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I cannot wait for the American version.


The one where Alan "Chuck" Bennett, a handsome, honest but poor writer takes pity on the down and out Miss Shepard, and invites her to park her trailer on his garden in downtown Idaho.

He beats up the thugs rocking the trailer and pulls his Glock on anyone looking to move her on. He engages a young, but beautiful, social worker to look after her, paying her wages out of money he cannot afford.

Later, when Miss Shepard is restored to health, and with Chuck Bennet's encouragement she plays piano with the New York philharmonic, she dedicates the performance to him of course.

In the final tragic scenes, a dying Miss Shepard tells Chuck she is really a eccentric millionaire and has left him $30,000,000 in her will, before she passes on. Chuck also makes a fortune off the sale of her biography, and marries the female social worker who he has pined for all movie.

Can we work a blind dog into this somehow?

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Lol

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I think you have a well thought out premise for an American remake but who would you cast in Maggie Smith's place? For that reason alone I don't know that it could be done. Also the guy in Idaho would have to have some type of psychological disorder to account for the talking to himself that Bennet does. But really....who would you cast?

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I don't know that he's blind but the Taco Bell dog is out of work...lol

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They'll probably cast Jennifer Lawrence in a grey wig.

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but who would you cast in Maggie Smith's place?


Oprah Winfrey?

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Though this is all in jest, we all know it may come true. Especially since she's poised to win a Tony award I would have to suggest Jessica Lange, given her campy performances of late.

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yeah and the kids would be bullying her all the time around... he would have big problems by being an homossexual, and get punched around by the big biggot neighbour just across the street... problems with cops around all the time, especially the sherrif from the county... and i think they would cast Julliane Moore for the roll of mrs Sheppard or as she's english they would try Nicole Kidman, but with all the plastic work on her, they would need a 18 hours make up work so she would look like an old human.

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The Dame in the Yella Truck...

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Thank you for your very clever post. Based on the title I was prepared to hate it until I read it.

Unfortunately your premise may be correct. Let's just hope not.

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I thought the British were supposed to be subtle and witty.

I guess we all have our chavs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugNeWkeGYm8


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If there was an American version, it would star Shirley MacLaine - no doubt. Possibly Carol Burnett, though - I could see her doing this.

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Gena Rowlands.

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I think this movie was made in 1985. It was called Stone Pillow and starred the late Lucille Ball.

(I haven't seen it and I have no wish to see it)

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