Michael Caine picturesAdvanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 29 image entries
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Contest Directions: 
Academy award winner Michael Caine celebrates his 75th birthday today. Having starred in over 100 movies, Caine is one of England's most famous actors and one of the very few actors in history to have won all of the following awards: Academy Award (twice), Golden Globe (thrice), BAFTA Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. Many British viewers remember Caine for his roles as agent "Harry Palmer" (movies "Billion Dollar Brain", "Funeral in Berlin", etc.). Harry Palmer was created as a middle-class analogy of James Bond - a simple guy who went from zero to hero.
To celebrate the 75th birthday of Michael Caine, photoshop him any way you wish. Some examples are - photoshop any of his movies, show what other movies Michael Caine could have played in, how Caine will look in the future, what alternative professions he could have chosen, immortalize Caine in paintings.
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Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2
Started: 3/14/2008 7:05:00 AM, Ended: 3/16/2008 6:00:00 AM
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| | Michael Caine − stage name of Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, one of the most in-demand British actors of 1960s and 1970s. He is the unique actor (besides Jack Nicholson), who is nominated for "Oscar" in 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000.
Michael Caine was born in London slums on March 14, 1933. He was bad at studies in school and for long time lived in misery and thought of quitting actor's path. At the age of 30, at last, he achieved international recognition, having played the role of lieutenant-aristocrat in film “Zulus” in 1964. On the recommendation of Sean Connery, Caine was taken in the film "The Ipcress File" for playing leading role of Harry Palmer, eccentric spy-womanizer in glasses and subsequently became a cult character and prototype of Austin of Powers. He was nominated for “Oscar” for his role in the film “Alfie” 1966.
If internal nobility was main feature in the roles, played by Caine in 1960s, then at the turn of 1970s, he acted in two very successful comedies: “The Wrong Box” and “The Italian Job”. In 1972, he played alongside with Sir Laurence Olivier in tragic comedy “Slueth” and once again was nominated for “Oscar”.
Starting from second half of 1970s, Caine was often reproached with illegibility for the selection of roles. Many of his films have crashed miserably but some artistic success was also tasted during this period: roles of alcoholic professor in “Educating Rita” (1983) and professional lady-killer in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (1988) have won “Golden Globe Awards” and the role of financier Elliot in Woody Allen's film “Hannah and her sisters” (1986) has fetched him the long-awaited "Oscar" but though for the Best Supporting Actor.
In 1990s, career of Michael Caine once again took off. He was honored with the third “Golden Globe” award for the film "Little Voice" (1998), second "Oscar" for role in film “The Cider House Rules” (1999) and Caine was once again nominated for “Oscar” for the leading role in the film “The Quiet American” (2002). In 2000, he was conferred with Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. The following are few amongst the last works of Caine − father of Austin Powers in the third film about amusing spy, retired caricaturist in fantastic film “Children of Men”, butler of the Batman in blockbuster “Batman Begins” and elderly engineer of illusions in other film of Christopher Nolan "The Prestige".
Interesting facts:
Outside the shooting sets, actor uses his real name. In one of his books, Caine writes that, the stage name has been chosen absolutely incidentally. While talking to the agent from a telephone booth, he was asked to mention a stage name. On turning back, he saw the film poster "Mutiny of Caine" and mechanically mentioned this name.
According to Michael Caine, his own favorite role in cinema is that of Uncle Scrooge in free screen-version of Dickens story “The Muppet Christmas Carol” (1992). |
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