The Italian Job that will allow the thieves to escape with the gold in three Mini Cooper S getaway cars. After planning and training, Croker, his girlfriend Lorna, and the heist crew set out for Turin. Mafia boss Altabani and his underlings are waiting in the Alps at the same pass where they killed Beckermann. Altabani warns Croker that the Mafia are aware of the gang's intentions and smashes their Jaguar E-Type cars, sending Croker's personal Aston Martin DB4 drophead off a cliff. Just as Altabani is about to give the order to shoot the gang, Croker tells him that Mr. Bridger will
The Italian Job (2003 film) Director at the 2004 American Black Film Festival. Clay Cullen, Michael Caines, Jean Paul Ruggiero and Mike Massa won an award for Best Specialty Stunt at the 2004 Taurus World Stunt Awards for the boat chase through the canals of Venice. "The Italian Job" was nominated for the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, but lost to "Kill Bill." In April 2009, IGN named the film's Los Angeles chase sequence one of the top 10 car chases of the 21st Century. Criminologist Nicole Rafter saw "The Italian Job" as part of a revival of the heist film around the