Wheels on Reels: The Italian Job
- When
- April 16, 2016
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $2 - $1001
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Wheels on Reels. The MFAH exhibition Sculpted in Steel: Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1929–1940 inspires this series of classic movies that celebrate memorable cars and their drivers.
The Italian Job
Directed by Peter Collinson
1969
UK
99 minutes
DCP
Introduced by teen members of Houston Art New Generation (hang@MFAH), who also lead a post-film discussion.
A team of career criminals frolics through Turin, Italy, in MINI Coopers—all part of a complicated plan to steal millions in Italian gold bullion.
When a suave, skirt-chasing robber (Michael Caine), just released from British prison, orchestrates one of the biggest international heists in history, he enlists the help of incarcerated Mr. Bridger (Noël Coward).
Bridger recommends a quirky team of computer hackers (including Benny Hill), bank robbers, hijackers, and getaway drivers. The comic caper ends with an exhilarating car chase illustrating why the MINI is the ultimate getaway car.
Soundtrack by Quincy Jones.
“As a reminder of the time when Britannia really was cool, it’s peerless.” —Empire magazine
