P-Mosh: The original is a classic. Sounds like they messed with the story enough that watching the original might just surprise you. You'll never look at Angela Lansbury the same way again... :)-->
Demme was recently on "Dateline" and said he wanted to update the original... and since Communism (or a specific country) weren't our main fear anymore (words to that effect), he used "multi-national corporations" as the resident evil...
Zix, I think that's a good idea to see the original... I'm planning on watching it prior to seeing this one...
Watch the scene where Frank Sinatra is having a fight in the apartment. When Sinatra goes to karate-chop the other guy, misses, and breaks the table, he actually broke his hand as well. The prop table hadn't been prepared right. In the same scene, the fight choreography got mixed up and he almost got kicked in the face, too.
There was a short discussion at the end of the VHS version in which Sinatra and John Frankenheimer talk about all this stuff. It's probably on the new cut of the DVD as well.
I probably never would have watched it, but my mother recommended it to me as a near-sci-fi movie. Now I find myself tuning in whenever I see it on the tv listings. Of course, that's just because the Chinese brainwashed me into watching it over and over again...
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P-Mosh: The original is a classic. Sounds like they messed with the story enough that watching the original might just surprise you. You'll never look at Angela Lansbury the same way again... :)-->
Go rent it. Highly recommended.
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Demme was recently on "Dateline" and said he wanted to update the original... and since Communism (or a specific country) weren't our main fear anymore (words to that effect), he used "multi-national corporations" as the resident evil...
Zix, I think that's a good idea to see the original... I'm planning on watching it prior to seeing this one...
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Watch the scene where Frank Sinatra is having a fight in the apartment. When Sinatra goes to karate-chop the other guy, misses, and breaks the table, he actually broke his hand as well. The prop table hadn't been prepared right. In the same scene, the fight choreography got mixed up and he almost got kicked in the face, too.
There was a short discussion at the end of the VHS version in which Sinatra and John Frankenheimer talk about all this stuff. It's probably on the new cut of the DVD as well.
I probably never would have watched it, but my mother recommended it to me as a near-sci-fi movie. Now I find myself tuning in whenever I see it on the tv listings. Of course, that's just because the Chinese brainwashed me into watching it over and over again...
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My friend at work said Angela Lansbury said, something like the above as well (like, "it was perfect, why mess with it?")
I'm going to try to find the original first.
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When you're watching it, remember that Lansbury is only 3 years older than Laurence Harvey... :)-->
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def59
It is funny that since Communism is no longer the enemy, Hollywood chose capitalism instead.
And if you listen the vets who fought with Kerry, does it not sound like the soldiers in both movies?
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Raf
Never saw the original. Didn't like the remake at all.
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Raf
you have got to see the original.
It shows that (gasp) Sinatra could act.
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Shellon
I finally saw this movie. I dug it.
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