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SECOND
CHANCES
It
NOT THAT MICHAEL CAINE FAILED IN HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO CONQUER
HOLLYWOOD, BUT HIS SECOND GO-AROUND IS PROVING TO BE EVEN BETTER.
THIS FALL, THE TALENTED COCKNEY REVISITS THE PAST IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT
WAYS — FIRST WITH A SMALL ROLE IN THE REMAKE OF HIS SEVENTIES HIT
GET CARTER AND THEN AS ONE OF NAPOLEON’S HENCHMEN IN
THE MARQUIS DE SADE MOVIE QUILLS By Earl Dittman
According to Michael Caine, calling
the past year the most exciting and
productive of his life would be an
understatement. In March, the 67year-old
won the Best Supporting
Actor Oscar for The Cider House Rules, and in
June he was knighted by the Queen. All this
after a self-imposed, three-year hiatus from
making movies, during which he wrote his
autobiography and jump-started a second profession
as a restaurateur.
But the man who created such legendary cinematic
characters as low-class playboy Alfie
Elkins in Alfie (1966), vicious ex-con Jack Carter
in the original Get Carter (1971), and who won
his first Academy Award for Woody Allen’s 1986
film Hannah and Her Sisters, was sorely missed
by Hollywood.
famous 16 october 2000
Caine in Get Carter
was director Bob Rafelson who convinced
Caine to return to the silver screen for a part
opposite Jack Nicholson in his 1997 drama Blood
and Wine. And while the picture didn’t do well at
the box office, it proved that Caine was still an
actor of immense quality. Offers began rolling in,
and the next year he won a Golden Globe for his
remarkable turn in Little Voice. Caine is currently
finishing work on the Sandra Bullock comedy
Miss Congeniality and has two films scheduled to
arrive in theatres over the next two months. First
up is the highly anticipated remake of Get Carter,
with Sylvester Stallone taking over the lead role.
And a few weeks later, Quills, about the final
days of the infamous Marquis de Sade, will hit
select theatres in major Canadian and U.S. cities.
On the day of this interview, the veteran
actor strolls into the luxurious New York City
hotel suite set aside for our early morning
meeting and, as I rise to greet him, his face
lights up, as if he’s suddenly rediscovered a
long lost friend. “How are you this morning,” he
asks in his unmistakable British accent.
“Coffee? Tea? I’m here to please.”