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Alfie (1966)

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Ok, Michael Caine hit a home run and became an international star. But, for this film to be sold as mostly a comedy is puzzling. For the time (60's) this must have been a real shocker. I found it to be a sex eduction and anti-abortion film. (Here's what can happen if you do it & here's how ugly it gets taking care of it.)
Being adapted from stage, I'm not sure how Alfie played to the public at large. Was it a ha-ha comedy or a social indictment? Such a strange mix of humor and pathos.
I'll take Law's Alfie for entertainment purposes.

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I actually saw it in the cinema in the US South - Auricle 12:35:26 11/22/04 (0)
(North Carolina, to be precise). In the original release.
The reaction of the audience was interesting, to say the least. As this was a University town, extremely interesting.
You may use your imaginations, this is not the place for a sociological treatise.
A comedy with a bite: bittersweet. "The Knack" was a companion - tinear 14:42:58 11/20/04 (0)
movie of the time...
Re: Alfie (1966) - rico 12:48:09 11/20/04 (0)
I remember it most for ther great Sonny Roollins score, especially his playing on the title tune.
Call it a comedy/drama............... - danj 10:13:12 11/20/04 (0)
I was very entertained by the original "Alfie." The character is a cad and a selfish jerk through most of the picture - a lot like some of the people I have known. In 1966, the Alfie type was not so rare as it appears to be now, although my sisters all tell me they are still out there.
Alfie was the "stud" whose image of women were as playthings. Responsibility and consequence, to him, were factors only so much as he didn't allow them restrict HIS ability to be the playboy.
I saw the picture, as a young teen, in 1966. I thought it okay but nothing special. Years later I have a deeper appreciation for the film. There is more to "Alfie" than Caine's tour-de-force performance: it's a little reminder that every action has a reaction, whether we want them to or not.

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