The Italian Job (Car Chase-Mini Coopers)

[@spazypaddy]

The saddest moment in any film is watching those Mini's go down the cliff

[@Nihal7625]

Spazzy Paddy You are correct!

[@eldo59]

Along with two Jaguars an Aston Martin and a rare Lamborghini Miura.

[@henglongtanks1]

Yeah the Miura. Poor car, however I read somewhere that the Lamborghini was already damaged due to its last owner. I believe the previous owner was a rich Arab - but I'm not sure. Nevertheless, great film!

[@unfabulousization]

JPB UploadsUK thanks for the info lad I never knew that about the Miura:D

[@Michael_Shoemaker]

JPB UploadsUK Nope, They used a replica without engine (Just body, You can see that when Miura falls down the cliff). Also the DB4 was a replica based on 60s Lancia Appia.

[@MDBellamy]

Those Minis should've been nominated for an Oscar!

[@MattChambers-l8k]

Posthumously

[@khusyairi]

i still regard this is THE BEST car chase in a movie ever

[@sarahshuttleworth5140]

Or Dukes of hazard

[@TheLaXandro]

This is the cutest car chase ever.

[@M0rinkashi]

+TheLaXandro heh, i guess so :)

[@Aristaios]

the best scene in any movie imo

[@TheOnlyGimmeturben]

More like the cheekiest

[@robholloway6829]

Simply the best car chase in any movie, ever. It's stylish, funny, fast and all about driving skill.

[@nevittwoods1730]

1966 dad went over hump at 70 in 1961 mini

[@westonreisch7794]

This last 25 minute section of the film is the VERY best part, even if it ends on a cliff-hanger.

[@eliasmaki7166]

Literally.

[@jonathanbrackpool2241]

Is... is that the origin of the phrase? I think I just pulled a Clarence face.

[@okjeffy6581]

I was just thinking about Clarence wtf

[@TheRandom1631]

Clever pun 😂

[@shomgerry]

This seemed like the ultimate marketing campaign for mini coopers

[@UKGAMING24.]

And yet BMC who made the mini weren't interested at all

[@alastairhilton4658]

Still one of the best films ever made

[@MrRooibos123]

Now if you're British "Hang on lads, I've got a *great* idea" you'll know that it ends only one way...

[@bigmac7221]

Th great idea is it’s coming home

[@zweidönerhoch]

@@bigmac7221 it didn't

[@TheRandom1631]

*T O T A L D E S T R U C T I O N*

[@kennyelkhart]

Now that's a real cliff hanger!

[@cov9290]

Good one 😂😂😂

[@Redacted341]

mmmmmm now im pissed XD

[@Ingens_Scherz]

What a movie. I must have seen this for the first time when I was about 10 - which was about 12 years after it was made. It was for me - and still is - the coolest movie ever made!

[@redscorpion9411]

THAT IS WHAT I CALL THE ULTIMATE CLIFFHANGER!!!

[@mtrich8113]

Red Scorpion and the funny thing about it it ended right there.

[@alexhuman7749]

@@mtrich8113 i wish there was a shot sequal that just showed what happend like they eaither fell off the clif or escaped the bus and it fell or saved the bus and the gold or saved the gold and let the buss fall

[@runjino]

@@alexhuman7749 nah. That would ruin it

[@jamesmorris9384]

This movie is so much superior then that shit remake, Why can't Hollywood leave great older movies alone?

[@joedlfc9042]

because money :(

[@georgejacob3162]

Same with Gone In 60 Seconds. The original is WAY better than the shit remake.

[@georgejacob3162]

matthew david jarvis Real car guys don't give a shit about the plot and the characters! Girls can care about the characters! Car guys just want to see the cars, the girls and the chases! Car guys also prefer their chases to be real (original Gone in 60 Seconds) and not computer generated (Remake of Gone in 60 seconds). SOD the plot! I'll just watch the 40 minute car chase at the end of the original Gone in 60 seconds! I much prefer watching an already VERY beaten Mustang fly through the air and land even more beaten rather than watch a pristine Mustang hit a VERY steep ramp at 90 mph and then fly through the air almost for an eternity and then land looking almost as pristine as before it hit the launch ramp! BOLLOCKS TO THAT CRAP!

[@c2105026]

Why not both? I love cars, but am also a discerning film buff. Original car chase gone in 60 seconds was fantastic for what was essentially an almost amateur effort. However purely as a movie it was painful to watch. Script and acting very weak in many parts. Zero character development. 'RPM' (1998) was that bad I had to switch the DVD off after 5 minutes. Whilst the original Blues Brothers was a fantastic film that combined many great chase sequences with tight comedy sequences, the sequal was - horrible. Very, very forgettable. The 2nd Italian Job movie as a standalone piece was ok, I thought. Great plot and chemistry between the characters. However if it was to be a proper remake, it digressed way too far from the original plot/concept.

[@71plymouth.]

Richard E Bullcrap. Don't even compare H.B. Halicki's Masterpiece: The Real and Only: Gone in 60 seconds. That was not some pos hollywood junk. That was a independent film by the late Great "Car Crash King" independent filmmaker H.B. Halicki. 100-110 thousand dollars made 40 million. And H.B. was not some damn amateur. No ones there to see acting: its the action. You only need dialouge to have a basis. How about you talk about that pos remake from 2000. I couldn't make it through the first 5 minutes without turning off that crap.

[@markellis4229]

Love this Proper Minis Doing what they do best I love my mini 1275

[@Seansaighdeoir]

Awesome tune, awesome car chase, awesome movie.

[@eoppen]

That JUMP! Eat your hearts out, Bo and Luke Duke! These guys will show you how these things are DONE!

[@sarahshuttleworth5140]

Yeah. In that Doge changer or changer

[@shawbag11]

the film that took the word cliffhanger way to literally XD

[@queencleo1151]

This is such a great movie! I was a young girl when it came out and till this day it runs in my head. I felt so sorry for them... I actually wanted them to get away with it!!

[@pix046]

Maybe they did. Who knows...

[@therealjuralumin3416]

there actually was a script for a second movie. The idea was that the Mafia would find them and take the gold, the rest off the film would be them getting it back

[@theyoutubeguy1]

Same I wanted them to run with all the gold they worked hard for it lol

[@lukedaley17]

What do you think of the 2003 remake

[@ajivins1]

I read the book and they did but had to return the money as Bridger had done a deal with the Mafia!

[@lukedaley17]

In my opinion one of the best moments of the movie

[@confessionsofanenglishlopi5292]

"Hurry up Dominic."

[@jackmcallister2128]

Yeah that's the saddest thing 'cause I love Mini's

[@dantetoffoletti2811]

That means that the cliffhanger ending was instant karma for destroying those presious cars. If you didn't understod well what I wanted to say, is because I speak spanish

[@Maverick25ish]

thats the M6 motorway in england where they drive into the back of the bus, it was still under construction in the 60s and wasnt open yet! amazing

[@Docv400]

No, it wasn't. It was on an unfinished Autostrada in or near Turin.

[@Maverick25ish]

@@Docv400 lol you know what, your right !! it looks like the M6 thats why i get confused, it was the sewer scene that was filmed in conventry england :P sorry my bad i knew that some of the chase scene was in england though :)

[@Docv400]

@@Maverick25ish No apologies required, I learnt something new as well!

[@jamieharper3188]

Disappointed you've cut bits out, but glad it's on here.

[@georgejacob3162]

3:46. Love it! Putting Minis onto Fiat's Lingotto roof top test track is like really taking the piss!

[@RJSRdg]

Apparently FIAT were very accommodating to the makers of the film providing the various Fiats wrecked in the film for free and paying off the real Mafia to stay out of the way (the gunmen on the hillside when the sports cars get wrecked were genuine Mafia!). Fiat also offered to provide 500s for free to be used in the chase instead of the Minis (BL would only let the film makers have three Minis at cost price!) but the film makers decided that would alter the character of the film too much.

[@georgejacob3162]

Just seen a clip from Cars That Rock presented by Brian Johnstone of AC/DC in which one guy purchased boxes of parts of Minis destroyed in the film and he managed to make three cars out of the parts that included registration plates!

[@georgejacob3162]

Correction - it's Johnson not Johnstone! Still, not as bad as Top Gear who gave him a Top Gear award with his name spelt as BRAIN Johnson!

[@mr.coolio4321]

This is one of my favourite, most nostalgic film scemes ever

[@BREDATOR1]

Great filming...Its like the Mini's are naughty children! Got some of the best one liners as well...."she's BIg BIG!".... "Bloody foreigners!"....."Pretty car"....classic stuff.

[@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697]

Watching this scene on a projector was amazing what a fantastic British movie

[@MohammedMohammed-ut2zu]

Hurry up Dominic >> >> Childhood memories and words can not be forgotten

[@chofo2130]

The MOST EPIC chase

[@bigjohnfury5662]

bet Ron Atkinson wasn't a fan of the bus drivers ability

[@mooneyes2k478]

Re-cut, indeed...a bit TOO cut, in fact. Missing a lot of the charm and reasons.

[@white-dragon4424]

The Italians were willing to give the movie producers cars for free for the getaway (I think Fiat 500s), but they had to be turned down because they had to be UK made cars. However, BL made them pay full price for the Minis. Apparently our suits were oblivious to the value of advertising, whereas the Italians knew that donating their cars would pay them back many more times the price of the vehicles. A perfect example of why we don't have our own industries anymore.

[@jamesadams6009]

The Minis would never have made it across that water. This is the voice of bitter experience!

[@paulhorner1056]

Plenty of Waxoyl for waterproofing!

[@frostyfrost4094]

And wetsuit for driver

[@sarahshuttleworth5140]

Some people cut up a rubber glove and put it on because it is on the front of the engine so I can't go in water without the rubber glove

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

29 March is how i imagine Theresea May escapes Brussels. 😂

[@tomlion0116]

I think this is Jason Bourne's favourite movie! :D

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Nah. You can actually see what's going on. 😋

[@mtrich8113]

One of the most strangest endings in movie history but better than the modern movie?

[@dannygroom3327]

Strange? It's called a cliffhanger, it's a common way to end a story.

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

Nah

[@mozartpizza8287]

I preferred the old version to the new one

[@thomaspanditfan2435]

@@mozartpizza8287 Both are good

[@eoppen]

Oh, MAN, the Dukes of Hazzard would WORSHIP these guys! "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"

[@ProfHarveyCrichton]

Back on You Tube by popular demand!!!! I LOVE THIS and the song!!! It's been on my mp3 player for years!!! : ))

[@frostyfrost4094]

Having gone down from the roof at Lingotto with the roof of and hearing the Music, trying to remember the words was a trip of a life time

[@sarahshuttleworth5140]

It is my blamin ring tone mon😂

[@eddiehockley4144]

Must have seen this all time classic 30/40 times and always think the same thing, all the copper had to do when they went up on the roof was wait at the bottom of the ramp.

[@jamesappleyard7459]

eddie hockley I

[@richardfontane2882]

they used to take off on hump backs,

[@ivancarter2021]

if it hadn't been for my dad this scene would have been filmed in Italy or America ...the production team had come to Coventry to view some of modifications that were going to be made to the minis when one of the crew said they were in a rush , my dad asked why they said they were looking at tunnels .. my dad pointed out the sewers . he even walked them over to a work site on the junction of valley road stoke heath they thanked him …….. the rest is history

[@ItsMason1513]

i personally thank your dad

[@fredspofford]

This comment makes no sense to anyone like myself who doesn't know the context.

[@nik-ev3eh]

@@fredspofford they were going to Italy looking for sewer filming locations and his dad told them there were ones in Coventry that would do.

[@rogersmith9631]

This is the best film of all time. People who only know about the new version makes me depressed...

[@orangegherkin3420]

"What would you like the ending to be? A cliffhanger maybe?" "YES"

[@jonosmith4919]

Best ending to a film ever lol 👍

[@wtfduud]

The longest Mini Cooper ad of all time.

[@Steveoqotsa]

The soundtrack is absolutely sensational,so brilliantly British

[@deanoflip7459]

Absolutely brilliant film, still love it now, but should never have ended like that... .Probably my top most favourite Car Chase Film.....Long live the Mini...

[@dannygroom3327]

Of course it should end like that! It's a major part of the plot. It's meant to make you feel that, DOH!

[@davidjordan9759]

The gentle art of scarpering with the ackers.

[@joewalker9760]

I'm surprised James Bond films haven't gone American

[@RatusMax]

Here because I played the game on PS1.

[@CrusardModding]

Ratus Me, too!

[@TBJ_1613]

That was my introduction to gaming back in 2009........ I miss those days

[@SubidubidubiDu1]

The Minis car chase was filled with adrenaline, i Ioved it in the game.

[@sarahshuttleworth5140]

There was a game

[@henglongtanks1]

Hurry up Dominic!

[@josephlandrut4154]

Every movie he was worthy of being 9007.

[@rediboi7046]

Ah this movie brings back so many memories....

[@JohnGLewis1964]

Nice clip, thank you. But you forgot to include Charlie's line "Don't forget the beer."

[@will1565]

+John G. Lewis Fairly sure he says, "leave the beer"

[@JohnGLewis1964]

will1565 Yes, I just re-watched the movie a couple of nights ago, and it was difficult to ascertain. Yet I think you are probably correct. Nonetheless, the chaps did get some beer on board...!!

[@chrisbehn4116]

+John G. Lewis Charlie did say 'leave the beer' and the response was 'No'

[@paulhorner1056]

@@chrisbehn4116 For the production team, it caused a problem during filming. There is nothing that looks quite like beer except real beer, so the actors were getting steadily more and more sloshed as the scene was filmed.

[@melissawcohn]

This is a good Mini Cooper ad

[@idiongoumoh918]

"Right! Everybody out, start unloading the Gold"

[@buddee20]

The best part is that the red mini ended up being a barn find in FH4

[@TBJ_1613]

They even hint at the movie which is better. It's a shame the bonnet straps and movie rally lights aren't an upgrade option

[@ralph5233]

I was told years ago as a Coventry kid that the scene in the Pipes (after 5:13) was shot in the then newly built Sewage Systam from Finham Coventry.........can anyone confirm that ??

[@owenlewis8006]

Yes, Coventry/Birmingham sewer. The plan was for one of the minis to do a victory roll, a complete circle of the tunnel diameter but they couldn’t make it work

[@sammatthews6721]

I loved this

[@ewanmackinnon3058]

Should never have employed the coach driver he was rubbish

[@phil3380]

ewan mackinnon yep... wonder if the hidden message was an ethnic would screw up the Brit’s

[@danp7652]

Wasn't really his fault the other members of the crew got drunk too.

[@dranzergigs8333]

@@danp7652 how does that make a difference. It was the driver's fault right.

[@danp7652]

@@dranzergigs8333 mate the crew shouldn't of got drunk and then they would of delivered the gold

[@BREDATOR1]

They can't swim and can't drive! Fact.

[@andykeri8370]

the italian job will never end ! as long you are like mini cooper the new Mini has a Charging Port to Recharge any Electronic Device

[@noorzaidi220]

This stunt acting is soo great ...jackie chan , james bond cant beat this SCENE ...! regards from kuala lumpur.

[@shaunbainbridge1584]

A series power. The Miura is stunning but the mini is King. You’ve just got to to drive it in anger

[@paololerma3823]

Con tutte le pietre che c'erano nell'ambiente circostante, bastava metterne un pò sul pulmann per stabilizzarlo ! Tanta arguzia per fare la rapina e poi un finale così ingenuo !

[@davidoconnell4100]

Just wonderful.

[@summbuddie9120]

this was my favorite film when a was younger.

[@chrisbehn4116]

British Hound same here and still is

[@theyoutubeguy1]

This is my favourite since I was 7 and its still my favourite just because of this part lol

[@humanoidperson703]

TheKZbinGuy same, the wallpaper in my bedroom has 3 minis and the Italian job displayed across every wall

[@Parknest]

They guy who waves the Minis on to the coach was the late Peter Collinson who was the director. He did it because nobody else would do it. This is the best car chase scene involving the Mini. The Bourne Identity is the 2nd best.

[@jamesengland3880]

The sewers was filmed in Coventry. Genius.

[@rikkee5157]

Where can i see the full movie? This sure is great.

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

If they did it now they'd knock over thousands of immigrants in those minis

[@eoppen]

The Wacky Racers and the Dukes of Hazzard: "We're not worthy! WE'RE NOT WORTHY!"

[@lukasplayz4247]

Love that mini

[@Mechknight73]

I swear there were parts of the Mini chase that inspired The Blues Brothers. It has to be in the top 10 of all time car chases. Some fools had suggested they used Fiats or Alfas for the chase through Rome, but that 1. wouldn't have been as much fun and 2. not as credible. Italian cars of the 60s were notoriously unreliable anyway. When BL first designed and built the Mini, the idea of front wheel drive was controversial, but they earned their stripes as rally champions. Stunts such as the point where they were goofing around in the sewer pipes wouldn't have been possible without them.

[@adamsmailes5484]

The idea of using Fiats came from Fiat themselves, who wanted the film to use their cars. In the end, the Mini's were chosen for our heroes (?) but Fiat still lent the filmmakers a factory and as many traffic cars and trucks as they needed. It's why almost all the cars you see on the streets of Turin are Fiats.

[@formulawon02hd58]

This video makes me want to watch the film

[@Topaz74205]

You should watch it, its one of the best IMO.

[@freezor80]

I love the original Mini Cooper. I sure wish I could figure out where to get one. I saw one cutting through the grocery store parking lot. It was clearly tuned and sounded awesome. It also appeared to be quick.

[@moaningpheromones]

it was just called a mini.

[@freezor80]

@@moaningpheromones I know. Mini was the model, Cooper was a trim level.

[@tomf3335]

It was actually called blank mini. The blank was companies like BMC, Rover, Austin and so on. Which ever company was producing them at that time. And yes Copper was a trim level/sport model with a larger 1275 cc engine.

[@frostyfrost4094]

Did the Mini in the film have the 1275 engine ?

[@randomize27]

They recut this scene to use it in MacGyver - "The Thief of Budapest"

[@ebor8402]

I just watched that episode

[@enacrt]

This is so ridiculous, I love it

[@tammclean9276]

Instant explosion for the red mini for that extra bit of Drama 😂

[@hernancespedes1497]

5:47 wheres its the location? please,¿what says in 5:57 ? I can not read well thanks you,i am from argentina

[@HeeneStudios]

The place doesn't exist, It is a fake name that the crew thought would be funny to put in the film, it reads 'collie St. Bernard' 2 types of dog breeds. Hope this helps :)

[@lp115lp]

Heene Studios Actually this was filmed on a disused stretch of motorway in England - according to the production interviews on the DVD.

[@georgejacob3162]

Apparently the sewers scene was shot near Coventry! They experimented with flipping the Mini right over in the sewers (as can be seen at 5:20) but decided against it.

[@paulhorner1056]

@@lp115lp No - it was filmed on a piece of autostrada near Turin which was still under construction. Does the scenery look anything like the M6 in England?

[@richardbennett9039]

Michael Caine might say: 'Stone the crows, that geezer's chattin' in bloody Japanese!'

[@mbchannel1037]

I remembered the first time watching this movie yesterday what a Nostalgia. 😂😂

[@jamesa2492]

the same car chase is in macgyver season 1 episode 3

[@Jaime_c6]

greatest film ever made.

[@thedrug8580]

The mini is a very iconic and beautiful classic car it was the first professional rally car and was very revolutionary and it's the 2nd biggest car following in the world joint with VW

[@skeptic9876]

did you get the soundtrack from the film? i like the instrumental - can you upload it without the movie sounds thanks :)

[@HeeneStudios]

Late response, I didn't upload this but the instrumental piece is called 'It's caper time' by Quincy jones, It was written for the film. Hope this helps :)

[@skeptic9876]

yeah i saw that and found it thanks

[@jasonga]

are those quartz iodine?

[@nickbull540]

If you put this intrumental in a minor key, would be an amazing blues track,

[@MarkRobertCuthbert]

That Film Sold A lot of Mini's ;-)

[@physicsmaster1975]

They shoud never made the remake!!!

[@humanoidperson703]

Mark Heron no, they should have just made the remake good

[@humanoidperson703]

Like they did with Spider-Man homecoming

[@dombrandon3018]

With you on that although in truth, it wasn't really a remake, it was just a new movie of the same name based on the original idea.

[@CrusardModding]

What‘s wrong with the remake? I love both movies.

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

So they should of made scarface??

[@paulthomson8824]

THESE ARE THE STREETS UPON WHICH I WALKED LAST MONTH....OCTOBER 2019

[@SereniaSaissa]

I never heard of this movie before today - Jan 31st 2016. That mini car chase from the movie, was edited and spliced into the MacGyver TV episode Thief of Budapest which aired in 1985!!!

[@chrisbehn4116]

You should watch it. Great movie. My grandparents introduced it to my brothers and I when we were small. Every time we stayed with them, we had to watch it. I'm 34 now and seen it so many times and still one of my three favourite movies.

[@philoshaughnessy906]

I wonder, just how big the engines would really have to be to cope with the weight of all that gold?

[@tammclean9276]

Phil O'Shaughnessy 2litre to be on the safe side 😂

[@noelquinones8836]

I watched again my fav 80's show MacGyver. Season 1 Episode 3 ,there's the same car chase also.probably got the idea from the series.

[@AndrewDavis-r3b]

This film is the reason I brought a Mini

[@laurentgriffon698]

Signalons que dans ce film so british, c'est Rémy Julienne, notre grand cascadeur national qui a assuré les cascades automobiles que vous voyez ici.

[@sgordon8123]

I have finally figured out what they need to do! Can't believe it took me so long!

[@frydsaman6857]

share it with us man

[@rogersmith9631]

@@frydsaman6857 They fill the front of the bus with rocks. Then remove the cold one bar at a time.

[@Rob_-dv6ei]

This entire scene is the reason why it will a: always be better than the 2003 remake and b: go down as one of the best heist films in history

[@georgiemealing7772]

im 12 and this is my favourite movie

[@hangar10airbrushstudio75]

One of my favourite films! Check out the Italian Job rocker cover I've just painted.

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

6:54 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Don't Give Up The Mini Coopers. And Neither As My Favorite Color Red One!

[@paulhunter123]

colour

[@nickjones5151]

Makes me proud to be British - and I live in Australia !

[@nickjones5151]

And good edit, the combination of Mini Coopers, patriotism and great music. Classic