The Italian Job (2003)

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Writers (WGA):

Troy Kennedy-Martin (1969 screenplay)
Donna Powers (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

30 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Steal The Day 5.30.03

Plot:

Thieves plan to pull off the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles' largest ever traffic jam.

Plot Keywords:

Gold | Heist | Traffic Jam | Italy | Venice Italy

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 2	7:30 PM	FX
Thur. Dec. 3	10:00 AM	FX

Cast

Mark Wahlberg	...	Charlie Croker
Charlize Theron	...	Stella Bridger
Donald Sutherland	...	John Bridger
Jason Statham	...	Handsome Rob
Seth Green	...	Lyle
Mos Def	...	Left Ear
Edward Norton	...	Steve
Fausto Callegarini	...	Italian Guard
Stefano Petronelli	...	Garbageman / Thug
Fabio Scarpa	...	Garbageman / Thug
Cristiano Bonora	...	Garbageman / Thug
Tiberio Greco	...	Garbageman / Thug
Jimmy Shubert	...	First Detective
Tammi Cubilette	...	Second Detective
Mary Portser	...	Stella's Receptionist
Shawn Fanning	...	Himself
Christopher Moore Jr.	...	Young Left Ear
Terrelle Jones	...	Kid On Left
Valentine Ebunilo	...	Kid On Right
Joel Homan	...	Young Charlie
Erik Walker	...	Bully
Scott Adsit	...	Actor Reharsing in Car
Boris Lee Krutonog	...	Yevhen (as Boris Krutonog)
Julie Costello	...	Becky
Oscar Nuñez	...	Security Guard
Franky G	...	Wrench
Marty Ryan	...	ATSAC Supervisor
Aaron Speiser	...	Danielson
Olek Krupa	...	Mashkov
Gawtti	...	Skinny Pete
Melanie Jayne	...	Skinny Pete's Girl
Gregory Scott Cummins	...	Ukranian
Thomas Alexander	...	Vance
Martin Morales	...	Valet
Frank Nyi	...	ATSAC Employee (as Dr. Frank Nyi)
Simon Rhee	...	Armored Truck Guard
Merritt Yohnka	...	Gold Truck Driver
Ryan B. Adams	...	Metro Conductor
John Alden	...	Motorcycle Guard
Gloria O'Brien	...	Handsome Rob's Policewoman (as Gloria Fontenot)
Alfred Soltes	...	Left Ear's Butler
Kelly Brook	...	Lyle's Girlfriend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John H. Tobin	...	Biltmore Bartender (uncredited)

Directed by
F. Gary Gray

Writing credits (WGA)
Troy Kennedy-Martin		(1969 screenplay)
Donna Powers		(screenplay) &
Wayne Powers		(screenplay)

Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	executive producer
Guido Cerasuolo	....	line producer: Italy
Donald De Line	....	producer
Jim Dyer	....	executive producer
Eric Fellner	....	executive producer
Wendy Japhet	....	executive producer
Lynsey Jones	....	associate producer (as Lynsey Shmukler Jones)

Original Music by
John Powell

Cinematography by
Wally Pfister		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Francis-Bruce
Christopher Rouse

Casting by
Sheila Jaffe

Production Design by
Charles Wood

Art Direction by
Doug J. Meerdink		(as Doug Meerdink)
Mark Zuelzke

Set Decoration by
Denise Pizzini

Costume Design by
Mark Bridges

Makeup Department
Enzo Angileri	....	hair stylist: Ms. Theron
Germicka Barclay	....	department head hair stylist: second unit
Christalee	....	makeup artist
Sterfon Demings	....	hair designer
Andrea Jackson	....	key hair stylist
Eileen Kastner-Delago	....	key makeup artist
Donald Mowat	....	makeup artist: Mr.Wahlberg
Shane Paish	....	makeup artist: Ms. Theron
Brian A. Tunstall	....	key hair stylist (as Brian Andrew Tunstall)
Johnny Villanueva	....	hair stylist: Mr. Wahlberg
Camille Henderson	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Enrico Ballarin	....	production manager: Italy
Matthew J. Birch	....	production supervisor
Laura Cappato	....	unit manager: second unit, Italy
Fabrizio Cerato	....	assistant unit manager
Jim Dyer	....	unit production manager
Kiki Morris	....	post-production supervisor
Paolo Rosada	....	unit manager
David Sardi	....	unit production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vincent Agostino	....	additional second assistant director: second unit
Kenny Bates	....	second unit director (as Ken Bates)
Consuelo Bidorini	....	floor assistant director: Italy
Alex Corven Caronia	....	first assistant director: second unit Italy (as Alex Corven)
Bettina Godi	....	first assistant director: Italy
Doug Metzger	....	first assistant director
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director: second unit
Timothy R. Price	....	second second assistant director
Ethan Ross	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Davide Sacchetti	....	second assistant director: second unit Italy
David Sardi	....	first assistant director: second unit
Hillary Schwartz	....	second second assistant director
Jeff Shiffman	....	additional second assistant director: second unit
Brian Steward	....	second assistant director
Cecilia Sweatman	....	additional second assistant director: second unit
Pat Wiss	....	second assistant director: Italy (as Patrick Wiss)
Alexander Witt	....	second unit director
Christopher Wolfe	....	dga trainee
Marco Zanon	....	third assistant director: Italy (as Marco 'Bobo' Zanon)
James LaRocca	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Doreen Austria	....	graphic designer
Daniel Bacciu	....	property master
Beth Bajuk	....	art department coordinator
James R. Bayliss	....	set designer
Michael A. Belgrave	....	set dresser
Charles W. Belisle	....	set dresser
David Benavides	....	set dresser
Kelly Berry	....	assistant set decorator
Jon Billington	....	assistant art director
Jerry Brooks	....	propmaker foreman
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist
Craig Byrom	....	carpenter
Rick Chavez	....	assistant property master
Don 'Tex' Clark	....	set dresser
Gary Clark	....	head paint foreman
Ryan D. Compton	....	welder
Jack Cornelius	....	set dresser
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist: second unit
Michael Diersing	....	construction coordinator
Timothy M. Earls	....	set designer
Sandro Erdolini	....	painter
James Fox	....	assistant art director
Scott C. Garrett	....	drapery foreman
Trevor Goring	....	storyboard artist
Scott E. Handt	....	construction foreman
Phillip A. Henry	....	construction gang boss
Audrey A. Johnson	....	assistant property master
Kent H. Johnson	....	property master
Kyra Kowasic	....	art department production assistant
Mark Kudra	....	set dresser
Janet Kusnick	....	storyboard artist
George Lee	....	assistant art director
Hunter Lee	....	set production assistant
Robert Lucas	....	lead man
Jim Magdaleno	....	storyboard artist
Robert 'Cass' McEntee	....	gang boss
Martin Milligan	....	on-set dresser
Joe Monaco	....	set dresser
Joseph Musso	....	storyboard artist
Marny Nahrwold	....	set designer
Richard 'Rocky' Nichols	....	assistant property master
Greg Papalia	....	set designer
Stephen Pietropaolo	....	set dresser (as Steven M. Pietropaolo)
Brent Regan	....	general construction foreman
Michael Reichman	....	art department production assistant
Bruce Richter	....	carpenter
Greg Rocco	....	on-set dresser (as Gregory N. Rocco)
Darlene Salinas	....	set decoration coordinator
David Sandefur	....	art director: second unit
Hugo Santiago	....	set designer
Jeff Shewbert	....	propmaker foreman
Danielle Simpson	....	set dresser
Karen Teneyck	....	assistant art director
Sally Thornton	....	assistant art director
Kenneth Turek	....	second lead
Scott Lafferty	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Jim Orr	....	property master: second unit (uncredited)

Sound Department
Douglas B. Arnold	....	production sound mixer
Bryan Bowen	....	sound editor (as Brian Bowen)
Dick Bray	....	additional sound
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
Fred Burke	....	foley editor
Ed Callahan	....	foley editor
Gail Carroll-Coe	....	utility sound
Victor Ray Ennis	....	assistant sound editor (as Victor Ennis)
John P. Fasal	....	sound effects recordist (as John Paul Fasal)
Tammy Fearing	....	adr editor
Frank Fleming	....	sound recordist
Kevin Globerman	....	ProTools operator
Mark Gordon	....	dialogue editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Teddy Hiraoko	....	additional sound
Ethan Holzman	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kenneth L. Johnson	....	sound editor (as Ken Johnson)
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Randy Kelley	....	sound editor
Susan Kurtz	....	dialogue editor
Susan Kurtz	....	sound editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Frank Montaño)
Ronnie Morgan	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	....	sound editor
Mark Ormandy	....	sound effects recordist
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor (as Willard J. Overstreet)
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Alan Rankin	....	sound editor
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Thomas W. Small	....	supervising foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Frank Smathers	....	dialogue editor (as Frank T. Smathers)
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Stoeckinger)
Mike Szakmeister	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Michael Szakmeister)
Travis Tan	....	additional sound
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Christopher T. Welch	....	supervising adr editor
Peter Zinda	....	sound editor
Douglas J. Schulman	....	production sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Eric Allard	....	special effects designer
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects
Chris Brenczewski	....	special effects technician
Tony Chavez	....	special effects
Antonio Corridori	....	special effects supervisor, second unit: Italy (as Corridori Antonio)
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects supervisor: Italy unit (as Corridori Giovanni)
Maurizio Corridori	....	special effects technician
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects supervisor
Michael Gaspar	....	second unit special effects coordinator
Michael Holland	....	special effects technician
Barry McQueary	....	special effects
Joe D. Ramsey	....	special effects coordinator (as Joe Ramsey)
Mark Yuricich	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Paal Anand	....	technical director: Gray Matter
Geoffrey E. Baumann	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Melissa Best	....	rotoscoper: Frantic Films
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Bond	....	visual effects supervisor: Frantic Films
Jason Booth	....	digital compositor
Jean-Luc Bouchard	....	digital compositor
Tatjana Bozinovski	....	rotoscope artist
Matt Broeska	....	3D lead: Frantic Films
Suzanne Buirgy	....	digital production manager: Digital Domain
Jeremy Buttell	....	pre-visualization
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Sarah Coatts	....	visual effects producer: main title sequence: yU+co.
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Emanuele Comotti	....	digital compositor: Digitalia Graphics
Matt Davis	....	Spydercam rigger technician
Sean Devereaux	....	visual effects compositor: Digital Domain
Peter Donen	....	visual effects consultant
Yann Doray	....	digital artist
Tim Drnec	....	Spydercam coordinator-flight
Conrad Dueck	....	3D supervisor: Frantic Films
Tim Everitt	....	visual effects animation supervisor: Flash Film Works
Chia Evers	....	rotoscope artist
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Jammie Friday	....	digital compositor
Derry Frost	....	director of production: Amalgamated Pixels
Ben Grossmann	....	digital compositor
Christopher Gwynne	....	technical director: Gray Matter
Scott Harper	....	visual effects
Claas Henke	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Brad Herman	....	3D digital modeling and lighting: Digital Domain
Chris Holmes	....	digital compositor
Joel Hynek	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Bruce Jones	....	visual effects supervisor
Lincoln Kupchak	....	visual effects editor: Flash Film Works
Markus Kurtz	....	CG supervisor: Digital Domain
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Margaux Mackay	....	visual effects producer: Gray Matter
Stefano Marinoni	....	visual effects supervisor: Digitalia Graphics
Gray Marshall	....	visual effects supervisor: Gray Matter
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor: Flash Film Works
Michael Morreale	....	executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels Inc.
Heather J. Morrison	....	visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Peter W. Moyer	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital FilmWorks (as Pete W. Moyer)
Davy Nethercutt	....	visual effects compositor: Digital Domain
Erin Nicholson	....	modeler: Frantic Films
David Niednagel	....	data integration lead
Dan Novy	....	visual effects technical supervisor: Flash Film Works
Jeremy Oddo	....	visual effects
Alex Ongaro	....	technical supervisor: Digitalia Graphics
Phillip Palousek	....	visual effects coordinator: Amalgamated Pixels Inc.
Marco S. Paolini	....	digital compositor
Chris Pember	....	animator: Frantic Films
Kelly Port	....	effects animator: Digital Domain
Scott Ramsey	....	visual effects producer
Will Robbins	....	compositor
Alex Romano	....	visual effects: Pacific Title & Arts Studio
Robert Rowles	....	digital compositor
Mark Russell	....	visual effects producer: Black Box Digital
Todd Sarsfield	....	digital color grader
Gregory S. Scribner	....	digital artist
Todd Semmes	....	aerial effects coordinator
Michael Shand	....	CGI supervisor: Frantic Films (as Mike Shand)
Ben Britten Smith	....	spydercam flight control
Tess Spaulding	....	system administrator
George Taylor	....	compositor
K. Susan Thurmond	....	visual effects producer: Gray Matter (as Susan Thurmond)
Tommy Tran	....	digital effects artist
Paola Trisoglio	....	visual effects producer: Digitalia Graphics
Archie Villaverde	....	pre-visualization animator
Darren Wall	....	previs art director
Joey Wartnerchaney	....	aerial effects-spydercam
Jeffrey White	....	visual effects producer: Flash Film Works
Chad Wiebe	....	visual effects: Frantic Films
Earl Wiggins	....	aerial effects supervisor
Ken Zorniak	....	visual effects producer
Rhett Butler	....	stagehand (uncredited)
Jesse James Chisholm	....	stage manager: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Jason Cobill	....	visual effects lead (uncredited)
Jason Hughes	....	facilities production assistant: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Dave Jacobs	....	visual effects production assistant: Flash Film Works (uncredited)
Alex Jaeger	....	concept designer: mini damage (uncredited)
Mark Larranaga	....	compositor (uncredited)
Danny Lee	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Brian Openshaw	....	render coordinator (uncredited)
Blair Werschler	....	animator: Frantic Films (uncredited)

Stunts
Matthew R. Anderson	....	stunt diver
Christopher 'Critter' Antonucci	....	stunt double
Dean Bailey	....	utility stunts
Kenny Bates	....	stunt coordinator (as Ken Bates)
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi	....	stunts (as Robin Bonaccorsi)
Kurt Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
John Cade	....	stunts
Mauro Caterini	....	stunts: Italy Unit
Phil Chong	....	stunts
Eliza Coleman	....	stunts
Eugene Collier	....	stunts
Rudy Courtade	....	stunts
Laurie Creach	....	stunts (as Lauri Creach)
Clay Cullen	....	stunts (as Peter Clay Cullen)
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts (as Tim Davison)
Shauna Duggins	....	stunts (as Shawna Duggins)
Greg Wayne Elam	....	stunts (as Greg Elam)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts
Kurtis Epper	....	stunts
Richard Epper	....	stunts
Donna Evans	....	stunts (as Donna Evans Merlo)
Eddie Fiola	....	stunts
Michael Gaines	....	stunt double
Marc C. Geschwind	....	stunt driver
Sean Graham	....	stunts
MaryKay Grant	....	safety diver
Randy Hall	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	stunts
Jim Hart	....	stunt double: Donald Sutherland
John Hateley	....	stunts
Jim Holley	....	stunts
Michael Hugghins	....	stunts
Gary Hymes	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Kathy Jarvis	....	stunts
Steve Kelso	....	co-stunt coordinator
Henry Kingi	....	stunts
Barbara Anne Klein	....	stunts (as Barbara Klein)
Shawn Lane	....	stunts
Tony Lazzara	....	stunt driver
Frabrizio Lenci	....	stunts: Italy Unit
Johnny Martin	....	stunts (as Johnny M. Martin)
Mike Massa	....	stunts
Tom McComas	....	stunts
Bennie Moore	....	stunts
Mirko Narduzzi	....	stunts: Italy Unit
Ryan Negri	....	stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts (as Michael P. Owen)
Gianluca Petrazzi	....	stunt coordinator: Italy Unit
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Susan Purkhiser	....	stunts
Alan D. Purwin	....	stunts (as Alan Purwin)
Troy Robinson	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
Jean Paul Ruggiero	....	stunts
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts
Monica Staggs	....	stunts
Vladimir Tevlovski	....	stunts
Greg Tracy	....	stunts
Dain Turner	....	stunts
Fred Usher	....	stunts
Gene Williams	....	stunts
Ty Williams	....	stunts
Eddie Wong	....	stunts
Mary Albee	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Alden	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Ashker	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Rick Avery	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted Barba	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kevin Beard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi	....	stunt double: Charlize Theron (uncredited)
Joey Box	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Joey Box	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Burns	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Cecere	....	stunts (uncredited)
Manny Chavez	....	stunts (uncredited)
Brian Christensen	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dan Chudy	....	stunt double: Edward Norton (uncredited)
Doug Coleman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lisa Dempsey	....	stunts (uncredited)
Thomas Dewier	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sean Graham	....	stunt double: Mark Wahlberg (uncredited)
Sean Graham	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Steve Griffin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Guercio	....	stunt driver: camera bike (uncredited)
Jeri Habberstad	....	stunts (uncredited)
Justin Rodgers Hall	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hollis Hill	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael Hilow	....	stunts: policeman #2 (uncredited)
Nicola C. Hindshaw	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Viktor Ivanov	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Viktor Ivanov	....	stunts (uncredited)
Claudette James	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kelsee King-Devoreaux	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Tiffany Kyees	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Michael R. Long	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Eric Matuschek	....	stunts (uncredited)
Carl Milinac	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eve Miller	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rick Miller	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Minor	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gloria O'Brien	....	stunts: motorcycle cop (uncredited)
Vladimir Orlov	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jane Oshita	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Robert Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Price	....	stunts (uncredited)
Susan Purkhiser	....	stunt double: Charlize Theron (uncredited)
Alan D. Purwin	....	helicopter stunt pilot (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rex Reddick	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Rocca	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul E. Short	....	stunts (uncredited)
Monica Staggs	....	stunt double: Charlize Theron (uncredited)
Justin Sundquist	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ronn Surels	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sharon Swainson	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Michael Trisler	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Scott Waugh	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Willens	....	precision driver (uncredited)
Keith Woulard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jason Ybarra	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Bill Young	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Alatorre	....	rigging grip
Mark Aldahl	....	rigging grip
Giovanni Andreotta	....	second assistant camera
Jeff Andrus	....	grip
Werner Bacciu	....	key grip: Italy
Greg Baldi	....	assistant camera
Chris Bangma	....	technician: Libra remote head
Claudette Barius	....	still photographer
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Josh Bleibtreu	....	director of photography: second unit
Nicola Bruso	....	grip: Italy (as Nicola Bruso')
Kevin Cadwallader	....	electrician
Glenn Cannon	....	video assist operator
Kenny Carceller	....	grip
Matteo Carlesimo	....	focus puller: "b" camera, Italy
Steve Charnow	....	electrician
Jeff Chassler	....	electrician
Michael Ray Collins	....	electrician
Jeffrey A. Cook	....	light balloon technician
Thomas Crawford	....	second company grip
James 'Spud' Danicic	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jerry C. Deats	....	second company grip: second unit, Italy
Don Domino	....	grip: second unit
Stefano Falivene	....	camera operator: second unit
Ken Fisher	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Michael FitzMaurice	....	camera operator: second unit
Matt Floyd	....	rigging grip
Paolo Frasson	....	grip
Chris Funk	....	rigging electrician
Cory Geryak	....	chief lighting technician
Cristiano Giavedoni	....	gaffer
David Giorgio	....	video assist operator: Italy
Seth Greenwald	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Jason Griffiths	....	grip
Steven A. Guerrero	....	grip
Bob Hall	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Bill Heath	....	rigging grip
Jay M. Huntoon	....	digital video assist operator: second unit
Jason Jensen	....	assistant camera
Jeffrey A. Johnson	....	best boy grip: second unit, Italy
Jeffrey A. Johnson	....	dolly grip: second unit, Italy
David Katz	....	digital video assist operator
Matt Kennedy	....	additional second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Massimiliano Kuveiller	....	second assistant camera: Italy
Christopher J. Lama	....	rigging electrician
Dave Landaker	....	video playback operator
Jordan Lapsansky	....	electrician
Chuck Larson	....	rigging electrician
Bryant Lemelle	....	assistant camera
Michael Asa Leonard	....	assistant camera
Emiliano Leurini	....	focus puller: second unit
David Luckenbach	....	camera operator: second unit
Victor Major	....	electrician
Richard Mall	....	key grip
Brandon Margulies	....	film loader: second unit
Robert Matthews	....	grip
Jim McComas	....	dimmer board operator
Daniel C. McFadden	....	camera loader
Charlie McIntyre	....	rigging gaffer (as Charles H. McIntyre III)
John Joseph Minardi	....	grip
Vince Onken	....	grip
Elvis Pasqual	....	gaffer: second unit, Italy
David Pearlberg	....	dolly grip (as Dave Pearlberg)
Ron Peterson	....	assistant camera
Steve Peterson	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Michael Picarella	....	location photographer
Blake Pike	....	key rigging grip
Gary Pike	....	rigging grip
Flaviano Ricci	....	grip
Pete Romano	....	underwater director of photography
P. Scott Sakamoto	....	Steadicam operator
P. Scott Sakamoto	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Paul Santoni	....	camera assistant
David Scott	....	electrician
David Scott	....	rigging electrician
Joaquin Sedillo	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Cristiano Sergioli	....	camera truck
Philip Shanahan	....	assistant camera
Michael Shaw	....	grip
Alec Shepherd	....	grip
Cricket Sloat	....	rigging assistant chief lighting technician
Kurt E. Soderling	....	aerial director of photography
Tony Sommo	....	best boy key rigging grip
Dan Squires	....	additional second assistant camera
Larry Sushinski	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Kevin Tiesiera	....	set lighting technician
Casanova Tiziano	....	first assistant camera
Francis X. Valdez III	....	co-chief lighting technician
Alexis van Kersen Li	....	additional film loader
Michael D. Weldon	....	assistant camera: "b"
Scott Whitbread	....	second assistant camera: first unit
Brian Woronec	....	electrician
Walter Byrnes	....	grip second unit day play (uncredited)
Steven J. Chambers	....	video assist (uncredited)
Josh Denering	....	grip: second unit (uncredited)
Alan Jacoby	....	camera loader: second unit (uncredited)

Animation Department
Tim Linklater	....	animator

Casting Department
Jennifer Bender	....	extras casting
Daniela Foà	....	extras casting: Italy
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Tiziana Kinkela	....	casting assistant
Mike Lemon	....	extras casting: Philadelphia
Meg Morman	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fran Allgood	....	set costumer: second unit
Robert Bolger	....	set costumer
John Casey	....	costume supervisor
Lisa A. Doyle	....	costumer: Mark Wahlberg
Becky Gelbart	....	costumer
Lori Harris	....	costumer
Cookie Lopez	....	set costumer: Charlize Theron
Stephen Oh	....	set costumer
Christine Orth	....	key costumer
Catherine Buyse Dian	....	wardrobe supervisor: Italy (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Paul Carrera	....	first assistant editor
Brett Carroll	....	first assistant film editor
John Dietrick	....	post-production assistant
Mark Fitzgerald	....	additional editor
Jennifer Mangan	....	assistant editor
Sarah Ogletree	....	post-production coordinator
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Hilda Saffari	....	digital intermediate producer
James Schermerhorn	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor: score (as Tom Carlson)
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Elizabeth Finch	....	orchestrator
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Walt Fowler	....	orchestrator (as Walter Fowler)
Julianne Jordan	....	co-music supervisor
Julianne Jordan	....	music supervisor
T.J. Lindgren	....	composer: additional music
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring assistant
Ladd McIntosh	....	orchestrator
James McKee Smith	....	composer: additional music
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Yvonne S. Moriarty	....	orchestrator (as Suzette Moriarty)
Kathy Nelson	....	music supervisor
Rupert Parkes	....	composer: additional music
Photek	....	composer: additional music
Liza Richardson	....	music consultant
Jay Selvester	....	scoring assistant
John Ashton Thomas	....	composer: additional music
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Rich Bennetti	....	transportation co-captain
Jeff Bova	....	driver
Bryan C. Cawthon	....	driver generator operator
David Diaz	....	transportation co-captain
Chris Gorden	....	driver
Shane Greedy	....	transportation captain
William McCleery	....	transportation captain: second unit
Jack Jay Reece	....	driver (as Jay Reece)
Brenda Ryan	....	driver
Lin C. Smith	....	driver
Rick S. Sulier	....	transportation accountant
Paul Tumber	....	transportation

Other crew
Geneviere Anderson	....	production assistant
Jonelle S. Anderson	....	production assistant
Jeff Andrus	....	diver
Billy Arrowood	....	location manager: second unit
Nana Ashong	....	production assistant
Chris Baugh	....	assistant location manager
Denise Blasor	....	adr voice
Denise Blasor	....	voice-over artist
Kristine Bochum	....	second assistant accountant
Rino Bonavita	....	assistant accountant
John Bonnin	....	head technician: Libra, stunt unit
Aillene Laure Bubis	....	second assistant accountant
Dea Cantu	....	script supervisor: second unit
Cory Cate	....	production assistant
Nicola Catullo	....	location assistant: Italy
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Kate Chase	....	location assistant
Michael Chickey	....	assistant location manager
Claudia Cimmino	....	production secretary
Curt Clendenin	....	hand model
Richard Cody	....	key craft services
Tommaso Dabala	....	location assistant: second unit
B. Ted Deiker	....	production coordinator
Flavio De Simone	....	cashier
Jeff Domis	....	production assistant
Katherine Dorrer	....	location scout: Washington D.C.
Tim Downs	....	location scout
Yoshi Enoki Jr.	....	assistant location manager
Aaron C. Fitzgerald	....	set production assistant
Miles Flewitt	....	co-marine coordinator
Richard Fontenot	....	set liaison
Laura J. Fox	....	first assistant accountant
Kenny Gallagher	....	second assistant accountant
Bernardo Galli	....	assistant to line producer: Italy
Sean Garcia	....	production assistant
Sherrijon Gaspard	....	assistant: Mr. Gray
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator
Jenny Gienger	....	assistant to cast
Paul Giorgi	....	accountant: second unit
Andrew Gose	....	production executive: Mr. Gray
Matteo Gottardis	....	location production assistant: Venice
Jane E. Graves	....	key assistant location manager
Seth William Hansen	....	set production assistant: re-shoots
Alexander Haupt	....	production assistant
Todd Havern	....	production assistant
David Hickey	....	payroll accountant
Brian Hoven	....	production assistant: re-shoot
Ari Afriat Hyman	....	assistant location manager
Zac Jackson	....	production assistant
Matthew Janzen	....	production assistant
Tish Johnson	....	production accountant
Christopher Just Weaver	....	assistant to cast
Zachary Kahn	....	assistant location manager
Gregg Kawecki	....	production assistant: second unit
Kathleen Kelly	....	medic: Philadelphia
Jennifer Kennedy	....	production assistant
Beth Kono	....	assistant: Ms. Theron
Kyra Kowasic	....	production assistant
Robyn L. Kreger	....	assistant: Mr. Norton (as Robyn Kreger)
Tiffany Kyees	....	body double
Tiffany Kyees	....	stand-in
Efren Lapig	....	production assistant
Greg Lazzaro	....	location manager: second unit, Los Angeles
Chris Lemos	....	assistant: Mr. De Line
Ted Leonard	....	production assistant
Nathon S. Lewis	....	production assistant
Sarah Lorenz	....	production secretary: second unit
Matthew J. Lynch	....	production assistant
Matt Mangum	....	stand-in
Adam Martin	....	production assistant
Maria Novella Martinoli	....	production coordinator: Italy
Nicola Marzano	....	key set production assistant: second unit
Elise Mazanek	....	additional set production assistant
Meredith Meade	....	production assistant (as Meredith Kaczmarek)
David Melito	....	assistant accountant
David Mendoza	....	production assistant
Karin Mercurio	....	unit accountant
Shauna Moss	....	production assistant
Naomi Motohashi	....	assistant location manager
Jeremy Mullen	....	set production assistant
Marie Nashold	....	production medic
Jill Naumann	....	location scout
John Panzarella	....	location manager
Ian Pauly	....	production assistant
Jim Pearson	....	underwater coordinator
Patrizia Pierucci	....	assistant accounting
Sharon Pinkenson	....	film commissioner: Philadelphia
William Ramirez Jr.	....	key craft service: second unit
Mike Reichman	....	production assistant
Anthony Reynolds	....	stand-in: Edward Norton
Cristi Rickey	....	production assistant
Rebecca Robertson	....	script supervisor
Ryan Robertson	....	main title producer
Greg Rodgers	....	assistant: Mr. Gray
Diane Rosenberg	....	production coordinator: second unit
Chad Saxton	....	set production assistant: second unit
Brandon Schiffman	....	set production assistant
Tina Sen	....	assistant: Mr. Bates
Simona Serafini	....	location manager
Michael Soleau	....	key assistant location manager
Lucas Solomon	....	video/computer graphics
Aaron Speiser	....	acting coach
Gretchen Stevens	....	production assistant
Cid Swank	....	unit publicist
Bernadette Tanchauco	....	location accountant
Anthony Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Wahlberg (as Anthony H. Thomas)
Leslie Thorson	....	assistant location manager
Anita Tomaselli	....	coordination assistant
Gretel Twombly	....	assistant production coordinator
Mish Twombly	....	production secretary (as Michael P. Twombly)
Lamont Tyler	....	assistant: Mr. Gray
Austin Wakefield	....	production secretary: Philadelphia unit (as Austin H. Wakefield)
Eric Weinstein	....	assistant: Mr. Wahlberg
Earl Wiggins	....	SpyderCam supervisor
Heather P. Woods	....	assistant: Mr. Dyer
Garson Yu	....	title designer
Candy Carstensen	....	paymaster: e.p. (uncredited)
Claudia Cimmino	....	assistant coordinator (uncredited)
Steve Kelso	....	driving instructor (uncredited)
Victoria Leskin	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Alexandra Marlin	....	production assistant (uncredited)
David Milhous	....	studio team (uncredited)
Denise Mora	....	second assistant accountant (uncredited)
Jeff Winn	....	key craft services (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures
• De Line Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2003) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD) (retail)
• EuroVideo (2004) (Germany) (DVD) (rental)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2007) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Domain (helicopter/mini Cooper sequence)
• Gray Matter FX (visual effects)
• Frantic Films (visual effects)
• Black Box Digital (visual effects)
• Digitalia Graphics S.r.l. (visual effects)
• Digital Filmworks (visual effects)
• Flash Film Works (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects) (as Pacific Title)

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Executive Assurance  security
• Alf Service  lighting balloons
• Allan Padelford Camera Cars  camera equipment provided by
• Avon Studio Transport  transportation
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Bill Young's Precision Driving Team  precision driving (as Bill Young Drive Team)
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Cinema Rentals  underwater training and safety
• Cinemarine Team  underwater training and safety
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing (as Deluxe)
• Extreme Sports Filming  boat supplied by
• Filmtools  expendables
• Mary Nelson-Fraser & Associates  negative cutting
• Mike Lemon Casting  extras casting: Philadelphia
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Paramount Studios  digital sound editing (as Paramount Pictures)
• Paramount Studios  sound post-production
• Spacecam Systems  aerial camera equipment provided by
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack published by
• yU+Co.  main titles

Also Known As:

Braquage à l'italienne (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and some language.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | France | UK

Language:

English | Russian | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Malaysia:18PL | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A (cut) | UK:12 (video rating) (cut) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39929)

Filming Locations:

Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

After the crew have stolen the gold in Venice and are discussing their shopping lists, 'Handsome Rob' says he is going to buy an Aston Martin Vanquish. Although Steve has a Vanquish (The Green car in the courtyard of his house when Stella goes to repair the TV) Handsome Rob actually drives an Aston Martin DB7 Volante at the end of the movie, an older and totally different car to the Vanquish.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the team is in the warehouse and discovers Steve is fleeing with the gold, the basketball that Charlie and Lyle are playing with jumps around improbably between shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Stella: [on the phone] Hello.
John Bridger: [on the phone] Hello, sweetie.
Stella: [on the phone] Daddy, it's early.

Movie Connections:

Features Alfie (1966)

Soundtrack:

Where's My Truck

Slick, amusing caper film; Gray's best movie featuring Davis' best soundtrack

My reaction to this remake of "The Italian Job" is probably hopelessly mixed up with the events occurring in my life when I saw it; This is the first movie I saw after I had just landed a job after 8 months of unemployment and going back to school for retraining. Money was still tight, but I no longer had to choose between seeing a movie in the theaters and paying bills (or eating lunch), and the sense of relief and gratitude I was feeling at the time was enormous. In consequence, my enjoyment of "Italian Job" was probably far out of proportion to its actual worth.

Still, I picked it up used on DVD a few weeks ago and watched it again, and I still enjoyed it immensely. I have never seen the original (though I have heard it is an absolute classic), but its modern day counterpart is eminently watchable if you have a taste for modern day production values applied to older films plots and themes.

What initially won me over to this movie was the soundtrack - IMO Don Davis writes some of the most supple, textured and aurally pleasing soundtracks around. IJ opens with a sly, witty, pulsing arrangement that combines strings, guitar harmonics, brush work and quiet moments - it won me over completely from the opening seconds. And the whole movie is like this - I haven't heard this kind of ringing, chiming, pulsing soundtrack music since Stewart Copeland left the Police and started doing soundtracks for movies like "Rumble Fish". There are at least a dozen irresistibly scored motifs in here, along with some pop song remakes that range from "all right" to "inspired". For people to whom the soundtrack is important, this movie is a delight.

On to the movie: I can take or leave Mark Wahlberg, but he's okay here as the leading man, and the movie doesn't ask him to do anything he can't do well. He's the weakest "major" actor in the film, but that's because the rest of supporting cast is so strong, especially Donald Sutherland in a bit part. Mos Def, Jason Steadham, Ed Norton, Seth Green and Charlize Theron all turn in solid, fat-free performances. Norton seems to mostly be phoning it in (rumor has it that he didn't really want to be in the film), but he's still a natural even at 1/2 power. My one quibble with the casting and acting is with the character "Wrench", who seems to be a male model pretending to be an actor. His part seems to be shoehorned into the movie, and he has little chemistry with the rest of the cast (although you can blame some of that on the size of the part and the "late walk on" nature of the character). If I were a cynical sort,I would wonder who the actor slept with to get put into this movie in such a supernumerary role? Nah, never happen...

Production values, camera work, stunts, plot...everything cooks along quite nicely and Gray and his production crew pull things together pretty seamlessly (with the exception of the "Wrench" character, see above).

The dialog has a nice, light touch that rewards your indulgence, and there are several satisfying major and minor plot payoffs along the way. (My favorite moment - when Norton's character tells Wahlberg's character that he's just lost the element of surprise. Wahlberg proceeds to cold cock Norton with a right cross, and then asks him, "Were you surprised??" Hmmm, maybe you had to be there...)

Of course the movie requires a certain level of "suspension of disbelief" to work, but if you just relax and go along with it (and don't think too hard about the mechanics of cracking a safe underwater, or the likelihood of anyone being able to successfully hack and manipulate LA traffic via a laptop, etc), you'll have a fun ride.

"The Italian Job": it's lightweight summer fluff, but it's very good for what it is, and it doesn't try to be anything else. It isn't good enough for an "8" but I'd give it a "7.5".