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Jude Law: Michael Caine
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Law approached Nobel Prize–winning playwright Harold Pinter to write the script, asked Caine to star, and brought in Kenneth Branagh to direct. The key to making the remake happen, though, was Pinter. "I regard him as–after Shakespeare and Beckett–the greatest British writer," Law says. "His influence on the English language is immense."
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While the entire premise of Sleuth is a gimmick, having Michael Caine and Jude Law remake the 1972 adaptation of Anthony Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play heightens the gimmick quotient. Michael Caine starred in the first Sleuth opposite Laurence Olivier, who played a successful mystery novelist named Andrew Wyke.
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The premiere of a remake entitled Sleuth saw both its main stars attend the UK debut screening last night.-Jude Law hit the red carpet as did Sir Michael Caine, who ... starred in the 1972 original. The complex plot focuses on the agreement between a wealthy gent
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Law not only praises Caine's work, he's responsible for casting him. A producer credit for a star doesn't mean he had anything to do with producing the movie, but in this case it was Law and his company, Riff Raff, that brought the project to life.
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