A Remake?
I really enjoy this movie and I think it would make a great remake with changing it due to time. I think the movie could work really well! My question is who do you want to play the parts?
shareI really enjoy this movie and I think it would make a great remake with changing it due to time. I think the movie could work really well! My question is who do you want to play the parts?
I seem to remember a TV remake with Bob Crane as the lead (I think it was in the 1970s.)
I think it's the black & white angle that makes a lot of people bring up remakes. They just can't get past the fact that a movie is NOT IN COLOR!! (Gasp!)Pity them, for they are shortsighted and limited folks.
Also, a good argument against remakes is not just that are no leads comparable to the Cary Grants, etc. of the golden age; it's the lack of career character actors. Capra especially was a master of using these accomplished "bit" players in his films. The cast lists are loaded with them: Jack Carson, Walter Brennan, James Gleason, Beulah Bondi, Anne Revere, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Lane--I could go on and on. These masters of their craft could take a part that involved little more than a few lines, and make an indelible mark on a movie. The folks showed more professionalism and talent in their small parts than today's "stars" exhibit in their entire careers, with few exceptions. They were versatile, polished, and totally captivating performers.