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So is' War of the Buttons' a remake of the 1994 film..or a different ..

posted 12 years ago by hallowedgrnd
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War of the Buttons is a 1994 Irish film directed by John Roberts, about two rival kid gangs in Ireland, the Ballys (poor), and the Carricks (rich).

The film is based on a 1912 French novel by Louis Pergaud, that was filmed in 1961 and originally brought to the screen in 1962, in the French film directed by Yves Robert La Guerre des boutons.

So is" War of the Buttons" a remake of the 1994 film..or a different plot but similar title?!!.

[–] anney2j 12 years ago

It's not a remake of the 1994 Irish one. I haven't read the novel nor seen the 1961 film, but this new movie is set during the war. The background is quite elemental that there wasn't much depth to the actual rivalry of the two gangs.

[–] lisore 12 years ago

The 2011 version is a remake of the 1961 movie, but transposed during the Occupation (world war II). Or a new adaptation of the novel if you listen to the director... But it has nothing to do with the irish one (which is another adaptation of the novel, I guess).
There is an even older adaptation, La Guerre des gosses (War of the brats), from 1932.

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