issue swirls around narcissism of major players and passion for remaking, in this case of the old bob hope bing crosby road movies on the narcissistic isssue, lots of script tampering with what might have been originally a promising film by whatever giant ego or egos took repeated shots at it during what one screenwriter has called preproduction hell you might want to read two essays in my SCREEN MEMORIES: HOLLYWOOD CINEMA ON THE PSYCHOANALYTIC COUCH "On The McMovie: Less is Less at the Simplex", and "ALWAYS: Raiders of the Lost Text" . Lack of time prevent more coherent reply but you may find the above essays helpful re narcissism remakes screen industry politics so forth too many cooks spoiled a potentially interesting film is my best guess hr greenberg md endit ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]