Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) version of "Alfie" was released at the end of June 1966 almost two months prior to the film's US premiere (August 25, 1966); Sonny Bono's production showcased the song à la Phil Spector. Despite being the follow-up to the #2 hit "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", "Alfie" rose no higher than #32. It was also a top 40 hit in Canada, reaching #36. The versions of "Alfie" by both Cilla Black and Cher were released in Australia in July 1966, with Black's becoming the major hit at #22; the Cher version's Australian chart peak was #96. "Alfie" was
Michael Caine Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In the 2000s, Caine appeared in "Miss Congeniality" (2000), "Last Orders" (2001), "The Quiet American" (2002), for which he was Oscar-nominated, and others. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade, including "The Italian Job", "Get Carter", "Alfie" and "Sleuth". In the 2007 remake of "Sleuth", Caine took over the role Laurence Olivier played in the 1972 version and Jude Law played Caine's original role. Caine is one of the few actors to have played a starring role in two different versions of the same film. In an interview with CNN, Law spoke of