In brief: Will Michael Caine’s Italian Job get new ending?

Engineers have been asked to come up with a successful conclusion to the cult 1960's film The Italian Job, in order to explain how Charlie Croker, Michael Caine's character (pictured in the famous scene), and his gang might have unloaded the gold without losing their own lives in the process. As fans will recall, the film ends with the coach see-sawing over a precipitous drop. Caine's gang face a choice of saving themselves or risking all to retrieve their stolen gold. The task has been set by the Royal Society of Chemistry to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the movie next year…………. Prince William and Prince Harry will attend the world premiere of the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, which is being held this evening in Leicester Square………….Joaquin Phoenix, the Hollywood actor best known for his role in Gladiator, has announced that he is quitting acting to focus on a career in music. The 34-year-old, who has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, said that his latest film, Two Lovers, would be his last………….Keanu Reeves appeared before a Los Angeles court on Tuesday to answer a charge that he knocked down a photographer to avoid having his picture taken………….Elvis Presley has been ranked the top-earning dead celebrity for the second year in a row by US magazine Forbes. Thirty years after he died aged 42, his estate made $52 million last year. Heath Ledger, who died from an overdose of medication in January before he could collect an estimated $20 million in earnings from the Batman movie The Dark Knight, is placed number three on the list…………
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