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Monday, August 17, 2009
Brewster's Millions to be remade...?
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/16/warner-bros-to-remake-brewsters-millions/
I'm a pretty big fan of
Walter Hill's
movies. His early ones, anyway.
Among my favorites (that he directed) are
The Warriors
(avoid the "Director's Cut". Alas, the original theatrical cut is better, IMHO),
The Driver
(One of my favorites, although I read somewhere that the lead role was originally written for Steve McQueen. I suspect had he taken the role, the film would today be considered a classic. Ryan O'Neal, however, was quite good, as was Bruce Dern),
The Long Riders
,
Southern Comfort
(yeah, it was very derivative of
Deliverance
, but still, it was pretty good),
48 Hours
(the original but not the sequel. Regarding the sequel: Ugh), and
Streets of Fire
(perhaps THE best
Michael Pare
film ever, and an early appearance of Diane Lane).
The film that Walter Hill followed
Streets of Fire
with, alas, was
Brewster's Millions
, a film that, despite its cast (Richard Pryor and John Candy were the leads), I found a crushing, humorless bore. It was from that point on that Walter Hill's directorial output became more hit and miss (sadly, more
miss
than hit). Mind you, I don't blame the movie for Mr. Hill's subsequent lesser quality features, but then again...
Anyway, as the article above states, there may be plans to remake the film. They can't go anywhere but up!
Monday, August 17, 2009 7:53:04 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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