What's Bellini?

Sorry you didn't like the movie Rupert, I thought it was hilarious. However I wouldn't call it a Coen Brothers wannabe. In the final credit they clearly say it is a remake (in fact, an exact replica, I might say) of the Italian film I Soliti Ignoti (1958), also reviewed in imdb.com. Now, 1958 was somewhat before the Coen brothers' time, and I'm sure that two cinema connoisseurs like Joel and Ethan must know (and have taken inspiration from) I Soliti Ignoti, amongst another thousand movies. Anyway, all the main themes, the anti-heroes, the criminal plan where everything is bound to go wrong, etc, everything was already being made in Italian cinema long before the Coen brothers were even born. As for the Bellini, the original 1958 film does not hold any clue. There are a few slang words from the Italian underworld of the Fifties but at no point does any character use the word Bellini. It must be one of the two original ideas added to the 2002 version (the other one being the safe expert on a wheelchair).

if you look on the dvd, they have a special feature that says what the words mean on a deack of cards, along with the history of the word. i can't remember right now, but i know it's there.

*/*my finger points*/*
*/* pinkynequa */*

The word could also come from Denmark! "Kaput" meens in danish, something which has broken or are done (it can't be used again)! So "kaputchnik" could be another word for something which has broken, and never will work again!
It's Just my idea!

Serious, why not just do it! You don't live forever! HAVE FUN!

In the Italian version the word they use is "peccora" (the spelling may not be correct), which means sheep.

So they are looking for a peccora, or a sheep, or scapegoat, to take the blame for the car theft.

I guess this didn't translate into English so they changed it to Molinski.

The Italian version was better, by the way. Sorry, but it was.