Re: original Italian Job movie

[James Montebello <jamesm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Richard Lane wrote:
> italian. I've read that the exotic cars that were apparently destroyed were
> really just mock-ups built by the SFX guys..but I have to say that the Aston
> Martin Drop-top looks very real as the Mafia make their point with it. The
> Miura crash is definitely staged though. I can never see a Giulia TI now

The story I've heard is that the British cars (Aston and Jag) were real
and were really damaged.  They were later restored, however, and are
being used to this day.  The Miura was, apparently, just a mule made up
of just a fake bodyshell.

james montebello
(two minis and an alfa)
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