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Director:
Charles Shyer
Writers (WGA):
Bill Naughton (play)
Bill Naughton (earlier screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 November 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A player until he got played more
Plot:
A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations more
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(146 articles)
Law's Ex-wife Offers Her Support
 (From WENN. 4 November 2009, 11:11 AM, PST)

Sadie Frost 'pledges to support Jude Law'
 (From digitalspy. 3 November 2009, 1:22 PM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jude Law ... Alfie
Renée Taylor ... Lu Schnitman (as Renee Taylor)

Jane Krakowski ... Dorie
Jeff Harding ... Phil

Marisa Tomei ... Julie

Kevin Rahm ... Terry

Max Morris ... Max

Omar Epps ... Marlon

Nia Long ... Lonette
Gedde Watanabe ... Wing
Jo Yang ... Mrs. Wing

Tara Summers ... Carol

Sam Vincenti ... Felix

Katherine LaNasa ... Uta

Claudette Mink ... Bitter Girl
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Untitled Alfie Remake (USA) (working title)
Untitled Charles Shyer Project (USA) (working title)
What's It All About, Alfie? (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, some language and drug use.
Runtime:
103 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Taiwan:R-12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Malaysia:18SX (DVD) | Malaysia:(Banned) (theatrical) | Germany:12 (f) | Sweden:Btl | New Zealand:M | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Brazil:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #40817)
Filming Locations:
England, UK more

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Trivia:
Alfie's Vespa is painted blue and white as an inside joke. The colors pay homage to Jude Law's favorite football team, Tottenham Hotspur. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Alfie and Marlon are sitting in a bar and Carol stands at their table, Alfie's sitting position changes. more
Quotes:
Alfie: Strange. But even when you know it has to end, when it finally does, you always get that inevitable twinge: Have i done the right thing? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Let's Make It Up more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
fashionable, 27 December 2008
Author: ruiresende84 (ruiresende84@gmail.com) from Porto, Portugal

Two remarks on the quite good experience this film is:

-one is the visual aspect of the thing. This is a visual tapestry, each scene has its own visual strenght, and could actually be enjoyed on its own, but all together they make an impression on you. Every affair in Alfie's life has its own visual treatment, according to the mood of it. Colours, and camera work are elements taken care of. Watching the extras, one gets the impression that artistic values were something in the minds of theses guys, but i'll credit Ashley Rowe a great deal for what was done here. The colours are something in the line of what Chris Doyle might do. IT's interesting how Jude Law fits well this kind of photography, we saw him in similar situation in the recent 'my blueberry nights'.

-the other thing is the story telling device. I haven't seen the original, so i may be commenting on something that happens already in that one, but i would bet not. Alfie speaks to the camera, he speaks to us. He denounces the staging all this is, and the artificiality of cinema in itself (lush, but artificial photography underlines this). The film is episodic in its nature, every women is an episode, but we know Alfie is our narrator, as we get every feeling directly from his mouth. Jude Law is a very interesting actor, one of the good actors we have these days, and he delivers, he knows how little dramatic and exaggerated he has to be in order to make this work. The success of this strategy is to make us assume Law's words as a dialog between him and us, instead of a monologue like, say, Depp in 'The Libertine'. Jude Law knows it, he pauses the speech, and intonate as if he was chatting, instead of narrating. Very good.

Jude Law is a character in himself, even through fashion. In this film he was at the beginning of a relation with Sienna Miller, they're seen in a collection of clips reading Vogue together. This is no innocent. Actually it is a very clever way to build they're own public personalities out screen.

Oh and we have a story. A playboy, single man, with his life centered on women, searching for true affection, living love as episodes and suffering from the consequences of his irresponsibility. It's a mere excuse to unfold visual storytelling. Some women, though are interesting. We have Tomei, we have Miller, we have Sarandon, who, though being limited as an actress, is well placed in the film.

My opinion: 4/5

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