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Article: Michael Caine.(Interview)
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- Newsweek International
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- January 19, 2004
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Love him or loathe him, 70-year-old Michael Caine is as much a British institution as rain. In fact, his name actually means that in Cockney rhyming slang. (His critics will be pleased to note it can also stand in for "pain.") During his 47-year film and television career, he's stolen more scenes than he did gold bars in 1969's "The Italian Job." He even inspired a song by the British '80s band Madness, called "Michael Caine," in which the chorus repeatedly insisted that "My name is Michael Caine."
In recent years, the East London native has become Mr. Hollywood, wowing audiences in "The Cider House Rules" and "The Quiet American." Now he's starring in the ...