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| Nancy |
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Syd wrote: Quote: lady wakasa
BTW, what has Syd done with Nancy that he's posting for her? Now I'm going to start thinking Chelsea Hotel. %^{
Threw a cat in her lap.
Yes, I was being cat furniture, and couldn't post for myself. Also, my computer was upstairs downloading an antivirus program. (Nothing to be concerned about -- OU has arranged for staff to have the software free, so I'm not renewing the one I'd been paying for.) Now, if Syd joins a punk band, I'll start worrying. |
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| otto e mezzo |
| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:10 pm |
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Scarface 1932 Hawks 1983 De Palma
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:58 am |
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All The Kings Men (1949) Mercedes McCambridge; Broderick Crawford
All The Kings Men (2005) Meryl Streep; Sean Penn
=56 yrs.
Ben Hur (1907)
Ben Hur (1959)
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:30 am |
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Okay, so Syd and Nancy are good (whew).
So far, we've got:
King Kong - 1933 - 1976 = 43 years
The Time Machine - 1960 - 2002 = 42
Boudu - 1932-1986 = 54
Mr. Deeds - 1936 - 2002 = 66
Frankenstein - 1910 - 1931 = 21
Scarface - 1932 - 1983 = 51
All the King's Men - 1949 - 2005 = 56
(if it were released, which it isn't)
Ben Hur - 1907 - 1925
The Sydster looks to be ahead!
It'd be interesting to find out the longest date to sequel too, but that's a different question. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:49 am |
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The Spartacuses (Spartaci?) were 44 years apart.
- Spartacus (1960, Stanley Kubrick)
- Spartacus (2004, Robert Dornhelm)
Sticking with Kubrick, the Lolitas were only 35 years apart.
Lolita (1962 --> 1997)
I recently watched the original To Be or Not to Be (1942).
The remake with Mel Brooks was 1983, so again only a paltry 41 years. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:57 am |
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A good one.
Meet Joe Black (a boring Brad Pitt film) was a remake of Death Takes a Holiday (or somesuch). I was enthusiastic about the Joe Black film when it came out, and then when it was heavily disappointing, I tried to track down the original)
That's 30's to late 90's.
Let me look it up ...
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
64 years!!
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:07 am |
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Well Mr Deeds still in the lead.
There was an animated Metropolis from Japan a few years back. Loosely based on Fritz Lang's late 20's masterpiece. Not sure if there were any sequels in between, or how well the anime film qualifies as a remake, but that would be 70+ years.
(In tangentially related news, I picked up a copy of The Testament of Dr. Mabuse earlier this evening, and it is soon going on) |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:29 pm |
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| The original Metropolis was 1927 and the remake was 2001, and there don't seem to be any versions in between, so you're ahead with 74 years. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:42 pm |
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According to imdb, Tezuka (the original manga writer) saw the Metropolis poster but not the movie, so remake? Eh....
... although I am open to bribes.
Dr. Mabuse is the original criminal mastermind. Excellent stuff. And it's got Rudolph Klein-Rogge, too. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:54 pm |
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| I'm stuck on a conference call (and you can tell how stimulating it is since I'm doing this at the same time), and it's ben about 24 hrs, so if syd or gromit want to go, who am I to stop them. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:31 pm |
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| go ahead gromit. |
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| otto e mezzo |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:05 pm |
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Nosferatu 1922 F.W. Murnau
Nosferatu 1979 Herzog
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| otto e mezzo |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:11 pm |
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Les Vampires 1915
Irma Vep 1996 (Spinoff)
81 years |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:09 pm |
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Here's one coming up:
Lassie Come Home 1943
Lassie 2006--63 years
This is a remake as near as I can tell. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:22 pm |
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Another:
Pride and Prejudice 1940 and 2003 (63 years)
There were TV versions in the interval but there doesn't seem to have been a screen version; interestingly, there are the 2004 Bride & Prejudice and a 2005 version coming out starring Keira Knightly.
As near as I can tell, the first movie version of Austin's Emma was Clueless; the Marie Dressler film is a different story entirely. |
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