‘The Italian Job’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan
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We're talking about We're talking about college football on my podcast a little bit. We just did. Middle week. Yeah. We we taped something for that. Um I couldn't find a movie called The Half Italian Job. So we're doing the full Italian job. The Italian job is next. This episode of the Rewatchables is presented by the movie Mutiny. Only in theaters, August 21st. Our guy, Jason Statham, stars in Mutiny, the new action thriller from the director of Plane. I like that movie. When an international conspiracy turns deadly. That always happens. Statham goes off the grid on a one-man mission. I love one-man missions to take down those responsible. And if you're a fan of the Beekeeper, The Meg, or The Expendables, guilty.
This is exactly the kind of movie you want to see Statham in. You've sold me. One of the defining action stars of the last 25 years, doing what he does best. I agree with that. Think diehard on a boat. That sounds great. Mutiny, only in theaters, August 21st, rated R for strong bloody violence in language. There you go.
The Italian job, 2003. Mark Wahlberg, Charlize, Jason Statham. Seth Green. Most deaf. Mm-hmm. Ed Norton. Yeah. Who has taken a life of its own in this movie? We're gonna really save this. We have a nice spot to talk about this. And this movie's just a great hang. And it's kinda everything I want in an hour and fifty minute movie. Just a great time.
If I came to you in two thousand and three at the beginning of the year and I said, Do you like Oceans Eleven? And you were like, Yeah. And I was like, Do you like Fast and the Furious? And you're like, Yeah. I was like, what if we put the two together
and
had Mini Coopers racing all over Los Angeles? You'd take that and this is what you get. This is this is a delightful caper.
Yeah, it's like the movie is the lesser version of Ocean's Eleven, but the prestige version of the Fast and the Furious. Exactly. And just incredibly watchable. I saw it in the theaters like I think two or three times. My man Stefan worked at the city place, so we will go there.
You always drop Lore like Bill's gonna know Stefan. My man
Stefan was above. Yeah, my man Stefan, man. Stefan, I went to high school with him and then he worked his way up to manager and we was just going crazy at City Place. We saw the Italian job.
I'm doing my CR thinks who could have been Harrison Ford? Uh Will Wilson. Hottest take right now. Wow. Steffi? I think this movie basically supercharged the Fast and Furious franchise. I think from Fast Four on, they heard the footstep. They were like, No, they they Italian Job came out in oh three. Mm-hmm. And I think as they were trying to figure out how to expand fast forward and beyond, they were like It's just do like what they did in the Italian job. And I think all the DNA from there leading to culminating in F. Gary Gray directing Charlie's and Statham are all in like fast eight or fast nine together. Ah. But all that when you watch how this movie's set up, the different locations, we got to get a job, let's get the crew together.
Hey, have you met this person? Oh, we we have like the wise cracking person who's, you know, that we have the compute the computer. Internet person. We have like the driver. Um we have some love interests. We gotta go in these locations. Also crazy driving stunts. We have a bad guy. This
is fast. The fact that the movie ends up becoming about actually the personal relationships between the which actually the whole fact. These are our people by the end. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. By the end of it. Well, so why not more sequels? What the fuck happened? How did we not have the Spanish job and the Australian job? Oh, is there gonna be the Well it's gonna be
the Brazilian job.
What a fucking wasted opportunity though. Robert's just making like he's just making three movies a year.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening intro and sponsor message for this episode?
0:06–8:50
2
How do the hosts introduce and compare *The Italian Job* to other heist movies?
8:50–25:23
3
Why is Ed Norton’s performance highlighted as a key rewatchable element?
25:23–40:46
4
What discussion surrounds the film’s rating, lack of nudity, and its PG‑13 status?
40:46–49:55
5
Why do the hosts claim Lyle’s Napster line is the most obvious 2003 reference?
49:55–1:02:33
6
How do they argue about the true value of the gold bars in the heist?
1:02:33–1:14:52
7
What do they say about the basketball scene with Mark Wahlberg and Jason Statham?
1:14:52–1:26:11
8
Which casting choices and representation issues do they critique for the film?
1:26:11–1:40:56
Speakers
5 identifiedMore from The Rewatchables
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