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English-language films with previous foreign-language film versions

Including both English-language films that were based on previously released foreign-language films and those that were not based on any previous film, but share a common source material.

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by Anonymousreply 161June 1, 2019 5:16 PM

Hollywood is addicted to remaking foreign films

by Anonymousreply 1June 19, 2018 8:10 PM

Brothers 2009 - remake of Susanne Bier's Danish film Brødre (2004)

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by Anonymousreply 2June 19, 2018 8:13 PM

Shall We Dance? (2004) is remake of a 1996 Japanese film Shall We Dance? (Sharu wi Dansu?)

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by Anonymousreply 3June 19, 2018 8:16 PM

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

The 1970s French version was infinitely better than the American remake with Robin Williams.

by Anonymousreply 4June 19, 2018 8:27 PM

Not a film, but a series...

LES REVENANTS The French version was incredible. Spooky, atmospheric, well-written, well-acted.

The American version, The Returned, was awful & wuickly cancelled.

by Anonymousreply 5June 19, 2018 8:33 PM

"Vanilla Sky", a near shot-for-shot remake of "Abre Los Ojos"/ "(Open Your Eyes)". Penelope Cruz played the same character in both versions, although in the remake she's more annoyingly "Manic Pixie Dream-Girl".

by Anonymousreply 6June 19, 2018 8:57 PM

"Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)" (1987) remade as "City of Angels" (1998)

by Anonymousreply 7June 20, 2018 5:37 AM

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, horrible remake of the excellent Swedish original.

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by Anonymousreply 8June 20, 2018 5:48 AM

Secret in their Eyes, another horrible remake of the superb El secreto de sus ojos

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by Anonymousreply 9June 20, 2018 5:50 AM

Agree with you all. Is there ANY American remake that's better? Probably not. The original must have been good for studio suits to remake as an easy way to make money.

by Anonymousreply 10June 20, 2018 8:15 AM

The Talented Mr. Ripley is a not-terrible remake of the French-language 1960 film Plein Soleil, starring the beautiful Alain Delon. The English-language version did keep the original title of the Highsmith novel on which both films are based.

3 Men and a Baby (and its sequels) are a terrible remake of the very funny French film Trois Hommes et un Couffin.

Dinner for Schmucks is a terrible remake of another very funny French movie, Le Diner de Cons.

I could go on...

by Anonymousreply 11June 20, 2018 9:13 AM

R6 Vanilla Sky veers miles away from the source material, to its' detriment.

Infernal Affairs is brilliant - The Departed is not

by Anonymousreply 12June 20, 2018 9:22 AM

Die Trapp Familie (1956) --> The Sound of Music (1965)

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by Anonymousreply 13June 20, 2018 10:50 AM

Viktor und Viktoria (1933 & 1957) --> Victor/Victoria (1982)

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by Anonymousreply 14June 20, 2018 10:56 AM

Le Miroir à Deux Faces (1958)

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by Anonymousreply 15June 20, 2018 11:07 AM

I thought the American Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was better than the original film

by Anonymousreply 16June 20, 2018 11:43 AM

Point of No Return, remake of Nikita

Diabolique

by Anonymousreply 17June 20, 2018 11:47 AM

The little girl vampire movies Let the Right One In. The American version is not better but it’s very good. Both are very good.

by Anonymousreply 18June 20, 2018 12:21 PM

The Seven Samurai - The Magnificent Seven

by Anonymousreply 19June 20, 2018 2:49 PM

Boudou Saved From Drowning (1932) was turned in the inferior Down and Out in Beverly Hills during the 1980s.

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by Anonymousreply 20June 20, 2018 2:52 PM

The Vanishing and Oldbiy were ruined I tell you.

by Anonymousreply 21June 20, 2018 2:52 PM

^ Oldboy

by Anonymousreply 22June 20, 2018 2:53 PM

The 2014 brilliant and original film from Israel The Kindergarten Teacher recently got turned into a horrible American remake starting Jake's sister Maggie G. Avoid the remake at all costs.

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by Anonymousreply 23June 20, 2018 2:54 PM

The very shitty La Totale (1991) became the far superior True Lies (1994).

Classic example of turning hay into gold.

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by Anonymousreply 24June 20, 2018 2:57 PM

Les Fugitifs (1986), a very entertaining French farce of sorts became a very entertaining American Comedy Three Fugitives (1989)

This is one of the few that works.

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by Anonymousreply 25June 20, 2018 3:00 PM

Wim Wenders magical Wings of Desire (1987) became a bland but surprisingly good romance with Nicolas Cage & Meg Ryan called City of Angels (1998)

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by Anonymousreply 26June 20, 2018 3:06 PM

Lina Wertmullers 1974 SWEPT AWAY vs the Madonna /Guy Ritchie abortion of 2002.

Jesus wept.

by Anonymousreply 27June 20, 2018 3:07 PM

[27] Not only Jesus, but the rest of us too....

by Anonymousreply 28June 20, 2018 3:10 PM

R26 -> R7

by Anonymousreply 29June 20, 2018 3:34 PM

Not a remake per se, but the basic "revenge-minded woman" story, and many other elements of Japan's "Lady Snowblood", as well as France's "The Bride Wore Black", turn up in "Kill Bill".

by Anonymousreply 30June 21, 2018 1:49 AM

Yojimbo -- A Fistful of Dollars Hidden Fortress -- Star Wars (loose interpretation) Ringu - The Ring Seven Samurai - The Magnificient Seven

by Anonymousreply 31June 21, 2018 1:57 AM

ugh sorry---

Yojimbo -- A Fistful of Dollars

Hidden Fortress -- Star Wars (loose interpretation)

Ringu - The Ring

Seven Samurai - The Magnificient Seven

by Anonymousreply 32June 21, 2018 1:58 AM

Luca G's "A Bigger Splash" with Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton was a remake of "La Piscine" from 1969, with Alain Delon and Romy Schneider.

by Anonymousreply 33June 21, 2018 2:49 AM

Both Vadim's "Circle of Love" 1964, and Max Ophuls' "La Ronde" 1950 are versions of Schnitzler's play.

by Anonymousreply 34June 21, 2018 2:54 AM

The excellent Norwegian film Insomnia (1997) with Stellan Skarsgård and the meh 2002 remake with Pacino and Robin Williams.

Fellini's excellent 8-1/2 and the silly remake 9 with Daniel Day-Lewis.

The 2007 Brit Death at a Funeral remade in 2010 by Hollywood, both featuring Peter Dinklage.

by Anonymousreply 35June 21, 2018 3:17 AM

The pretty good French film Anthony Zimmer and the so-so American remake The Tourist, with Depp and Jolie.

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by Anonymousreply 36June 21, 2018 3:21 AM

Opposite direction

All That Heaven Allows --> Ali Fear Eats the Soul

by Anonymousreply 37June 21, 2018 3:28 AM

"Willie and Phil" 1980 is an American remake of Truffaut's classic, "Jules et Jim" 1962

by Anonymousreply 38June 21, 2018 3:35 AM

Ang Lee's Taiwanese Eat Drink, Man Woman and the remake 2001 Tortilla Soup, which was pretty good for a remake.

The Belgian film Loft (2008), was remade by the Dutch in 2010 (also called Loft) and then remade by Hollywood as The Loft in 2014. Matthias Schoenaerts appeared as the same character in both the Belgian and American versions. The Belgian version is the best of the lot.

The French Bob Le Flambeur (1956) was remade as The Good Thief with Nick Nolte in 2002. Both films were excellent.

The French Return of Martin Guerre (1982) with Gerard Depardieu was remade as Sommersby (1993) with Richard Gere and Jodie Foster.

Michael Haneke made his Austrian original Funny Games in 1997 and then remade it in English, also called Funny Games, in 2007.

The charming German Bella Martha (2001) with Martina Gedeck and Sergio Castellitto and the piece of shit remake No Reservations (2007) with Aaron Eckhart and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

The 2007 Israeli film HaChov (The Debt) with Gila Almagor was remade as The Debt (2011) with Helen Mirren.

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by Anonymousreply 39June 21, 2018 3:52 AM

The pre-code film "Heaven Doesn't Want Her," starring Helen Lawson in her scandalous motion picture debut, was a far superior remake of 魔鬼女人欺骗她的丈夫 (aka "Devil Woman is Deceiving Her Husband.")

by Anonymousreply 40June 21, 2018 4:13 AM

Jakob the Liar (Germany, 1956) won the first regular Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. I don't think the Robin WIlliams' version, Jacob the Liar, received any Academy Awards

by Anonymousreply 41June 21, 2018 4:27 AM

Cousin Cousin (1975) into Cousins (1989) Mon père, ce Héros (1991) into My Father the Hero (1994) both starring Gerard Depardieu La Vie Continue (1981) into Men Don't Leave (1990)

by Anonymousreply 42June 21, 2018 6:08 AM

Profumo di donna (1974) became Scent of a Woman (1992)

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by Anonymousreply 43June 21, 2018 11:06 AM

A bout de souffle (1960) became Breathless (1983)

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by Anonymousreply 44June 21, 2018 11:08 AM

Claude Chabrol's brillant La Femme Infidèle (1969) with the divine Stephane Audran became Intersection (1994) with the godawful Sharon Stone.

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by Anonymousreply 45June 21, 2018 11:11 AM

Les compères (1983) with Gerald Depardieu became Father's Day (1997) with Robin Williams & Billy Crystal slumming it.

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by Anonymousreply 46June 21, 2018 11:14 AM

Kind of being picky but Victor/Victoria is more of a remake of First a Girl, the British version with Jessie Mathews, than Viktor/Viktoria. If you want to be true to the title of the post, it should be First a Girl-Viktor/Viktoria.

I am pretty sure that The Talented Mr. Ripley is based on the book, not the previous film.

by Anonymousreply 47June 21, 2018 11:16 AM

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) from Brazil became Kiss Me Goodbye (1981) with Sally Field, Jeff Bridges & James Can. One of the rare cases where the American remake is better.

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by Anonymousreply 48June 21, 2018 11:17 AM

Eric Rohmers wonderful Love in the Afternoon (aka Chloe in the Afternoon) (1972) was remade by Chris Rock as I Think I Love My Wife (2007). Apparently Chris Rock was a huge fan of the Rohmer film which does beg the question: Why would you want to remake something so great?

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by Anonymousreply 49June 21, 2018 11:20 AM

The French original, "Le week-end de cinquante chargements de Dawson" is so much better than the inferior remake, "Dawson's Fifty Load Weekend".

by Anonymousreply 50June 21, 2018 11:21 AM

Crime d'amour (English title: Love Crime) (2010) with Kristin Scott Thomas was terribly remade by the usually great Brian De Palma as Passion (2012).

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by Anonymousreply 51June 21, 2018 11:22 AM

A Pain in the Ass (1973) was remade by Billy Wilder as Buddy, Buddy (1981) with Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau. Side note: is was also remade in France in 2009.

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by Anonymousreply 52June 21, 2018 11:25 AM

Un moment d'égarement (English title: One Wild Moment) (1977) was remade in 1984 as Blame It on Rio with Michael Caine and a young Demi Moore. It was remade again by the French in 2015 with Vincent Cassell. Talk about flogging a dead horse.

by Anonymousreply 53June 21, 2018 11:28 AM

The Japanese Dark Water (2002) horribly remade in 2005 with the horribly wasted and gorgeous deserves better Jennifer Connelly.

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by Anonymousreply 54June 21, 2018 12:22 PM

Gojira (better known as Godzilla) (1954) remade several times the first being the worst, the 1998 version.

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by Anonymousreply 55June 21, 2018 12:24 PM

Lina Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi became All Screwed Up starring Richard Pryor

Tarkovsky's 3-hour long Solaris became Soderberg's 1½-hour long Solaris

Bergman's The Virgin Spring was an influence on Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left

by Anonymousreply 56June 21, 2018 12:27 PM

"previous foreign-language film versions" aka original.

by Anonymousreply 57June 21, 2018 2:21 PM

Jean Renoir's "La Chienne" was remade by Fritz Lang as "Scarlet Street"

by Anonymousreply 58June 21, 2018 2:45 PM

The two versions of RIPLEY are so different that it's not really accurate to call the Minghella film a remake as R47 noted, even though both films are based on the same Highsmith novel. Personall, I find the Minghella film better - only Delon's performance in PURPLE NOON registers strongly.

I personally find the American remake of THE RING better than the Japanese original - there's so much bad acting in a lot of the J-horror films.

Neither film of DRAGON TATOO is any masterwork, but Noomi Rapace is much more like the Salander of the novels than Rooney Mara. Plus Fincher has this tendency to keep the same tonality from scene to scene, so it all become rather monotonous after a while. GONE GIRL had the same problem.

The brilliant SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT became the stage musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC followed by the ghastly film version. Despite Sondheim's brilliance, no iteration of NIGHT MUSIC has been in the same league as the Bergman film, mostly due to a mediocre book/script by Hugh Wheeler.

by Anonymousreply 59June 21, 2018 3:06 PM

Death at a Funeral 2007 (British film) was remade as Daddy Cool in India.

It was also Inexplicably remade in the US with Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan and Martin Lawrence in 2011 apparently so that US audiences could understand it - Awful film.

Trailer from 2007 British version.

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by Anonymousreply 60June 21, 2018 3:33 PM

Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (The Tall Blond Man with One Back Shoe) (1972) became The Man with One Red Shoe (1985).

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by Anonymousreply 61June 22, 2018 6:06 AM

Un éléphant ça trompe énormément (1976) became The Women in Red (1984) with Gene Wilder.

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by Anonymousreply 62June 22, 2018 6:08 AM

LOL (2008) remained LOL (2012) in the US remake with the same director Lisa Azuelos.

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by Anonymousreply 63June 22, 2018 6:10 AM

The Intouchables (2011) remade into The Upside (2017) that remains unreleased probably because its a Harvey Weinstein production and is a piece of crap.

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by Anonymousreply 64June 22, 2018 6:42 AM

The 2013 film from Chile, Gloria has been remade by its own director (Sebastian Lelio) starring Julianne Moore due out later this year or early next. Title remains the same: Gloria.

Worth noting that the 2013 film and it's American remake are in no way relating to Gloria (1980) starring Gena Rowlands.

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by Anonymousreply 65June 22, 2018 6:47 AM

M (1931) remade as M (1951)

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by Anonymousreply 66June 22, 2018 8:15 AM

Just wait until Chinese & Hollywood studios team up to make insanely big-budget sci-fi movies:

* two casts -- one "western" (speaking English),one "eastern" (speaking Mandarin, with characters who speak Japanese, Korean, and Cantonese). Main characters in one cast have minor parts in the other.

* same sets, costume design, cgi

* action takes place in Asia, America, Europe, and India. Kind 0f like recent British TV shows that find excuses to have characters running back & forth between the US & UK so viewers in both countries can feel like it's "local" when it airs on their side of the atlantic.

The general idea: shoot the foreign-language remake right up front & split the scene & cgi costs between them.

Maybe add a third cast with mostly Indian actors

by Anonymousreply 67June 22, 2018 8:42 AM

Nueve Reinas (aka Nines queens) (2000) remade as Criminal (2004)

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by Anonymousreply 68June 22, 2018 9:19 AM

Reservoir Dogs

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by Anonymousreply 69June 22, 2018 9:28 AM

[quote]The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, horrible remake of the excellent Swedish original.

TBH, the original Swedish trilogy wasn't really that great.

by Anonymousreply 70June 22, 2018 9:33 AM

Here's one in reverse:

The French film A Pain in the Ass (L'Emmerdeur) is a remake of Billy Wilder's Buddy, Buddy

by Anonymousreply 71June 22, 2018 12:57 PM

Another in reverse:

Lumet's 1957 Twelve Angry Men was brilliantly remade in 2007 by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov as "12".

by Anonymousreply 72June 22, 2018 1:06 PM

[71] see [52]

by Anonymousreply 73June 22, 2018 1:25 PM

Tolstoy's War and Peace was first filmed in 1915 in Russia directed by Vladimir Gardin, remade by 1947 by Japanese director Fumio Kamei, remade in 1956 in Hollywood directed by King Vidor, remade in 1966 in Russia directed by Serge Bondarchuk. Vidor's version was 208 minutes, Bondarchuk's version was 431 minutes.

by Anonymousreply 74June 22, 2018 1:36 PM

^^^ Sergei^^^

by Anonymousreply 75June 22, 2018 1:37 PM

Francois Truffaut"s "La Sirene de Mississippi" or "Mississippi Mermaid" with Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo became "Original Sin" with Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas.

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by Anonymousreply 76May 26, 2019 11:02 PM

R44, the 1983 remake of "Breathless" is one of the worst movies of all time.

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by Anonymousreply 77May 26, 2019 11:04 PM

"Carousel" the R&H musical starring Gordon MacRae shares source material with the 1934 French film "Liliom" starring Charles Boyer.

Ditto "Gigi" the L&L musical (with Leslie Caron) and the 1949 French film of the same name starring Danielle Delorme.

by Anonymousreply 78May 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Bump.

by Anonymousreply 79May 26, 2019 11:11 PM

"The Man Who Loved Women" was first done by Truffaut, IIRC, then remade with Burt Reynolds. The suspenseful "Wages of Fear," with Montand, was remade with Efrem Zimbalist and Brian Keith. "Violent Road"?

by Anonymousreply 80May 26, 2019 11:20 PM

I believe Joachim Trier's THELMA, which is as perfect as a film can get, is getting an American remake. Trier's film is visual hommage to both Hitchcock and De Palma, and it has a very Trier approach to storytelling (novel like). At the center of the film is a lesbian love story set in college. I expect the American version to have some young trans characters thrown in.

Adrien Lynne's UNFAITHFUL is a remake of Chabrol's masterpiece THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE. I admit that Lynne's film is a guilty pleasure. WHET Lynne? He hasn't directed anything since.

by Anonymousreply 81May 26, 2019 11:21 PM

"And God Created Woman" had the stunning Bardot. Whatever one's orientation, she was a force of nature in that. The remake had the stunning Vincent Spano. Can't remember if Vadim also directed that.

by Anonymousreply 82May 26, 2019 11:28 PM

Another reverse. "No Man of Her Own" was an excellent noir with Stanwyck and, briefly, gorgeous Richard Denning. Remade in France as "I Married a Dead Man" (the basis book's original title) with Nathalie Baye.

by Anonymousreply 83May 26, 2019 11:35 PM

The Vanishing (Dutch: Spoorloos, literally: "Traceless" or "Without a Trace") is a 1988 thriller film directed by George Sluizer, adapted from the novella The Golden Egg (1984) by Tim Krabbé. ... Sluizer remade the film in English in 1993; the remake was poorly received.

The original of The Vanishing (Dutch version) is worth seeking out--one of the most brutally scary films I've ever seen. The remake starred Jeff Bridges. He wasn't bad; it was just that the original was so good. I didn't know that Sluizer directed the American remake. I haven't read the original novella but I have heard of Tim Krabbe, who is a highly regarded writer. (His brother was Jeroen Krabbe the actor.)

by Anonymousreply 84May 26, 2019 11:44 PM

Haneke remade his own film FUNNY GAMES. For what reason, I don't know.

by Anonymousreply 85May 26, 2019 11:49 PM

I thought Down and Out in Beverly Hills was very funny. I remember it with pleasure.

by Anonymousreply 86May 26, 2019 11:51 PM

R84 the original is remarkable, but so disturbing that I never feel that I can recommend it. Deeply chilling, and brilliant. My understanding is that the remake has a cop- out ending.

Love The Fourth Man with Jeroen Krabbe.

by Anonymousreply 87May 26, 2019 11:54 PM

The French film Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) remade as the Madonna movie Desperately Seeking Susan

by Anonymousreply 88May 27, 2019 12:01 AM

Miss Bala that came out earlier this year is a remake of a Mexican film. The original is a lot more grittier, but Gina Rodriguez is still awesome in the remake.

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by Anonymousreply 89May 27, 2019 12:08 AM

The Parent Trap is a remake of Das Doppelte Lottchen.

r42, the title of the French film that Cousins is based on is Cousin Cousine (pas Cousin Cousin).

by Anonymousreply 90May 27, 2019 12:12 AM

r84, what do you mean "his brother was Jeroen Krabbe"? Jeroen Krabbe is still alive.

by Anonymousreply 91May 27, 2019 12:15 AM

R88, I don't think so.

by Anonymousreply 92May 27, 2019 1:23 AM

Do Disney cartoons count?

If so, there is a marvelous French language version of Beauty of the Beast starring Jean Marais and Josette Day and directed by Jean Cocteau.

by Anonymousreply 93May 27, 2019 1:27 AM

I think "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946?) was slightly preceded by Visconti's "Ossessione" with sizzling Massimo Girotti, a "discovery" of the director.

by Anonymousreply 94May 27, 2019 1:33 AM

L’appartement with Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel has a (weak) remake with Diane Kruger and Josh Hartnett.

by Anonymousreply 95May 27, 2019 2:47 AM

The medicore Paradise (1991) starring Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson was a remake of the wonderful La Grand Cemin (1987) which starred the wonderful French actress Anémone who recently passed away.

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by Anonymousreply 96May 27, 2019 8:38 AM

R45, Non. "La Femme Infidèle" was remade into "Unfaithful" with Diane Lane and Richard Gere. "Intersection" with Sharon Stone and Richard Gere again was a remake of Claude Sautet's "Les Choses de la Vie" starring the lovely Romy Schneider.

by Anonymousreply 97May 27, 2019 8:59 AM

Funny, the Frenchies love our American movies, but, thank heavens!, they never try to remake them!

by Anonymousreply 98May 27, 2019 5:10 PM

OT, but I just wanted to put this out there:

I know of 3 MGM remakes of their own musicals! All starring Howard Keel.

"Rose Marie" with Nelson Eddy remade as "Rose Marie" with Howard Keel. - I much prefer the first! "Showboat" with Allan Jones remade as "Showboat" with Howard Keel. - I prefer the second! "Roberta" with Fred Astaire and Randolph Scott, remade as "Lovely To Look At" with Howard Keel and Red Skelton. - I love them both!

by Anonymousreply 99May 27, 2019 5:16 PM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 100May 27, 2019 5:31 PM

I'd Keel for Howard! He could fill those tights.

by Anonymousreply 101May 27, 2019 6:45 PM

For a time Richard Gere seemed to be the go-to guy for American remakes: Breathless, Sommersby (Le retour de Martin Guerre), Intersection, Unfaithful, Shall We Dance?

by Anonymousreply 102May 27, 2019 6:52 PM

Always thought it was interesting that the original Italian script for "Scent of a Woman" was nominated for a screenplay Oscar way back when., That must be a first in terms of remakes later. Surprised nobody dared try it with the also nominated (and truly amazing) "Obscure Object of Desire".

Not to be snarky but are you sure "Jacob the Liar" won a Foreign Language Film Oscar?

by Anonymousreply 103May 27, 2019 6:58 PM

1974 and only nominated unless there was an earlier version I am missing.

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by Anonymousreply 104May 27, 2019 7:00 PM

R102, very interesting!

On another thread someone pointed out that Richard Gere is a limited actor and does well in roles where "he is just there."

I thought that was a really apt and humorous description of Gere.

by Anonymousreply 105May 27, 2019 7:46 PM

R101, indeed!

That was in "Kiss Me Kate"!

by Anonymousreply 106May 27, 2019 7:46 PM

Funny Games is one the toughest trillers I’ve seen. Brutal very depressing hopeless story. The original French film was excellent in its horrible way. American version was poor copy. Upper one is from the original. Susanne Lothar was perfect in her role. She played it so real it was scary. The mood in the original was total sadness and helplessness. Took long time to get over it.

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by Anonymousreply 107May 27, 2019 7:51 PM

R107, I have never been able to make it all the way through a Michael Haneke film.

Tried "Cache" with J. Binoche and "The Piano Teacher" with Isabelle Huppert. Just too depressing!

by Anonymousreply 108May 27, 2019 8:10 PM

R102, what French film was remade as "Shall We Dance" with R. Gere?

Tried to look it up.......

by Anonymousreply 109May 27, 2019 8:11 PM

R67 Roger Corman sort of did that with his movies. He had a rule that it was a waste not to use a set for at least 2 productions.

by Anonymousreply 110May 27, 2019 8:13 PM

I watched [italic]the White Ribbon[/italic], r108. That was enough torture for me.

by Anonymousreply 111May 27, 2019 8:17 PM

I said this before, but I saw Michael Haneke in the Paris metro about 2 or 3 years ago. He was sitting on a bench with a woman his age who looked perfectly fine. He was staring at the rails with a look of utter horror on his face. I guess his own movies scare even him.

by Anonymousreply 112May 27, 2019 8:21 PM

R107, R112, actually, I turned off "Cache" because it was tedious.

When viewing "The Piano Teacher", however, I had to make ample use of the FF button on my remote. And the version I had was the edited version, according to what I have read on IMDB! Just a brutal film

I wonder if I had seen these films in a movie theater, would I have walked out? The home video experience is so different from the old-fashioned sit in a crowed theater one........

by Anonymousreply 113May 27, 2019 8:25 PM

I saw a number of Haneke's films, all in theaters. Some of them made me uncomfortable but I never walked out. Funny Games was the one he remade (or the name of the remake?)--and was the hardest to take. I might have actually seen that on DVD and stopped watching or might have walked out. Otherwise, even with the discomfort factor, I think most of his films are compelling. He's a weird dude though.

by Anonymousreply 114May 27, 2019 8:38 PM

R109, "Shall We Dance" with Richard Gere is a remake of a Japanese film.

by Anonymousreply 115May 27, 2019 8:43 PM

R107 The original Funny Games is Austrian not French.

by Anonymousreply 116May 27, 2019 10:55 PM

The Ramen Girl --> Tampopo

by Anonymousreply 117May 27, 2019 11:02 PM

Also:

Tortilla Soup --> Eat Drink Man Woman

by Anonymousreply 118May 27, 2019 11:03 PM

R117 is most loosely based on the original, but R118 was a complete rip-off of the original.

by Anonymousreply 119May 27, 2019 11:06 PM

more*

by Anonymousreply 120May 27, 2019 11:06 PM

I completely agree with [R84] and [R87] regarding the original Sluzier directed version of "The Vanishing." I found it to be a deeply disturbing and very meloncholy film that put me in a funk for a few days after seeing it. Horrific but not violent, brutal but not bloody, with an ingenious Chinese box of a plot in which the first half of the movie is essentially the whole story in metaphor (but you don't realize that until you've seen it). It makes only the slightest concession to audience catharsis that's customary in a mainstream American film, hence the changes in the Hollywood remake with Jeff Bridges. In the original, the mystery is solved, but at a very high price, and the perpetrator, benefiting from the assumptions of those around him as well as malicious cunning, goes unpunished. Well-acted, bleakly witty, and powerful, but not really the sort of film I look forward to seeing again.

by Anonymousreply 121May 27, 2019 11:33 PM

R116, yeah, "The Piano Teacher" was weird. It took place in Vienna, yet everyone spoke French.

Isabelle Huppert's name was "Erika Kohout" which sounds German or Czech, but not French!

by Anonymousreply 122May 27, 2019 11:48 PM

I saw "The Return of Martin Guerre." It was okay, but not too thrilling. I am quite surprised they remade it!

by Anonymousreply 123May 28, 2019 12:39 AM

I guess we can talk about Hollywood remakes of

1. Heidi - German film 2. Madame Bovary - French 3. Scrooge aka A Christmas Carol - original movie was from UK with Alistair Sims

by Anonymousreply 124May 28, 2019 1:55 AM

Looks like the Hollywood Shirley Temple version of Heidi was made in 1937.

The Swiss (not German) version was made in 1952.

And I think it was a made for tv version of Heidi which interrupted the Jets game in 1968!

by Anonymousreply 125May 28, 2019 1:59 AM

Madame Bovary - 1934 French version with Valentine Teissier. (Jean Renoir) Madame Bovary - 1949 Hollywood version with Jennifer Jones. (Vincente Minnelli) Madame Bovary - 1992 French version with Isabelle Huppert. (Claude Chabrol)

by Anonymousreply 126May 28, 2019 2:03 AM

Well I'll be!

The Hollywood version of A Christmas Carol came first.! It had lots of Brits in it, though.

1938 - MGM - with Reginald Owen as Scrooge. 1951 - with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.

by Anonymousreply 127May 28, 2019 2:06 AM

You could say Dangerous Liaisons (1988) was a remake of Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960 (1959, Roger Vadim), though both are based on the novel of the same name. I think I prefer the Vadim film. It’s something of a period piece, heralding the Swinging Sixties just a few years away. And ravishing Jeanne Moreau and Gerard Philippe are sexy and knowing in that singularly European way. Le Salaire de la Peur (The Wages of Fear, 1953) was remade in 1977 as Sorcerer (‘We gotta get this nitro over the mountains!’). The former is ranked among the greatest films ever made. But Sorcerer was a fine entertainment in its own right and paid homage to the Clouzot original. A remake of a different order was The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), which was turned into an American TV sitcom in the 1960s. (Yeah, I know, I’m dating myself.) The movie was American but set in Britain and starred Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison and George Sanders. Critics seemed not to know quite what to make of it: was it a love story? a ghost story? (Stop! You’re both right!) But for my money it’s one of the most romantic films ever made.

by Anonymousreply 128May 28, 2019 3:14 AM

Ghost is very beautiful and Rex is actually likeable in it. Wages was remade in the 50s with Brian Keith and Efrem Zimbalist.

by Anonymousreply 129May 28, 2019 3:27 AM

R128, I used to watch "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" on tv. I really liked Hope Lange (kind of a Shirley Jones type) and I am pretty sure this was the first time I ever saw Charles Nelson Reilly.

That could be its own thread: TV shows based on a movie, where the tv show was actually high quality.

This show would be on that list, plus The Odd Couple with Tony and Jack!

by Anonymousreply 130May 28, 2019 1:59 PM

Bump.

by Anonymousreply 131May 28, 2019 2:51 PM

OT, Datalounge cinephiles in New York, who remembers the Bleecker Street Theater and the Carnegie Hall Cinema?

Loved them!

by Anonymousreply 132May 28, 2019 5:57 PM

R132 oh yes. And the cave that was Theater 80 St. Marks, the Elgin, the Soho Playhouse , Thalia, aka the sinking-ship theater. Run by cute Richard Schwartz, long gone. Double bills! Did you ever see "Cinemania," the doc about movie mavens (fanatics). Remember pig-tailed Roberta?

by Anonymousreply 133May 28, 2019 6:30 PM

Yes, oooold.

by Anonymousreply 134May 28, 2019 6:31 PM

R133, yes! The double bills!!

And yes to the Thalia and St. Marks!

by Anonymousreply 135May 28, 2019 9:39 PM

R129, thanks for the Wages tip. I’ll watch for it. I do love the original.

by Anonymousreply 136May 30, 2019 1:54 AM

R130, I admit I used to watch Ghost on TV as well. Hope Lange was a lovely actress.

by Anonymousreply 137May 30, 2019 1:59 AM

I had a friend who was pals with Hope Lange's daughter. His (and my) favorite quote from daughter to Hope: "I know cats that have better mothers!" Hope was a big time boozer apparently.

by Anonymousreply 138May 30, 2019 2:07 AM

R136 it's called "Violent Road" (1958). I haven't seen it and doubt it's as good as the original. Included in the cast is the lovely Sean Garrison.

R138 I know that ungrateful bitch daughter. She put Hope through hell. A sociopath. Hope had the patience of Job with her.

by Anonymousreply 139May 30, 2019 3:54 AM

Hope was in a TV movie that was one of the first to have a gay theme, "That Certain Summer," She plays the wife of Hal Holbrook,, who's having an affair with Martin Sheen. She stayed friends with her ex Don Murray, who had very kind things to say about her when she died.

by Anonymousreply 140May 30, 2019 4:47 AM

The very wonderful Pepe le Moko was made into Algiers which I've never seen.

The book of Night Music is an embarrassment when the original film is such a beauty. Sondheim is forced to do all the heavy lifting.

by Anonymousreply 141May 30, 2019 5:29 AM

There was a second US version in 1948 called "Casbah," which introduced Arlen's "It Was Written in the Stars" and "For Every Man There's a Woman."

by Anonymousreply 142May 30, 2019 5:49 AM

"Nathalie" with Emmanuelle Beart and Fanny Ardant (2003) was remade as "Chloe" with Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore, (2009).

I saw "Nathalie" on dvd, and it was not great.

by Anonymousreply 143May 30, 2019 6:48 AM

1983's "Les comperes" with Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard was remade as "Father's Day" with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in 1997.

I saw the French original way back when; it was pretty good!

by Anonymousreply 144May 30, 2019 6:52 AM

"Mixed Nuts" in 1994 with Steve Martin was a remake of 1982's "Le Pere Noel est une ordure" with lots of famous Frenchies from the troupe Le Splendid.

Have not seen either, but the French film is quite famous in France.

by Anonymousreply 145May 30, 2019 6:57 AM

1990's "La Femme Nikita" starring Anne Parillaud was remade in 1993 as "Point of No Return" starring Bridget Fonda.

by Anonymousreply 146May 30, 2019 7:00 AM

1981's "La chevre" starring, again, Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard was remade in 1991 as "Knock on Wood" with Danny Glover and Martin Short.

Have not seen either!

by Anonymousreply 147May 30, 2019 7:03 AM

R147 here, sorry the American remake of "La chevre" was "Pure Luck."

by Anonymousreply 148May 30, 2019 7:04 AM

France's "Le jouet" (1976) with Pierre Richard was remade in 1982 as "The Toy" with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason.

by Anonymousreply 149May 30, 2019 7:08 AM

From Wiki: "Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Eight French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (as The Man with One Red Shoe), L'emmerdeur (as Buddy Buddy), La Cage aux Folles (as The Birdcage), Le Jouet (as The Toy), Les Compères (as Fathers' Day), La chèvre (as Pure Luck), Les Fugitifs (as Three Fugitives), and Le dîner de cons (as Dinner for Schmucks). He also wrote the screenplay for My Father the Hero, the 1994 American remake of the French-language film Mon père, ce héros."

I can't believe than any of the American versions is as good as the French!

by Anonymousreply 150May 30, 2019 7:11 AM

OT, but Italy's "Il diavolo in corpo" was made in 1986 with Maruschka Detmers and Federico Pitzalis. From Wiki: "One of the more notable aspects of the film is an extended (though darkly lit) scene in which the character played by Maruschka Detmers performs an unsimulated fellatio on the character played by Federico Pitzalis."

This film was a remake of France's "Le diable au corps" from 1947 with Micheline Presle and Gerard Philippe.

Both are based on the novel by Raymond Radiguet. "Devil in the Flesh" is the English translation.

by Anonymousreply 151May 30, 2019 7:18 AM

Bump.

by Anonymousreply 152May 30, 2019 7:30 AM

Sliding Doors with GOOP was an unofficial remake of the Polish film Blind Chance (1987).

by Anonymousreply 153May 30, 2019 1:24 PM

R6, I have tried to watch "Abre los ojos" the original Spanish film with Penelope Cruz and Eduardo Noriega.

I always want to like it, but I just don't get it. The plot twists are too much for me.

by Anonymousreply 154May 30, 2019 4:50 PM

Davis' "Stolen Life" was a remake, I think, of an earlier foreign version with Elizabeth Bergner, who was said to be a model for Margo in "All About Eve."

Lang's "The Big Heat" was a remake of Renoir's "La Be^te Humaine."

Crawford's "A Woman's Face" is a remake of Ingrid Bergman's earlier Swedish version, in which the makeup was uglier.

Bergman's US film debut, "Intermezzo," is a remake of her Swedish version a year earlier.

by Anonymousreply 155May 30, 2019 5:08 PM

In Order of Disappearance ( 2014 ) with the excellent Stellan Skarsgård was remade as Cold Pursuit with Liam Neeson. The latter was released this year to no great fanfare, probably because of Neeson stepping on that famous dick of his.

If only he’d been as willing in his career to do as many full frontals as Skarsgård ( and I’ve always been grateful for those ).

by Anonymousreply 156May 30, 2019 5:30 PM

R156, the king of frontals is Harvey Keitel.

by Anonymousreply 157May 30, 2019 5:34 PM

Another one in reverse:

1950s Diabolique (with Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret & Paul Meurisse) became 1970s Reflections of Murder (with Joan Hackett, Tuesday Weld & Sam Waterston) - and then later again 1990s Diabolique with the godawful Isabelle Adjani, Sharon Stone & Chazz Palminteri)

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by Anonymousreply 158May 30, 2019 5:56 PM

The reveal in Diabolique scared the hell out of me.

by Anonymousreply 159May 30, 2019 6:40 PM

If you liked 1971's "Fiddler on the Roof" with Topol, you might check out the Yiddish language drama "Tevya" from 1937 starring the great Yiddish actor Maurice Schwartz.

by Anonymousreply 160May 30, 2019 9:20 PM

It's hard to believe that Hollywood bothers to remake French movies.

Our views on sexuality are just so different...how could a French movie with sex and romance possibly translate to an American setting, without changing the essence of the original?

by Anonymousreply 161June 1, 2019 5:16 PM
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