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Michael Caine
Born 14 Mar 1933, in Rotherhithe, London
<b>Wise words:</b> "The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this: a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say, 'How can I change me to suit the script?'"
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Jude Law and Michael Caine attend Sleuth premiere -
19 November 2007
remake entitled Sleuth saw both its main stars attend the UK debut screening last night.-Jude Law hit the red carpet as did Sir Michael Caine, who also starred in the 1972 original. The complex plot focuses on the agreement between a wealthy gentleman and his wife's lo
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There's only one Michael Caine -
1 November 2004
ritish actor Jude Law takes the lead in the 21st century version, which is at cinemas now. -"It proves you just can't beat Michael Caine," Alex Chesterman of selectscreen.com told the Daily Mirror. -"Time after time, remakes fail to sparkle like the ori
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Caine tops Brit film list -
4 October 2004
Michael Caine's portrayal of Newcastle killer Jack Carter has been named the best film of all time in a new poll.-Get Carter beat off competition from other British classics such as Lawrence of Arabia and The Life of Brian to top the Total Film list of the best 50 Brit
Michael Caine - what members say
Michael Caine - filmography
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Sleuth
on DVD (2007)
Starring: Jude Law, Michael Caine
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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This savvy remake promises just as many twists and pitch-perfect performances as the 1972 film. Since the original SLEUTH still shocks, some might question director Kenneth Branagh's desire to remake the classic, but Michael Caine doesn't reprise his role from the first film. Instead, he stars as ...
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Prestige, The - HD DVD Version
(2006)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Piper Perabo, Michael Caine
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Director Christopher Nolan's (MEMENTO) eclectic resume gains another interesting entry with THE PRESTIGE. Set in early 20th-century London, the film centres on the bitter rivalry between two magicians who go to increasingly dangerous lengths to upstage one another. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman, X-...
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The Prestige
on DVD (2006)
Starring: Christian Bale, Piper Perabo, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Christopher Nolan
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From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins"), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy with dangerous and deadly consequences.From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, ...
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Children Of Men
on DVD (2006)
Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
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In 2027, in a chaotic world in which man can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of mankind.
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Prestige, The - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Piper Perabo, Michael Caine
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Director Christopher Nolan's (MEMENTO) eclectic resume gains another interesting entry with THE PRESTIGE. Set in early 20th-century London, the film centres on the bitter rivalry between two magicians who go to increasingly dangerous lengths to upstage one another. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman, X-...
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Batman Begins - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) the billionaire prince of Gotham whose parents were killed in an alleyway mugging transformed into the ...
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The Weather Man
on DVD (2005)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis
Director: Gore Verbinski, Phedon Papamichael
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David Spritz (Cage) is a successful Chicago weatherman who for reasons beyond his understanding, frequently gets fast-food thrown at him on the street. Could the reason for this be that David's job, though lucrative, requires little exertion, allowing him to occupy what even he admits is a ...
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Bewitched
on DVD (2005)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Nora Ephron
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Director Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail) breathes new life into the classic television show BEWITCHED in this romantic comedy of the same name. Movie star Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) had it all until he made a few bad films and his wife left him. Now, the washed up star is slated ...
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Around the Bend
on DVD (2004)
Starring: Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Glenne Headly
Director: Jordan Roberts
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Four generations of men who haven't seen each other in years are suddenly brought together by the chance to uncover the truth about their family's past. It's a journey that takes them out on the road to a world full of surprises - some comic, some dramatic, and all of them personal.
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The Statement
on DVD (2003)
Starring: Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam
Director: Norman Jewison
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While a secret society of Catholic priests hide him in various French abbeys, a network of bitter Jewish assassins track him, and a determined judge attempts to use the law to pin a prison sentence on him. This highly wanted man is Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine) who committed war crimes--not only ...
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Secondhand Lions
on DVD (2003)
Starring: Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Haley Joel Osment
Director: Tim McCanlies
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Set in Texas in the 1950s, SECONDHAND LIONS tells the touching story of Walter (Haley Joel Osment), a shy teenager sent to stay with two estranged uncles for the summer. Various rumours surround the two uncles (played by Robert Duvall and Michael Caine), mostly because the duo have only recently ...
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The Actors
on DVD (2003)
Starring: Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Lena Headey
Director: Conor McPherson
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In this hysterical comedy of errors Michael Caine plays O'Malley, adown-on-his-luck actor, who becomes convinced he can scam the local criminals using his acting skills. He recruits Tom (played by Dylan Moran) to help him in his scheme. Inevitably both end up way over their heads in trouble!
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The Quiet American
on DVD (2002)
Starring: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen
Director: Phillip Noyce
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Set in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1952 during the French Indochina war, THE QUIET AMERICAN is based on the mystery story by Graham Greene, and directed by Phillip Noyce. A middle-aged British reporter for the London Times, Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine), has been working in Vietnam, covering politics and ...
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Austin Powers - Goldmember
on DVD (2002)
Starring: Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles, Michael Caine
Director: Jay Roach
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AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER, the third movie in the Austin Powers series, stars Mike Myers in director Jay Roach's James Bond Sci-Fi 1970s funkadelic formula--a hyper-stylized backdrop to what is ultimately Myers' one-man show.GOLDMEMBER is a family affair. Austin has a few unresolved issues ...
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Last Orders
on DVD (2001)
Starring: Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Graham Swift's prize-winning novel is a quietly graceful portrait of four working-class Brits, bound by years of friendship, that unites some of England's finest actors in a powerful and deeply moving ensemble production. Michael Caine stars as Jack Dodd, the ...
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Shiner
on DVD (2000)
Starring: Martin Landau, Michael Caine, Matthew Marsden
Director: John Irvin
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Michael Caine stars in this British crime drama as Billy "Shiner" Simpson, a former boxer who, after ruining his chances at becoming a champ is now a small-time boxing promoter representing his son Eddie (Matthew Marsden). Eddie has accomplished everything Billy couldn't, and is set to fight an ...
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Miss Congeniality
on DVD (2000)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt
Director: Donald Petrie
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When a notorious criminal mastermind known only as the Citizen threatens to terrorize the Miss United States Pageant, the FBI scours their ranks to find a female agent capable of winning the contest and capturing the killer before it's too late. Special Agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) may be the ...
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Quills
on DVD (2000)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Based on the award-winning play by Doug Wright, this erotic and fantastical drama reconstructs the unknown fate of the Marquis de Sade, the writer and sexual deviant who was imprisoned in Charenton Asylum for the last 10 years of his life. QUILLS is a Gothic period piece from director Philip ...
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The Cider House Rules
on DVD (1999)
Starring: Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Charlize Theron
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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THE CIDER HOUSE RUES, an expertly crafted and intelligent adapation of John Irving's novel, explores themes of disappointment, ideas of moral ambiguity, and, indeed, lessons about life itself, woven into a dramatic story that is neither slow nor sentimental. Tobey Maguire is the immensely likable ...
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Little Voice
on DVD (1998)
Starring: Michael Caine, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent
Director: Mark Herman
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In a dreary English seaside town, one of it's timid inhabitants, known as LV (Little Voice), mourns over her dead father and obsesses over his record collection by singing along to his favorite performers. Her rare talents for emulating the dulcet tones of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Shirley ...
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Blood and Wine
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis
Director: Bob Rafelson
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Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with "Five Easy Pieces" and continued with "The King Of Marvin Gardens". In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother and father. In this one, Nicholson is a wealthy wine dealer who has distanced himself ...
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Bullet to Beijing
(1995)
Starring: Michael Caine, Mia Sara, Jason Connery
Director: George Mihalka
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Caine makes his fifth appearance as sly spy Harry Palmer, a role he inaugurated with 1960s suspensers "The Ipcress File" and "Funeral in Berlin." After breaking with his agency, free agent Palmer hires on with the Russians in search of a deadly biological warfare agent his new employers fear may be ...
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Bullseye
(1990)
Starring: Roger Moore, Michael Caine, Sally Kirkland
Director: Michael Winner
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A luckless small-time confidence man and his double-dealing partner in crime go after a cache of diamonds after they discover their remarkable resemblance to a pair of corrupt government scientists who have sold secrets for the diamonds. A dazzling set of double crosses ensues as the bumbling ...
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A Shock To The System
on DVD (1990)
Starring: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert
Director: Jan Egleson
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A hardened executive who has certainly paid his dues finds a way to unleash his rage when he is passed over for a promotion. He's on top of the world when the two most troublesome people turn up missing, but a prying detective and a missing lighter may change his life.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
on DVD (1988)
Starring: Michael Caine, Steve Martin, Glenne Headly
Director: Frank Oz
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Brash, small-time con man (Steve Martin) meets fake prince in exile (Michael Caine) in this outrageous comedy of backstabbing, elaborate lies, and dirty tricks as the two men battle for the prime fleecing territory of a European resort. A wager between the two over duping an American heiress out of ...
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Jack The Ripper
on DVD (1988)
Starring: Michael Caine, Lewis Collins, Jane Seymour
Director: David Wickes
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Michael Caine stars as Inspector Frederick Abberline in this excellent made-for-TV take on the mysterious Jack the Ripper murders that haunted the streets of Whitechapel in the late 1880s. The miniseries also features Armand Assante, Jane Seymour, and Lewis Collins.
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