Alfie is a 2004 British/American comedy-drama film based on the 1966 British film of the same name, starring Jude Law as the title character, originally played by Michael Caine. The film was written, directed and produced by Charles Shyer. The film opens up by introducing Alfie , a charismatic, charming, bed-hopping, Vespa-riding Cockney who resides in Manhattan. An impeccably stylish lad in his late twenties, Alfie funds his hedonistic lifestyle by working as a driver for the local limousine service. Meeting, romancing, and seducing women comes as second nature to Alfie. In addition to... maintaining a casual relationship with a single mother named Julie that he refers to as his "semi-regular-quasi-sort-of-girlfriend thing", he also sleeps with various girls on the side, such as the married-yet-neglected-by-her-husband blonde named Dorie whom he regularly meets for sex after work in the back of his limo. At the first inkling Dorie may desire their liaison to grow into something more, he decides to stop all contact. Alfie ultimately views women as expendable, cutting them loose as soon as he feels they're starting to cramp his style.
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| Release date: | October 22, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Charles Shyer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | Elaine Pope, Charles Shyer |
| Editor: | Padraic McKinley |
| Music by: | John Powell, Mick Jagger, David A. Stewart |
| Cinematography: | Ashley Rowe |
| Screenplay by: | Bill Naughton, Elaine Pope, Charles Shyer |
| Estimated budget: | $60,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Alfie |
| Genre: | Comedy |