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Film Remakes

For each film remake, see if you can name the original film it was based on.
Quiz by kalbahamut
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First submittedJune 24, 2015
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Remake
Year
Original
Year
Country
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Seven Samurai
1954
Japan
Flubber
1997
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
USA
Disturbia
2007
Rear Window
1954
USA
The Grudge
2004
Ju-On
2003
Japan
A Perfect Murder
1998
Dial M For Murder
1954
USA
Point of No Return
1993
La Femme Nikita
1990
France/Italy
Poseidon
2006
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
USA
Last Man Standing
1996
Yojimbo
1961
Japan
The Departed
2006
Infernal Affairs
2002
China
Meet Joe Black
1998
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
USA
Vanilla Sky
2001
Abre Los Ojos
1997
Spain
Chloe
2009
Nathalie
2004
France
The Preacher's Wife
1996
The Bishop's Wife
1947
USA
Heat
1995
L.A. Takedown
1989
USA
Let Me In
2010
Let The Right One In
2008
Sweden
I Am Legend
2007
The Last Man on Earth
1964
USA/Italy
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988
Bedtime Story
1964
USA
You've Got Mail
1998
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
USA
Scent of a Woman
1992
Profumo di donna
1974
Italy
True Lies
1994
La Totale!
1991
France
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jun 24, 2015
If there are any type-ins I should add, such as titles in their native language if I missed them, or something similar, please let me know. Thanks.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 11, 2015
Pro-tip: If you just type in the English translation of "Profuma di donna"- which is "Scent of a Woman"- you'll get that one. A bit amusing to me that nobody so far has.
evilpenguin
+1
Level 70
Aug 15, 2015
Wow, that's a hard one. (That's what *I* said.) Good quiz!
DorkmeisterBlu
+1
Level 72
Aug 17, 2015
Wasn't Omega Man also a source for I Am Legend?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 17, 2015
The Last Man on Earth was released in 1964, and based on the novel I Am Legend. The Omega Man (1971), I Am Legend (2007), and I Am Omega (2007) could all be considered remakes of the first and original film. And, at any rate, The Omega Man was not from 1964.
overtired
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Level 84
Apr 24, 2019
It's an interesting question whether they qualify as remakes given that they are all based on a novel. I wouldn't say, for instance, that Pride and Prejudice (2005) was a remake of Pride and Prejudice (1940). It's just a separate adaptation of the novel. On the other hand, Psycho (1998) is most certainly a remake of Psycho (1960), even though the original film was based on the Robert Bloch novel. I guess it comes down to the specifics of each production.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Apr 24, 2019
reasonable point but I also think it's reasonable to think: there was a novel, someone made a film adaptation, we think we can make a better adaptation, so we're going to do it again. Again(re)do(make). Some films like this rely more on the source than others but it's still a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th) attempt at making the same movie, more or less.
Carry
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Level 63
Aug 12, 2016
Not an easy quiz - that's for sure. I've only seen two of the originals: The one of the Grudge (I don't recommend it) and of Let Me In. What I really liked about Let Me In original was the German title "So finster die Nacht" (something like: So sinister the night). I got to add to this: Sometimes German titles sound really stupid (whether they just chose a different English title without a reason or it just sounds stupid). So when there's a great sounding one it sticks out. Though the English title of the original Comes straight from the Swedish title. Which just shows how sometimes German titles are very different.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Aug 12, 2016
I've seen The Absent-Minded Professor (silly), Rear Window (classic), Nikita (kitschy), Infernal Affairs (intense), and Abre Los Ojos (for an extra serving of Penelope). I also find foreign film titles sometimes bizarre.

Yesterday at the movie theater I saw ads for yet more remakes. Looks like they are redoing the Magnificent Seven (remaking the remake), and also I saw a poster for Ben-Hur. Probably with fewer horses killed or maimed in the production this time.

flanin
+2
Level 53
Sep 8, 2020
Just hit "Random Movie Quiz" and got this one. Looks like I'm the first to take it (and certainly to comment) in a while. Really enjoyed it, and got 14/20 correct! Pissed at myself for not coming up with Yojimbo or La Totale! before time ran out (they were definitely buried in my brain somewhere, but refused to surface), but pretty happy with the others I got and not surprised by the ones I didn't outside of those two.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Sep 8, 2020
happy you enjoyed it.
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