At the end of the 1970s Caine's choice of roles was frequently criticisedsomething to which he has referred with self-deprecating comments about taking parts strictly for the money. Caine then averaged two films a year, but these included such failures as the BAFTA-nominated "The Magus" (1968), the Academy Award-nominated "The Swarm" (1978), "Ashanti" (1979) (which he claimed were his worst three films), "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure" (1979), "The Island" (1980), "The Hand" (1981) and a reunion with his "Sleuth" co-star Laurence Olivier in "The Jigsaw Man" (1982).