😍 THIS BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES!!!
@cvmaio51014 жыл бұрын
Anos 60 e 70 ! Duas décadas que nunca serão superadas na música e no cinema . 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷.
@jaapseiye22464 жыл бұрын
If there is a better opening sequence to a movie please let me know. Flawless.
@kennethbowry15212 жыл бұрын
How wonderful the past was, bring back these times.
@terrified057t43 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in like 2007 and it was in like 1st or 2nd grade, played it on dvd and for a few minutes everyone thought the movie had skipped to the ending.
@RoySweetman5 жыл бұрын
I think this is it... the greatest movie intro of all time
@Pulsonar4 жыл бұрын
Just too cool, the legendary Miura in flame orange, Matt Munro’s epic song, and that dramatic St Bernards Pass Mafioso ambush... No film has come close to matching that famous intro in over 50 years.
@tarvisponsdebeaumont794 Жыл бұрын
I was there as an extra. It wasn't the St Bernard Pass, in reality. It is a road leading to a dam in the region of Piedmont, the same location of the film's ending.
@Pulsonar Жыл бұрын
@@tarvisponsdebeaumont794 that’s really interesting, was the car that crashed a mock-up of a Miura? I’m also curious how movie production companies get the green light (pardon the pun) to mess up the countryside like that with smashed up vehicles. How did they go about clearing up the mess afterwards?
@tarvisponsdebeaumont794 Жыл бұрын
The crashed Miura (not the functional one, that was authentic) was a proper fiberglass body obtained by a company in Turin that made them. In Turin and surrounding area the production was allowed to do WHATEVER they wanted with full collaboration of local police and the Mayor. Gianni Agnelli, the owner of FIAT, was very enthusiastic of the film and at that time was basically the King of Turin (and one of the most important people in Italy) so nobody bat an eyelid because Gianni Agnelli was vouching for them. No production company could do anything like that anywhere else! @@Pulsonar
@tarvisponsdebeaumont794 Жыл бұрын
@@Pulsonar No car really crashed. You can see the Miura into the tunnel and after a cut emerging on the excavator is the fiberglass body with some diesel burning underneath. The movie production company met with the FIAT owner when they were discussing using FIAT as a sponsor and they had the green light from Agnelli without having to pay a penny and without getting a penny in sponsorship (Agnelli never provided FIAT cars, he was an anglophile and wanted the film to be authentically British). The mess was cleared by us extras and local council workers and there was a barrage further on on the stream blocking bits and pieces. Also, in those times there was a very cavalier attitude to pollution.
@Pulsonar Жыл бұрын
@@tarvisponsdebeaumont794 Many thanks for sharing your life experience. Good thing the movie was made a few years before that middle east oil crisis. I doubt if the Italian giant would have time and good will as they Italian auto industry was closing ranks and FIAT bought Ferrari and tightened their belts a bit at the time. Agnelli was indeed an Anglophile, not sure what he’d have done as a gesture of pride if the Queen awarded him an honorary Knighthood, swim the English Channel perhaps in Capt. Webb vintage costume 🙏🏽
@peterfranks62435 жыл бұрын
The coolest, slickest, best start of any movie
@brendonmills18583 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite movies. Havent seen it for years though. God knows how many times I have seen it.
@donnyazoff9805 жыл бұрын
My wife and I just drove up that exact road about 2 hours ago and are now staying at the hotel on the Italian/Swiss border. Amazing drive if anyone is ever in this region.
@Useaname5 жыл бұрын
How much was your hotel. I want to go next year but am worried about the cost. Thanks.
@donnyazoff9805 жыл бұрын
@@Useaname the hotel was $240 Australian Dollars for one night which included breakfast.
@Useaname5 жыл бұрын
@@donnyazoff980 thank you. Much obliged.
@jaspertickler18313 жыл бұрын
such a beautiful movie in many ways
@davecoalwood94872 жыл бұрын
The Mrs. and I got married in Italy, there was one point on The Honeymoon that She was filming Me on a video while in a busy town. I automatically started talking to the camera with instructions to Charlie.....so ingrained is this film into all of us 😁😁😁
@johndavies71883 жыл бұрын
One of Britain's greatest singers, one of Britain's best films in an era of no cgi, glorious cars, cast .perfection for a petrol head. Just one thing is there a film of the intro without Matt Monroe just the engine and exhaust notes.?
@paulhinckley75065 жыл бұрын
I've driven this stretch of road a couple of times, and hope to do so again before I die! Actually, it will probably why I will die!!
@raypurchase8013 жыл бұрын
There are worse ways to die. If the driver lived longer, cigarette-induced cancer would've got him. This is a better end than struggling for breath in a hospital bed. Sad but true.
@winstonchurchhill32642 жыл бұрын
Lol 😂 ! Hopefully not !!
@frostyfrost40949 ай бұрын
You have to pay to go down Stelvio think it €20
@deb-15584 жыл бұрын
Fun memories watching this film with my dad when i was little
@jenniferblane7550 Жыл бұрын
Days when people knew how to drive expensive cars........lovely.........
@T4TipsGuides7 жыл бұрын
0:16 what a sound!
@derekdobson1608 Жыл бұрын
The coolest scene, in any film, ever, plus a great soundtrack!