Top Gear: The Italian Job

I don't know if this is true, but I hope it is: http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/07/23/top-gear-stars-plan-italian-job-mini-chase-in-belfasts-sewer-18647/

some entertainment blog said: LONDON - Top Gear stars Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are hoping to recreate the famous Mini car-chase scene in The Italian Job by racing through a sewer in Belfast.n the 1969 film, which starred Michael Caine, bank robber Charlie Croker and his gang make their getaway in three Mini-Coopers, tearing through the streets, buildings, rivers and drains of Turin with the police on their tail. Now Clarkson, Hammond and May are planning to recreate the chase in massive sewers being installed in Belfast, reports The Telegraph. The programme would help to promote the huge Belfast Sewers Project, which is due for completion next year. The stars were approached by Northern Ireland Water. (ANI)

oh god I hope so !! love that movie.

sounds like that could be fun to see. but we do have capaitn slow in it though.....

I sooooooo can't wait for season 14 now

Northern Ireland Water FTMFW.

How will the three resist telling a constant stream of jokes about effluence?

More info:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8163272.stm

BBC News Top Gear plan Belfast Italian job The Italian Job The Turin car chase is considered a movie classic "Hang on lads, I've got a great idea," was the sentence made famous by Michael Caine at the end of the Italian Job. But it might also apply to the Top Gear team as they have come up with a plan to copy the famous film by racing Minis through Belfast's sewers. A spokesperson for the BBC show said presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hoped to film the race through the city's new six-mile sewer network in the coming weeks. In past shows, the three have raced to the North Pole, driven across the African continent and sailed cars across the English Channel. However, it is the first time they have raced underground. The original scene sees a gang led by Charlie Croker, played by Caine, hatch a plan to steal $4m in gold destined for banks in Turin before making their getaway in three Mini Coopers. The city's sewerage system makes the ideal route for the little cars, which are chased through the tunnels by the Carabinieri. Although the entrance and exits in the film's sewer sequence were shot in Turin, the "in tunnel" footage was shot in a sewer in Coventry, which was under construction at the time. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May NI Water approached Top Gear about the project A NI Water spokesperson said the company put forward a number of proposals to the BBC last year and the idea to film a Top Gear episode at the Belfast Sewers Project was developed from there. "NI Water enters into negotiations with many organisations and specialist journals and magazines in order to promote the £100m Belfast Sewers Project, one of the biggest civil engineering projects in the UK," she said. Tunnelling work on the project to replace Belfast's Victorian-era sewerage system began in 2005. The scheme is scheduled for completion early next year.

There's a legend going around that one of the drivers actually pulled off a "loop" during practice for the (original) film, but couldn't duplicate it once the cameras were rolling.

ckosacranoid wrote: sounds like that could be fun to see. but we do have capaitn slow in it though.....

"Captain Slow" is likely a faster driver then a good many on this forum honestly. Moniker aside, look at his job and consider the fact that he HAS had plenty of in car experience... including tutoring from Jackie Stewart and Mika hakkinen, time behind the wheel of a rally car, participated in a 24 hour race, ect, ect...

I would that was a very real possibility Red.

RedS13Coupe wrote:

ckosacranoid wrote: sounds like that could be fun to see. but we do have capaitn slow in it though.....

tutoring from Jackie Stewart and Mika hakkinen, time behind the wheel of a rally car, participated in a 24 hour race, ect, ect...

ice handling (aygo hockey in winter challenge), ice racing (last series), snow racing (winter challenge), salt flats (Bonneville during "factual" USA trip), 250+ mph in a veyron (series nine)

Yup, he's definitely not as slow as they like to joke. FWIW, I'd love to drive that well

true though....

RedS13Coupe wrote: Moniker aside, look at his job and consider the fact that he HAS had plenty of in car experience... including tutoring from Jackie Stewart and Mika hakkinen,

I was seething w/ envy during both of those segments. I mean--driving lessons by two legends. I might take another human life to experience that...

So who wants to bet that one or more of them are going to try a full loop in the tunnel?

I can almost hear Clarkson ask how hard can it be and then a cut to a shot of a Mini upside down in the tunnel.

Remember they're motto: "Ambitious, but rubbish!"

RedS13Coupe wrote: "Captain Slow" is likely a faster driver then a good many on this forum honestly.

I still think that May is the REAL STIG.( at least in my little fantasy world)

neon4891 wrote:

RedS13Coupe wrote: "Captain Slow" is likely a faster driver then a good many on this forum honestly.

I still think that May is the REAL STIG.( at least in my little fantasy world)

lol, that would be the funniest thing ever.