Re-re-makes?
June 22, 2010 4:40 AM Subscribe
What movies have been made in triplicate?
Like King Kong (1933/1976/2005), what other movies exist in more than two versions? Different titles and drastically re-thought adaptations are ok, and bonus points for films that are generally equal in length.
Seems like Dracula (1931/1958/1992) and Frankenstein (1931/1973/1994) are both candidates, but I'm less interested in horror movies.
Like King Kong (1933/1976/2005), what other movies exist in more than two versions? Different titles and drastically re-thought adaptations are ok, and bonus points for films that are generally equal in length.
Seems like Dracula (1931/1958/1992) and Frankenstein (1931/1973/1994) are both candidates, but I'm less interested in horror movies.
Robin Hood comes to mind: Prince of Thieves, the Disney version, and Errol Flynn, among others.
posted by knile at 4:52 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by knile at 4:52 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Also...
The Front Page...Originally a stage play, it has been adapted on film (sometimes with twists) four times...The Front Page (1931), His Girl Friday (1940), The Front Page (1974), and Switching Channels (1988).
posted by Thorzdad at 4:55 AM on June 22, 2010
The Front Page...Originally a stage play, it has been adapted on film (sometimes with twists) four times...The Front Page (1931), His Girl Friday (1940), The Front Page (1974), and Switching Channels (1988).
posted by Thorzdad at 4:55 AM on June 22, 2010
Are you interested in remakes of a movie, as in King Kong, or re-adaptations of a story, as in Robin Hood?
posted by CharlesV42 at 4:56 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by CharlesV42 at 4:56 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: :Robin Hood" (1922, 1991, 2010); and "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935, 1962 and 1984). Referrring to major productions, naturally. There are numerous minor rehashes of these stories.
posted by BigLankyBastard at 4:57 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by BigLankyBastard at 4:57 AM on June 22, 2010
Pretty much any Shakespeare play will have multiples.
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 5:05 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 5:05 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Last Man on Earth (1964), Omega Man (1971), and I Am Legend (2007) are all based on the same short story by Richard Matheson, I Am Legend.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:11 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:11 AM on June 22, 2010
The Hound of the Baskervilles plus a few other Sherlock Holmes stories
Jane Eyre
...or basically pick any well-know 19th century novel.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 5:14 AM on June 22, 2010
Jane Eyre
...or basically pick any well-know 19th century novel.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 5:14 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Donald Westlake's novel, The Hunter was the basis for Point Blank (1967), Full Contact (1993), and Payback (1999).
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:15 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:15 AM on June 22, 2010
A Christmas Carol has many variations --- the ones starring Alastair Sim and Patrick Stewart come to mind as "serious" ones, and there are many which are slightly less so (Muppets', Disney's, and so forth).
posted by joeycoleman at 5:16 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by joeycoleman at 5:16 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Little Women in 1918, 1933, 1949, 1978, and 1994, plus numerous minor adaptations.
Pride and Prejudice also has numerous adaptations, especially if you include TV so you can get the BBC versions.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 5:18 AM on June 22, 2010
Pride and Prejudice also has numerous adaptations, especially if you include TV so you can get the BBC versions.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 5:18 AM on June 22, 2010
Oh, for the "drastically different" versions, lots of teen movies do this, "10 Things I Hate About You" is the "Taming of the Shrew" ... "Clueless" is "Emma" ... "O" is "Othello" ... "She's the Man" is "Twelfth Night" ... I'm sure there are more, and most of these you could find two other versions of all of those source materials.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 5:21 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 5:21 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Body Snatchers (1993) and then The Invasion (2007). The first two are great, the third has moments and the fourth is unwatchable.
posted by octothorpe at 5:21 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by octothorpe at 5:21 AM on June 22, 2010
Maybe not excactly what you were after, but the musical Ma-Ma (1976) was filmed in Russian, Rumanian and English at the same time.
posted by Harald74 at 5:22 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by Harald74 at 5:22 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Joan of Arc
Major versionss would be 1928, 1962, 1999.
posted by fire&wings at 5:22 AM on June 22, 2010
Major versionss would be 1928, 1962, 1999.
posted by fire&wings at 5:22 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: The Maltese Falcon was made three times in ten years: The Maltese Falcon (1931), Satan Met a Lady (1936) and then the definitive version in 1941.
posted by octothorpe at 5:24 AM on June 22, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by octothorpe at 5:24 AM on June 22, 2010 [1 favorite]
The Thing [from Another World] (1951)
The Thing (1982)
The Thing (2011)
posted by googly at 5:34 AM on June 22, 2010
The Thing (1982)
The Thing (2011)
posted by googly at 5:34 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea:
posted by sprocket87 at 5:45 AM on June 22, 2010
1919 (video)Plus tons of animated/TV/foreign versions.
1954
1997
1997 ("30,000 Leagues Under the Sea")
2012 (in development - Disney)
2013 (in development - Fox Pictures)
posted by sprocket87 at 5:45 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Yojimbo ---> A Fist Full of Dollars ---> Last Man Standing.
Seven Samurai ---> The Magnificent Seven ---> Battle Beyond the Stars
posted by zardoz at 5:48 AM on June 22, 2010 [2 favorites]
Seven Samurai ---> The Magnificent Seven ---> Battle Beyond the Stars
posted by zardoz at 5:48 AM on June 22, 2010 [2 favorites]
Some authors inspire movie makers over and over.
Agatha Christie: Ten Little Indians
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland
Henry James: Turn of the Screw
John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 5:51 AM on June 22, 2010
Agatha Christie: Ten Little Indians
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland
Henry James: Turn of the Screw
John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 5:51 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Casino Royale (1954) Casino Royale (1966), Casino Royale (2006)
Good luck convincing yourself that they're all based on the same book.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 5:53 AM on June 22, 2010
Good luck convincing yourself that they're all based on the same book.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 5:53 AM on June 22, 2010
The Wizard of Oz: the iconic 1939 version is the third try at it, and depending on how loose your definitions are, there have been a few more since then.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 5:59 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by ricochet biscuit at 5:59 AM on June 22, 2010
'Something's Got to Give' (1962) and 'Move Over Darling' (1963) were both remakes of
'My Favorite Wife' (1940).
'The Awful Truth' (1925), was a silent film remade as a talkie in 1929,
then again in 1937 (the famous version with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne),
and then remade again in 1953 as 'Let's Do It Again'
posted by mdrew at 6:04 AM on June 22, 2010
'My Favorite Wife' (1940).
'The Awful Truth' (1925), was a silent film remade as a talkie in 1929,
then again in 1937 (the famous version with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne),
and then remade again in 1953 as 'Let's Do It Again'
posted by mdrew at 6:04 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: This may be a stretch but...
Ju-on (2000)
The Grudge (2002)
The Grudge (2004)
Ju-on 2 (2000)
The Grudge 2 (2003)
The Grudge 2 (2006)
posted by geekchic at 6:13 AM on June 22, 2010
Ju-on (2000)
The Grudge (2002)
The Grudge (2004)
Ju-on 2 (2000)
The Grudge 2 (2003)
The Grudge 2 (2006)
posted by geekchic at 6:13 AM on June 22, 2010
Best answer: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) remade as:
Heaven Can Wait (1978) remade as:
Down to Earth (2001)
posted by digital-dragonfly at 6:16 AM on June 22, 2010
Heaven Can Wait (1978) remade as:
Down to Earth (2001)
posted by digital-dragonfly at 6:16 AM on June 22, 2010
I suppose while I'm thinking of it:
Ringu (1998)
Ring Virus (1999)
The Ring (2002)
Also, zardoz sez:
Seven Samurai ---> The Magnificent Seven ---> Battle Beyond the Stars
I submit:
Seven Samurai ---> The Magnificent Seven ---> Battle Beyond the Stars ---> A Bug's Life
posted by geekchic at 6:19 AM on June 22, 2010 [1 favorite]
Ringu (1998)
Ring Virus (1999)
The Ring (2002)
Also, zardoz sez:
Seven Samurai ---> The Magnificent Seven ---> Battle Beyond the Stars
I submit:
Seven Samurai ---> The Magnificent Seven ---> Battle Beyond the Stars ---> A Bug's Life
posted by geekchic at 6:19 AM on June 22, 2010 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks, all-- this is exactly what I was looking for.
Zardoz-- I got super excited when I saw your username listed alongside all these remakes, thinking that maybe Zardoz had been remade/a remake. Hopefully that's been greenlit somewhere for 2011. I didn't know about Battle Beyond The Stars.
posted by activitystory at 6:26 AM on June 22, 2010
Zardoz-- I got super excited when I saw your username listed alongside all these remakes, thinking that maybe Zardoz had been remade/a remake. Hopefully that's been greenlit somewhere for 2011. I didn't know about Battle Beyond The Stars.
posted by activitystory at 6:26 AM on June 22, 2010
The novel Lottie and Lisa inspired multiple films, including The Parent Trap (1961 and 1998), It Takes Two (1995), and Twice Upon a Time (1953).
Also, classic fairy tales like Cinderella or Snow White have many adaptations.
Homer's Odyssey has been adapted and borrowed from countless times, including Cold Mountain (supposedly), Big Fish, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
And don't forget King Arthur...
posted by castlebravo at 6:37 AM on June 22, 2010
Also, classic fairy tales like Cinderella or Snow White have many adaptations.
Homer's Odyssey has been adapted and borrowed from countless times, including Cold Mountain (supposedly), Big Fish, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
And don't forget King Arthur...
posted by castlebravo at 6:37 AM on June 22, 2010
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (2005, TV movie)
Poseidon (2006)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 6:54 AM on June 22, 2010
The Poseidon Adventure (2005, TV movie)
Poseidon (2006)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 6:54 AM on June 22, 2010
This tends to happen a lot with classic children's stories. Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel "A Little Princess" has had many film incarnations. It was made in 1917 with Mary Pickford, in 1939 with Shirley Temple, in 1973, in 1986, and then again in 1995. And that's just the English language versions. It's also been staged many, many times.
Anne of Green Gables has also been filmed and staged many times.
posted by orange swan at 7:20 AM on June 22, 2010
Anne of Green Gables has also been filmed and staged many times.
posted by orange swan at 7:20 AM on June 22, 2010
An Affair to Remember was a 1957 remake of the director's own 1939 movie Love Affair... which was also the title of the 1994 re-remake with Annette Bening and Warren Beatty.
Oddly, though the woman's name and occupation remains the same in all three films, the man's name and occupation changes each time.
According to Wikipedia, there are also two Bollywood remakes.
posted by Madamina at 7:42 AM on June 22, 2010
Oddly, though the woman's name and occupation remains the same in all three films, the man's name and occupation changes each time.
According to Wikipedia, there are also two Bollywood remakes.
posted by Madamina at 7:42 AM on June 22, 2010
La Femme Nikita, Point of No Return and Black Cat. Three different countries, though.
Bonus points: La Femme Nikita TV series from 1997 and the upcoming Nikita TV series.
posted by darksong at 7:52 AM on June 22, 2010
Bonus points: La Femme Nikita TV series from 1997 and the upcoming Nikita TV series.
posted by darksong at 7:52 AM on June 22, 2010
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1979)
Nosferatu (1998)
Solaris (1968)
Solaris (1972)
Solaris (2002)
The works of H. G. Wells are frequently adapted into film:
War of the Worlds was made into a film in 1953, and then in 2005 there were three remakes in the same year - by Steven Spielberg, Timothy Hines, and David Michael Latt. There are also numerous radio plays.
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
The First Men in the Moon (1919)
The First Men in the Moon (1964)
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
posted by oulipian at 7:56 AM on June 22, 2010
Nosferatu (1979)
Nosferatu (1998)
Solaris (1968)
Solaris (1972)
Solaris (2002)
The works of H. G. Wells are frequently adapted into film:
War of the Worlds was made into a film in 1953, and then in 2005 there were three remakes in the same year - by Steven Spielberg, Timothy Hines, and David Michael Latt. There are also numerous radio plays.
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
The First Men in the Moon (1919)
The First Men in the Moon (1964)
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
posted by oulipian at 7:56 AM on June 22, 2010
The Shop Around the Corner (1940), In the Good Old Summertime (1949), and You've Got Mail (1998) are all based on either the same play or based on each other.
There have been several versions of Ben-Hur, too.
posted by srah at 8:31 AM on June 22, 2010
There have been several versions of Ben-Hur, too.
posted by srah at 8:31 AM on June 22, 2010
Claire Booth Luce's camp classic hit play "The Women" was filmed in 1939 by George Cukor, remade in 1956 as a musical (which is wonderful in it's wretchedness), and inexplicably updated in 2008 by the apparently humor-averse Diane English.
posted by OneMonkeysUncle at 8:42 AM on June 22, 2010
posted by OneMonkeysUncle at 8:42 AM on June 22, 2010
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posted by Thorzdad at 4:50 AM on June 22, 2010