Since Hollywood has been crazy about doing remakes, how about Flim Flam Man? I would love Michael Sarrazin to take over the Mordecai Jones role and how about Josh Harnett or Jason Biggs for Curly? I am a big fan of Michael Sarrazin's and I am waiting for him to do another film. Why not his first film in the U.S.? Anyone have other suggestions for the cast?
shareSounds like a good idea for two reasons. I'd love to see a modern version of this and it would probably develop enough interest to get the original put on DVD. Although Sarrazin would be good, I think you need a better comedian like Robin Williams to do the Mordecai role. I still think Sarrazin should be in it, perhaps as the girls father for a little irony.
shareSeriously? The perfect guy to take the role of Mordecai is Billy Bob Thornton.
shareI agree Billy Bob Thorton does have that type of humor,and talent to pull it off. Just a thought Morton Downey jr. also could do Michael's part. He can do the "confused part" pretty well.I heard Wilford Brimley isn't acting anymore,but he could do the part of Henry Morgan as the frusturated police chief. I'm just throwing out ideas here. any suggestions?
shareRobin Williams could do Mordecai agreed
shareHow about:
Curly: Skandar Keynes (sans British accent, of course)
Bonnie: Dakota Fanning
Mordecai: Al Pacino
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Usually my reaction when someone suggests "How about a remake?" for a wonderful old movie is: no way. It's perfect as it is. Leave it alone; don't tamper with it. I believe in large part what makes any good movie good is happy accident. The director and writer and actors have just the right chemistry and a good movie is born of that moment in history. Try to duplicate it, and it's unlikely that you'll hit it right.
I'll be a little more generous this time. Lets say you remake it, set in modern times as you implied. Maybe the remake could be a good movie in its own right. But it would so different that for all practical purposes it almost wouldn't seem like a remake.
Part of the reason I enjoy Flim-Flam Man is the rural small town charm of the times in which it was filmed. Sadly, that just doesn't exist like it used to. I speak as someone who grew up in a small Kentucky town so I have firsthand experience. The friendly general store on the corner is a thing of the past. The small farmers have largely been replaced by big business farming. It used to be that people in rural areas effectively had a unique colorful culture of their own. But now with internet and smartphones, everybody's wired up to the same monolithic Hollywood and corporate influenced culture as everyone else.
You could solve that problem by making it a period piece. But if you're going to do that, then you come back to the problem of trying to replicate something that was near perfect the first time. There's no way would it seem as authentic. So why bother?
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Unfortunately it's not gonna happen since Sarrazin died in 2011. RIP.
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