Lesser Known Remakes
Submitted by Oedipus on Fri, 11/19/2004 - 13:41
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- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford is a remake of The Three Outlaws (1956) directed by Sam Newfield and starring Neville Brand and Alan Hale.
- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) directed by John Carpenter is a remake of Rio Bravo (1959) directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne.
- Which Way Is Up? (1977) directed by Michael Schultz and starring Richard Pryor is a remake of The Seduction of Mimi (1972) directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini.
- Alien (1979) directed by Ridley Scott is a remake of It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) directed by Edward L. Cahn.
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) starring Steve Martin is a remake of Bedtime Story (1964) starring Marlon Brando.
- The Killer (1989) directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun Fat is a remake of Magnificent Obsession (1954) directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman.
- The Killer (1989) directed by John Woo and starring Chow Yun Fat is a remake of Le Samouraï (1967) directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
- Scent of a Woman (1992) starring Al Pacino is a remake of Profumo di donna (1974) directed by Dino Risi.
- Mixed Nuts (1994) starring Steve Martin is a remake of Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982) directed by Jean-Marie Poiré.
- True Lies (1994) directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold and Eliza Dushku is a remake of La Totale! (1991) directed by Claude Zidi
- Independence Day (1996) starring Bill Pullman and Will Smith is a remake of The War of the Worlds (1953) directed by Byron Haskin.
- Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) starring Tim Allen is a remake of Un indien dans la ville (1994) directed by Hervé Palud.
- You've Got Mail (1998) starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan is a remake of The Shop Around the Corner (1940) starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan.
- The Bachelor (1999) starring Chris O'Donnell and Renée Zellweger is a remake of Seven Chances (1925) directed by and starring Buster Keaton
- Big Daddy (1999) starring Adam Sandler is a remake of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (1921)
- What a Girl Wants (2003) starring Colin Firth and Amanda Bynes is a remake of The Reluctant Debutante (1958) directed by Vincente Minnelli.
- The Big Bounce (2004) starring Owen Wilson, Charlie Sheen, Morgan Freeman and Sara Foster is a remake of The Big Bounce (1969) starring Ryan O'Neal, Van Heflin, and Lee Grant.
- The Perfect Score (2004) starring Scarlett Johansson is a remake of How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate (1997) directed by Graham Jones.
- The Terminal (2004) starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones is a remake of Tombés du ciel (1993) directed by Philippe Lioret.
- The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) starring Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Willie Nelson, Jessica Simpson and Burt Reynolds is a remake of Moonrunners (1975) directed by Gy Waldron and starring Arthur Hunnicutt, Kiel Martin, C. Pete Munro, George 'Spanky' McFarland and Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer.
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is a remake of Prizzi's Honor (1985) directed by John Huston and starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner.
Did not know any of those... the Carpenter one is really interesting... because i love rio bravo and i love carpenter and couldn't wait to see Precinct 13... i'm even more anxious now.
Wait up, i'm not saying you are wrong in any way but i thuoght The Terminal , was based on the life of a real person not a re-make?
According to www.imdb.com it's a remake of Tombés du ciel (1993) it was inspired by the story of Merhan Nasseri, an Iranian refugee. In 1988, he landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris after being denied entry into England because his passport and United Nations refugee certificate had been stolen. French authorities would not let him leave the airport, and there stayed, in Terminal One, a stateless person with nowhere else to go. He has since been granted permission to either enter France or return to his own country. He instead chooses to continue to live in the terminal and tell his story to those who will listen.
sounds like both are based on the true story... the original and the remake... it can be both rushmore.