Between September and the end of the year, six films starring Jude Law will have opened. We’ve already had Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow and I ♥ Huckabees, and still to come are Closer, The Aviator and Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Next up, however, is the remake of the great British “comedy” Alfie. Law takes over the role that Michael Caine originated in 1966 as a young lothario who starts to have his womanizing ways come back to haunt him.
I’m not 100% sure why there needed to be a remake of Alfie, other than there seems to be a movement on to remake all of Michael Caine’s late-’60s/early-’70s films: first there was Get Carter, then The Italian Job. I think Law fits into Caine’s role better than either Sylvester Stallone or Mark Wahlberg, so hopefully that will make for a better movie as well. The new Alfie opens on October 22. If you want to run-up to Jude Law, tell him how much you love him, ask him why this movie was made, and, most importantly, ask how the hell he made six films — the lead role in most of them — in such a short time, here’s your chance by winning a trip to the New York Premiere on October 18. Just go to this web site and enter the free promotion, but you have to do it my midnight tonight (10/6). If you go to the main Alfie web site you’ll also find a link for some other promotions, including a drawing in which you can win a Vespa.
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