Jude Law's 'Alfie' Remake To Be Called 'Alfie'

[Wednesday, July 7th, 2004]
The remake of Alfie is going to be called Alfie, according to Variety, which is to star Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Susan Sarandon, Nia Long and Omar Epps, with Charles Shyer directing.

Paramount's decided against using "What's It All About Alfie," title of the Burt Bacharach song from the 1966 pic, as the new film's title. Paramount's now settled on using the same title as the original.

Bacharach won a 1967 Grammy for instrumental arrangement for the performance by his orchestra in the original, and Bacharach and Hal David, who wrote the lyrics, were nominated for the song Oscar. Pic was a critical hit and also garnered Oscar noms for picture, actor (Michael Caine), supporting actress (Vivien Merchant) and adapted screenplay (Bill Naughton).

Alfie is planned to release on Oct. 22

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