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can you name any other films that have been re-made, but also re-titled ?
e.g: Manhunter (1985?) = Red Dragon (2002)
can't think of any others at the mo, but there must be quite a few!



Thunderball (1965) = Never Say Never Again (1983)



The Shop Around The Corner = You Got Mail
The Time Machine = Piece Of Crap



Aren't Manhunter and Red Dragon just films of the same book, rather than Red Dragon being a remake of Manhunter?
James



Also, how about... Seven Samurai = The Magnificent Seven
:nuts:



Vanilla Sky = Abre los ojos



The Bishops Wife = The Preachers Wife
The Original a Classic IMHO the re-make total twaddle
The Seven Samurai = The Magnificant Seven
Both great
The Thing from another world = The Thing
Okay grasping at straws now :) still wouldnt mind seeing the original again ... havent seen it in ages.
Corpsical



Escape From New York = Escape From LA
:D
Well it was basically a remake!



Yojimbo = Fistful of Dollars = Last Man Standing
Vertigo = Almost anything by Brian De Palma



Planet of the Apes
Psycho
Death Takes a Holiday = Meet Joe Black
The Parent Trap
Mighty Joe Young
The Thomas Crown Affair
The King and I
sorry i'm not too sure about the years for any of these originals and remakes:confused:



Rocky = Rocky 2 = Rocky 3 = Rocky 4 = Rocky 5
Adriaaaaaaann :D



or more recently ......
ringu (1998 = The Ring (2002)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)=Mr. Deeds (2002)



Get Carter
The defiant ones
And then there were none
:)



Originally posted by Kashni
Planet of the Apes
Psycho
Death Takes a Holiday = Meet Joe Black
The Parent Trap
Mighty Joe Young
The Thomas Crown Affair
The King and I
sorry i'm not too sure about the years for any of these originals and remakes:confused:
i'm after ones with different names to the originals :D



The Front Page = His Girl Friday = The Front Page = Switching Channels



any more proper remakes with different names?



Depends...
L.A. Takedown = Heat



Charade = The Truth About Charlie



Originally posted by Sentinel
Depends...
L.A. Takedown = Heat
Arghhh! You beat me!;)
While I'm here doesn't La Cage Au Follies = The Birdcage?



Hidden Fortress = Star Wars (Ok inspired, but bloody close!)
Dial M For Murder = A Perfect Murder
hmmm, can't think of any more. Well it's sad I know that Sabrina Fair was remade as Sabrina, but just for completist sakes I'll put it in!



Dangerous Liasions= Cruel Intentions?



Strangers on the Train = Throw Moma from the Train
stretching it a but i know.........
JAmin



Emma = Clueless
a tenuous one, Rio Bravo = Assault On Precinct 13



Originally posted by khaavren
The Time Machine = Piece Of Crap :lol:



"...i'm after ones with different names to the originals..."
° (TCF, 1946) <a href="http://65.201.198.41/movies/capsules/00413_ANNA_AND_THE_KING_OF_SIAM_____.html">Anna And The King Of Siam</a> (Drama)
° (TCF, 1956) <a href="http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=4839&s=DVD">The King And I</a> (Musical)
° (WB, 1999) <a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/reviews/details.php?id=147">The King And I</a> (Animated)
° (TCF, 2000) <a href="http://www.boxoffice.com/scripts/fiw.dll?GetDVDReview?&where=ID&terms=526">Anna And The King</a> (Drama)
...well... you did ask...
. . . :o . . .



Nikita = The Assassin



The Getaway
Point Break - The Fast and the furious
Cape Fear
A.I = Pinocchio ;)
Mean Machine/ The Longest Yard
King Kong



...and, of course, if we allow Nikita we could be here all night, reciting Hollywood remakes of French, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Danish,
and Spanish movies (e.g., respectively: True Lies, A Walk In The Clouds, Victor/Victoria, A Little Night Music, The Vanishing, Nightwatch, Vanilla Sky... to name just a very few...)...
. . . ;) . . .



Vanilla Sky - Abre Los Ojos
The Jackal - The Day Of The Jackal
The Truth About Charlie - Charade



The Virgin Spring = Last House On The Left
Kairo = Pulse
Nosferatu = Shadow Of The Vampire (Sort of)



dunno if this really qualifies, but
Romeo & Juliet = West Side Story
Pygmalion = My Fair Lady



Ring = The Ring
The Hidden Fortress = Star Wars Ep4 (right?)



and of course how could anyone forget
7 samurai = magnificent 7 = battle beyond the stars
Phil



Originally posted by psyche
Nikita = The Assassin
You beat me to it :mad:
Also Leon = Bicchu



Fist of legend = ?



Dont know if this counts as a remake but it is very similar.
City On Fire (1987) = Reservoir Dogs (1992)



Hamlet - The Lion King



Cruel Intentions = Valmont = Dangerous Liasons = Les Liasons Dangereuse



Wages of Fear and Sorcerer



...I see there's a lot of 'cheating' going on... ok, so I'll bite:
° Josef von Sternberg's 1930 made-in-Germany Der blaue Engel - a movie that starred Emil Jannings and made a huge star out of Marlene Dietrich ... was remade in 1959 - in colour and CinemaScope - as The Blue Angel, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Curt Jurgens and May Britt - who did not become a 'Star' after this movie sank like a stone...
° Fritz Lang's 1931 German M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, the movie that made a 'Star' out of Peter Lorre ("The Man You Love To Hate"), was remade as Joseph Losey's 1951 M, the movie that made nobody a 'Star'...
° Gustav Molander's 1936 Swedish 'weepie' Intermezzo, featuring a very young Ingrid Bergman was remade in 1939, still titled Intermezzo, directed by Gregory Ratoff starring Leslie Howard and making a huge Star of Ms. Bergman... the screenplay was used again as the basis for Jerry Schatzberg's 1980 Honeysuckle Rose, starring Willie Nelson and Amy Irving...
...and so on... and on... and on... (...think "Solaris", think "The Bird Cage", think "A Woman's Face", "Gaslight", or "Algiers", think ".........your choice of a title..........", etc. etc....)
(...can't wait for a Hollywood remake of "Stalker" - imaginatively re-titled "The Stalker" and starring George Clooney...)
. . . :| . . .



Evil Dead = Evil Dead 2....



...it doesn't always have to be a Hollywood remake, either - I had dim memories of a couple of once-popular films, and went to the IMDb for confirmation:
° Austrian director Karl Hartl's 1948 film Der Engel mit der Posaune was remade in Britain in 1950, directed by Anthony Bushell and titled The Angel With The Trumpet ... not-yet-but-soon-to-be-famous actors Maria Schell and Oskar Werner appeared in both versions...
. . . :smokin: . . .



A couple of people have said Hidden Fortress = Episode 4
I thought I'd just be geeky and point out that it isn't even close to being a remake :dork:
Lucas copied the idea of telling a story from the perspective of the lowest characters (serfs in Kurosawa's movie, R2D2 and C3PO in SW), but that really is it, except there's a princess in both. Stories are not similar.
Sort of remake from Kurosawa (this is a stretch): Ran is his Japanese retelling of King Lear, which has been filmed hasn't it?



Traffik = Traffic



Interestingly, Manhunter was titled "Blutmond" (Blood Moon) in Germany and Austria when it first came out (as was the book, IIRC), now it has been retitled "Roter Drache". Can't imagine why... :)
So, to make this more interesting: Who can think of any other originals which were retitled to accomodate the release of the remake?



Oooh, thought of another!
Point Blank = Payback
They changed the twist that made the original more memorable, but other than that Gibbo's version is far better than the arty John Boorman effort.
Know what you mean Bick, but a few suggestions have started featuring inspirations as well as straightforward remakes. God help us once we get into Shakespeare...
Batesman, trying to think of an example but failing miserably. I know it's not what you mean, but my feeble mind keeps wandering over to Rambo. First Blood, then Rambo? Or was it First Blood Part 1, First Blood Part 2: Rambo? So is Rambo 3 really Rambo 2 or First Blood Part 3? hmmmm. :nuts:



oh....the terrible remake of Psycho



Originally posted by saigon
oh....the terrible remake of Psycho
It wasn't exactly renamed was it? Given the exact same title is rather closer to the truth. :rolleyes:



Ooh - just thought of a good one!
The Big Clock, starring Ray Milland was remade as No Way Out with Kevin Costner.
I thought the Costner movie was quite good, but if you get a chance to see the Big Clock you should check it out too.
Instead of there being a hunt for a military man that has to be organised by the "villian" himself, as in No Way Out, its set in a newspaper office, with the suspect of a crime being pursued by a group that has to be led by the suspect himself... so same idea.



Desperado - El Mariachi



Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956/1978) = Bodysnatchers (1993).
All three films are excellent IMO, and in particular the latter seems to be somewhat underrated.



Cyrano De Bergerac = Roxanne
:dork:



Well Here's another brain teaser.I have just watched Attack of the Clones on DVD and was thinking.
Has there been another film that has been a sequel and prequel at the same time.
Couldn't think of any....
Cheers
Call ME......................Snake
"I'm not afraid of dying,I just don't want to be there when it happens"



Surely that's the middle part of any film trilogy :rolleyes:



Originally posted by Nibbler
Surely that's the middle part of any film trilogy :rolleyes: :thumbs:



:p



Gone in 60 seconds
Duel - Road Kill/Joyride



Pride and Prejudice = Bridget Jones' Diary



The Absent Minded Professor = Flubber
Precilla: Queen of the Desert = To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
The Invisible Man = Hollow Man (?)
Snow White: A Tale of Terror = Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
City Of Angels = Wings of Desire



Originally posted by SnakePlisskin
Has there been another film that has been a sequel and prequel at the same time.
The Godfather II is a sequel (it's called '2') but also chronicles the events prior to The Godfather.
Does this count?



Originally posted by Mark
Cyrano De Bergerac = Roxanne

not to forget <i>The Truth About Cats and Dogs</i>



Originally posted by Brian Blessed Badger
and of course how could anyone forget
7 samurai = magnificent 7 = battle beyond the stars
Phil
or
7 samurai = magnificent 7 = A Bugs Life