Which film has been re-made the quickest?
Inspired by the thread about Robocop being (possibly) re-made just 18 years after the original (it may seem a long time, but Robocop was a high-profile blockbuster at the time, not a little known sleeper hit) I was wondering which film has been similarly re-made quite quickly when the original is still fresh.
I'm thinking of direct English language to English re-makes (i.e. no European or Asian films which are frequently re-made within a couple of years).
I'm thinking of direct English language to English re-makes (i.e. no European or Asian films which are frequently re-made within a couple of years).
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Also, a bit before my time, Beau Geste 1926 - remade 1939 (and again in 1966).
Films adapted from novels have been remade many times, such as popular horror like Frankenstein and Dracula (13 years between John Badham's 1979 version of Dracula and Francis Coppola's 1992 version, for example) or classic work like Dickens (Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol spring to mind) and, of course, Shakespeare.
It's debatable whether you can call book adaptations remakes; you could argue that they're just reinterpretations of the source novel.
But now I'm racking my brain trying to think of a remake that hasn't been originally adapted from a novel or a play.
Dawn of the Dead comes to mind, but that was 26 years between the original and the remake; likewise the remake of Romero's original Night of the Living Dead and its remake were 22 years apart. Perhaps I should try thinking of something other than horror films...
Just fixed that for you. Thank me later.
Abre Los Ojos (1997), Vanilla Sky (2001)
Ringu (1998), The Ring (2002)
Mon pere ce hero (1991), My Father the Hero (1994)
And I'm sure there are lots more.
THE ASSASSIN (The shit hollywood remake with Bridgit Fonda!) 1997
also.. willy wonka..... i guess that was long enough ago though... can't wait for the new one this summer!
Apart from that: the crap US version of The Vanishing followed hot on the heels of the original.
Take note people!
The Amityville Horror, original 1979, remade 2005.
26 years in between. The only one I could think of!