Mr. Cane – Michael Caine
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Mr. Cane is Joan Locke’s former partner and owner of the Billabong Resort. He wants to sell the Dream for 500,000 gold per night. He has taken two of his guests hostage.
Joan Locke: “Cane! What in the blazes are you doing, man?”
Mr Cane: “Maintaining my investment. Absent that Dream Water, what do we have? A cozy, mid-tier resort? Bah! I can’t charge 500,000 gold a night for that!”
Joan Locke: “But that wasn’t the point! We were meant to create a refuge, a haven in the desert, for everyone.”
Mr Cane: “Oh, don’t give me that. Your eyes glinted gold just as mine did when the prices went up. It was your idea, Ms. Locke, your dream.”
Judge Nelson: “If the Dreaming so enlightened you, shouldn’t you want everyone to try it? And nothing wrong with making money for our efforts.”
Mr Cane: “Placebos won’t work forever. We have to sell the real thing. The Dreaming stays here. The prices stay high. And, Wizard, I should get a nice reward for shipping you off to Lord Rottingham personally.”
Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; March 14, 1933) is an English retired actor. Known for his distinct Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films over a career that spanned eight decades and is considered a British cultural icon. He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. As of 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Caine is one of only five male actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in five different decades. In 2000, he received a BAFTA Fellowship and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
Often playing a Cockney, Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), The Italian Job (1969), and Battle of Britain (1969). During this time he established a distinctive visual style wearing thick horn-rimmed glasses combined with sharp suits and a laconic vocal delivery; he was recognized as a style icon of the 1960s. He solidified his stardom with roles in Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), and A Bridge Too Far (1977).
Caine received two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his roles as Elliot in Woody Allen’s dramedy Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and as Dr. Wilbur Larch in Lasse Hallström’s drama The Cider House Rules (1999). His other Oscar-nominated film roles were in Alfie (1966), Sleuth (1972), Educating Rita (1983), and The Quiet American (2002)—all four of which were for the leading actor category. Other notable performances occurred in the films California Suite (1978), Dressed to Kill (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Little Voice (1998), Quills (2000), Children of Men (2006), Harry Brown (2009), and Youth (2015).
Caine is also known for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), and for his comedic roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Miss Congeniality (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and Secondhand Lions (2003). Caine portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy (2005–2012). He has also had roles in five other Nolan films: The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2020). He announced his retirement from acting in October 2023, with his final film being The Great Escaper, which came out in the same month.
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