As far as financial success goes, MANY unfortunate American remakes have been more successful than their foreign originals (La Cage Aux Folles/ The Bird Cage, for example, and Trois Hommes et un Couffin/Three Men and a Baby). Sad, sad, sad. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Monaco" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: Remakes > "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 > ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]