Alfie michael caine movie

Michael caine collection sleuth the italian job alfie zulu funeral in berlin anglais. Michael caines first starring role was a foray into dramatic irony. The film premiered at the universal cinema in london on 6 march 1975. Its depiction of swinging sixties culture is historical and what once seemed risque, is now rather tame. Ive actually not seen the 1966 version so i cant comment much on that. Michael caines sexual predator alfie helped turn fay weldon and a generation of women on to feminism. Michael caine is a good actor with a fabulous screen presence.

However, it features an abortion scene that you would never see in a movie today and wasnt included in the 2004 remake. As alfie, jude law channels michael caine in the 1966 film but puts his own stamp on the role. As the title character, caine plays alfie, a freewheeling, promiscuous bachelor in 1960s london. Alfie is movie that is both out of date and yet ahead of its time. Caine reunited with alfie director lewis gilbert for this charming adaptation of willy russells stage play with a script by the.

Alfie 1966 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. A londoner michael caine continues his womanizing ways while working as a chauffeur in new york. Original 1 sheet 27 x 41 69 x 104 cm folded argentinian movie poster starring michael caine as alfie and costarring shelley winters, millicent martin, julia foster, jane asher, and shirley anne field the 5 ladies that are illustrated in the alfie lettering on poster. Michael caine gives a good performance but alfie is a painful movie to watch. Filming locations for alfie 1966, with michael caine. As caine shows when he undresses for his exam, he is in average shape, but his suits make him look more trim thanks to haywards expert hand. He has appeared in more than films in a career spanning over 60 years and is considered a british film icon. An unrepentant ladies man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle. I only realised last night that i had not seen alfie all the way through, but im glad i did now. Alfie tells the story of a young womanising man who leads a selfcentred life, purely for his own enjoyment, until. Michael caine played the title role of a womanizing londoner in the comedydrama alfie 1966, based on the book and play by bill naughton. Caine and costar anthony quinn are namechecking leads deray and ventura.

At the beginning of the film michael caine talks to camera and. Alfie 1965 is the movie that gave british actor michael caine one of his first starring roles. Michael caine the man has matured, and kept the sharp wit that won him those movie fans. He left school at age 15 and took a series of workingclass jobs before joining the british army and serving in korea during the korean war, where he saw combat. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing alfie 1966 near you. Alfie is a unpleasant character and it is hard to care about a film totally centered on this person. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film zulu. Price also penned the movie title song, performed and released as a single by cilla black who was also the first to record the title song based on the. Jul 02, 2011 one of the greatest end scenes to a film ever a sample of it also plays out on this song. Michael caine s first starring role was a foray into dramatic irony, scripted by bill naughton from his novel and play. Michael caine made alfie and the ipcress file 1965 back to back, and they made him a star. Michael caine as alfie blue mohair suit bamf style.

When he finds out the mother of his child has been proposed to by another man he says, you better marry him. Starring julie walters, michael williams, maureen lipman. Alfie is a legendary scumbag and michael caine plays the role perfectly. It is an adaptation by bill naughton of his own novel and. Alfie 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The useless advice john wayne gave to a young michael caine. The movie would go nowhere if he wasnt able to make us understand what about. He carelessly roams from one of his many birds girls to another without any care for emotional or physical consequences. In particular, caine reports a memorable incident when he first met academy award winner and hollywood legend, john wayne. Sir michael caine, cbe born maurice joseph micklewhite jr. Michael caine s performance is, of course, quite wonderful and the style of the film with alfie looking straight into the camera and into the viewers eye while telling his story is novel and iconic.

The ipcress file laid the foundations for caine as a leading man and alfie builds a mansion on top of it. Now jude law is portraying him as a gentle soul with. Michael caine s priceless performance alone makes this movie a must watch, its very frank and straightforward, you wont see performances like this these days, pc culture wont. Alfie michael caine explains the difference between married and single women. Alfie, original vintage michael caine movie poster. He continues his life of womanizing, but he cant hide forever. Michael caine, trevor howard, lawrence douglas, vivien heilbron. In eighteenth century scotland, during the jacobite rebellion, david balfour claims his inheritance from his uncle who has him shanghaied on a ship where david meets fugitive jacobite rebel alan breck. Michael caine is an english actor who has appeared in over films and has had multiple television appearances. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film zulu 1964. Alfie 59 movie clip live for yourself 1966 hd youtube. At the end of the film there are several attempts to humanize alide, to give him his comeuppance, to make him a sympathetic character.

I suppose you think youre goin to see the bleedin titles now. Alfie is a 1966 british romantic comedydrama film directed by lewis gilbert and starring michael caine. When it comes to the pain im like any other bloke i dont want to know. A misfortune strikes and alfie is forced to face the product of his ways. Manfred werner tsui the shallow character michael caine portrayed in alfie so convincingly was merely a tribute to his acting genius. It is the sequel to the film alfie 1966, with alan price taking over michael caines role of alfie. His 20 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include alfie, hannah and her sisters, sleuth. Trailer for lewis gilberts film starring michael caine, shelley winters, millicent martin, julia foster, jane asher, shirley anne field, vivien. I cant believe it took the remake to inspire me to buy the original alfie with michael caine and watch it for the first time. The alfie theme song is pretty good, we need to bring those back. Michael caine shelley winters millicent martin vivien merchant. Mar 15, 2012 michael caine s first starring role was a foray into dramatic irony, scripted by bill naughton from his novel and play. The film went on to be nominated for five oscars at the 39th academy awards ceremony, including best picture and actor. Caine gives an unforgettable performance, highlighted by the moments where alfie breaks.

Alfie caine is a charming, rogueish cockney who cannot get his. It is credit to michael caine s talent and charisma that he plays such a self centered prick, yet you still find yourself liking him. Alfie, first released in 1966, stars michael caine as the charming and shameless lothario chauffer. Michael caine sealed his screen stardom with this memorable portrayal of a. Bacharach, in california, was inspired by a rough cut of the film about the cockney womanizer played by michael caine. Caine s acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in british films. Mar 02, 2012 michael caine s first starring role was a foray into dramatic irony, scripted by bill naughton from his novel and play. Alfie 19 movie clip a married woman 1966 hd youtube. Movie info michael caines first starring role was a foray into dramatic irony, scripted by bill naughton from his novel and play. Alfie michael caine is more than just a perpetual bachelor. Rent alfie 1966 starring michael caine and shelley winters on dvd and bluray. Even michael caine s career would have gone nowhere if he had made this version of alfie. Law, though lacking the more rugged masculinity and raw sensuality of caine s alluring alfie, gets.

Its hard to imagine now that anyone else could have been alfie, yet it was a role michael caine almost didnt play, as paramount executives originally wanted caines former flatmate, terence stamp, who was the broadway lead in the original play. Alfie 79 movie clip she aint so ugly after all 1966. Twiggy, joan collins and paul mccartney reminisce with the alfie actor about a decade of. Jude is exactly right for the part and makes alfie both repellent and sympathetic. The film was written, directed, and produced by charles shyer. Jude laws alfie, much like michael caine s alfie in the 1966 original, is what youd call an unrepentant womanizer. We are left hoping he will mend his ways but thinking theres not much chance of that. Michael caine plays alfie, a hipster swinger in 1960s london whose attitudes and actions we abhor even as we warm to the twinkle in his eye. Alfie, is a charming british bachelor who cruises the streets of new york as a limousine chauffeur. English playboy alfie michael caine is a charming don juan in the freespirited 1960s with an insatiable appetite for women. Michael caines first starring role was a foray into dramatic irony, scripted by bill naughton from his novel and play. Anchored by michael caines charmingly droll performance, alfie is an equally.

The film went on to be nominated for five oscars at the 39th academy awards ceremony, including best picture and. With michael caine, shelley winters, millicent martin, julia foster. Set in postwar london, alfie features michael caine as a chauffeur bent on promiscuity. If you replaced the word bleeding with fucking this movie might have beat goodfellas. He lives for sex and steers clear of emotional attachments, taking up with one bird after another. Michael caine was born maurice joseph micklewhite in london, to ellen frances marie burchell, a charlady, and maurice joseph micklewhite, a fishmarket porter. With the 60s in full swing and london the centre of the universe, michael caine shot to stardom as a callous cockney womaniser alfie started out as a stage play by bill naughton, and it was a bold decision of director lewis gilbert to break naturalistic conventions and film the monologues and asides straight to camera.

In director charles shyers updated version of alfie, jude law plays a man who is more upmarket, less a predator and more a needy hedonist than michael caine s portrayal in the 1966 original. Also in the biography caine states, many times, that he was angry and obnoxious. Its rather directionless for most of the run time but worth a watch. Caines acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in british films. Alfie is a 2004 britishamerican romantic comedydrama film inspired by the 1966 british film of the same name and its 1975 sequel, starring jude law as the title character, originally played by michael caine in the 1966 film and alan price in the 1975 sequel. After impregnating his girlfriend he takes off on vacation. Alfie darling is a 1975 british comedy drama film directed by ken hughes. Jude law is already a movie star, currently one of the busiest, and in alfie he is less a predator than caine, more a needy hedonist who is wounded and even surprised when women wont put up with him. This movie is a remake of a 1966 movie of the same name in which michael caine portrayed the leading character. Michael caines priceless performance alone makes this movie a must watch, its very frank and straightforward, you wont see performances like this these days, pc culture wont. This was a real eyeopener, not only from a historical point of view but also proof once again that michael caine is a british treasure, and one of the screen greatest actors. It is an adaptation by bill naughton of his own novel and play of the same name. I stumbled over this really great movie by chance and am not sorry at all to ha e bought this dvd. Alfie michael caine drops in on his bird gilda julia foster, checks the calendar, offers career advice then narrates a demonstration in alfie, 1966.

Michael caine celebrity profile check out the latest michael caine photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Jude laws alfie, much like michael caines alfie in the 1966 original, is what youd call an unrepentant womanizer. According to the new book, caine had arrived in hollywood shortly after completing the 1996 film alfie this romantic comedydrama was caines big break, and he was in hollywood hoping to build on his recent successes within the british film industry. Alfies suit is a fine example of how a suit can be tailored for a slim fit without looking tight and pulling at the wrong places. He had a brash cockney selfconfidence that suggested a hardness beneath the kidding around. The composers agreed to submit an alfie song if they could complete it within three weeks. The movie would go nowhere if he wasnt able to make us understand what about alfie attracts women despite his treatment of them. I bought this box set a while ago, and i bought it for the michael caine film. The film went on to be nominated for five oscars at the 39th academy.

However, what i remembered as a fun film hasnt aged all that well. He beds em but never weds em, and new york provides ample opportunity to continue the processuntil reality slaps him in the face. Alfie caine is a charming, rogueish cockney who cannot get his fill of women. Pal nat murray melvin suggests alfie michael caine take up street photography, whereupon he meets his next conquest ruby shelley winters in the 1966 hit alfie.