Alfie
Alfie is a 1966 British comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael Caine. The Paramount Pictures release was adaptated from the 1963 play of the same name by Bill Naughton. Following its premiere at the Plaza Theatre in the West End of London on 24 March 1966, the film became a box office success, enjoying critical acclaim, and influencing British cinema.
Plot
Alfie Elkins, a handsome, self-centered, narcissistic Cockney chauffeur in London, enjoys the sexual favours of married and single women while avoiding commitment. He is ending an affair with Siddie, a married woman, just as he gets his submissive single girlfriend, Gilda, pregnant. Alfie thinks nothing of pilfering fuel and money from his employer and tells Gilda to do the same. Although he refuses to marry her, and despite his constant cheating, Gilda decides to have the child, Malcolm Alfred, and keep him rather than give him up.
Awards
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| author | Bill Naughton |
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| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Lewis Gilbert |
| editor | Thelma Connell |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | barroom brawl begin black eye bus conductor cheat church cockney disgust family man fear of death first time fresh start life choice married woman mental breakdown nothing single girl steal tower of london train ride tubercular shadows on his lungs tuberculosis |
| musicBy | Sonny Rollins |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Lewis Gilbert |
| productionCompany | Sheldrake Films |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | London |