Alfie is a 2004 British-American romantic 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 (Jude Law), a self-confident, mischievous, womanizing, Vespa-riding Cockney who resides in Manhattan. An immaculately dapper boy in his early thirties, 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 (Marisa Tomei) 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 (Jane Krakowski) 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.
A mole burrows into a marrow,
Sleeps all alone until tomorrow.
Who'll grant you free?
Who'll let you be?
A mole can't see,
He'll just dig deep.
"Hey Mole, hello," said the sparrow,
Is that your home, you really are a funny fellow.
Come with me,
I am so sweet.
Between your ground and my tree,
We'll be complete.
If you've ever been consoled,
You'll know what hapened to this mole.
If you've ever been set free,
You know what all this means to me.
If you've never seen the sun,
And never warmed to anyone,
Dig your way out of the Earth,