Director: Lewis Gilbert. Stars: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Denholm Elliot, Jane Asher...
Caine hit it big in this role of a womanizing cad, treating most women with disrespect and referring to them as “it”. Certain events force him to learn a bit of a lesson.
As he enters a truckstop diner, we spot an Alpine Club (Williams, 1965)...
Then he plays a game of Sky-Line (Gottlieb, 1965), just to be able to chat up a “bird” (Jane Asher)...
Alfie (USA, 2004)
Director: Charles Shyer. Stars: Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon, Marisa Tomei...
This pointless remake modernises the women, making them much less the victims that they were in the 60s. So basically it’s a bunch of pretty people having casual sexual relationships, and the lesson Alfie learns is much less harsh.
In a scene where Alfie’s chatting up the bartendress, he’s sitting on a Mata-Hari (Bally, 1977) next to a PIN-BOT (Williams, 1986)...
Thanks to M.L. for reminding me that the remake also had a couple of pins in it.
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