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Michael Caine used to be handsome? [PICS]

Jack Denfeld

19:14 / 12.03.06

Michael Caine's always been an old dude to me, he was in Cocktail with Tom Cruise when I was little. But I was watching Alfie today (Caine's character is kind of a dickhead in this), and I was kinda shocked that Caine looks handsome. Sharp. This picture doesn't do him justice, but look anyway.

Bubblegum Death

19:19 / 12.03.06

I guess it depends on your definition of handsome.
Or maybe it's just the picture, but he looks a little like Lurch from the Addams Family.

Jack Denfeld

19:21 / 12.03.06

I know, I couldn't find one from Alfie.

Here's a better one.

Undoubtedly handsome and a great actor. He never looks like he's acting either. Bermondsey's finest!

Jack Denfeld

19:33 / 12.03.06

Any other Michael Caine movies I should look out for? He was really great in Alfie.

Spaniel

19:35 / 12.03.06

And then there's Harry Palmer. Grimy+superspy=cool as fuck.

Spaniel

19:39 / 12.03.06

Jack, you should definitely watch Ipcress File.

Starring Caine's Harry Palmer.

sleazenation

19:41 / 12.03.06

You need to see originals of The Italian Job and Get Carter as well as the Harry Palmer films (The Ipcress File and the like), Zulu (but not Zulu dawn) and the Man who would be king (a dual header with Sean Connery)... there are a load of other films - Caine is and was a jobbing actor for whom no part was too small nor any film too shit - Caine is in Jaws IV, but these are the main ones...

HCE

19:51 / 12.03.06

You guys are very generous.

Mourne Kransky

19:54 / 12.03.06

Yup, there's Harry Palmer. The Ipcress File is the best of those. Then there's Get Carter. He was great in The Man Who Would Be King with Connery. He wasn't at all bad in Hannah and Her Sisters, although it wasn't a great Woody Allen film. He was damn fine in Educating Rita and poignantly drunk a lot again in The Honorary Consul.

I think the best thing he ever did was one of his most recent though: The Quiet American. He was brilliant in it.

And I wouldn't want to overlook his camp cameo in Miss Congeniality.

I think, though, that Get Carter and the Harry Palmer films would suit a testosterone-fuelled dude like yourself, Dumfield.

Bubblegum Death

19:56 / 12.03.06

You know, I always imagined Haus looks a little like Michael Caine.

Spaniel

19:59 / 12.03.06

I'd like to second The Quiet American

And, fred, you don't like The Ipcress File? What is this madness?

Cherielabombe

20:15 / 12.03.06

Jack I had a similar reaction when watching the original Italian job a few years ago. And yes he's very cute in the Ipcress File: "I am going to make you... the best dinner you've ever had.."

sleazenation

20:28 / 12.03.06

You can't have a Michael Caine thread without

'You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

And possibly

'and remember- they drive on the wrong side of the road here...'

Whisky Priestess

21:18 / 12.03.06

He's a big man these days, but he's out of shape.

sleazenation

21:40 / 12.03.06

And this was the shape he was in...

Benny the Ball

03:17 / 13.03.06

Jack, if you like Michael Caine, then you should also check out BRYAN BROWN in Cocktail (to my memory the only film that Tom Cruise has been in that Michael Caine is in, is Austin Powers, Goldmember)

Jack Denfeld

03:24 / 13.03.06

Ha! Ever since I was little I thought that was Michael Caine. Maybe he's always been handsome then.

matthew.

03:33 / 13.03.06

*opens the door*

*has nothing to say worthwhile, but says:*

Ahoy there. He was... good looking. I wouldn't say sexy. But decent looking.

*backs away slowly...*

*then runs and slams the door*

Mysterious Transfer Student

22:13 / 13.03.06

My girlfriend has just added:

"I would rather Terence Stamp... and/or David Warner."

What is the missing word in that sentence? I asked her... and she became defensive.

"They're only slightly more than twice my age!"

Mike Modular

23:22 / 13.03.06

You can't not have this picture:

Jack, I recommend Pulp, although I can't remember much about it. That and The Muppet Christmas Carol... ("Ham-baag!")

paranoidwriter waves hello

23:45 / 13.03.06

I agree all the Harry Palmer films are excellent (apart from the one with Jason Connery): cool, sharp, clever; and the only Cold War era films I can remember where the Russians are as smart, funny, and (disl)likeable as their western counterparts. e.g. the loveable Colonel Stok (played by Oskar Homolka).

Oh, and while we're talking of great Michael Caine films, let's not forget his top turn opposite dear old Larry Olivier in the classic, 'Sleuth'.

paranoidwriter waves hello

00:07 / 14.03.06

Also, although I haven't seen it in years, I seem to remember 'Deathtrap' was quite good as well.

Jack Denfeld

02:14 / 14.03.06

I would rather Terence Stamp... and/or David Warner."
Terence Stamp was originally offered the Alfie gig but turned it down.

Bubblegum Death

02:27 / 14.03.06

"Son of Jor-el; kneel before Alfie!"

Brigade du jour

07:59 / 14.03.06

Hmm. I don't know about handsome, but there was definitely something kind of non-specifically sexy about him.

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