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Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women. He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. He has a series of reversals in which his health is threatened, he has a child who is adopted by another man, gets a married woman pregnant and must procure an abortion for her, and when he decides to settle down is rejected for a younger man.
Certainly 1966 was a banner year for England's movie industry with such distinctive films as Blow-Up, Morgan!, Georgy Girl and Alfie arriving on American shores. But the latter film is significant for not only challenging the Production Code on censorship issues but exploring sexuality in a frank and adult manner rarely seen in Hollywood films.
Box office. $35.2 million [2] Alfie is a 2004 romantic comedy-drama 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. The film was co-written, directed, and produced by Charles Shyer .
Alfie: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster. An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.
Film Synopsis. A lfie likes women, he likes them a lot. In fact, you could say that women are his main interest in life, his raison d'être so to speak. However, he'd rather leap stark naked into a bubbling volcano than get himself shackled to the same woman for the rest of his life. To him, a woman is like a hire car.
Parents need to know that Alfie is the classic 1966 British comedy drama known for its career-defining performance by Michael Caine as the titular character. The film was revolutionary for the time for how Alfie breaks the fourth wall and addresses the camera as well as its stark depictions of abortion. Loaded…
