Alfie (1966) | |
| Director(s) | Lewis Gilbert |
| Producer(s) | John Gilbert (associate), Lewis Gilbert |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, England |
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Alfie (1966) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Lewis Gilbert and produced by John Gilbert and Lewis Gilbert.
Academy Awards 1966 --- Ceremony Number 39 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Michael Caine | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Vivien Merchant | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Lewis Gilbert, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Bill Naughton | Nominated |
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Alfie:
I've never told her that I love her - except at those times when you've *got* to say something for appearance's sake.
Alfie: Make a married woman laugh and you're halfway there.
Alfie: What I loved once and what I love now are two different things.
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Alfie: Make a married woman laugh and you're halfway there.
Alfie: What I loved once and what I love now are two different things.
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The picture in Ruby's flat is Vladimir Tretchikoff's "Chinese Girl", popularly called "The Green Lady". It was one of the most popular and highest-selling prints of the 1960s.
Alfie! opened at the Morosco Theater on December 17, 1964 and ran for 21 performances.
Several well-known actors (including Richard Harris, Laurence Harvey, James Booth and Anthony Newley) turned down the title role due to the then taboo subject matter of abortion. Despite having played "Alfie" on Broadway, Terence Stamp categorically declined to reprise the role on film, thus giving his good friend and then roommate Michael Caine the breakthrough role of his career.
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Alfie! opened at the Morosco Theater on December 17, 1964 and ran for 21 performances.
Several well-known actors (including Richard Harris, Laurence Harvey, James Booth and Anthony Newley) turned down the title role due to the then taboo subject matter of abortion. Despite having played "Alfie" on Broadway, Terence Stamp categorically declined to reprise the role on film, thus giving his good friend and then roommate Michael Caine the breakthrough role of his career.
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