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Gaius and Jackson dive into the 2003 heist action film The Italian Job, which celebrates a 20th anniversary milestone! Directed by F. Gary Gray, the film is an American remake of the 1969 British film of the same name but with with an original story. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mos Def, and Donald Sutherland, the movie follows a motley crew of thieves who plan to steal gold from a former associate who double-crossed them. The pair get into the film’s more practical and realistic action scenes that made the movie stand out from others released at the time, using the real actors to perform most of the car stunts, the controversy surrounding Edward Norton being forced to do the movie, how the movie helped bring in a revival of the heist film, the film becoming a surprise hit when it was released in the summer of 2003, and if the film still holds up today!
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