Surrender (1987)

Glasses: No.

Doing an accent?: No.

Accent for whole film?: N/A
Hair: Looking wig-like at some points, but Yes.
Does he point at someone?: Yes.

Best line: “My name is…….” (at which point I interjected with my best “Michael Caine!”)

A bright and breezy comedy, full of pastel colours, sunshine and lovely apartments. Those golden names Golan and Globus appeared in the credits, so our boy took the Cannon cash at least once. That familiar hexagonal stamp of quality at the beginning is always guaranteed to cheer your day.

Must say, I enjoyed this film a lot and Caine can give himself a hearty “job well done” and open another restaurant or whatever he did with the cheque.

MC plays a successful writer, an honest man, who has a string of failed marriages and relationships behind him and ends up believing that women have only ever loved him for his money, swearing off women accordingly and growing bitter. Sally Field is a frustrated good girl painter, working in an assembly line paintings factory and in an unhappy relationship with a rich, successful, Steve Guttenberg. Who is a bit of a whiney twat to be honest. Would have liked Caine to chin him really, no joy there.

The two meet under unusual circumstances and end up tied together naked which raises an interest (amongst other things) from Caine, who decides to  not only woo Field but not let on he’s a rich man in order to test if she loves him for himself and not his fat wallet. Wacky hi-jinks ensue in the way they always do in this genre.

Recommended for a light frothy comedy sort of mood. I reckon this’d make a good double bill with Cannons “Barfly”. Soundtrack is a killer too - upbeat blues jazz piano led stuff. 

Things of interest;

1 – Guttenberg appears to have turned up as Tom Selleck.

2 – Guttenbergs magnificent yuppie flat is a joy of 80s design and aspirational living. I would 100% live there.

 3 – Full Gamut of Caines Ability. We get it all, from shouty, to bumbling, to suave, to “eyes watery voice trembling”. Its like a greatest hits of the mans riffs.

4 – Caines latest book. A work of art in itself.

5 – Mike not taking getting dumped very well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve all been there mate.



 

6 - Magnificent yuppie party. I detect the hand of Sir Golan waving over this. The glitzy disco version of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is sheer brilliance. When do I get to go to parties like this?

Outfit of the film: Caine is rockin’ some decent schmatte in this film. Very late 80s, but he’s going for the baggy look. Somehow though..........seeing Himself in denim and trainers just don’t sit right, so we’ll go for this double grey rolled sleeve casual suit he selects for going out whoring in. I suspect he also yachts in it.