29 Dec 2016

Alfie (UK 1966 & USA 2004)

Alfie (UK, 1966)

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)...



Later in a bar fight scene, we spot a glimpse of a Flying Chariots (Gottlieb, 1963)...


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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