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. With its gritty style and brilliant central performance, this is a stunning crime thriller. 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 screenplay was adapted by hodges from ted lewiss 1970 novel jacks return home. The movie credits the novel jacks return home as its source, but it is an attempt to remake mike hodgess sleek 1971 british film noir get carter, in which michael caine was a postmod, vengeanceminded gangster. From there, carter carves a bloody trail of revenge through the seedy.
A 1971 british crime film directed by mike hodges and starring michael caine as jack carter, a prominent london gangster who returns to his hometown of newcastle, england to find out who killed his brother. Get carter is a movie ive been very fond of for many years and have seen. 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. Find films and movies featuring michael caine on allmovie. Michael caine as jack carter on the set of get carter, 1971. Nick scott uncovers why michael caines wardrobe in get carter is as enduringly relevant as the noir thrillers plot is gritty. 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. Youre a big man, but youre out of shape, but for me its a full time job so behave yourself. Critics panned this film, i suspect, because it stars sylvester stallone. 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.
Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, carter seeks out his brothers friends and acquaintances. It was definitely grim up north when jack carter michael caine took the train to newcastleontyne to sort out the murder of his brother. Michael caine as jack carter returning to his hometown to find his brothers killer. The character carter gets his ass kicked in a fair. He has appeared in more than films in a career spanning over 60 years and is considered a british film icon. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film zulu 1964. Also starring michael caine, from the original get carter, and the eversoversatile alan cumming, i really expected more from this movie. Sylvester stallone plays jack carter, a vegas mobster who comes home to seattle to bury his brother after an apparent car accident. Get carter movie 1971 michael caine, ian hendry, john osborne. Carter must also get his niece out of the life she. Michael caine is brilliant as jack carter, the hardhearted gangster from north england who heads back north from london to find out who killed his brother and, no question, to get them right back. A solid michael caine film but i found it hard to follow some of the plot. Get carter is a tense, hardboiled crime movie that uses michael caine, for once, as the sure possessor of all his unconscious authority. The action and tension dont let up until the final shot.
Prolific british film actor michael caine rose to fame as an icon of londons swinging 60s, but four decades later, having contributed to some of cinematic historys highest and lowest moments, he was recognized as an international film legend. It was remade in 1972 as hit man, with bernie casey and pam grier, and again in 2000 with sylvester stallone as. Get carter 1971 official trailer michael caine, ian hendry movie hd. Roy budds harpsichordassisted track, carter takes a train is even iconic outside of the film. Get carter 1971 youre a big man, but youre in bad shape. When word reaches him of his brothers death, he travels to newcastle to attend the funeral. Get carter dvd, 2000, special edtition for sale online. Hard to imagine what viewers expected to see in this 1971 film a blend of alfie and james bond, perhaps, a sexy rascal with a gun. But the film loses its steam after the opening credits. But the silhouette of the threepiece is what gives caines actually fairly ordinary physique a measure. Caines acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in british films. Get carter is one of michael caines greatest films, probably my personal favorite. Get carter 2009 cast and crew jack carter michael caine is a coldblooded london gangster, and not the sort of man you want to cross. Lowlevel london gangster jack carter caine returns to his childhood home of newcastle to find out who killed his brother, and why.
Sir michael caine, cbe born maurice joseph micklewhite jr. 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, michael klinger, mike hodges, ted lewis. The film is based on the novel jacks return home by ted lewis. Caine initially seemed an unlikely movie star, with his glasses and working class cockney accent, but with films like the ipcress file 1965 and. Michael caine is an english actor who has appeared in over films and has had multiple television appearances. Known for his cockney accent, caine was born in southeast london he made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in british films, including zulu. I thought they had been sent by the crime boss he had gone to see the previous day poker game. Comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of turin by creating a traffic jam. Get carter 1971 official trailer michael caine, ian hendry movie. Michael caine plays jack carter, a london gangster returning home to newcastle to find out who. Once home he begins to believe that it may not have been an accident. Stephen soderberghs 1999 movie the limey is a direct homage to get carter. The work has come to be regarded as a classic in the gangster film genre.
Its michael caine as jack carter, intimidating a smalltown gangster, cliff brumby, in the 1971 film, get carter. Convinced that his brother was murdered, carter questions local thug eric ian hendry, who eventually leads him to kingpin kinnear. With michael caine, ian hendry, britt ekland, john osborne. Get carter stars michael caine as jack carter, a powerful british gangster out for blood. The true story behind classic gangster movie get carter. It was remade for a blaxploitation audience a year later as hit man, and in 2000 sylvester stallone starred in a remake, with michael caine making an. Mike hodges and caine dont retrogress carter into a. Get carter, not just one of the finest exponents of british neo noir, but one of the greatest british films ever, period. For instance, the two criminals sent to get caine in the film were from london, not newcastle. 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. Caine appears here in a role that will increase regard for the original. A las vegas mob enforcer travels back to his hometown to investigate his brothers mysterious death. Like scott, im not sure this is the greatest british film of all time but it is certainly a.
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. The original get carter was a brilliant, gritty english film from 1971 starring michael caine. Cliff brumby is thrown from gateshead car park, tyneside finally demolished in 2010. The original get carter 1971, directed by croupiers mike hodges, starred michael caine as jack carter, a mob enforcer who returns to his hometown after the suspicious death of his brother. Michael caine in get carter 1971 michael caine and geraldine moffat in get carter 1971 ted lewis in get carter.
Find films and movies featuring michael caine on allmovie allmovie. Producer michael klinger optioned the book and made a deal for the ailing metrogoldwynmayer mgm studio to finance and release the film, bringing in hodges and. Get carter is a 1971 british gangster film starring michael caine and directed by mike hodges. 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. Get carter is the second remake of the bleak and gritty 1971 british thriller of the same title. Get carter 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Although he played a part in some notable cinematic. Get carter is a hardasnails british crime movie, featuring a brutal performance by michael caine that stands as one of his best. 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. 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. Its star, michael caine, likewise experienced something of a revival during the. His brother has been murdered in newcastle, prompting carter to declare a oneman war on other racketeers. 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.
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