Scrooge, 1951... genius casting..genius story too
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always reminds me of blackadder and tiny tom :D
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Scrooge, 1951... genius casting..genius story too
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always reminds me of blackadder and tiny tom :D
earlier... The Curse of the Black Pearl
now..
Dead Man's Chest, 2006...
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Shooter, 2007... Mark Wah
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The large caliber rifle that Swagger owns, with which he is framed, is a Cheyenne Tactical M200 Intervention. It fires a .408 caliber projectile accurately out to and beyond two thousand meters. The CheyTac M200 is also available with a Long Range Rifle System, which consists of a laser range finder, magnifying scope with night vision capability, and a weather-sensing module, all of which interface with a PDA running ballistics calculation software.
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, 1942... classic rathbone/bruce.
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington, 1943... a year later and a ending speech now that the USA are in the great fight..
[last lines]
Sherlock Holmes: Yes, but this is a great country, Watson.
Dr. John H. Watson: It certainly is, my dear fellow.
Sherlock Holmes: Look, up there ahead, the Capitol, the very heart of this democracy.
Dr. John H. Watson: Democracy, the only hope for the future, hey, Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes: "It's not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future... but, in the days to come, the British and American people will, for their own safety and for the good of all, walk together in majesty, and in justice, and in peace."
Dr. John H. Watson: That's magnificent. I quite agree with you.
Sherlock Holmes: Not with me, with Mr. Winston Churchill. I was quoting from the speech he made not so long ago in that very building.
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Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990...Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star...
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The movie was re-shot to change the ending, which was unpopular with test audiences. In the original ending, after Joe and Patricia are expelled by the volcano, they are rescued by the Tweedle Dum (the sister of the yacht that was sunk, the Tweedle Dee.) On board are the rescued crew of the Dee, as well as Graynamore and "Dr. Ellison", who turns out to be Graynamore's tax accountant (and hatchet man) by the name of Kenneth Hindmick. Graynamore reveals he had Hindmick pose as a doctor to make Joe think he had a fatal disease. Hindmick pulls a gun on Joe to protect Graynamore from Joe's anger, and to allow Graynamore to keep the yacht. Joe, having stared into the mouth of a volcano, calmly swipes the gun from Hindmick, then announces to Graynamore that he and Patricia had gotten married by the Chief. They both banish Graynamore and Hindmick to the boat's dinghy in the middle of the ocean. Graynamore tells Hindmick that he likes Joe, and admits being banished in a small dinghy in the middle of the ocean is his price for being too greedy, and tells Hindmick to help him row home. Back at the Tweedle Dum, Joe and Patricia see the four steamer trunks popping to the surface, with the Chief riding the last one, brandishing his Tobi, happily telling them he didn't lose his soul after all. Joe replies he didn't lose his either. The only remnant from the original ending is that in the end credits, you see an artist's rendition of the Tweedle Dum sailing off into the distance.
Peggy Sue Got Married, 1986...
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Blow Out, 1981... Stars John Travolta and Nancy Allen..
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While on the way to the airport, the driver of the van containing two reels of footage of the Liberty Parade sequence stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts, leaving the van unattended. It was stolen while he was inside, and the footage was never seen again. The crew had to return to Philadelphia just to re-shoot the entire scene, at a cost of $750,000. Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond was no longer available, so he was replaced by László Kovács.
The box office failure of this film greatly damaged John Travolta's career, especially for more serious roles. Ironically Quentin Tarantino's love of this film is what led him to cast John Travolta for a key part in Pulp Fiction, the movie which gave him a major career come back.
The Bedford Incident, 1965...
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The live-action images of the fictitious Bedford, outside and inside, are of and from British frigates. The modelers created a miniature replica based on the US Navy Farragut-class Frigate (later destroyer) Leader. When Ben Munceford (Sidney Poitier) and Lt. Cmdr. Potter (Martin Balsam) are flying out to the destroyer, they are aboard an H-19 helicopter, which was called the Whirlwind by the British. The ship they fly by and eventually land on is a Type 15 frigate. The ship's pennant number F159 can be seen. F159 was the H.M.S. Wakeful.
As the actions of the captain become more obsessive, Munceford (Sidney Poitier) tells him, "You're not chasing whales now!" This is a reference to Ahab, the single-minded whaling captain in "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, whose obsession leads to the destruction of his crew and on whom the character of Capt. Finlander (Richard Widmark) ultimately was based.
For Dr. Potter's (Martin Balsam) insults made against Capt. Finlander (Richard Widmark), the Captain technically could charge the physician for violations of UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) Article 89, Disrespect toward a superior commissioned officer and, possibly, Article 133, Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentlemen, as well as the catch-all Article 134 General article. The charges would be judged at a Special or General Court-martial. However, in real world practice, Lieutenant Commanders, especially a physician, would have other less public career adverse actions taken. Only in a very public and extremely egregious situation would an actual charge leading to a court-martial and even then a diversion would occur.
The cameras seen hanging around reporter Sidney Poitier's neck are a Nikon Model F "anvil-head" and a Pentax. The tape recorder Munceford uses is a 1964 Philips EL3300 - the world's first commercial compact cassette recorder.
pretty taut stuff. A fter a few films that didn't show the us services in a good light this wasn't given much aid from america thus the use of british boats etc.
it was a pretty good apocalyptic holocaust type of film popular at time..
The House on 92nd Street, 1945.
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The movie deals with the theft by German spies of the fictional "Process 97", a secret formula which, the narrator tells us, "was crucial to the development of the atomic bomb." The movie was released on September 10, 1945, only a month after the atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan, and barely a week after Japan's formal surrender. While making the film, the actors and Director Henry Hathaway did not know that the atomic bomb existed, nor that it would be incorporated as a story element in the movie. (None of the actors in the film mentioned the atomic bomb.) However, co-Director and Producer Louis De Rochemont (who produced the "March of Time" newsreel films) and Narrator Reed Hadley were involved in producing government films on the development of the atomic bomb. (Hadley was present at the final test of the bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in July, 1945.) After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Hadley and Screenwriter John Monks, Jr. hastily wrote some additional voice-over narration linking "Process 97" to the atomic bomb, and Rochemont inserted it into the picture in time for the film's quick release.
Nuns on the Run, 1990..
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One of two comedies where the two male lead characters impersonate members of the clergy which launched within three months of each other in the USA during 1989-1990. The movies are We're No Angels (1989) which debuted December 1989 in the USA where Robert De Niro and Sean Penn pretended to be priests and Nuns on the Run (1990) which opened stateside March 1990 where Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane hid-out dressed up as nuns.
Brian is from London and Charlie is from Liverpool. In the Japanese subtitled version, Brian's dialogue is subtitled in Tokyo dialect and Charlie's in Osaka dialect.
Callan, 1974.. another of my favs this... loved the series too
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Credited as technical advisor for war games models, respected figure designer Peter Gilder supplied Schneider's American Civil War diorama, built by himself. In 1978 he was reunited with Woodward as a combatant in editions of Battleground (1978), a six-part war gaming series made by Tyne Tees Television which it is thought reused some of the figures and terrain from this film (certainly the Battle of Gettysburg featured in one edition).
The film was adapted from series creator James Mitchell's 1969 novel "Red File for Callan" (aka "A Magnum for Schneider" and "Callan", the latter title being the reprinted tie-in to this film), an expansion of his 1967 teleplay Armchair Theatre: A Magnum for Schneider (1967). Events such as the training sequences, Range Rover road scare and "the Greek"'s subplot did not feature in the original drama.
Callan's Wormwood Scrubs mugshot in his file gives his penal number as 49175228. The records also note his father was James Edward Callan (presumably named after series creator James Mitchell and the actor who played him, Edward Woodward), his mother Mary Elisabeth Callan.
Not a bad film - but the poster is misleading: I don't remember any bikini-clad blond appearing in the film, nor any scenes involving helicopters.
In some ways the TV series was better.
got a magazine from 1978 which has an article about the 'Battleground' series. It confirms the same diorama was used as us shown in the film.Quote:
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Never seen 'Battleground', I don't think it was actually shown in the Granada region and I don't think it's ever been repeated. Have to check Youtube see if it is on there.
Looks like it is on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...tv+series+1978
That's a surprise.
If they brought the series back they would have to use an energy-saving LED bulb for the title sequence, which wouldn't be as dramatic. Is this the show that had the scruffy little sometime helper called Lonely? I remember it being a big hit with my mum.Quote:
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Yup lonely aka actor Russell Hunter.Quote:
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Up Pompeii, 1971..
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In the screenplay, the last scene featured Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) walking off into the cloud of ash created by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, accepting his imminent death. The epilogue featuring the museum curator also played by Howerd, was added by Director Bob Kellett, who thought that the scripted ending was too downbeat, and wanted to imply that Lurcio may have survived and even had children.
The bath set, prominently featuring a bust of John Gielgud, was originally created for Julius Caesar (1970), in which Gielgud played the title character.
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, 1966..
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Only George Cole left of the crew (and Michael Ripper as the liftman), and the film shows its limitations without some greats..
Schoolgirls from a Catholic convent school in Altona, Hampshire were used as extras in the film.
The role of Monty, boyfriend of Howerd's eldest daughter, is played by an (uncredited) Robert Powell.
The mock newspaper just before the end has a line stating that Ringo is upset at St Trinians being honoured. This is a reference to many establishment figures voicing complaints at The Beatles being recently honoured with MBEs.
It was Alistair Sim who made them, you can't just swap in people like Reg Varney and hope to do the same. Still it's a better effort than the two modern editions.
The First Great Train Robbery, 1978..
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When it came to casting and shooting the ratting scene, the crew were somewhat closemouthed about discussing certain details with writer and director Michael Crichton. They presented only one dog (not several candidates) and told him that this was the dog he definitely wanted. Likewise, they didn't explain much as to how they would set up the activity in the ratting pit. Only when it came time for the shoot did Crichton realize they had acquired an actual ratting dog and had captured live sewer rats, which the dog killed by biting and snapping their necks with a vigorous shake. Crichton said that the R.S.P.C.A. did find out what was happening and confronted them about it, but no legal action resulted.
Pulp Fiction, 1994... new 4k edition.. a modern classic.
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This movie and The Shawshank Redemption (1994) opened on the same date, October 14, 1994. Both were nominated for seven Academy Awards, with this movie winning for Best Original Screenplay. Both movies gained cult status in the following years, and are listed in the top ten in IMDb's top 250 movies (as of March 2019).
Part of the dance that Vince (John Travolta) and Mia (Uma Thurman) perform at Jack Rabbit Slim's was copied, movement by movement, from the dance performed early in Fellini's classic Federico Fellini's 8˝ (1963) by Gloria Morin (Barbara Steele) and Mario Mezzabotta (Mario Pisu).
Uma Thurman was reportedly very nervous during the dancing scene with John Travolta, as he was famed for his dancing ability. He reputedly told her to "shut up and twist" when she mentioned it to him.
Amazing film, one of my top few favourites! One thing's for sure, once seen it's never forgotten!!Quote:
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yes a super bit of film making... even better in 4k..Quote:
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now another 4k master... The Running Man, 1987...
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In the year 2019, the world economy has collapsed. The great freedoms of the United States are no longer, as the once great nation has sealed off its borders and become a militarized police state, censoring all film, art, literature, and communications... sounds like somewhere?? lol
When Rob Cohen purchased the rights to the Richard Bachman novel "The Running Man", he had no idea that Bachman was actually a pseudonym for Stephen King.
It's hinted that Mic Fleetwood plays himself in the movie. In the film, the resistance leader's name is Mick and he is British and when Mick meets Richards to remove his explosive collar from around his neck he says to him "You're one of the cops who locked up all my friends, burned my songs."
Saw it at the cinema on it's release. At first I didn't like it as it seemed to make violence look 'chic'. But thought I ought to give it another go, and realised it was a Swiftian comment and satire about American society. Dry black humour with an out-of-sequence interacting character plot lines; following the late French film director Jean-luc Goddard's maxim that "a film should have a beginning, a middle, and an end - but not necessarily in that order".Quote:
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An Inspector Calls, 2015...The third film adaptation based on the play of the same name by J.B. Priestley.
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Wonderful film - David Thewlis is perfect as the 'Inspector'.
yes its very well done. different take to the Alistair Sim one, but of course that was hampered by it being in 50's..Quote:
Wonderful film - David Thewlis is perfect as the 'Inspector'.
Barry
now...
Rogue Male, 1976... The old un restored version as im not up to getting the bluray out.. superb tv film this with Peter O'Toole in the starring role.
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Talking of Alistair Sim, this was his filnal role.
This movie was based on the Geoffrey Household book "Rogue Male", published in 1939. The main protagonist and the main antagonist went unnamed in that novel. However, Household wrote a sequel--"Rogue Justice"--that was published in 1982. In that novel, the main characters' names were revealed: Raymond Ingelram and Von Lauen. The lawyer is named Saul Harding.
The story was previously filmed by Fritz Lang as Man Hunt (1941). This was a very free adaptation - Geoffrey Household later said that Lang had "made a smashing film", but it hadn't been much like the book. This television version also took several liberties, but was generally closer in plot and it, too, won praise from the author.
I think Tarantino had that in mind when making Pulp Fiction :)Quote:
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Edit: silly me, that is the point you were making. Note to self: Pay more attention Piggurs.
Here's a short review of a film we watched last night:
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Don't bother, it's cack.
Dad's Army, 2016... well, i like it...lol
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 1966..
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In the 1960s, Hollywood still followed The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (a.k.a. The Hays Moral Code), especially with westerns. This movie broke many, if not most, of those standards. After it was released, Hollywood had to change its moral standards to compete with such foreign-made movies.
When the bridge is blown up, and Tuco and Blondie are hunkered down behind sandbags waiting for the explosion, Clint Eastwood's career came within two feet of ending prematurely. A fist-sized piece of rock shrapnel from the explosion slams into the sandbag right next to Eastwood's head (watch it in slow motion to see the rock flying in).
The three-man gunfight scene is called either a "Mexican standoff", or a truel. There are several mathematical papers covering the many complex outcomes of a truel. Other movies that use a truel are Inglourious Basterds (2009), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Escape From L.A. (1996).
Once Upon a Time in the West, 1968..
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stick with Fonda and nearer the beginning of his career...... The Grapes of Wrath, 1940..
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To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962... 4k bluray.
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Gregory Peck's summation speech, which runs for 6 minutes and 30 seconds, was nailed in a single take.
Official credited film debut of Robert Duvall, who had no dialogue.
The first scene that Gregory Peck shot showed him returning home from his character's law office while his children ran to greet him. Author Harper Lee was a guest on the set that day, and Peck noticed her crying after the scene was filmed. He asked Lee why she was crying, and she responded that Peck had looked just like her late father, the model for Atticus. Lee explained that Peck even had a little round stomach like her father's. "That's not a pot belly, Harper," Peck told her, "That's great acting."
Atticus Finch was modeled on Harper Lee's own father, Amasa "A.C." Lee, an attorney and Alabama state legislator whose 1923 defense of a black client partially inspired the novel's trial. Like Amasa Lee, the character of Atticus Finch was not only an attorney but also a state legislator and a widowed single father. Gregory Peck met with Amasa Lee, then 82 years old, and formed a strong bond with him. Unfortunately, Lee died while the movie was filming, so Harper gave Peck his watch and chain. Peck was wearing that same watch and chain at the Academy Award ceremony the following year, when he won the Oscar for Best Actor.
Its still one of the greatest films ever made. anyone not seen it should.
now, the 1954 version of 'An Inspector Calls'...
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This is the 60th anniversary Bluray.
George Cole (Tram Conductor, uncredited) was a protege of Alastair Sim and they appeared in several films together.
In the stage play on which this film was based, the inspector's name was Goole. It was changed in the film to hide the twist at the end of the film when it becomes clear that the inspector does not really exist and is a figment of everyone's conscience(or was he?). We shall never know as the author took the secret to his grave.
Alastair Sim was simply great in everything he did! :)
indeed he was superb and that version of that story is great. as good as the new one is(watched the other day), i find this one hard to beat.Quote:
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941... Criterion Bluray.... another classic..
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Columbia chief Harry Cohn had serious misgivings about this adaptation of Harry Segall's minor stage play. He preferred to reserve his more lavish budgets for surefire successes (e.g., anything featuring the studio's biggest star, Rita Hayworth). However, Sidney Buchman eventually was able to talk Cohn into forking out for costly celestial sets and Farnsworth's elaborate mansion and also into hiring Robert Montgomery on loan-out from MGM. Buchman was also able to convince Cohn that he had a better appreciation of what the public would pay to see than the Wall Street bankers to whom Cohn answered. James Gleason was brought on board mainly to polish the dialogue, but Gleason had a knack for authentic sounding vernacular language and also happened to be a great actor t'boot and played major part.
James Gleason was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the role of Max Corkle. This is the first time in Academy Awards history for a person to be nominated for a supporting Oscar for a role for which a different person would later also be nominated for a supporting Oscar: Jack Warden was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Max Corkle in Heaven Can Wait (1978).
The Flying Scot, 1957..
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not the best film ever made by any means but watchable on a cold day :lol:
the year before, this classic was made.... Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956..
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Production designer Ted Haworth came up with a fairly simple and inexpensive (about $30,000 total) idea for creating the pods. The most difficult part was when the pods burst open, revealing the likenesses of the actors. The actors had to have naked impressions of themselves made out of thin, skin-tight latex. Making the casts, which involved being submerged in the very hot casting material with only a straw in their mouths to breathe through, was grueling for the actors, especially Carolyn Jones, who was claustrophobic. Dana Wynter recalled, "I was in this thing while it hardened, and of course it got rather warm! I was breathing through straws or something quite bizarre, and the rest of me was encased, it was like a sarcophagus. The guys who were making it tapped on the back of the thing and said, 'Dana, listen, we won't be long, we're just off for lunch [laughs]!' In the end, we had to be covered except for just the nostrils and I think a little aperture for the mouth."
a bit of poirot now while i make coffee...
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Key Largo, 1948...
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In the film, James Temple describes the 1935 hurricane that devastated Matacumbe Key--one of the worst hurricanes in U.S. history. Many of the victims of the storm were World War I veterans who were building the Florida Keys portion of U.S. Highway 1, also known as the Overseas Highway. A portion of this highway is seen in the film's opening shots. The storm also produced the lowest-ever recorded barometric pressure over land in the North American continent.
Apart from the opening shots, the movie was filmed entirely at Warner Bros. Studio head Jack L. Warner was still reeling from the on-location cost of shooting John Huston's previous film, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Warner refused to approve any more location filming for the director. The pier scenes were filmed using the studio tank--with miniature boats in the background to give an illusion of depth. The shipboard shots at the end were also filmed using the studio tank, with fog used to mask the artifice.
earlier...little big man...
now the 1954 version of 'Robinson Crusoe'...
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Any good? Bunuel made some, er, let's say 'interesting' films: 'Un Chein Andalou'; 'The Exterminating Angel'; 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'; 'Belle de Jour', etc..
its not great shall i say... but i dont think anyone has done a good one sadly as its a good story with lots of potentialQuote:
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Get Carter, 1971... BFI 4k bluray.
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Writer and director Mike Hodges was surprised that a star of Michael Caine's stature would want to play Carter. Caine said "One of the reasons I wanted to make that picture was my background. In English movies, gangsters were either stupid or funny. I wanted to show that they're neither. Gangsters are not stupid, and they're certainly not very funny." He identified with Carter as a memory of his working class upbringing, having friends and family members who were involved in crime and felt Carter represented a path his life might have taken under different circumstances: "Carter is the dead-end product of my own environment, my childhood. I know him well. He is the ghost of Michael Caine."
Following this movie's release, barmen in Newcastle got sick of being asked for drinks "In a thin glass!"
One of Stanley Kubrick's favorite movies. Upon seeing it, he remarked, "Any actor who sees this will want to work with (Writer and Director) Mike Hodges."
Not long after the film was released, Caine was in the West End and came across the gangster upon whose life this movie was based. He was highly critical of this movie, saying there is no gangster in the world like Jack Carter, who had no wife, children, or responsibilities of any kind. Rather than argue, Caine agreed with everything the man said.
Director's commentary is excellent on that, have you listened to it? (probably a daft question)