"know that'. Now they've got me on Satellite navigation. It's me going, 'take the second turn on the right, and you'll wind up right in the shit.'"" In 1983, Caine used his ""not a lot of people know that"" phrase as a joke in the film ""Educating Rita"". The comedy sketch show, ""Harry Enfield's Television Programme"", included a series of sketches in which Paul Whitehouse played a character called Michael Paine; an amalgam of previous Michael Caine impressions, who in a reference to Caine's character Harry Palmer from ""The Ipcress File"" wears oversized, thick-rimmed glasses and a trench coat. He"
"their mother regularly visited her first son in the hospital, even her husband did not know the child existed. David died in 1992. Trivia books written by Caine include ""Not Many People Know That!"", ""And Not Many People Know This Either!"", ""Michael Caine's Moving Picture Show"", and ""Not a Lot of People Know This is 1988"". Proceeds from the books went to the National Playing Fields Association, a UK charity for which Caine served as Vice President, and which aims to protect and promote open spaces for sports and recreation in British cities and towns. In July 2016, Caine changed"
"iconic characters to life and introduced his very own laid-back cockney gangster into pop culture. He doggedly retained a regional accent at a time when the plummy tones of Received Pronunciation were considered obligatory. It is a sweet irony that his accent has become his calling card."" With his distinctive voice and manner of speaking, Caine is a popular subject for impersonators and mimics. Most Caine impressions include the catchphrase ""Not a lot of people know that."" The catchphrase emanates from Caine's habit of informing people of obscure ""interesting facts"" that he has collected. Referring to Caine as being the"
"Michael Caine filmography Michael Caine is an English actor who has appeared in over 125 films and has had multiple television appearances. Caine's acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in British films. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film ""Zulu"" (1964). He then portrayed spy Harry Palmer in the films ""The Ipcress File"" (1965), ""Funeral in Berlin"" (1966) and ""Billion Dollar Brain"" (1967). His role in ""Sleuth"" (1972) led him to an Academy Award for Best Actor"
"""biggest mine of useless information"", Peter Sellers initiated the catchphrase when he appeared on BBC1's ""Parkinson"" show on 28 October 1972 and said: Over the years Caine himself had parodied the phenomenon, both his catchphrase and his ""interesting facts"", and has imitated others' impressions of him. In an interview with Michael Parkinson in 2007, Caine commented on the impersonations of his voice, ""I can do it. 'Hello. My name is Michael Caine. Not many people know that.' I sound like a bloody moron. You know where they've got me now? On birthday cards. 'It's your birthday today. Not many people"
"when presenting his lines in many of his films. It relies on Caine's ability to impart trivial information in the same way, starting with ""Did you know..."" and ending with "".. and not a lot of people know that."". Whitehouse continues in this tradition, talking about extremely dreary things his neighbours were doing such as ""do you know, he didn't call that woman back until... approximately two hours later. Would Damon Hill have taken that long to call his mother? I'll be honest with you. I don't know. Not a lot of people know I don't know that, but I"
"Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine, (; born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer and author. He has appeared in more than 125 films in a career spanning 50 years and is considered a British film icon. Known for his cockney accent, Caine was born in South London, where during his early childhood, he and his parents lived in a rented flat on Urlwin Street, in Camberwell. He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films, including ""Zulu"" (1964), ""The Ipcress File"" (1965), ""Alfie"" (1966), for which he was nominated for an"
"Smart"". ""I know it went through town pretty fast,"" said Richard Chamberlain. ""I know my family didn't like it much. My father was too ill to see it, but my mother said, 'Richard, the advertising was all wrong. They should have told people it was funny.' But I don't think it hurt my chances for other movies. I know a lot of people who do a lot of movies, and some of them are good and some of them aren't. Michael Caine's one example. He's wonderful in some movies and forgettable in others. I think as long as you're doing"
"Brain"" (1967), ""Bullet to Beijing"" (1995) and ""Midnight in Saint Petersburg"" (1995). Caine made his first film in Hollywood in 1966, after an invitation from Shirley MacLaine to play opposite her in ""Gambit."" During the first two weeks, whilst staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel, he met long-term friends John Wayne and agent ""Swifty"" Lazar. Caine starred in the 1969 comedy caper film ""The Italian Job"" as the leader of a cockney criminal gang released from prison with the intention of doing a ""big job"" in Italy to steal gold bullion from an armoured security truck. The line ""You're only"
"eminence of the borough. Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine, (; born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer and author. He has appeared in more than 125 films in a career spanning 50 years and is considered a British film icon. Known for his cockney accent, Caine was born in South London, where during his early childhood, he and his parents lived in a rented flat on Urlwin Street, in Camberwell. He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films, including ""Zulu"" (1964), ""The Ipcress File"" (1965), ""Alfie"" (1966), for which he"
"The song was popularized after being featured in the 2000 film ""Almost Famous"". With lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, the song was first featured as the opening track to John’s 1971 album, ""Madman Across the Water"". The song's lyrics were inspired by Taupin’s first visit to the US in 1970, and were intended to capture the spirit of California, where he found the women he met highly contrasted with those who he had known in his home country of England. A common misconception is that the song’s lyrics were about Taupin's first wife, Maxine Feibelman. Taupin has stated that this"
"of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time. Eric Roth and Michael Mann won the Humanitas Prize in the Feature Film category in 2000. American Film Institute recognition: The Insider (film) The Insider is a 1999 American drama film directed by Michael Mann, from a script adapted by Eric Roth and Mann from Marie Brenner's ""Vanity Fair"" article ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"". The film stars Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, with supporting actors including Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora and Michael Gambon. A fictionalized account of a true story, it is based on the ""60 Minutes"" segment"
"with most of his colleagues, many of whom thought him arrogant. Nor did he deny that, explaining, ""When I see a lazy man or a don't care girl, it makes me tough. I am very critical of actors, but if I find a real actor, I am first to appreciate them."" Nevertheless, Bette Davis, who was little known in 1932, made five more films with him, although they argued consistently when filming ""The Cabin in the Cotton"" (1932), one of her earliest roles. He had a low opinion of actors in general, saying that acting ""is fifty percent a big"
"whom Caine knew at school. Caine described Palmer as: ""the most boring boy I'd ever met"". The given name ""Harry"" actually occurs in a short sequence in the book where the nameless hero is greeted by someone saying ""Hello, Harry."" This causes him to think, ""Now my name isn't Harry, but in this business it's hard to remember whether it ever had been."" The IPCRESS File The IPCRESS File is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. It was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman, directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine. The"
"When the film premiered at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on 18 March 1965, the film critic for ""The Times"" had mixed feelings about it. While enjoying the first part of the film, and generally praising Michael Caine, the critic found the second half bewildering to the extent that the characters ""cease to be pleasantly mystifying and become just irritatingly obscure."" A review in ""Variety"" was largely positive, describing the film as ""anti-Bond"" for its unglamorous depiction of espionage, and praising Caine's understated performance but criticizing the sometimes ""arty-crafty"" camera work. Subsequently, the film has come to be recognized"
"were fresh and distinctive, but the films he made, including ""In Harm's Way"" (1965) and ""Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon"" (1970), became both critical and financial flops. Preminger's ""Hurry Sundown"" (1967) is a lengthy drama set in the U.S. South and was partly intended to break cinematic racial and sexual taboos. However, the film was poorly received and ridiculed for a heavy-handed approach, and for the dubious casting of Michael Caine as an American Southerner. ""Hurry Sundown"" signaled a decline in Preminger's reputation, as it was followed by several other films which were critical and commercial failures,"
"The Insider (film) The Insider is a 1999 American drama film directed by Michael Mann, from a script adapted by Eric Roth and Mann from Marie Brenner's ""Vanity Fair"" article ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"". The film stars Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, with supporting actors including Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora and Michael Gambon. A fictionalized account of a true story, it is based on the ""60 Minutes"" segment about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry, covering the personal struggles of him and CBS producer Lowell Bergman as they defend his testimony against efforts to"
"not to be able to collect an Academy Award because of filming in the Bahamas, he was glad to be involved in the film. In the press release, he explains that ""it is part of movie history ... the original was one of the great all-time thrillers. I thought it might be nice to be mixed up with that. I liked the script very much."" However, Caine later claimed: ""I have never seen it [the film], but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific!"" In his 1992 autobiography"
"your late teens when you have no special commitments and no career. It's your last blast of fun before heading into the cruel world."" The guitar track was over dubbed by Rick Vito. The song was also featured in the 2005 film ""The Weather Man"", starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine. This song's greatest exposure was in Chevrolet truck television advertisements from 1991 until 2004, for Chevrolet's massively successful ""Like a Rock"" campaign, which was also one of their longest-running ad campaigns. The song would help sell millions of trucks over the years, and is still widely associated with Chevrolet"
"Girl Who Knew Too Much"" was: ""You have to be crazy or in love — to take on the syndicate!"" The film was intended to be a vehicle for Adam West to escape his Batman stereotype by playing a cynical, hard-edged tough guy. The movie's dialogue is typified by a scene between West's Cain and the boozy Mrs. Grinaldi played by Smith: ""The Girl Who Knew Too Much"" was not a box office success in theatrical release, but became a staple of late-night showings on WCBS-TV and other television stations in the early 1970s. It then disappeared from sight for"
"sound of it to the less glamorous-sounding ""Maurice"". He chose the name ""Caine"" reputedly because at the precise instant he needed to decide upon his new stage name, he saw a cinema marquee for the then-current movie ""The Caine Mutiny"" and thought that it would make a good last name in conjunction with ""Michael."" (""Had I looked the other direction,"" he would later quip, ""I'd be known as Michael The One Hundred and One Dalmatians."") Similarly, actor Pete Postlethwaite was advised to adopt a different surname by peers who quipped that his ""would never be put up in lights outside"
"at Nuremberg"" (1961), ""Brushfire"" (1962), ""The Man from the Diner's Club"" (1963), ""Pressure Point"" (1962) and ""Alvarez Kelly"" (1966). He also appeared in ""1776"" as delegate from New York, Lewis Morris. He co-starred with Godfrey Cambridge and Estelle Parsons in ""Watermelon Man"" (1970). He was also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He acted in more than 750 live and filmed television programs, including the western series, ""The Californians"", ""Two Faces West,"" and ""The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters"". Caine is most commonly remembered for his recurring role (37 episodes) as Major Hochstetter on the 1960s"
"and that it is not about heroin, nevertheless admitting that he always enjoyed ""writing ambiguous lyrics that could be taken on two or three different levels"". The song's title was used as the name of a 1992 American independent movie directed by Michael Almereyda, though the song does not appear in the film. It does appear, though, in five films and their soundtracks: ""That Summer!"" (1979), ""Different for Girls"" (1996), ""Me Without You"" (2001), ""D.E.B.S."" (2004) and ""Paul"" (2011). Blink-182 recorded a cover of this song for the opening track of Travis Barker's MTV reality show ""Meet the Barkers"". It"
"but it was a success at the box office. In 1978, Caan directed ""Hide in Plain Sight"", a film about a father searching for his children, who were lost in the Witness Protection Program. Despite critical praise, the film was not a hit with the public. The following year, Caan appeared in the neo-noir movie ""Thief"" (1981), directed by Michael Mann, in which he played a professional safe cracker. Although the film was not successful at the time, Caan's performance was widely lauded and the movie has acquired something of a cult following. Caan always praised Mann's script and direction"
"for sex and for domestic purposes. Alfie frequently breaks the fourth wall by speaking directly to the camera narrating and justifying his actions. His words often contrast with or totally contradict his actions. This was the first film to receive the ""suggested for mature audiences"" classification by the Motion Picture Association of America in the US, which evolved into the modern PG rating. The film had its World Premiere at the Plaza Theatre in the West End of London on 24 March 1966. Handsome Cockney chauffeur Alfie Elkins (Michael Caine) enjoys the favours of women, while avoiding any commitment. He"
"chart. The song is an R&B and synthpop record about lies and deceptions being uncovered. The 12"" extended version features short sound bites from prominent figures such as Col. Oliver North (""I am not ashamed of anything in my professional and personal conduct"") and President Ronald Reagan (""The United States has not made concessions to those who hold our people captive in Lebanon"") among others. This has remained a popular R&B uptempo song for Stevie Wonder, as well receiving airplay from urban radio stations. The song was featured in the 1988 action film ""Die Hard"", played when the character Argyle"
"Michael Caine and Shelley Winters. In the latter he played Harry Clamacraft, a man Alfie meets and befriends in a sanatorium. He starred in Roman Polanski's vampire film ""The Fearless Vampire Killers"" (1967) (British title ""The Dance of the Vampires"") as innkeeper Yoine Shagal with his daughter Sarah played by Sharon Tate. In the course of the film, he and his daughter become vampires. When a maid tries to scare him off with a crucifix, he responds with ""Oy, have ""you"" got the wrong vampire!"". Bass also appeared in the ""Pride"" segment of ""The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins"" (1971) and"
"famous on their own: His Uncle Pat was Blacky the Bootblack, whom Joseph Kennedy credited as his main influence when he sold all of his stock holdings in the summer of 1929 (the market crashed in October), and his aunt Pauline was one of the best-known celebrity chefs, working for Jackie Gleason, Burt Reynolds and many other luminaries. Bologna's aunt Pauline chastised him for starring in the nudity-containing ""Blame It on Rio"", starring Michael Caine. Bologna replied, ""Blame it on me. It's the last time I invite Aunt Pauline to a film premiere."" In 1976, he starred in the television"
"The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969 film) The Girl Who Knew Too Much is a 1969 neo noir film starring Adam West as Johnny Cain, a nightclub owner and former freelance adventurer who is forced out of retirement when a crime syndicate boss is murdered in his nightclub and investigations lead into unexpected areas. It was the final film of director Francis D. Lyon and United Pictures Corporation. The film co-stars Nancy Kwan, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Alda, Patricia Smith, David Brian, and noted jazz musician Buddy Greco as nightclub entertainer Albert ""Lucky"" Jones. The melodramatic promotional tagline of ""The"
"Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Dame Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, David Walliams, Charlotte Rampling and Paul McKenna. Caine was cast in a spoken cameo role in Christopher Nolan's 2017 action-thriller ""Dunkirk"" (2017), based on the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, as a Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot, as a nod to his role of RAF fighter pilot Squadron Leader Canfield in ""Battle of Britain"" (1969). Caine is regarded as a British cultural icon, with Mairi Mackay of CNN stating: ""Michael Caine has been personifying British cool since the swinging sixties. He has brought some of British cinema's most"
"and actor Michael Caine (in their maturity), who played the role of Fowler in the film production of ""The Quiet American"" of that year. In 1961, he became chief Washington correspondent (later American editor) of ""The Times"". He developed a profound understanding of and sympathy for the United States over a decade of intense political and social upheaval. By-lined in ""The Times"" from 1965, he became an influential and popular commentator on American affairs in Britain. He was the first to alert the world that President John F Kennedy had sent US combat troops to Vietnam. He accompanied Rev Martin"
"by a Younger Actor. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the second-youngest performer ever to receive an Academy nomination for a supporting role, but lost the final Oscar vote to Michael Caine (with whom he would later work, appearing together in ""Secondhand Lions""). One of Osment's lines in ""The Sixth Sense"", ""I see dead people,"" became a popular catchphrase and is often repeated or parodied on television programs and in other media. The phrase is #44 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Movie Quotes. He made three minor (voice-only) guest appearances"
"So [whatever you get] from the movie [is] far more interesting than [anything] I could ever offer."" During his visit to University of California, Santa Cruz he stated that he is not a politically active actor and that he can do it in his work as he learned more about nuclear power from the movie ""The China Syndrome"". Cage has been called one of the most generous stars in Hollywood. He donated $2 million to Amnesty International for them to use to offer rehabilitation shelters, medical services and psychological and reintegration services to some of the 300,000 children forced to"