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Old 22-10-2004, 09:10 AM
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Odd Lot Remaking Lavender Hill Mob
Source: Variety October 22, 2004


Odd Lot Entertainment has acquired remake rights to The Lavender Hill Mob, with Dean Parisot (Fun with Dick and Jane) attached to direct, reports Variety.

Produced by the Ealing Studios in 1951 and directed by Charles Crichton (A Fish Called Wanda), "Mob" features Alec Guinness as a mild-mannered bank clerk who comes up with a plan to steal a fortune in gold bullion from his employer.

David Sussman will adapt the screenplay. His credits include Locked & Upright at Lions Gate and the adaptation of Being Alexander at New Line Cinema.

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Why have I got a sinking feeling at that news

Ah well, we've still got the origial: "By jove, its a good job we're both honest men, isn't it Pendlebury"

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Why is it that in a supposed creative industry are there people so dull of perception. Please can we find somebody with an original idea in thier head.
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Why is it that in a supposed creative industry are there people so dull of perception. Please can we find somebody with an original idea in thier head. [/b]
There are lots of people with lots of original ideas - but they don't control the purse strings. The ones with the money are very wary of any new ideas and prefer to repeat the same old formula that has been seen to work in the past.

The trouble is - that keeps on making them even more money so they don't see any reason to change.

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Agreed Steve, but where do we go from here? I have this deep concern that in 20 years or so people will be looking back to films made at this time saying that " they don't make 'em like that anymore"! Scary eh? ghostly As a serious question do you know of any remakes of decent orignal films that were actually BETTER the second time around? I'm blankly staring at my PC monitor, but I can't think of any, please, please refresh my memory there must be one somewhere........regards, Decks.
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As a serious question do you know of any remakes of decent orignal films that were actually BETTER the second time around? [/b]
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Agreed Steve, but where do we go from here? I have this deep concern that in 20 years or so people will be looking back to films made at this time saying that " they don't make 'em like that anymore"! Scary eh? ghostly
........regards, Decks. [/b]
It's easy, all you have to do is to stop the mindless masses believing the hype and going to see these heavily advertised remakes.

While you're at it you might have a go at curing world hunger & walking on water - they're probably easier to do.

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Why is it that in a supposed creative industry are there people so dull of perception. Please can we find somebody with an original idea in thier head. [/b]
There are lots of people with lots of original ideas - but they don't control the purse strings. The ones with the money are very wary of any new ideas and prefer to repeat the same old formula that has been seen to work in the past.

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Agreed Steve, but where do we go from here? I have this deep concern that in 20 years or so people will be looking back to films made at this time saying that " they don't make 'em like that anymore"! Scary eh? ghostly [/b]
That would be frightful, Decks!

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It's easy, all you have to do is to stop the mindless masses believing the hype and going to see these heavily advertised remakes. [/b]
I'm in the midst of reading a book on Launder and Gilliat and it shows how little has changed in the world of screen writing, when they started out nobody wanted original stories but adaptations of popular novels. Producers want to minimize the risk to their investment and if the story (a remake or adaptation) is familiar to the public they'll feel more confident of success.
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On the whole I dislike remakes - especially of those films regarded as classics. How long before we get "Citizen Kane" or "The Third Man" remade? Don't the numbskulls with the $$s realise that making a copy of an original doesn't make that copy as valuable. Admittedly there *may* be occasions where a film can be re-made with modern technology but sometimes the technology's not enough.

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but it's also the sincerest form of laziness. The grandees seem to think that by remaking a film they can cash in on the popularity of the original. They feel they're on to a "safe" bet. What they don't realise is that in many cases what made the original such a success was its uniqueness or was so stunningly different from the stuff being served up at the time!
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On the whole I dislike remakes - especially of those films regarded as classics. How long before we get "Citizen Kane" or "The Third Man" remade? Don't the numbskulls with the $$s realise that making a copy of an original doesn't make that copy as valuable. Admittedly there *may* be occasions where a film can be re-made with modern technology but sometimes the technology's not enough.

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but it's also the sincerest form of laziness. The grandees seem to think that by remaking a film they can cash in on the popularity of the original. They feel they're on to a "safe" bet. What they don't realise is that in many cases what made the original such a success was its uniqueness or was so stunningly different from the stuff being served up at the time! [/b]
I fully agree - but all the while that enough of the masses fall for the heavy advertising and go and see these remakes then the grandees can cash in on them.

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I guess they imagine there'll be a market for it......I haven't seen, and don't intend to, The Ladykillers remake but does anyone know how its done at the box office?
When can we expect the Whiskey Galore remake peopled with eccentric Californians with a stash of Panamian cocaine....(actually that may be be quite good!) And how about a Titfield Thunderbolt remake with some more eccentrics trying to run Concorde?
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The Ladykillers remake but does anyone know how its done at the box office? [/b]
It broke even or in box-office terms - opened at #2 behind Scooby Doo 2.
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