Italian Job Intro 1969

[Mccabone]

The Miura was the platform for the Ford GT40 which are two of my all time favorite cars!

Had a chance to drive a Miura and was by far more noise and fun than a Ferrari... Lamborghini's got butt ugly with the Countach however still fun to drive imho...

[datsome80]

Fun fact: Matt Munro used to be a bus driver.

[Ahiga4545]

Truly classic.

[joeybbbbbz]

beautiful music with beautiful music from that engine .... perfect intro, best film in history

[cartuner9]

the actor in this clip died in the 90s :(

[fredfungalspore]

A classic car A handsom man A great song.

[rainingmonkfish]

genius, perfect classic 

[MartinHollandfilms]

Some of the best times of my life have been whilst driving, including a journey from Nice, via Monte Carlo, Italy, Switzerland then through France and finally up to Sheffield.... in a Ferrari (but it wasn't mine! Although I did get paid to do it!

[AliceSexyChick]

Even i'm thus new for both these car movies...i say the First one is much much much coooler...even though i'm a woman..this is a male movie ;).....the first movie is more beautiful, more of a class of its own, a romantic touch, simply un-repeatable.....and the most importantly for them that says the new italian job is cooler? sucks!!!!..........what a movie intro and excellent movie itself

[connoraimee1]

totally timeless

[SuperThatGame]

That miura is beautiful. A perfect car to go with the fabulous music and breathtaking scenery.

[Pipestrangler146]

absolutly brilliant

[special197]

Brilliant intro...the only sound you hear is the car engine building to a crescendo before the excellent song actually kicks in...Superb..

[1979jondam]

I was gutted when the car got distroyed

[slaynt]

If only I had realised that the '60s would be the best decade of the century, I would have paid more attention!

Best music, best films, best weather, best girls.........

[charlieflint]

@slaynt

I wish to god I'd had the chance to be there, I was born a decade or two too late though :-(

Love this film, love the song, love the car, love the era!

[Jazzawray]

@slaynt i feel the same, i miss the gentle times and the manners , the music speaks for itself, peace !

[Ryanr75rc]

Great

[WhatTheFproductions]

If movies today were half as good as this one, the world would be a much better place :)

[craig50]

Everything about this film oozes class from start to finish........

[signorellil]

Until 2:41 it was shot near Gran San Bernardo (on the Italian side, both when the car goes "up" and "down" (same side but shot in two different directions). But the Mafia ambush was shot near La Thuile, so close to the PIccolo San Bernardo. Again Italian side, it's quite close to Courmayeur. You can see the exact spot driving 2 minutes below La Thuile towards Pre St. Didier (grew up there, saw the movie being filmed, and each time I pass there I think about Rossano Brazzi!).

[MartinHollandfilms]

Other than the car, scenery and Matt Monro singing it also has Douglas Slocombe as DOP. Fantastic.

[goldengirlwithmyopia]

such glamour.. and sophistication represented here, the epitome of cool,

such a good choice of actor here, evocative song, wonderful scenery, dangerous road, such a car, then on to a a film so representative of its era, Michael Caine, Benny Hill, Noel Coward et al, wonderful, thank you for this....................

[Isleofskye]

@goldengirlwithmyopia

Well said !......and Matt Monro's voice isn't too shabby either! lol

What a fabulous Singer.

[ARBateman66]

The greatest intro to a movie ever!!!!!!!!!

[Maloccchio]

Most beautiful car ever made...............

[michaelUNITEDKINGDOM]

i was born in 1995, but i do believe that these were the best times to live in :)

love the song aswell

[rebekahlucy1]

sublime

[laurenzomoore]

such a class song....

[123itssusan123]

One word ... superb !!

[Beansy1337]

this is my favorite movie of all time and it was made 21 years before i was born.. thats saying something

[CHAVMORON]

This film was made in an era of originality.

Probably one of the best opening credits/music in film history.

[kirkwallboy]

Yeah things were original then. Something happened in music and in film, and when it worked, it really couldn't be bettered. The classic spaghetti westerns, Cool Hand Luke, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), James Bond. And this is a great opening to a fab film. The Lamborghini, the cool man smoking, the drop off the edge scenery. And Matt Monro's wonderful song. As near to heaven as you could get.

[Morgenstern1914]

@kirkwallboy Thats right! As near to heaven as you can get!

[fix8edfreccia]

I cannot think of a comment worthy of such a car, road, film, intro, tune, cigarette smoking dude... It seems impossible to have all those simple pleasures at once... They don't make cars or roads like that anymore... must go in search...

[merks62]

Lamborghini Miura - most beautiful road car ever? A Countach is so crass in comparison to that great Gandini shape. If my very last drive could be as gloriously scenic and twisty as this climb through the Alps, i would glad give up my license the next day!

[coszie]

hmm i'd agree but i'd have to drive one of every Rs ever made on this road as well

[theworthyreport]

the new version makes a joke of a really classic movie

[cjgm12]

Best car film ever!! The intro is superb...

[1atheist2]

The best introduction to a movie...EVER.

I keep watching the bloody thing over and over again, even after all these years.

Of course, the icing on the cake is the sumptuous voice of Matt Monroe.

[cubanbrown]

'Oh if only i could find the roads this intro was filmed at.

I'd play this track (LOUD) whilst taking the same route!

Whoever posted this' has Impeccable taste!

[roppezzo]

the road is the grand saint bernard pass road going up from the italian side.

I know because I own a house there and drive it many times.

[AlexAlcyone]

@roppezzo is the tunnel right on the border?

[roppezzo]

You enter the tunnel on the Italian side and exit in switzerland The actual borderline is inside the tunnel about 1third of the way through if you go over the pass the swiss Italian border as at the top of the pass.

[MrPeterHoran]

@roppezzo ... I believe that the relevant pass originates in Italy (near La Thuile) and crosses the border westward into France (toward Bourg St Maurice). It's the Petit St Bernard (Piccolo San Bernardo in Italian) rather than the Grand St Bernard which is much further East and heads North from Italy into Switzerland.

[GuyOshky]

This version of Matt Munroe's song is different than the one on the soundtrack , anybody knows where I can get this one from?

[celt67]

I'd reckon this is exclusive to the 'Italian Job' soundtrack.

[Deemann25]

A brilliant film, everyone's done their bit, Quincy Jones with all the musical arrangements, Michael Caine, but for some reason, nowadays, when you talk about The Italian Job, everyone only remembers that shitty overdone 2003 film, but what about the original?!?!?

My mother just sold a Miura like that, what a shame, since I was a kid, every time I've seen that car in our garage, I wanted to drive it through them mountains.

Really, this is, the icon of cinematography!

[catavisigloxx]

grandioso!!!

[theotendleeey]

omg what a brilliant film....absoulutely iconic introduction.

[joeplatter]

grazie, thank you, joe

[Riddick118]

Great song,great car and an excellent movie..

[BTC141]

I agree. This film was alot better than the remake.

[monster900900]

such a great intro to a brillant sixties film, too many of todays films are purely special effects with next to no plot, what would mr bridger say to that ole bean,,

[sexualigglepiggle]

avery underated singer,fantastic voice, he`s as good as sinatra, bennett, williams etc.

[roppezzo]

I can assure you 100% It was filmed on the road going up to the grand saint bernard pass I know this road like the back of my hand every curve & bend.I own a house there and drive it many times

[mrg466]

Looks like a great road to drive a nice car on!!

[julesgreaves]

what a start to a great film fantastic song,location and what a car..just one letdown! that cheap windsceen wiper its pants big time.and whats the car a lamborginni miura lol.

[stephaneportias]

géniale

[khadeeja76]

This is the best movie song and beginning

[Umskiddy]

Listen to that engine between 22 and 25 seconds... LEAVE ME ALONE!!

[02proctera]

i agree that is imense they don't make em like that anymore

[mrjimmyos]

@Umskiddy Can't beat the 60s for great cars

[olucnafo]

I always wished to read

'No Miuras were harmed during the making of the film'

but I couldn't...

[lunarrbot]

lamborghini miura is my favourite car ever!

and this is the best tune ever!

[BestManMe09]

Benny Hill was considered funnier than Monty Python by a UHF station that ran both! The station was WLVI TV Channel 56 in Cambridge, Mass! I agree!

[viper1564]

2:58 Oh dear,

[pipodeclown1993]

This song is beautiful

[discocol505]

classic film.

[simonmni]

AWESOME

[doctorjones300]

Beautiful scenery. Even if I have to drive on snow, I want to go to this place

[roppezzo]

I am fortunate enough to own a house where the film was made it is the Grand saint Bernard Pass going up from the Italian side yes it is beatifull scenery, when we are at the house we drive up there many times.

[Mick1929]

Oh, the tunnel scene was filmed near Aosta which is just down the pass on the same bit of road.. Its on the border with France/Italy. You can still drive it, but not in the winter. I know because a mate tried it.

[roppezzo]

sorry Mick1929 you are correct in as much it is on the border but not between france and Italy but Switzerland and Italy The Grand Saint Bernard Pass.

[cobra427coupe]

Rossano Brazzi, the late great Italian actor seen driving the Lambo Muira in the opening sequence, was signed up to add a touch of class to the film but he was so expensive to hire that the tunnel crash scene was introduced to finish him off early. As for the Miura, if you look carefully at the wreck as it rolls down the mountainside you'll notice it has no mechanicals in it. It was merely a mold-buck on a rolling chassis. You didn't seriously think they'd wreck a real Miura P400, did you?

[75pro76]

did they use a mold-buck for when they wrecked the aston marton and e-type jag later on in the film also,or were they real cars?

[Mick1929]

The Aston Martin was a Fiat made up, the red jag survived and is running, the black jag was written off, the number plate untraceable. ie DVLA have the plate.

[75pro76]

do you know who owns the red jag today?is it a museum piece,or is there an owner..if there is,it had better not be one of those people who keeps it in a shed and never drives,and trailers it everywhere.

[beachborrel]

great singer .this matt .beachborrel

[taibatube]

where is this highway?

[jogger1976]

Matt Monroe, the Alps, Mafioso's and a red Miura: Does it get any cooler than this?

One of the great film intro's. Fantastic finale as well. Pure class

[lozasmith91]

this is a classic intro! I cant believe they actually wrecked such a nice car :(

[EASYTIGER10]

The definition of "cool"....

[astonmartin06]

This is what I like, a Lamborghini in the Alps, with some Sunglasses and some Matt Monroe

I hope Lambo will build a new model of the Muira.

[ferraridinoman]

A Film you can watch and watch!!!!!!!!!! love it!! (wish I had the Muira!!)

[Callum950]

This film is such a classic, 10000X better than that cheesy 2003 remake.

[McLarenMercedes]

that goes without saying

the remake doesn't even take place in Italy, then why the heck is it called "the Italian job" then?

[davidhaythornthwaite]

@Callum950 i would even put that down as a million times better

[FEAJramdomfilms]

@Callum950 You know though, one can't argue, the classic is just brilliant michael caine is just perfect, but one can argue about calling the remake cheesy... I must say, they could have done much worse, and it isn't really a remake is it? It's basically a name adaptation... Anyway, don't wanna be a smartarse, just wanted to make a point and get into a discussion...

[Jhsr135]

Thank you, You Tubei Bomblatem Balartez!!!!

[rachelmstvl]

Rodney rodney this time next year we will be millionaires! thats a quality line from this film!

[mahler71]

That's Rossano Brazzi in the red car. He was cool...So was the film and this music...

[absoluteshower]

best intro to any film ever. they wanted the gang to get away at the end, but the american money men who funded the movie made them re-shoot it, hence the bit with the coach.... "hang on lads, i`ve got a great idea, er.. er... er.."

[LittleDrinkies]

Love this.

[Suprahampton]

My fave movie of ALL time... "This is the self preservation society"

[alleballe9]

Late comedian Benny Hill as computer expert Professor Peach - that alone will sureley draw geeks like me to go see it...

[julesgreaves]

jerami klarson... should have been driving the miura then it wouldnt have been such a waste. but what a start to a film ,all way through its tops . and been commented british made. thanks

[orkneyfellow]

Damn! What a waste of a beautiful car! Still, I've still got my lurid green Lamborghini P400GT Miura to help console things. Albeit a Corgi version, purchased in 1971!

[6Michael6]

they didn't crash the actual car :P

it's just a shell

[steveo1622]

One of the best openings to a movie of all time,scenery,Muira,Matt Monro,what more do you want??Perfect,and a British film!!!

[LGKemp]

@steveo1622 So true, the best opening for a film.

[patrickmaky42]

watched this last night never get`s old

[zrepeels]

This reminds me of driving my MG up the Stevio pass, the second highest in the Alps. We were delayed at the summit listening, transfixed, to the radio, and had a scary drive down in the dusk. The date? 11 September 2001

[celt67]

DO a search for 'Top Gear Stelvio Pass'...its brilliant.

[zrepeels]

Many thanks, it brings it all back.

[patrickmaky42]

in the film they did not destroy the miura

[matter7890]

it was a tottaled Miura anyways

[Commentguy2]

sweet the 1967 can u upload the movie?

[dpz46]

It was a real one im afraid :(

[LordFlasheartC9]

They didn't attually total a Miura did they :(

[woneo]

Well on the dvd audio commentary they say its a replica hence why theres no engine when you see it roll down the cliff.

But my dad says the replica would have cost more to make than the real thing so they just used a real one...

My guesses are my dad is wrong :D

[kelgrayson]

Actually it says on the DVD commentary that because they didnt have the budget to actually destroy new cars, they wrecked cars that they got from junkyards and were already damaged. They just tried hard to not show the dented parts.

[stellaviolens]

Thanks I can watch these scenes now and not think 'what a waste'.

Good move by the film makers to recycle cars that were finished but still starred in a classic movie.

[Fietser1225]

The Miura that they show in the driving scenes was a real one which they "hired" for the interior and runby shots. The one that gets pushed off the cliff is one that was already smashed. If you look closely when it rolls down the cliff, you can see it has no engine.

[davetherave28]

My favourite film of all time, -a beautiful sound (the Lamborghini Miura !!!).