Michael Caine Rediscovers Youth In New Trailer

Michael Caine's upcoming slate includes Vin Diesel's The Last Witch Hunter and the sequel toNow You See Me, but while he's keeping busy in elder-statesman roles, it looked as if 2009's Harry Brown was his final film as the lead. Happily that turned out not to be the case, since he couldn't resist Paolo Sorrentino's Youth. You can get a taste of the results in this just-released new trailer.

"I've retired about 30 times," Caine told Empire recently. "I always retire and then someone comes along with an offer you can't refuse. I wasn't going to play any more leading roles. I don't like it because you've got to get up early in the morning for eight weeks. But I just had to do Youth. It was wonderful." 

Sorrentino (This Must Be The Place, The Great Beauty) wrote and directed the film, which involves Caine's retired orchestra conductor and composer being pulled from a trying holiday in the Alps to organise a royal performance.

Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Alex Macqueen and Jane Fonda co-star, and Youth is out in the UK on January 15 next year.

How 'Batman's butler' Michael Caine almost got in trouble with the queen

Michael Caine in France (Wireimage)

Michael Caine is one of the quickest wits in films, and his cheeky mouth almost got him in hot water with the Queen of England.

The 82-year-old Caine told a story at the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday about his knighthood with Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.

Said Caine:

“She knighted me once. And I nearly got into trouble. She didn’t say much. She sorta of put the sword on me. But she said, ‘I have a feeling you have been doing what you do for a very long time.’ And I almost said, ‘And so have you.’ “

Caine with head intact and knighthood in 2000 (AFP)

Fortunately, Caine held his tongue.

“I said, ‘Michael keep your mouth shut, you’re about to lose your knighthood or be taken to The Tower and beheaded.'”

Caine added that the queen actually has a sense of humor.

“I was at a party with her once. And there was a very dull man on the other side of her. She turned to me and said, ‘Mr. Caine, do you know any jokes?’ I said, ‘None I can tell you.’ She said, ‘While you are thinking of one, I’ll tell you one.’ So she told me a joke. The most annoying thing is I cannot remember what the joke was.”

Actors Michael Caine, right, and Harvey Keitel are in Cannes for “Youth” (AP)

Caine was a vibrant force at the festival with the film Youth.

But he said he enjoys that 12-year-old kids come up to him now, recognizing him as “Batman’s Butler” Alfred in the Dark Knight series.

Bruce Wayne and Alfred from “The Dark Knight” (WB).

Youth, Cannes film review: Michael Caine stakes his claim to an Oscar with the best film so far at the festival

The film seemed to split the audience between boos and cheers at the end of it’s Cannes screening, but for my money it is the standout of the festival thus far

Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel star in this beautiful ode to music and cinema. They play friends of 60 years standing, who are enjoying a stay at a hotel in the foothills of the Alps. Retired composer Fred Ballinger (Caine) and film director Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel) discuss old flames, their children, and the activities of the assortment of guests holidaying in Switzerland.

Fred is asked to play one of his compositions at a music concert for the Queen. He refuses and if there is anything resembling a plot, it’s the question of whether Fred will eventually agree or not. Caine, whether wandering the hills with Keitel, swimming with Miss Universe or helping young violinists improve their style, gives his best performance in decades. He could well win an Oscar. 

Caine tells his distraught and recently separated daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz): “Music is all I understand, you don’t need words and experience to understand it, it just is.” The same could be said about the structure of this filmic symphony.

'Youth' cast members Paul Dano, Jane Fonda, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Michael Caine pose for photographers at Cannes Film Festival (Getty)
Music has always been a strong element of Paolo Sorrentino’s films: the magnificent dance scene at the start of The Great Beauty; and in This Must be The Place, Sean Penn’s role as a wealthy rock star bored by retirement. Sorrentino is a regular prize-winner at Cannes and Youth should be the film that finally sees him take home the Palme d’Or.

The film plays like it’s been split into a series of songs, some better than others that come together to create a great album. It opens with a classic Sorrentino pan, a camera circling like a revolving door around a character, here a singer. There are a series of musical interludes with songs ranging from pop classics to opera with Palamo Faith, Mark Kozelek and Sumi Jo all playing themselves.

Sorrentino also shows his love of cinema through film director Mick. He has a team of screenwriters helping him write “Life’s Last Day” for his muse of 53 years and 11 films Brenda Morel (Jane Fonda). They discuss the screenwriting process and plot devices and character development. A film star is also staying in the hotel, played by a mustachioed Paul Dano and discussions on the state of cinema ensue.

This is France of course, the home of auteur cinema, which dictates that films are a representation of the director, and never does it appear to be truer than here.

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This film really appears to be peering inside the director’s mind and it’s chaotic and fascinating. Most bizarre are the fictional representations of real-life characters who infatuate him, including surreal musings on Diego Maradona, Hitler, a levitating Buddhist and a veiled Arab woman. Youth may take place in one location but Sorrentino brings the world to it.

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There are elements of Fellini and Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero in the mix of nostalgia, musings on contemporary life and anecdotes. The story is told so far in the abstract that it never feels trite.

The film seemed to split the audience between boos and cheers at the end of it’s Cannes screening, but for my money it is the standout of the festival thus far.

Michael Caine

Caine, Michael 1933–

Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television | 2007

COPYRIGHT 2004 The Gale Group, Inc.

Caine, Michael 1933–

(Sir Michael Caine, Michael Scott)

PERSONAL

Original name, Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.; born March 14, 1933, in Bermondsey (some sources cite Rotherhithe), London, England; son of Maurice Joseph (a fish market porter) and Ellen Frances Marie (some sources cite name as Ellen Maria; a cook and cleaning woman; maiden name, Burchell) Micklewhite; married Patricia Haines (an actress), 1955 (some sources cite 1954; divorced 1958 [some sources cite 1957]); married Shakira Khatoon Baksh (a model, actress, and res-tauranteur), January 8, 1973; children: (first marriage) Dominique (Nikki); (second marriage) Natasha. Education: Attended Wilson's Grammar School, London, England; participated in acting apprenticeships and studied drama. Avocational Interests: Gardening, reading, collecting art, cooking, dancing, electronics.

Addresses: Agent—Dennis Selinger, International Creative Management, 76 Oxford St., London W1D 1BS, England.

Career: Actor. Worked at Peak Films and J. Arthur Rank. Affiliated with the production company Klinger-Caine-Hodges Productions. Owner of restaurants, including Langan's Brasserie, Shepherd's Restaurant, and South Beach Brasserie. Worked at a steel mill and in the food service industry, and as a cement mixer, dish washer, and driller. Also known as Sir Michael Caine. Military service: British Army, 1951–53; served in Germany and Korea.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors: Film Award nomination, best British actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1966, for The Ipcress File; Golden Laurel Award nomination, male new face of the year, Producers Guild of America, 1966; Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award and National Society of Film Critics Award, both best actor, Academy Award nomination, best actor in a leading role, Golden Globe Award nomination, best motion picture actor—drama, and Film Award nomination, best British actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 1967, forAlfie; Golden Globe Award nomination, best motion picture actor—musical/comedy, 1967, forGambit; Golden Laurel Award nomination, male star, 1967; Academy Award nomination, best actor in a leading role, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best motion picture actor—drama, both 1973, and Evening Standard British Film Award, best actor, 1975, all for Sleuth; Golden Globe Award, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—comedy/musical, Film Award, best actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and Academy Award nomination, best actor in a leading role, all 1984, for Educating Rita; Film Award nomination, best actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1984, for The Honorary Consul; Academy Award, best actor in a supporting role, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture, and Film Award nomination, best actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 1987, for Hannah and Her Sisters; Variety Club Award, film actor of the year, 1988; Golden Globe Award, best performance by an actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television, 1989, for Jack the Ripper; New York Film and Television Festival Gold Award, best special feature show, 1989, for The Trouble with Michael Caine; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—comedy/musical, 1989, for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Britannia Award, excellence in film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts/LA Britannia awards, 1990; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or special, 1990, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television, 1991, both for Jekyll & Hyde; named a commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1992; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or special, 1994, for World War II: When Lions Roared; Silver Seashell, best actor, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 1996, for Blood & Wine; named one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, Empire magazine, 1997; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or a special, 1997, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries, or motion picture made for television, 1998, and Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a miniseries or motion picture made for television, International Press Academy, 1998, all for Mandela and de Klerk; Career Achievement Award, National Board of Review, 1998; Dilys Powell Award, London Critics Circle Film awards, 1998; Special Award,Evening Standard British Film awards, for "services not only to British film, but also to international cinema," 1999; Golden Globe Award, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—comedy/musical, Screen Actors Guild Award, outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a theatrical motion picture, Film Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, best supporting actor, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—comedy or musical, British Independent Film Award nomination, best actor, and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by a cast, all 1999, and ALFS Award, British supporting actor of the year, London Critics Circle Film awards, 2000, all for Little Voice; Lifetime Achievement Award, Empire awards, 2000; Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2000; academy fellowship, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2000; knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, 2000, for his contribution to the performing arts; Academy Award, best actor in a supporting role, Screen Actors Guild Award, outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture, Film Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role, drama, and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by a cast in a theatrical motion picture, all 2000, and Empire Award nomination, best British actor, 2001, for The Cider House Rules; ALFS Award nomination, British supporting actor of the year, 2001, for Quills; National Board of Review Award, best acting by an ensemble, and European Film Award nomination, best actor, both with others, both 2001, for Last Orders; named one of the greatest British actors, Orange 2001 Film Survey, 2001; Golden Satellite Award, best performance by an actor in a motion picture, drama, San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, best actor, ALFS Award, actor of the year, Golden Kinnaree Award, best actor, Bangkok International Film Festival, Academy Award nomination, best actor in a leading role, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—drama, and Film Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 2003, for The Quiet American; named one of the 100 greatest movie stars, Channel 4 (England), 2003; Gala Tribute, Film Society of Lincoln Center, 2004; received a star on the Avenue of the Stars, London, 2005; subject of songs titled "Michael Caine" by Madness and by Bottlefly; mentioned in the song "Palace & Main" by Kent.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Bit part, Sailor Beware! (also known as Panic in the Parlor), Distributors Corporation, 1956.

Private Lockyer, A Hill in Korea (also known as Hell in Korea), British Lion, 1956.

(Uncredited) Bit part, The Steel Bayonet, United Artists, 1957.

(Uncredited) Extra, Carve Her Name with Pride, J. Arthur Rank, 1958.

Gilrony, How to Murder a Rich Uncle (also known as Uncle George), Columbia, 1958.

Johnny Brent, Blind Spot, Butchers Film Service, 1958.

(Uncredited) The Key, Columbia, 1958.

(Uncredited) A Woman of Mystery, United Artists, 1958.

Bit part, Ice Cold in Alex (also known as Desert Attack), Associated British-Pathe Limited, 1958, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.

(Uncredited) Bridegroom, Passport to Shame (also known as The Girl in Room 43 and Room 43), Cory, 1959.

(Uncredited) Prisoner, Danger Within (also known as Breakout), Continental, 1959.

Second Gestapo agent, The Two-Headed Spy, Columbia, 1959.

(Uncredited) Sailor, The Bulldog Breed, J. Arthur Rank, 1960.

Weber, Foxhole in Cairo, British Lion, 1960.

(Uncredited) Police officer, The Day the Earth Caught Fire (also known as The Day the Sky Caught Fire), British Lion/Pax Films, 1961, Universal International Pictures, 1962.

(Uncredited) Paddy Mooney, The Wrong Arm of the Law, Continental Distributing, 1962.

Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, Zulu, Embassy Pictures, 1964.

Harry Palmer, The Ipcress File (also known as Len Deighton's "The Ipcress File!'), Universal, 1965.

Alfie Elkins (title role), Alfie, Paramount, 1966.

Harold Tristan "Harry" Dean, Gambit, Universal, 1966.

Michael Finsbury, The Wrong Box, Columbia, 1966.

Handsome stranger, Woman Times Seven (also known as Sept fois femme and Sette volte donna), Embassy Pictures/Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967.

Harry Palmer, Billion Dollar Brain, United Artists, 1967.

Harry Palmer, Funeral in Berlin, Paramount, 1967.

Henry Warren, Hurry Sundown, Paramount, 1967.

Himself, Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (documentary; also known as The London Scene), Lorrimer Films, 1967.

Henry Clarke, Deadfall, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.

Himself, Wedding of the Doll (documentary), British Movietonews, 1968.

Squadron leader Canfield, The Battle of Britain, United Artists, 1968.

Captain Douglas, Play Dirty (also known as Written on the Sand), United Artists, 1969.

Charlie Croker, The Italian Job, Paramount, 1969.

Nicholas Urfe, The Magus, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.

Squadron leader Canfield, Battle of Britain, United Artists, 1969.

Himself, Simon, Simon (short film), [Great Britain], 1970.

Private Tosh Hearne, Too Late the Hero (also known as Suicide Run), Cinerama, 1970.

Alan Breck, Kidnapped, American International Pictures, 1971.

Captain, The Last Valley, Cinerama, 1971.

Jack Carter, Get Carter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971.

Chester Thomas "Mickey" King, Pulp, United Artists, 1972.

Milo Tindle, Sleuth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.

Robert Blakeley, Zee and Co. (also known as X, Y and Zee), Columbia, 1972.

John Deray, The Marseilles Contract (also known as The Destructors and Marseille contrat), American International Pictures, 1974.

Major John Tarrant, The Black Windmill, Universal, 1974.

Jim Keogh, The Wilby Conspiracy, United Artists, 1975.

Leslie C. Tucker, Peeper (also known as Fat Chance), Twentieth Century-Fox/United Artists, 1975.

Lewis Fielding, The Romantic Englishwoman (also known as Une anglaise romantique), New World Pictures, 1975.

Peachy Carnehan, The Man Who Would Be King (also known as Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King"), Allied Artists, 1975.

Adam Worth, Harry and Walter Go to New York, Columbia, 1976.

Lieutenant colonel Kurt Steiner, The Eagle Has Landed, Columbia, 1976.

Doc Fletcher, Silver Bears (also known as Fool's Gold), Columbia, 1977.

Lieutenant colonel J. O. E. Vandeleur, A Bridge Too Far, United Artists, 1977.

Dr. Bradford "Brad" Crane, The Swarm, Warner Bros., 1978.

Sidney Cochran, California Suite (also known as Neil Simon's "California Suite"), Columbia, 1978.

Captain Mike Turner, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Warner Bros., 1979.

Dr. David Linderby, Ashanti (also known as Ashanti, Land of No Mercy), Columbia, 1979.

Blair Maynard, The Island, Universal, 1980.

Dr. Robert Elliott, Dressed to Kill, Filmways, 1980.

Captain John Colby, Victory (also known as Escape to Victory), Paramount, 1981.

Jonathan "Jon" Lansdale, The Hand, Orion/Warner Bros., 1981.

Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap (also known as Ira Levin's "Deathtrap"), Warner Bros., 1982.

Sir Philip Kimberly/Sergei Kuzminsky, The Jigsaw Man, United Film Distribution, 1982.

Charley Fortnum, The Honorary Consul (also known as Beyond the Limit), Paramount, 1983.

Dr. Frank Bryant, Educating Rita, Columbia, 1983.

(In archive footage from Dressed to Kill) Dr. Robert Elliott, Terror in the Aisles (also known as Time for Terror), Universal, 1984.

Matthew Hollis, Blame It on Rio, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984.

Noel Holcroft, The Holcroft Covenant, Universal, 1985.

Baxter Thwaites, Water (also known as Water: The Movie), Atlantic Releasing, 1986.

Elliot, Hannah and Her Sisters, Orion/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1986.

Elliott James, Sweet Liberty, Universal, 1986.

Mortwell, Mona Lisa, New Yorker Films/Island Pictures/Handmade Films, 1986.

Frank Jones, The Whistle Blower, Hemdale Releasing, 1987.

Hoagie Newcombe, Jaws: The Revenge (also known as Jaws 4), Universal, 1987.

John Preston, The Fourth Protocol, J. Arthur Rank/Lorimar, 1987.

Lord Sam Bulbeck, Half Moon Street (also known as Escort Girl), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Narrator, Hero: The Official Film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup (documentary; also known as Hero), Enterprise, 1987.

Sean Stein, Surrender, Warner Bros., 1987.

Lawrence Jamieson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Orion, 1988.

Sherlock Holmes/Reginald Kinkaid, Without a Clue (also known as The Imposter of Baker Street andSherlock and Me), Orion, 1988.

Graham Marshall, A Shock to the System, Corsair Pictures, 1990.

Mike, Mr. Destiny, Buena Vista, 1990.

Sidney Lipton and Dr. Daniel Hicklar, Bullseye!, Columbia, 1991.

Cameo appearance, Death Becomes Her, Universal, 1992.

Ebenezer Scrooge, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Buena Vista, 1992.

Lloyd Fellowes, Noises Off …, Buena Vista, 1992.

Michael Jennings, On Deadly Ground (also known as Rainbow Warrior and Spirit Warrior), Warner Bros., 1994.

Victor, Blood & Wine, Twentieth Century-Fox/Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1997.

Dr. Wilbur Larch, The Cider House Rules, Miramax, 1998.

Haskell, Shadow Run, 1998.

Ray Say, Little Voice (also known as The Rise and Fall of Little Voice), Miramax, 1998.

The Debtors (also known as The Debtor$ and High Expectations), 1999.

Billy "Shiner" Simpson (title role), Shiner, IAC Film, 2000.

Cliff Brumby, Get Carter, Warner Bros., 2000.

Dr. Royer-Collard, Quills (also known as Quills—Macht der Besessenheit), Twentieth Century-Fox/Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2000.

Victor "Vic" Melling, Miss Congeniality (also known as Miss Undercover), Warner Bros., 2000.

Jack Dodds, Last Orders (also known as Letzte Runde), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001.

Jake Mellows (some sources cite Jack Mellows), Quicksand, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2001.

Nigel Powers, Austin Powers in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Thomas Fowler, The Quiet American (also known as The Spy and Der Stille Amerikaner), Miramax, 2002.

Garth, Secondhand Lions, New Line Cinema, 2003.

Pierre Brossard, The Statement, Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

Tom O'Malley, The Actors, Miramax/FilmFour/Momentum Pictures, 2003.

Henry Lair, Around the Bend, Warner Independent Pictures, 2004.

Alfred Pennyworth, Batman Begins, Warner Bros., 2005, also released as Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience, IMAX Corporation, 2005.

Nigel Bigelow, Bewitched, Columbia, 2005.

Robert Spritz (some sources cite Robert Spritzel), The Weather Man (also known as El hombre del tiempo, O sol de Cada Manha, and Saeaemies), Paramount, 2005.

Jasper, Children of Men, Universal, 2006.

Cutter, The Prestige, Touchstone Pictures, c. 2006.

Janitor, Flawless, Delux Productions/Future Films/Pierce Williams Entertainment, 2007.

Some sources cite appearances in other films.

Film Producer:

(Uncredited) Get Carter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971.

(Uncredited) Pulp, United Artists, 1972.

Executive producer, The Fourth Protocol, J. Arthur Rank, 1987.

Executive producer, Forever After, Little Wave Productions/M & M Productions, 2001.

Film Work; Other:

Technical advisor, A Hill in Korea (also known as Hell in Korea), British Lion, 1956.

Some sources cite work on Morning Departure (also known as Operation Disaster), General Film Distributors, 1950, United International Pictures, 1951.

Television Appearances; Series:

Police constable, No Wreath for the General, BBC, 1960.

Police constable, Walk a Crooked Mile, BBC, 1961.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Detective inspector Frederick Abberline, Jack the Ripper, Thames Television and CBS, 1988.

Josef Stalin, World War II: When Lions Roared (also known as World War II … Then There Were Giants), NBC, 1994.

Captain Nemo, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, ABC, 1997.

Himself, The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Channel 4 (England), 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Third police constable, The Frog, 1958.

The Luck of the Draw, 1963.

The Playmates, 1963.

The Way with Reggie, 1963.

George Grant, The Other Man, 1964.

Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde (title roles), Jekyll & Hyde, ABC and London Weekend Television, 1990.

Harry Anders, Blue Ice, HBO, 1993.

Harry Palmer, Bullet to Beijing (also known as Beijing Express and Len Deighton's "Bullet to Beijing"), Showtime, 1995.

Harry Palmer, Midnight in St. Petersburg (also known as Minuit a Saint-Petersbourg), The Movie Channel, 1995.

F. W. de Klerk, Mandela and de Klerk, Showtime, 1997.

Max Gale, Curtain Call (also known as Later Life), Starz!, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Bit part, "Requiem for a Heavyweight," Sunday-Night Theatre, BBC, 1957.

Helmsman, The Compartment, 1961.

Police constable Wimbush, Ring of Truth, 1961.

Willie Mossop, Hobson's Choice, 1962.

Funny Noises with Their Mouths, 1963.

Horatio, Hamlet (also known as Hamlet at Elsinore), BBC and Danmarks Radio, 1964.

Cornelius, "Cornelius," Saturday-Night Theatre (also known as Saturday Night Theatre: Cornelius), Associated Television, 1969.

Guest, "Male of the Species," Prudential's On Stage, NBC, 1969.

Rickles, CBS, 1975.

Inside "The Swarm," 1978.

Host, The Golden Gong (documentary), BBC, 1985.

Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming, NBC, 1985.

Night of 100 Stars II (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), ABC, 1985.

This Time It's Personal—Jaws: The Revenge, syndicated, 1987.

The Trouble with Michael Caine, Independent Television (England), 1987.

Host, Cary Grant: A Celebration (also known as Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man), ABC, 1988.

Himself, John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary; also known as John Huston), 1988.

Night of 100 Stars III (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars III), NBC, 1990.

Himself, Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown, BBC, 1991.

Himself, Siskel & Ebert: Actors on Acting, 1991.

Narrator, Into the Blue: Dolphin Rescue (documentary), 1991.

Himself, Roger Moore: A Matter of Class, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies, 1995.

Himself, Elle s'appelait Francoise (documentary), [France], 1996.

Captain Nemo, The Making of Special: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (documentary), ABC, 1997.

Hollywood Spies on Spies (documentary), American Movie Classics, 1999.

Himself, Steve Martin Seriously Funny, 2000.

(In archive footage) Himself, Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, Bob Hope at 100, BBC, 2003.

Himself, Children in Need, BBC, 2003.

(In archive footage) Himself, The Rise of the Celebrity Class, BBC, 2004.

(In archive footage) Retrosexual: The 80s, VH1, 2004.

(In archive footage) Unsere Besten—Das grosse Lesen, 2004.

Himself, Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of Independent Television (also known as Avenue of the Stars), Independent Television, 2005.

Also appeared in specials preceding award presentation ceremonies. Some sources cite appearances in other programs.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 45th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1973.

Presenter, The 50th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1978.

The American Film Institute Salute to Alfred Hitchcock (also known as The AFI Salute to Alfred Hitchcock), CBS, 1979.

The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston, CBS, 1983.

Presenter, The 56th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1984.

(In archive footage) Elliot, The 59th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1987.

Presenter, The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989.

Presenter, The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991.

Danny Kaye's International Children's Awards for UNICEF, The Disney Channel, 1992.

The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1992.

The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor, ABC, 1993.

(Uncredited) The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1999.

The BBC and the BAFTA Tribute to Michael Caine, 2000.

The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2000.

Premio Donostia a Michael Caine, 2000.

The 72nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2000.

Presenter, The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2002.

Presenter, The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2003.

Julie Walters: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2003.

The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

(In archive footage) Himself, Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe, 2005.

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sean Connery (also known as 34th AFI Life Achievement Award), USA Network, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Michael Scott) Third knight, "The Magic Sword," The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, syndicated, 1956.

Indian pedlar, "A Penn'orth of Allsorts," Dixon of Dock Green, BBC, 1957.

Brocklehurst, "Bracelets for the Groom," Dixon of Dock Green, BBC, 1958.

Folsham, "The Sucker Game," The Vise (also known as Detective's Diary, Mark Saber, Saber of London, Uncovered, and The Vise: Mark Saber), ABC, 1958.

Max, "The Prisoner," William Tell (also known as The Adventures of William Tell), Incorporated Television Company, 1958.

"The Field," Navy Log, ABC, 1958.

Sergeant Wiener, "The General's Daughter," William Tell (also known as The Adventures of William Tell), Incorporated Television Company, 1959.

Tufty Morris, "Helmet on the Sideboard," Dixon of Dock Green, BBC, 1959.

Bit part, Charlesworth, BBC, c. 1959.

Helmsman, "The Ship That Couldn't Stop," Armchair Theatre, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1961.

Ray the Raver, "Goodbye Charlie," The Younger Generation, 1961.

Mooney, "Solo for Sparrow," Edgar Wallace Mysteries (also known as Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Solo for Sparrow), 1962.

Mystery guest, What's My Line?, CBS, 1966.

"Male of the Species," On Stage, syndicated, 1969.

Himself, Playboy after Dark, syndicated, 1969.

Himself, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (also known as Laugh-In), NBC, multiple episodes in 1969, 1970.

Himself, The Dick Cavett Show, ABC, 1970.

Himself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (also known as The Best of Carson), NBC, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974.

Himself, V.I.P.—Schaukel, 1978.

Himself, Aspel & Company, Independent Television (England), 1984.

Himself, Good Morning Britain (also known as TV-am), Independent Television, 1986.

Himself, "Michael Caine: On Acting in Film, Arts, and Entertainment" (also known as "Michael Caine on Acting in Film"), Acting (documentary), BBC, c. 1987.

Himself, "Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold" (also known as "Michael Caine: Breaking the Mould"), Crazy about the Movies, Cinemax, 1991.

Narrator, "King Midas and the Golden Touch," We All Have Tales (also known as Rabbit Ears: King Midas and the Golden Touch), Showtime, c. 1991.

Himself, "Making It in London," Hollywood U.K., BBC, 1993.

Himself, "Northern Lights," Hollywood U.K., BBC, 1993.

"London," Clive James' Postcards, 1995.

Himself, TFI Friday (also known as Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 (England), 1996, 2000.

Himself, "London," Going Places (also known as Going Places: London), c. 1997.

Himself, Extra Rosa, 1997.

"The Hustons: Hollywood's Maverick Dynasty," Biography (also known as A & E Biography: The Hustons), Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

Himself, "Roger Moore," The Best of British, BBC, 1999.

Himself, Parkinson, BBC, 1999, 2003.

Himself, "John Barry: Licence to Thrill," Omnibus, BBC, 2000.

Himself, Breakfast with Frost, 2000.

Himself, The Film Programme (also known as Film 2000), BBC, 2000.

Himself, Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2000.

(In archive footage) Legends, Carlton Television, 2000.

(In archive footage from Jaws: The Revenge) Hoagie Newcombe, "Jaws," The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

(In archive footage) Himself, "A Man for all Stages: The Life and Times of Christopher Plummer," Life and Times, CBC, 2002.

Himself, "On the Set with Michael Caine," Autograph, 2002.

Himself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002.

Himself, "The Quiet American," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance Channel, c. 2002.

Himself, "Michael Caine," The Hollywood Greats (also known as Hollywood Greats), BBC, 2003.

Himself, The Daily Show (also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition), Comedy Central, 2003.

(As Sir Michael Caine) Himself, HARDtalk, BBC, 2003.

Himself, The Heaven and Earth Show, BBC, 2003.

Himself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2003.

(As Sir Michael Caine) Himself, Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2003.

Himself, The Charlie Rose Show (also known as Charlie Rose), PBS, 2003, 2005.

Himself, "Pavarotti: The Last Tenor," Arena (also known as Arena: Pavarotti—The Last Tenor), BBC, 2004.

Himself, GMTV, Independent Television, 2004.

Himself, Caiga quien caiga, Telecino (Spain), 2005.

(In archive footage) Himself, Cinema mil, Televisio de Catalunya (TV3, Spain), 2005.

Himself, Getaway (also known as United Travel Getaway), Nine Network (Australia), 2005.

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Himself, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (also known asThe Late Late Show), CBS, 2005.

Himself, The View, ABC, 2005.

Himself, The Film Programme (also known as Film 2006), BBC, 2006.

Some sources cite appearances in other programs, including the BBC Book Programme, BBC, c. 1960; and an episode of Biography (also known as A & E Biography), Arts and Entertainment.

Television Producer; Movies:

(With others) Blue Ice, HBO, 1993.

Stage Appearances:

The Chimes, Theatre Workshop, London, c. 1950.

One More River, Liverpool, England, c. 1950.

The Long and the Short and the Tall, beginning 1959.

The Dumbwaiter, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1960.

The Room, Royal Court Theatre, 1960.

Bit part, Somewhere for the Night, c. 1961.

Why the Chicken, 1961.

James Saunders, Next Time, I'll Sing for You, Arts Theatre, then Criterion Theatre, both London, c. 1963.

Night of 100 Stars II (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1985.

Night of 100 Stars III (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, 1990.

Appeared in other productions. Appeared with the Westminster Repertory Company, Horsham, England, 1953, with the Lowestoft Repertory Company, Lowestoft, England, 1954–55, and with workshops in England.

British film legend Caine is back for the 122nd time

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SIR Michael Caine seems to be what being British is all about. He is a working class lad who made the big time in the 1960s only to be mocked, imitated and never quite accepted. Yet he's won all his battles to become our biggest and most famous star.

He has never been more in fashion. At the age of 81 he is back on screen in his 122nd movie, the blockbuster space odyssey Interstellar, and is more in demand than ever with three more films lined up for release.

It's pretty good going for a career which began when living in a council prefab and taking labourer's jobs to make ends meet. It has brought him a knighthood, won him two Oscars and earned him a personal fortune.

It is exactly half a century since he became famous after years of struggle with the movie Zulu. And just like his character of Lieutenant Bromhead in that film he has been fighting against the odds ever since.

So what has he learned in 50 years of stardom? "Never to give anyone advice," he says. "I have had plenty in the past. It was always 'give up'. Free advice is usually worth nothing. There used to be so many posh film critics ready to see me fall flat on my a***. But I am still here. The reason for survival? I never take anything for granted."

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Michael Caine in his first major film, Zulu

Looking back the England I grew up in during the 1950s was in black and white. It was drab. Then the 1960s came along and it was suddenly in Technicolor. The music, the art, the films lit up everything

Michael Caine, actor

At more than six feet tall Caine still cuts a powerful and robust figure. He's blessed with hardnosed pragmatism and is fiercely proud of his South London working class background.

"I cannot get carried away by anything after all these years," he says. "There is no doubt that there is a big young following out there who know all my films better than I do. They gave me the kiss of life a few years ago. A rebirth, if you like. I have done a lot of movies, always tried to learn and have tried never to be flash. So am I enjoying all the attention now? Yeah, I am."

PART of his resurgence is down to British director Christopher Nolan, who at 44 was not even born when Caine established himself in 1960s' classics such as Alfie, The Italian Job and as spy Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin.

He made Caine an unlikely choice as butler Alfred Pennyworth in his 2005 film Batman Begins and has hired him for two more Batman films plus hits The Prestige and Inception. Nolan insisted on Caine's casting in Interstellar alongside stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. In the film he plays Professor Brand who masterminds a mission to the far side of the universe.

"Everyone connected with the film seemed to be young enough to be my children or grandchildren," Caine says. "But that's what helps keep me young and interested."

He also gives an interesting insight into how he works after all these years. "I was brought up on the Stanislavsky Method," he says. "I know it is now linked to the late Marlon Brando and a lot of mumbling but the principle is that the rehearsal is the work and the performance is the relaxation. "So all the rehearsals go on in my own mind at home. I sit there for hour upon hour, talking to myself in different ways, or go in to a room and do a walk or a gesture.

"I never look in a mirror. I always do it alone. If I did all this in front of anyone else they would think I am insane. So I try to get the movement right and think my way in to a character.

"I finally get to the film studio and everyone says, 'Oh, he's so relaxed'. But I have screwed myself into the ground for weeks and months with all the preparation.

"That is the key to it all for me, because in my experience most actors are not big-heads thinking how wonderful they are. Most of us are sitting in the dressing room, shaking with fear, thinking: 'I can't do this.' The preparation and knowing the script and the character is the key. Get that right and you worry less. That's where the enjoyment comes in."

BUT Caine's early films either flopped or his role was so small it remained uncredited. He didn't fare much better in the theatre. "The longest show I did on stage was for six months, touring The Long, The Short And The Tall," he says dryly.

"I started off as Peter O'Toole's understudy and when he went off to play Lawrence Of Arabia I took the play on tour. I thought I would go mad. I was 30, still struggling and going nowhere."

It was another play, Next Time I'll Sing For You by James Saunders, which caught the imagination of reviewers and his peers.

"The great actor Stanley Baker, who tragically died in his late 40s, saw it and recommended me for Zulu," he says. "From that moment onwards life changed. I was suddenly in another world, working with stars I knew only as a fan."

However he can recall only two people who have reduced his natural raconteur style to total silence. The first was Frank Sinatra. The second Calista Flockhart - now third wife of Harrison Ford.

"With Sinatra, we were travelling in a private jet across America in the 1970s after the success of Get Carter. I suddenly realised who I was with and shut up.

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Michael Caine in his 1966 hit film Alfie

"He asked me what was wrong. I said: 'It is unbelievable for me to be sitting here with you.' He said: 'When I first came to Hollywood in 1938 I found myself with my hero Ronald Colman and just lost my voice altogether.' "With Calista I was a big fan of her TV show Ally McBeal. We were at the Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles and she suddenly waved. I looked behind my chair, wondering if it was for somebody else.

"So there's me acting like Joe Soap because I always feel such an idiot if I wave back and it's not me they are waving at. I came over all shy. I swear I even blushed."

Caine celebrates his 42nd wedding anniversary to second wife Shakira, 65, in the New Year and appreciates family life.

He does not mince his words when reflecting on how society has changed. "Despite being poor, I had a happy home life and an education," he says.

"The biggest change in my lifetime regarding behaviour has been drugs. This is the cause of 75 to 80 per cent of all the problems we have with young people. In my day it was booze. You'd get drunk and have a fight. But with booze you did not have to kill anyone to get it. With drugs there's theft, muggings and robbery to feed the habit."

HE ADDS: "There is also an absence of family life. It broke down and the lack of a father or father figure is very important. I had a dad who was at home. I was rich in family support, rich in laughter and rich in love. These are all the things that money can't buy. It's a cliché but how many people do you meet who are rich financially but have not got all the others?

"Looking back the England I grew up in during the 1950s was in black and white. It was drab. Then the 1960s came along and it was suddenly in Technicolor. The music, the art, the films lit up everything."