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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
@@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.
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 😊❤️
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
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.
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"...
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
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...
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.
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..
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.
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
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...
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)
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
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.
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 :)
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. 😁
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 😁😁😁
The best video in TH-cam . 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
I HAVE to disagree. The best opening bar none admittedly, but the ending?? I know they had to show crime didn't pay, but chucking those beautiful coopers away like that and ending up with the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers? I found that such a disappointment. When I watch this masterpiece, (which I do OFTEN) I stop the film as they're celebrating just before that final skid. 😜
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.
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.
@@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?
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
@@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.
@@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 🙏🏽
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)
If you ever want to escape the train crash of the 21st century and enjoy some 1960s glam, optimism, change for the better then I watch this.....I wasn't born until the 1970s...we need to remember though that we owe the 1960s period to the hardships of the first half of the 20th century too...
This one scene alone is a million times better than all the Fast and Furious bollocks put together!
Firebrand You are right!!
You said it mate!!!
Pure class
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.
Amen
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!
Plus the gorgeous Rossano Brazzi
Not forgetting Raf Vallone as the Godfather.
Let's make movies, cars, actors, clothing, cool again!
Overrated crap with cheap humour.
Or Kingpin
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 ☺️🤷♂️
The '60s in Europe! What an insanely stylish time and place.
The 2010's in Europe! What an insanely horrifying time and place.
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Oh boy your not kidding.
@@harveyvid name me a time where Europe wasn't a dangerous place
haskapaska and Italian mafia launching lambos off cliff tops.....
Great opening sequence....wonderful film too, written by later Sweeney creator Troy Kennedy Martin.
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.
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.
The Scenery....The Car and The Velvet Voice of Matt Monro......Has there EVER been a better introduction to a film?
i made model garden rockery to look like scenery,
Agreed! This is about as good as it gets. Pure class ...
Best driving song ever... that is all
In a word... no.
Cannonball run opening credits runs it damn close.
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.
That's La Cosa Nostra for you mate, nothing personal, it's just business.
Being in the mob was ever so civilised and taught respect. These days petty criminals don't know they're born! Pff!
Assassinations these days are just too hurried.
Morals are nice but business is just that, business
@@seanhuds229 Also so he dies doing what he loves and instantly too.
Absolute genius start to a classic film…the car, the scenery, the actor and the great Matt Munro song…simply brilliant..🙏🙏🙏❤
The greatest intro to a film ever made .Matt Monro nails this song .
Not only nails it but owns it
Indeed 💯 I used to put the scene on repeat.
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...
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.
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.
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.
No problems in the tunnels I hope, Teddy Edward?
Laura Barber he didnt replied until now, oh well...
@@TellyWatcher1997 If he's telling you that he drove it means he survived it...
@@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.
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, ;-)
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 😊❤️
This never gets old.
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
That’s answered my question-no way would the producers wreck a brand new Muira!!
This is one of the best film openings ever!!
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!
The best beginning of a film ever!
They dont´t make films like this any more.
@ZappoTan ...seriously, mate? Out of all movie, FF7? 😑
id imagine that Michael bay would have a different take on it ;)
Drive ft Ryan Gosling?
There are some very good one liners.
@@mrrolandlawrence *explosion*
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!
Sung by Matt Monro.....a man who died well before his time. An outstanding voice.
Pitty most sings arnt as lovely as mat🎙
One of my favourite films of all time a classic with no rivals😊
I like how when the song plays, the background noise becomes muted -- very stylish.
And Europe in the 60s was superbly cool.
Got to be one of the finest openings of any Movie
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.
mmzpop Same, apart from I watched the rest.
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"...
This film has absolute style and class in abundance. Still love it after all these years.
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
I still get goose bumps when that clarinet kicks in....
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...
The pure voice of Mat Monroe. Perfection!!
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.
Sung by the great Matt Munro. What a voice he had!!!
J Conner bus driver too 🤷♂️
I don't think Britain has ever come up with a better singer during the 60s
➡️ NUCLEAR!!!!
@@harrismiller1948 best English singer
@@manchestertart5614 not too shabby for a former bus conductor/ driver!👍
I was 17 years old when I saw the movie, 51 years later, I still recall the music AND the movie!!!!!
This was my late mums favourite film we did this journey many times together R I P mum I will never forget you
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..
Omg scenery, stylish car , gorgeous Rosanno Brazzi ( spelling) and the silky wonderful voice of Matt Munro... What a brilliant opening to a film...
Beautiful song, played at my grandads funeral
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.
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
ONE of the best intro's to a movie. Great car, great voice and stunning scenery.
"intro's"
LOL
Why does this scene and song make me miss a time.... even though I wasn’t alive in 1969 ?
Modern days are shit
Would love a time machine and go back for that decade
' Maybe today you're singing songs with someone new '......Aww !
This is such an amazingly English film, Noel Coward, Michael Caine and Matt Monro. All sharing one amazing picture
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...
throw in Benny Hill also
@@68Boca Imagine this title sequence to the music, "Yakkety Sax".
Or the Minis being chased to that music.
"Guys only want one thing and it's disgusting"
What guys want:
Yawn.
A car like that one...
oh grow up...........educate yourself on HUMANS
when i was younger i always thought it was the start of a james bond movie....fantastic intro...very moving
Apparently, Sinatra used to watch Munro perform in his heyday. I can see why, Munro was sublime.
It was that intro that instantly hooked me into the film. I wish more people in my age group would appreciate older films.
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)
Where’s “The Italian Job” in your list?!
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
Grace, elegance & style. Oh, and melancholy for a sweeter time.
I fell in love with the car and the scenery the first time I saw this film. London, in 1970.
Matt Munro. What a great singing voice. Worked as a bus conductor before being discovered .
Paul Newman Driver on 27 and 27A
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.
Matt Monro (Terry Parsons) was a bus driver for about 13 weeks,according to his daughter.
I love his voice.
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 :)
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. 😁
I think this is it... the greatest movie intro of all time
Rediculously cool and rediculously superb!
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
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
The coolest, slickest, best start of any movie
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.
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.
This is how I imagine myself when I'm driving fast through the mountains.
Absolutely fantastic
Who has played this tune at full volume while driving on a winding highway road, preferable against mountain scenery.
On the rare occasion I find myself driving on a road similar to this, I can't help but start humming this tune... : )
RIP Marcello Gandini, legendary designer of the Lamborghini Miura. He's driving this car to heaven right now...
Despite not showing much, the assassination feels incredibly brutal. Incredible film-making.
Last year for the 50th anniversary I went to see this in the cinema.
When I get my first Classic Car, I’ll play this song whilst I cruise through the Cheshire East Countryside.
perhaps the best movie intro ever, thanks fro uploading
it is great!! check out "The Shining" intro, it's similar
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.
Funny that.
I am an English Londoner who is 63 and that film turned me OFF some of my fellow Englishmen :)
Ravi S Chadha couldn’t agree more
you're right but I would put the opening shots of Catch22 along side. totally different mind..
😍😍😍 THIS BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES!!!
Best opener ever. Class with a twist.
I know it’s a romantic idea and reality sometimes stinks, but this is my Italian Dream right here.
How wonderful the past was, bring back these times.
No me canso de ver este principio desde la primera vez q vi esta peli de chaval. Es un arranque mágico.
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 😁😁😁
best soundrack ever. got his on my playlist.. Well doesn't everyone??
Anos 60 e 70 ! Duas décadas que nunca serão superadas na música e no cinema .
0:16 what a sound!
17 years old, still my favourite movie. So much can be said in 5 minutes with no dialogue.
charliebartman I’m 17 too and I fully agree. My favourite movie, instant classic.
23 seen it for the 1st realy upsetting seeing that and 2 E types and the DB5 killed
This was more than 17 years ago, what are you guys on??
@@crashbash8549 their age, not the movie age
No dialogue and cool shades,
The miura is one of the most beautiful cars ever made...And the sound!
One of the greatest English singers ever. FACT
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
The best video in TH-cam . 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
Best opening, also the best ending..
I HAVE to disagree. The best opening bar none admittedly, but the ending?? I know they had to show crime didn't pay, but chucking those beautiful coopers away like that and ending up with the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers? I found that such a disappointment.
When I watch this masterpiece, (which I do OFTEN) I stop the film as they're celebrating just before that final skid. 😜
Best opening scene to any movie ever!
1:44-2:04 Best part of the song and where Beckerman puts his sunglasses on.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
i just love this tune what a voice he had,
Absolutely Masterpiece 👍
That does it, I'm watching the whole thing again
The footage is so crisp, especially considering it's from 1969!
Another Michael Caine film, but Zulu looks really good for its time as well.
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.
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.
@@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?
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
@@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.
@@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 🙏🏽
That road always reminds me of the A470 through the Brecon Beacons!
bloody marvelous intro
One of the best movie intros! Lamborghini Miura, masterpiece of Marcello Gandini, macchina stupenda! The exhaust sound of the V12 is magnificent!
Mr Gandini has recently died RIP
@@frostyfrost4094 😢🙏
Fun memories watching this film with my dad when i was little
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.
And made as a big 'Fuck you' to Enzo Ferrari.
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)
Best Film intro
If you ever want to escape the train crash of the 21st century and enjoy some 1960s glam, optimism, change for the better then I watch this.....I wasn't born until the 1970s...we need to remember though that we owe the 1960s period to the hardships of the first half of the 20th century too...
such a beautiful movie in many ways
'You're only suppoed to blow the bloody doors off!'
Must have seen this a thousand times but I've never seen it in such quality! Thanks for posting