The Italian Job (2003 film) by director F. Gary Gray as "inspired by the original." Gray, Powers and Powers, and executive producer James Dyer identified the most prominent similarities as the trio of Mini Coopers used by the thieves, as well as the titular heist involving the theft of gold bullion. Some sequences of the film were storyboarded and previsualized by Gray before production began. Gray had been interested in working with Wahlberg since seeing his performance in "Boogie Nights" (1997). After reading the script for "The Italian Job", Gray contacted Wahlberg, who "fell in love with it" after reading it himself. Green was also
Q-type Queens car (New York City Subway car) part of the Myrtle Avenue Line closed in 1969, the Q-types were finally retired. The oldest of the cars were in revenue service for 66 years, currently the longest such service life in New York City rapid transit operations. Q-type set 1622 A-B-C, was previously preserved by the New York Transit Museum. However, in 1979, it was converted into BU gate cars 1407, 1273 and 1404 (their original numbers prior to conversion), although the cars retained their 1957 lowered roofs and 1950 lightweight trucks and motors. Q-type Queens car (New York City Subway car) The Q-type (and QX) was a