Alfie

Alfie may refer to:

Theatre and film

Music

Albums

Songs

Sport

Athletes nicknamed "Alfie":

Alfie (2004 film soundtrack)

Alfie is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 2004. It was produced and performed by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart, with contributions from Joss Stone, Sheryl Crow and Nadirah "Nadz" Seid.

The original 1966 film for which this was a remake, also had a soundtrack album by Sonny Rollins.

Track listing

Alfie (play)

Alfie is a 1963 play written by Bill Naughton. The play was adapted into a film twice, a 1966 version starring Michael Caine and a 2004 version starring Jude Law.

Overview

The story of an English ladies man, Alfie Elkins, and the many women who come into his life.

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Alfie (Sonny Rollins album)

Alfie is a 1966 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins of music from the film of the same name. The original British film soundtrack featured Rollins with local musicians, including pianist Stan Tracey, who are not heard on this album.

It features performances by Rollins, with Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson and Roger Kellaway, arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson.

Burt Bacharach was inspired by the film to write the title song, Alfie, which became a top ten hit in the UK for Cilla Black. It subsequently appeared in the US release of the film over the final titles, in a version sung by Cher (produced by Sonny Bono). Later, Dionne Warwick recorded the most popular cover of the song. Bacharach and Hal David received an Oscar nomination for the song.

The album reached #17 on the R&B Billboard chart. In the UK the album was originally released with the title Sonny Plays Alfie on the HMV label before resurfacing in 1972 as Alfie on the jazz-based Impulse! label, as in the United States.

Alfie (1966 film)

Alfie is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael Caine. It is an adaptation by Bill Naughton of his own novel and play of the same name. The film was released by Paramount Pictures.

Alfie tells the story of a young womanising cheeky chappy who leads a self-centred life, purely for his own enjoyment, until events force him to question his uncaring behaviour, his loneliness and his priorities. He cheats on numerous women, and despite his confidence towards women, he treats them with disrespect and refers to them as "it", using them 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 United States, which evolved into the modern PG rating.

Alfie (2013 film)

Alfie is a 2013 Indian short film written and directed by Dr. Thomas Mathai.

Plot summary

Alfie is a failing actress and a junkie lost in filth. One fine afternoon, she and her new lover travel to a remote waterfall inside the woods. Tired with all the walking, she soon falls asleep by the waterfall and the dream that follows is bizarre, horrifying, where she is bound up tight in a shady dungeon and tortured mercilessly.

Visually reminiscent of a Rembrandt, ‘Alfie’ tells a surreal tale structured uniquely to simulate a dream experience, immersed in Freudian eroticism, sexual deviance and biblical notion of Baptism.

Festival Screenings and Release

Alfie was premiered at short film corner of 2013 Festival de Cannes. It was also screened in the competition section of 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala held on June 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram. A 20 minute version, the dungeon edit was released online via YouTube on 13/12/2013.

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