HISTORY

Throughout the 1930’s thievery and scams were

present in such films as ‘Raffles’ and the unholy

garden. The classic film noir period of the 1940’s and

1950’s brought the genre to fame, by focusing more

explicitly on the heists themselves with such films

like John Huston’s ‘Asphalt Jungle’ and Stanley

Kubrick's ‘The Killing’.

The remakes of Ocean’s 11 (2001, as Oceans Eleven)

and the Italian Job 2003, show that the genre still has

a future in contemporary Hollywood.

ACTORS

GEORGE CLOONEY:

An American actor, film

director, producer and

screenwriter. For his

work as an actor he

received, 3 Golden

Globe awards and an

Oscar (Academy

Award). In 2001 he

worked with Steven

Soderbergh for the

remake of Oceans 11. It

was his most

commercially successful

film earning more than

$450 million worldwide.

ROBERT DE NIRO:

An American actor,

producer and director.

He has starred In

multiple crime films

such as Mean streets

in 1973. In 1974 He

played the young ‘Vito

Corleone’ the

Godfather part 2, a role

that won him the

Academy award for

best supporting actor.

JASON STATHAM:

An English actor, has

appeared in many

supporting roles in

various American films

such as The Italian Job,

a heist film. Which was

the highest grossing film

by paramount in 2003.

DIRECTORS

Quentin Tarantino is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and

actor. Gaining numerous industry awards such as the Golden Globe

award and the BAFTA award and has also been nominated for a

Grammy award.

In January 1992 Tarantino's Reservoir dogs screened at the Sundance film

festival and was an immediate hit. Reservoir Dogs was a dialogue-

driven heist driven movie that inspired and set the tone for his later

films.

TOP GROSSING FILMS BY BUDGET

The Italian Job premiered at the

Tribeca Film festival on May 11,

2003, and was theatrically released

in the United States on May 30,

2003. In its opening weekend, the

film grossed $19,457,944.

Paramount re-released the film on

August 29, and by the time its

theatrical release closed in

November 2003, the film had

grossed $106,128,601 in the United

States and Canada and

$69,941,570 overseas—

$176,070,171 worldwide.

Fast Five accumulated $209,837,675

(33.5%) in the United States and

Canada and a further $416,300,000

(66.5%) elsewhere – a total of

$626,137,675, making it the seventh

highest-grossing film of 2011

worldwide. This amount makes Fast

Five the number 113 highest-grossing

film of all time in the domestic market

and the number 63 highest-grossing

film of all time worldwide, in unadjusted

dollars.