Title sequences and typography from feature films starring michael caine, from zulu 1964 to king of thieves 2018 the movie title stills collection a collection of screen shots and captured images of movie title stills from feature films and trailers. After a hard spell, he involved himself at the lowerstoft reparatory theater, where he met his first wife, patricia haines, 19531957. He lived in paris, roaming the streets in a daze with not a cent to his name, before returning to england. An exercise in minimalist tailoring and how to work a muted colour palette, michael caine s 1960s style was sober, effortless and eternally cool. But their curious connection actually goes beyond their shared birthday. Interesting that john barry was picked by saltzman to score music for the ipcress file because of his bond film connection.
Collected in this splendid book is a wealth of rare and never. He has refused to abandon the cockney accent that reflects his roots, or the authentic spirit that bends a knee. I thought it would be a good idea to have a post of michael caine with his glasses, because, well, because i dont even need a reason. John chard played by stanley baker while they attempt to. During a multidecade career he appeared in more than 100 films, including alfie 1966, get carter 1971, hannah and her sisters 1986, cider house rules 1999, and inception 2010. Beverly hills, ca british actor michael caine spotted running errands in beverly hills, michael is one of only two actors nominated for an academy award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s, the other one being jack nicholson. Michael caine title sequences the movie title stills collection. Whatever character he plays seems real, and in this entertaining bunch of old movies you get full value for your money, and much more. He headed booker bros and booker plc, and helped establish the man. Revel in the cigarette cool, stylish suits and sex appeal of the original british working class hero in michael caine. The chapel st frontage in view still survives, but the swathes of terraces behind were swept away by leigh council in the early 1960 s. He was still an unknown and it was genuinely interesting to read about what he had to do to become the actor he is today. Alfred ayer was chair of judges, iris murdoch was the 1978 winner of the prize, michael caine was chair of booker plc. I didnt like michael caine s whats it all about as much.
He was known for his role as coco in the italian job, a film released in 1969 starring michael. Michael caine on five decades of being the coolest man in. Other than legendary actor jack nicholson, he is the only actor to be nominated for an academy award in every decade from the 1960s to. Find films and movies featuring michael caine on allmovie. The italian job 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In 2007, released a mix cd of his favorite chillout songs called cained. Books by michael caine author of the elephant to hollywood. And other lessons in life hachette, academy awardwinning actor michael caine discusses life lessons he has learned, including how to use the. Jan 08, 2020 i just did a terrible michael caine impression, bannon says of his first audition tape.
He was previously married to actress patricia haines. This eyecatching 128page hardback volume contains more than one hundred impressive images catching the mood, manner and method of a man as at ease among movie stars as he is on the street. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Sir michaels famous boxing pose, in which he sports a midgrey doublebreasted birdseye suit and pinky ring, 1965. Sep 02, 2010 i recently read sally fields autobiography, pieces of me, and was blown away by it. Used stage name of michael scott until he discovered it was already taken by another actor. Caine died of cancer saturday in london, the company said. Mar 31, 20 michael caine can be seen to be one of the few iconoclast actors to have fully embraced his fame whilst remaining firmly grounded in his working class roots. Today, despite those successes, michael caine retains a keen memory of his origins. He has appeared in more than films in a career spanning over 60 years and is considered a british film icon. Social mobility can swing again just like in sir michael. Michael caines most popular book is the elephant to hollywood. Hes an elder statesman of acting being nominated for an academy award every decade since the 1960s, sharing the honor only with jack nicholson.
Born maurice micklewhite in london, sir michael caine b. If pressed, he would have added sean connery as the actor too. As my generation, his new documentary on a decade of cultural upheaval, opens, the veteran actor explains why the era was the making of so. Michael caine played british secret agent harry palmer in five films, based on a series of novels by len deighton the first three the ipcress file, funeral in berlin, and billion dollar brain were released in the 1960s, during the height of the sean connery. Michael caine has 25 books on goodreads with 14409 ratings. Michael caine can be seen to be one of the few iconoclast actors to have fully embraced his fame whilst remaining firmly grounded in his working class roots.
Something of a return to form for huston, the unforgiven 1960 starred audrey hepburn in the only western role of her career, as a native american who has been raised by a texas settler family. Michael caine on the first time he got high and the role he regrets most the veteran actor also talks working with steven seagal, playing gay. From his humble south london beginnings, michael caine grew to define a decade of cocksure confidence and suave british style. Icon of british cool in the 1960s, leading action star in the late 70s, and knighted into official respectability in 1993, michael caine has enjoyed a long, varied, and enviably prolific career. The former chairman of booker, sir michael caine, who has died aged 71, was a polymath of the charitable world, passionately committed to internationalism and to improving social conditions, and. Michael caine is an english actor who has appeared in over films and has had multiple television appearances. Since that moment, caine has grown to become one of the greatest hollywood actors of all time.
Michael caine introduces the film in the buttoned up, monochrome heart of london at the start of the 1960s, in a world blighted by economic hardship. Sir michael s famous boxing pose, in which he sports a midgrey doublebreasted birdseye suit and pinky ring, 1965. Caine plots to murder him and take the play as his own. Sir michael caine cbe born maurice joseph micklewhite on march 14, 1933 in rotherhithe, london is a british actor with over a hundred films ranging from zulu to the pictures of christopher nolan willing to do parts for the money, or for art. Mar 25, 2017 michael caines stunt double johnny morris lived a filmstar lifestyle.
Michael caine was born maurice joseph micklewhite in london, to ellen frances marie burchell, a. The day michael caine discovered a family secret jaquo. In an unlikely liaison, the three worlds of michael caine were never far apart. Michael caine plays a downonhisluck playwright who sees a chance at reclaiming success when a former student christopher reeve shows up with a sure hit script.
Mar 14, 2018 michael caine is surveying the great glass skyline of london from his flat in chelsea. He married shakira caine in 1973 and he has a pair of daughters named natasha and dominique. Michael caine introduces the film in the buttoned up, monochrome heart of london at the start of the 1960s, in a world blighted by economic hardship with ww2 rationing having ended only six years. An exercise in minimalist tailoring and how to work a muted colour palette, michael caines 1960s style was sober, effortless and eternally cool. Michael caine himself said that 1960s belonged to the beatles as pop stars and to john barry as the film music composer. Michael caine, prolific british actor known for the affable cockney persona present in his many versatile roles. Sir michael harris caine 17 june 1927 20 march 1999 was an english businessman.
Michael caine and tobey maguire in the cider house rules 1999. This happened in one of the episodes of the tonight show starring jimmy fallon kevin spacey was asked to do an impression of michael caine. In the event, sean connery and michael caine, two of the biggest stars of the 1970s. Well be running a few features about his life and work all this week, because frankly he is worth it. In 1954, he changed his name, born maurice joseph micklewhite, to michael caine. Hes broken his ankle having slipped on some ice in his garden and is currently holed up at home. He headed booker bros and booker plc, and helped establish the man booker prize. As part of the swinging sixties scene in london, caine was pictured with the hippest actors, models and photographers of the period. Michael caine biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Michael has a younger brother stanley micklewhite born 1935. Revel in the cigarette cool, stylish suits and sex. It is an adaptation by bill naughton of his own novel and play of the same name. Back in the early 1960s, though, long before he won two academy. His most memorable films include alfie 1966 and the italian job 1969.
Sir michael caine, 71, muse behind britains booker prize. Michael caine is surveying the great glass skyline of london from his flat in chelsea. And, in 1956, a hill in korea was released, marking sir michael caine s first major appearance on screen. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film zulu. Interestingly, michael caine shares a birthday with legendary, grammyawardwinning music producer quincy jones. Oct 07, 2017 michael caine on how the 1960s broke class barriers. A president of the royal african society, he created the caine prize and later also the russian booker prize.
Known for his cockney accent, caine was born in southeast london he made his breakthrough in the 1960s. Olaves hospital in the rotherhithe area of south london on march 14, 1933. Michael caine on how the 1960s broke class barriers. Who michael caine actually plays in dunkirk cinemablend. Photograph of alfred ayer, iris murdoch and michael caine. This is the original the italian job from 1969 starring michael caine. Twiggy, joan collins and paul mccartney reminisce with the alfie actor about a decade of. In a recent interview to promote the film cars 2, michael caine was asked about all the people who have attempted an impersonation of his unique way of speaking over the years. And if you were one of the keen observers during the films contents, you may have found him. Edith head famously said, you can have anything you want in life if you dress for it. In his new documentary, my generation, michael caine, 1960s libertine and stalwart tory, gently reminds the viewer of the material aspirations that marked those years.
From this, as explored in graham swifts booker prizewinning novel, writerdirector fred. Until recently i didnt even know this version existed. Michael caine as alfie in the eponymous 1960s movie. As my generation, his new documentary on a decade of. But in the early 1960s the company, in the process of reinventing.
A life large enough for an encore sir michael caine is the only actor, along with jack nicholson, to have been nominated for an oscar every decade since the 1960s. Why is michael caine in most of the christopher nolan. He starred in many hit films of the 1960s and 1970s, with trademark glasses and cockney accent. We asked michael caine once, how do you go about choosing a movie, and he said, what i do. Sir michael caine, a corporate chief with a love of books who was the driving force behind the booker prize for fiction, britains most prestigious literary award, died of cancer on saturday in.
Collected in this splendid book is a wealth of rare and neverbeforeseen photographs capturing michael caine s onset preparations and offscreen. Michael caine was born maurice joseph micklewhite jr. Mar 10, 20 sir michael caine press association via ap images this thursday is sir michael caines 80th birthday. Michael caine leads us through his swinging london of the 1960s. Nov 05, 20 the theatre is an operation with the scalpel, i think movie acting is an operation with the laser. The idea in both this and the 2003 version is the stealing of just over 200 bars of gold bullion using 3 mini cars. Michael caine, horoscope for birth date 14 march 1933, born. Zulu 1964 zulu 1964 zulu 1964 zulu 1964 zulu 1964 full movie zulu 1964 full movie zulu 1964 full movie outnumbered british soldiers do battle with zulu warriors at rorkes drift. Michael caine leads us through his swinging london of the. October 1935 january 20 was an english actor and the younger brother of actor sir michael caine. So heres to michael caine wearing awesome glasses and being cooler than everyone else. Every single person i knew became rich in caines new documentary, my generation, which screens at the venice film festival this week, he revisits the 1960s when he.
It was the labour govt of harold wilson that closed it, f. Michael caine plays an elderly magician with alzheimers in his latest film, is anybody there. Theres a tremendous amount of pleasure to be had in david battys my generation, a sloppy wet kiss to michael caine and british youth culture of the 1960s. He has appeared in more than films in a career spanning 70 years and is considered a british film icon. London ap sir michael caine, chairman of the food and agribusiness company booker plc and the driving force behind britains prestigious booker prize for fiction, has died. The michael caine produced and narrated 1960s britain documentary my generation has been acquired by lionsgate uk. Michael caines stunt double johnny morris lived a filmstar. Michael caine takes you back to the swinging sixties. Jewison next directed the statement 2003, a compelling thriller about an elderly man michael caine whose past as an executioner for the vichy regime during world war ii is revealed in 1992 after a failed attempt on his life necessitates an investigation spearheaded by an aggressive french prosecutor tilda swinton and a military colonel. Michael caine teaches in this documentary the art of movie acting to five young actors, who.
Sir michael caine, corporate chief with love of books who was driving force behind booker prize for fiction, britains most prestigious literary. When michael caine was on the cusp of fame, he received some helpful, if peculiar, advice from another legendary screen star. Leigh station, in the centre background, also went, closed in 1969, although it wasnt on beechings list. A movie legend, double oscar winner, and, as of two days ago, recipient of the freedom of the city of london. Sir michael caine, cbe born maurice joseph micklewhite jr. Michael caine was born maurice joseph micklewhite in south london on march 14th 1933. Caine s acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in british films. The child of a fish market worker with an unlucky gambling habit and a cleaning woman, caine was born with rickets from prenatal malnutrition and wore leg braces as a child. Sir michael caine, 71, muse behind britains booker prize the. As he tells dave calhoun, its a far cry from his early days playing jack the lad in alfie.
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