I see William Golamans is down as doing the script for this version too and was wondering if anyone knows have they just used his same script from 86 or has he updated it himself?
shareHe Updated the script himself, the draft I have is from 2012. Hope that answers your question.
These saints put my father on his knees!
Yeah thanks. Sounds cool. Cant wait to see how it turns out. Where'd you get the draft? U involved in the production or is it out there on the net?
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Goldman did the update himself but I'm guessing he was asked (told) to customize it for Statham by adding in a gratuitious action scene on the floor of a casino and by making the main character more unambiguously noble (for example by showing him c**k-blocking a fibbing lothario; biiiiiig mistake and done much better in the book, where he DOESN'T blow the guy's cover but instead just looks on with awe and amusement).
HEAT is a wonderful book turned into a not-very-good movie in 1986 and, I fear, a mediocre one in 2014.
And I'm sure this was dictated by the producers and/or the executives...
In the book and in the 1986 movie, Goldman uses this locution to describe the hero's history of having helped somebody:
He did him something once.
As in: "I still owe you Nick. You did me something once and I'll never forget it." Or, in the book's narration: "Escalante had known the guy for years. He did him something once and had no problem asking for a favor."
(These examples are my own, by the way, which I am paraphrasing -- badly -- from memory.)
But in the screenplay for the Statham film, the colloquial and catchy "You did me something once" has been changed to:
"You did something for me once."
Not as cool. Not as clever. Not as good.
Which perfectly captures my thoughts when I compare the screenplay to the book.
I know early reports said that Corey Yuen was hired as the fight choreographer, but since the old film only had a few short displays of Nick's skills, does that mean the new script ups the amount of hand-to-hand fighting? Cause it seems odd to hire someone like Corey Yuen for just a few short scuffles
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