Michael caine is an english actor, author, and producer. Michael caine, prolific british actor known for the affable cockney persona present in his many versatile roles. His twoday journey through the underbelly of the city leads jack through revenge, reconnection with a family he left behind many year earlier, and, ultimately, redemption. Douglas hayward background get carter is arguably one of the greatest crime films of all time, making it by my default one of the greatest films of all time. Michael caine was born maurice joseph micklewhite jr. Its michael caine as jack carter, intimidating a smalltown gangster, cliff brumby, in the 1971 film, get carter. This would all change one year later for his reunion with michael caine in little seen comedy thriller pulp when hodges enforced a meticulously brown colour palette throughout. Michael caine movie celebrity database celebrity filmography. Carter never wavers, he never strays from his path, he is like a surgical instrument that cuts down everything in his way with clinical precision without passion or mercy. Get carter 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Michael caine biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity.
The screenplay was adapted by hodges from ted lewiss 1970 novel jacks return home. Icon of british cool in the 1960s, leading action star in the late 70s, and knighted into official respectability in 1993, michael caine has enjoyed a long, varied, and enviably prolific career. Director of get carter, mike hodges, admits he personally paid little attention to costume. Get carter ist ein britischer gangsterfilm aus dem jahre 1971. For instance, the two criminals sent to get caine in the film were from london, not newcastle. This film has a stunning michael caine play coldblooded gangster jack carter on a quest for vengeance. Get carter movie 1971 michael caine, ian hendry, john osborne. The true story behind classic gangster movie get carter. Sep 09, 2014 vitals michael caine as jack carter, ruthless london gangster newcastle, england, spring 1971 film. Get carter 1971 official trailer michael caine, ian. Douglas hayward background get carter is arguably one of the greatest crime films of all time, making it by my default one of the. Critics panned this film, i suspect, because it stars sylvester stallone.
The original get carter was a brilliant, gritty english film from 1971 starring michael caine. Get carter is a 1971 british crime film directed by mike hodges and starring michael caine, ian. Sylvester stallone plays jack carter, a vegas mobster who comes home to seattle to bury his brother after an apparent car accident. Ronald grant archive a t a distance of nearly 40 years, get carter has as much value as a piece of social history as it does as a thriller. Get carter is a 2000 american action thriller film directed by stephen kay and starring sylvester stallone, miranda richardson, rachael leigh cook, alan cumming, mickey rourke, john c. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film zulu. Hodges described caine as a complete dream to work with. Jan 17, 2017 hailed as one of the best british films of all time and one of star michael caines finest performances get carters tale of a remorseless revenge is a true piece of cinema history. Caine has been mucking about in a series of potboilers, undermining his acting reputation along the way, but get carter shows him as sure, fine and vicious a good hero for an action movie.
Get carter is a tense, hardboiled crime movie that uses michael caine, for once, as the sure possessor of all his unconscious authority. It is a remake of the 1971 film of the same name, also starring caine. Simply because, you never expect carter to kill him. He left school at age 15 and took a series of workingclass jobs before joining the british army and serving in korea during the korean war, where he saw combat. His only sentiment is for his timid brother, frank, who works as a bartender in. Michael caine as jack carter returning to his hometown to find his brothers killer. Get carter full movie watch online, stream or download chili. In portraying cinemas ultimate antihero, michael caine wears his costume like a second skin. Get carter is a 1971 british crime film directed by mike hodges and starring michael caine, ian hendry, britt ekland, john osborne and bryan mosley. Michael caine plays jack carter, a london gangster returning home to newcastle to find out who. I suspect ted never shared that panglossian take on england. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Caines acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in british films.
During a multidecade career he appeared in more than 100 films, including alfie 1966, get carter 1971, hannah and her sisters 1986, cider house rules 1999, and inception 2010. This selection of photographs captures michael caine filming get carter on location in newcastle, alongside director hodges and cast members john osborne, ian hendry, britt ekland and george sewell. The character carter gets his ass kicked in a fair. Jan 25, 2019 michael caine biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity, nationality, net worth, height married biography who is michael caine. A con artist movie in all but name, this saw caine very much hold his own opposite. Get carter is a 1971 british gangster film starring michael caine and directed by mike hodges.
Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film zulu 1964. A solid michael caine film but i found it hard to follow some of the plot. Ted lewis, his brit noir novel jacks return home and the movie get carter jacks return home ripped off the rosetinted glasses through which most people saw our mutual homeland. Hailed as one of the best british films of all time and one of star michael caine s finest performances get carter s tale of a remorseless revenge is a true piece of cinema history. Michael caine is jack carter, a smalltime hood working in london for the fletcher brothers when word reaches him of his brothers death in newcastle under suspicious circumstances, so carter leaves london for his home city of newcastle to arrange his brothers funeral. Vitals michael caine as jack carter, ruthless london gangster newcastle, england, spring 1971 film. Stephen soderberghs 1999 movie the limey is a direct homage to get carter. Mar 10, 2020 michael caine, prolific british actor known for the affable cockney persona present in his many versatile roles. See the full list of get carter cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
Oct 12, 2017 ted lewis, his brit noir novel jacks return home and the movie get carter jacks return home ripped off the rosetinted glasses through which most people saw our mutual homeland. I thought they had been sent by the crime boss he had gone to see the previous day poker game. When carters brother winds up dead, he travels to newcastle to arrange the funeral. He is best known for his distinguishing talents which are showcased in his movies. Get carter 1971 official trailer michael caine, ian hendry movie. Feb 23, 2007 roy budd playing his classic theme for the superb 1971 mike hodges michael caine film, get carter. When carter s brother winds up dead, he travels to newcastle to arrange the funeral. Hailed as one of the best british films of all time and one of star michael caines finest performances get carters tale of a remorseless. The plot had a breezy, improvised feel and caine was fantastic, an amoral man who would sleep with any girl or torture any guy to get what he wants.
While the 70s saw the release of some of the best michael cane films such as a bridge too far, the man who would be king, get carter and the last valley. With michael caine, ian hendry, britt ekland, john osborne. Hi this is a good bit of acting from michael caine with the storyline based in the. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. Hailed as one of the best british films of all time and one of star michael caines finest performances get carters tale of a remorseless revenge is a true piece of cinema history. Caine s acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in british films. Michael caine is an english actor who has appeared in over films and has had multiple television appearances. Michael caine full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. When jack carter comes to newcastle to inquire about his brothers mysterious death, racketeers think they can threaten him, rough him up, shoo him away like a fly. Better watching it 40 years since i first watched the film. The action and tension dont let up until the final shot. Get carter 1971 jack carter michael caine is a coldblooded london gangster, and not the sort of man you want to cross.
Find films and movies featuring michael caine on allmovie. A tense, hardboiled crime movie that uses michael caine, for once, as the sure. Roy budd playing his classic theme for the superb 1971 mike hodgesmichael caine film, get carter. He has given a special trademark in every work which is his cockney accent. Find films and movies featuring michael caine on allmovie allmovie.
As i said, this is a great role played perfectly by michael caine. Convinced that his brother was murdered, carter questions local thug eric ian hendry, who eventually leads him to kingpin kinnear. Michael caine was born maurice joseph micklewhite in london, to ellen frances marie burchell, a charlady, and maurice joseph micklewhite, a fishmarket porter. Michael caine list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Once home he begins to believe that it may not have been an accident. In english movies, gangsters were either stupid or funny. Like scott, im not sure this is the greatest british film of all time but it is certainly a. The best piece of trivia about the movie is that mike hodges, the director and screenwriter, made flash gordon 10 years later, a movie that is also awesome, but is the exact opposite of get carter flashy, not gritty, fantasy, not realistic, campy, not dour. Also starring michael caine, from the original get carter, and the eversoversatile alan cumming, i really expected more from this movie. Within seconds carter has shown brumby, played by future tv soap star bryan mosley, whos boss a quick karate chop and brumbys on his knees. Michael caine stars as jack carter, a tough, ruthless london mob enforcer. It is a remake of the 1971 film of the same name, also starring caine the film was released in the united states on october 6, 2000.
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