Brit remakes of American films

[DaveCinzano]

U- 571 with HMS Bulldog and U - 110 for added historical accuracy. Julian Clary to star as the salty sea captain and michael shumacher as the U boat Captain

No, Tim Bentinck (David from The Archers) as der Kapitän - he is well versed in such German speaking roles.

 

[JimW]

Once Upon A Time in The West - Adge Cutler and a bunch of Somerset likely lads make their artistic odyssey to immortality whilst also protecting a pretty local widow's scrumpy business from closure due to the nefarious machinations of health inspectors working for the sinister South West Water Board. Cameo from butchersapron as the boy'smanager.

 

[Reno]

The source material for all of them would have been the likes of Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker, though, surely?

Sure, but the idea was to update the Universal films in colour, with more sex and violence and they worked their way through the 30s/40s monster classics that Universal first did. The Hammer takes on the novels were no more faithful than the Universal films had been. In its streamlining of the plot, the first Hammer Dracula is more similar to the Lugosi film than to the novel. For their first Frankenstein film Hammer wanted to use the iconic Boris Karloff make-up for the monster, but were prevented to do so because Universal had copyrighted it. With some films like The Mummy and Curse of the Werewolf there were no literary sources and only the Universal classics to remake. With the sequels to their own films, Hammer left the Universal sources more and more behind, though sometimes, as with Frankenstein Created Woman, they still pinched the odd idea from Universal

 

[Idris2002]

Ah, OK, so they were specifically intended as remakes - another bit of film history I didn't know.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Once Upon A Time in The West - Adge Cutler and a bunch of Somerset likely lads make their artistic odyssey to immortality whilst also protecting a pretty local widow's scrumpy business from closure due to the nefarious machinations of health inspectors working for the sinister South West Water Board. Cameo from butchersapron as the boy'smanager.

For it to be a true homage to the original it would have to be a lot less interesting than that.

Possible synopsis: nothing happens for nine and a half hours. Every so often Danny Dyer plays the harmonica really badly for a bit then fucks off again.

 

[Idris2002]

Cameo from butchersapron as the boy'smanager.

Fresh from his breakthrough role as the lead in The Bristol Strangler.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Once Upon A Time in The West - Adge Cutler and a bunch of Somerset likely lads make their artistic odyssey to immortality whilst also protecting a pretty local widow's scrumpy business from closure due to the nefarious machinations of health inspectors working for the sinister South West Water Board. Cameo from butchersapron as the boy'smanager.

Already done in the East Midlands by Shane Meadows

 

[DaveCinzano]

Fresh from his breakthrough role as the lead in The Bristol Strangler.

I think you mean Orl Right On The Weston Front