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This vaguely rings a bell, was it in Italy?
Dirk wrote: "This vaguely rings a bell, was it in Italy?"No, but you are correct in that it was not in France! Oh! I know what you might be thinking of...they did that movie where they got away in the boat in the canals of Venice, right? That was a great movie! Now I can't remember the name of it. :(
The Italian Job, I think, but the remake in the original they got away with Mini Coopers.
The original was an excellent heist movie with a hilarious ending. I can still see that bus/truck(?) dangling there.
Yeah and what a wonderful cliffhanger ending: They have to balance the bus because on the other side is a big heavy pile of gold bars.
Michael Caine is on his stomach trying to reach the gold, but it's just out of reach, then he turns to his mates and says: "I think I have a plan..." and then fade to black.
Hilarious!
I just looked it up and the correct phase was: "I have a great idea..." and it was not fade to black, ah memories... never trust them ;-)https://youtu.be/HZCaSyid4m0
Wow! When did that come out? I never saw that one. I think I only saw The Italian Job. I don’t recall ever that scene and they look so young and those hair styles and clothes! That wasn’t, uh, well.... I don’t recognize that movie. Thanks for putting up that scene, it was funny to watch!
Ok first clue: 3 paintings were stolen
Well, it's the original Italian Job 1969, the one you know is the remake from 2003.
Okay, well I wasn’t born yet. Haha that probably explains it. And I was plenty old enough in 2003. But I do know Michael Caine!
Michael Caine is one of my favorite actors, and what a career: more than 170 movies and still going strong: 3 are ready for a 2020 release, while he's filming one (with Christopher Nolan) and there is another in pre-production...
Wasn't born yet?!?! A feeble excuse ...
Alright, no questions, no guesses? Do we need yet another hint?This might completely give it away. Hmmm, no I won’t do that one yet.
First: This happened December 22, 2000
So
Clue #1 3 paintings were stolen
Clue #2 December 22, 2000
2000... that could be Sweden?
Well, that was the clue I was going to give away! So you did and honestly I thought if anyone got this one it would be you, Dirk, for some reason.... lol yes it happened in Sweden.
Not really, wasn't there a Rembrandt involved? Don't remember anything about bombs involved or an escape on a boat...Hitting the sack now...so no more from me for the next 8 hours or so;-)
You got the Rembrandt (self-portrait) right and two Renoir. I’ll have the story for you when you wake up! Good job and good night!
I’m sorry I didn’t get to the story last night. I will post the details now then when I get to my PC I will post pictures of the paintings that were stolen.The robbery went as I wrote, car bombs, one machine gun and other pistols, three men pointed the guns at the guards while they took a Rembrandt self-portrait and Renoir Conversation with the Gardner and another Renoir Young Parisian from the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm.
They got away in a speedboat parked in the canal outside and threw fire spikes at the pursuing cars while they had slashed the tires of the other cars of the first responders.
The museum made a public announcement that they didn’t have money to pay for ransom, the black market was being watched like a hawk after the heist so it was pretty impossible to sell the paintings there.
Their worth initially is said to be from $30-$36 million then up to $45 Million. Ten suspects were arrested In relation to the deal. One painting was found shortly after by police. Then the trail went cold for five years.
A Renoir was found when an investigator posed as an art buyer in a hotel in Copenhagen then the last painting was found in Los Angeles. All three were eventually recovered and the thieves were apprehended.
Young Parisian
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Conversation with the Gardner
Pierre Auguste Renoir
It feels like the plot of a movie..
Right! Like they’d been watching too much tv!
A bomb went off outside an apartment complex downtown. A few minutes later, a few blocks down, another bomb went off.
Meanwhile, three men walked into a building, one holding a machine gun. They held up the security guards by gunpoint as they took what they wanted. The alarm went off but when responders attempted to locate the sound, they found their tires had been slashed!
Another car bomb went off a half-mile away across town. The city seemed to be 'blowing up' in panic! Meanwhile, the thieves got away in a motorboat waiting nearby.
What did they steal?
In what facility do they find themselves?
When did this happen?
In what city/country is this place located?
Was the crime ever solved?
Were the goods ever recovered?