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Movie featuring Michael Caine's depiction of terminal character (4)

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I believe the answer is:

zulu

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'movie' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'michael caine's depiction of terminal character' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'character' could be 'z' and 'z' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ulu' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'featuring' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for zulu that I've seen before include "African warrior under Chaka" , "South African language" , "SE African people, Shaka their founder" , "1964 film about the Battle of Rorke's Drift" , "Member of a people of southeast Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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