Who would you pick to star in a remake?

Recently saw this film on tv again and looked for comments on it. Think making this as a comedy is a stupid idea. A drama with some funny moments is okay, but not a complete comedy. But what about this: make the white guy older so he represents the old racist ideas that hasn't gone away, with a modern day black? Just an idea, but its better than a comedy version, I think. Really, though, I don't think this film should be remade as it wouldn't have the impact as the orignial.

It would depend on whether it was a comedy or staying as a drama as to who I would cast in it. If it was a drama, I'd get Ewan McGregor (cuz I thought Tony Curtis looked like Ewan in some scenes) or Johnny Depp and Sean Patrick Thomas. If it was gonna be a comedy, I'd get Chris Evans and Martin Lawerence.

Unfortunately, Hollywood already remade/ruined this classic film with 1996's "FLED". It starred Lawrence Fishbourne and Stephen Baldwin. It wasn't a drama, or a comedy, or really much of anything. The racial conflict is that there is not a racial conflict with the exception of one surly line from Baldwin. If they make this movie again I will only have a question: WHY!?

Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy

Christopher Walken and John Witherspoon. It would be art.

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." -H.L. Mencken

They already did do a remake! (1996's "Fled" w/ Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) and Stephen Baldwin (The Flintstones Go to Viva Rock Vegas) as the convicts and Will Patton (Remember the Titans) as the sheriff. They changed the characters and locales around to make a pretty rehased film.

laurence fishburne and stephen baldwin.

This is a movie that should not be remade, not because it isn't a good movie but simply because a remake would ruin the merit of the movie. Moreover, the movie is very much a period movie. The theme of racism still translates today but the movie today is not "revolutionary" as it was back in 1958. Mostly though I think a remake would take away from the merit of the film. I'm not saying that a good remake of this movie couldn't be made but it would take a really talented director to remake it in the style of the 1950's. By this I mean the director would need to keep the movie clean, i.e. no addition of any kind of a nude scene. I'm sure that an addition of swearing wouldn't take from the movie too much and might help the film in relating to today's modern audience but proper discretion would need to be taken. Also, I'm sure some violence or added gore could be done but again with proper discretion. Granted neither the violence nor the swearing is needed but it seems that it's what the populace wants in their movies nowadays. My own personal opinion is that it should be left alone. The only thing that should be done to it, and this is simply to gain it some attention is to re-release the movie and maybe colorize it.