"THE ITALIAN JOB"Screenplay by
Donna Powers and Wayne Powers
Based on the 1969 screenplay by
Troy Kennedy-Martin
December 21, 2001
FADE IN:
EXT. THE PORT OF GENOA, ITALY - NIGHT
Forklifts RUMBLE. Workers WIPE FRAME. All the bustle and
cacophony of a major seaport.We FIND ourselves focusing on ONE LARGE CRATE. With the
GRINDING of gears, a crane lifts it off the dock and carries
it onto a ship.INT. HOTEL ROOM - SAME TIME
Through night-vision binoculars, CHARLIE CROKER, 28, watches
the mysterious crate. Charlie is young to run his own crew
but he's a born leader.CHARLIE
Lyle?SWISH PAN TO: LYLE, 21, brilliant and punctilious, fingering
the keyboard of his strap-on supercharged laptop.LYLE
[Movie Script]It Happened One Night
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Written by Robert previous hit Riskin
based on a story by Samuel Hopkins Adams
The HARBOR at Miami Beach fades in,
providing quick views of yachts, aquaplanes,
and luxurious ship-craft lying at anchor
in the calm, tranquil waters of tropical
Florida. This dissolves to the NAME
PLATE on the side of a yacht, reading
"ELSPETH II," and this in turn to a
YACHT CORRIDOR where a steward is standing
in front of a cabin door, near a small
collapsible table upon which there is
a tray of steaming food. He lifts lids
and examines the contents. A heavy-set
sailor stands guard near the cabin door.[1]
STEWARD
Fine! Fine! She ought to like this.
(to the guard)