{"id":460070,"date":"2003-12-01T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2003-12-01T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=104735"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","slug":"italian-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/italian-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have just wat\u00adched \u201cThe Italian Job,\u201d the 1969 original. At the time of writing, the remake has not hit Britain, but it ma\u00adkes the movie topical.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the remake was first mooted, the retro Beetle was pencilled in to take the starring role originally created by the Mini Cooper. This was plain daft, even by Hollywood standards. It would have been as daft as using original Beetles in the 1969 movie. A Beetle was fine for a Disney comedy, but was not an action hero. 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