In terms of American remakes of French films, I think most of them are financially more successful (from the batch made in the 1980s and 1990s). Jennifer Forrest and Leonard Koos have a good book about remakes called: Dead Ringers: The Remake in Theory and Practice Also see Lucy Mazdon's Encore Hollywood: Remaking French Cinema and Nancy A. Durham's book Double Takes: Culture and Gender in French Films and their American Remakes Both of those books include a lot of material about the economic and aesthetic comparison between French/American remakes. American remakes of American films are another whole topic. Andrew Horton and Stuart McDougal edited a volume called Play it Again, Sam: Retakes on Remakes that deals specifically with this issue. Brenda Risch, ABD UNC-Chapel Hill [log in to unmask] On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:20:43 -0400 James Monaco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > "The Truth About Charlie" got me thinking about > remakes. (it is a > retelling of Charade.) > > Can anyone think of a remake that was more > successful (artistically > or financially) that its original? > > (No sequels, please.) > > -- > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > James Monaco 212 777 5463 > UNET 2 Corporation 212 777 5534 > (fax) > 80 East 11th Street 800 269 6422 > (sales) > New York NY 10003 http://UNET.net > http://HEPDigital.com > > http://ElvisSinatra.com http://DVDLaser.com > http://KeepTalking.com > http://Readfilm.com http://Organa.com > http://ChipZone.com > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html