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'Bringing Up Baby'

posted 10 years ago by esskayess
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For virtually the same plot in the 30s, watch 'Bringing Up Baby.' The similarity was intentional.

Although some of it is the same - reluctant intellectual with stuffy fiancee being pursued by scatty heroine etc - much of it is quite different. No leopard for instance, and all the business with the identical bags. I think it was much better that way than a straight remake, which would have been tedious.

[–] mark.waltz 8 years ago

"Influenced by", yes, but definitely not a remake. And hopefully they leave these two classics alone.

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[–] snelling 8 years ago

I could not get through "Bringing Up Baby," yet I love this.

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[–] Jakezen 8 years ago

That would be like saying Raging Bull is a remake of Rocky. They are both dramas about boxing, they are both down and out fighters, their life is a mess, they both have a best friend helping them, and they are both looking for redemption and identity in the ring.

Buck Henry, et al, did a way better job of writing a screwball comedy than Bringing Up Baby.