Sentences with phrase «original film a classic»

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To mark the 60th anniversary of its original release, a restored HD version of the classic British animation film has hit the shelves.

The Virginian (1929) is a classic western - a film adaptation of Owen Wister's 1902 western play and original novel.

Caesar was then hired by Warner Bros and it was during this time that he produced such Warners films as Her Majesty Love (1931, with W. C. Fields) and Fireman Save My Child (1932, with Joe E. Brown) In 1934, Caesar won a «Best Original Story» Academy Award for his now - classic crime yarn Manhattan Melodrama, a film that spawned several remakes, both official and otherwise.

«Guess Who» is a dry comedy, a remake of the classic «Guess Who's Coming to Dinner» (1967), only this time, it has a race role reversal, where the original film was about a white family meeting a black man, this film centers around a black family meeting a white man.

The original Chips continues to be a film classic.

Quite possibly the goriest film ever made by a Hollywood studio, Evil Dead is a new Horror classic, a film that accomplishes the nearly impossible task of staying true to the original's roots while standing firmly on its own.

It may not rise to the level of such a classic, but tonally it's reminiscent of Young Frankenstein, a work that at once parodied the Shelley story in broad comic terms while also being supremely in awe of the James Whale film, right down to using original set pieces and compositions to mirror without any form of irony the source material.

Singer's first directing gig since Valkyrie in 2008 is a 3D, CGI - heavy take on the classic fairy tales «Jack and the Beanstalk» and «Jack the Giant Killer,» the latter giving the film its original title.

Nashville (1975) is maverick director / producer Robert Altman's classic, multi-level, original, two and a half - hour epic study of American culture, show - business, leadership and politics - and one of the great American films of the 1970s.

Werner Herzog's eerie color remake of F.W. Murnau's original vampire classic (itself an unauthorized version of Bram Stoker's Dracula) is at once faithful to Murnau's film and quintessentially Herzogian.

Remember those classic lines quoted from Jackson's book in the original film?

Gary Lucas» live original solo guitar soundtrack accompanying the legendary 1967 Brazilian cult horror film classic directed by and starring Jose Mojica Marins a / k / a Coffin Joe.

Additionally, in no particular order, there were vocal supporters of the Ralph Jones «incongruously great score to «Slumber Party Massacre ``; «Phantasm» «s heavily «Exorcist «- indebted score from Fred Myrow and Malcom Seagrave; Danny Elfman «s channelling of Bernard Herrmann for «Nightbreed ``; Wojciech Kilar «s bombastic, often recycled music for «Bram Stoker's Dracula ``; John Harrison's score for Romero's anthology film «Creepshow ``; Richard Band «s better - than - deserved compositions for the terrible «Troll ``; the great Lalo Schifrin «s score for the original «The Amityville Horror ``; a more recent example in Climax Golden Twins» music for Brad Anderson «s now cultish «Session 9 ``; Pino Donaggio's terrific work with de Palma's «Dressed to Kill ``; Gene Moore's classic church organ scares in «Carnival of Souls ``; and while we've featured Bava fils above, we could easily have found room for his father Mario Bava, probably with the funky original music by Libra for his final film «Shock.»

Farrands explains that the original opening of the film was to be a nightmare sequence that would've paid homage to Carpenter's classic opening scene, and he lays bare the Man in Black's intentions to sacrifice baby Stephen Lloyd and in turn transfer Michael's evil into young Danny Strode and then starting the cycle again.

Instead of his realisitc look in the upcoming live - action Jungle Book film, Disney decided to go for the more classic Baloo look from the original film.

In keeping with the popular social media trend of «Throwback Thursday» (#TBT), we will from time to time take a moment to focus on the classic trailers, posters, and promotional items from some of our favorite Halloween - themed movies, TV shows, and more, continuing today with a flashback viewing of the original trailer for the sixth film in the Halloween franchise, originally titled Halloween 666: The Origin of Michael Myers (1995).

The film takes place 30 years after Ridley Scott's original 1982 sci - fi noir classic Blade Runner.

The film tells the tale of the making of Hollywood dreamer Tommy Wiseau's dreadful movie The Room, a wannabe serious drama that turned into a certified cult comedy classic on the midnight show circuit — certainly not by original intention.

Against All Odds is an interesting but ultimately flawed remake of the film noir classic Out of the Past (which is paid homage to by casting the star of the original (Greer, The Big Steal) as the mother).

Those who see the original after this remake will now be bored, but most will choose not to even view the classic because this one seems so weak and stupid it will make them care even less about seeking the 1960 film out.

A sequel to the original seminal sci - fi classic Blade Runner follows a new agent whose investigation collides with the previous film.

The film tells the tale of the making of Hollywood dreamer Tommy Wiseau's dreadful movie The Room, a wannabe serious drama that turned into a certified cult comedy classic on the midnight show circuit — certainly not by original... Read

If the original classic wasn't around to support the sequel what would everyone make of this film.

The film stays true to the original classic songs — «Be Our Guest» is as amazing in live - action as it was when it was animated.

The action is more intense and the drama is better portrayed with a closer adaptation of the original novel and while the classic westerns hold a certain place in my heart I doubt they've ever been able to portray the west as well and as beautifully as they did in this film.

Original cast members Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander present the first - ever screening of the cult classic's third film, in which the lost boys and girls of San Cazador prepare to party under the Blood Moon — while an alpha vampire conspires to turn these unsuspecting ravers into an army of undead.

Remaking a time - honored classic film seems like a useless task, as part of the reason why the original is considered classic is due to the ability to endure over time and speak to different generations.

After speaking about how the original movie came together and his upcoming tour behind the recently released anthology of his classic scores for his films, Carpenter confirmed that the new movie will ignore all the sequels, including (presumably) Zombie's movies.

The Jungle Book director Jon Favreau is set to update yet another classic for the studio with a live - action remake featuring songs from the original film

The original film was a classic tale of revenge that followed an elite special agent (Lee Byung - hun, «G.I. Joe») whose pregnant fiancé is murdered by an evil madman (Choi Min - sik, «Oldboy»), prompting him to lure the killer into an increasingly violent and twisted game of cat - and - mouse.

Packed with wall to wall action (sometimes too much), the fifth film with the words «Die Hard» in the title is a worthy addition to the family started with John McTiernan's classic original.

In addition, both versions of the film — the original theatrical cut and the 2001 director's cut, «Apocalypse Now Redux» — have been digitally restored in high definition with excellent results, delivering a sharper picture without making it look glossy like some of the other classic movies recently released on Blu - ray.

His slangy eloquence, his brilliance at scene making, and his nose for the zeitgeist fostered a slew of smash movie classics, including the seminal silent gangster film Underworld (1927), which won the first Oscar for best original screen story, and its sound - film successor, Scarface (1932); the screwball satire Nothing Sacred (1937); and the seductive romantic thriller, Notorious (1946).

Running February 19 thru March 10, along with a separate shorts program of short films and trailers, the Music Box will be showing 14 features — some of them in prints from their original theatrical runs — that run the gamut from Oscar - winning classics to cult oddities to contemporary uses of the format.

Though we love nothing more than to bemoan an upcoming remake of a classic film, sometimes the newer version turns out to be even better than the original.

Although this film is a stone - cold classic, it does contain many of the trappings of 30s - 40s era movies that haven't aged well, such as a corny original score and some broad jokes based on cliches that fall pretty flat.

When I was at college, I was hung over once, I had a Cornetto ice cream and I felt much better» The flavours featured in each of the tasty Ice Creams loosely follow each of the film's themes: There's the red of strawberry in Shaun of the Dead (blood), the blue classic original flavour in Hot Fuzz (Police) and the green of the mint chocolate version in The World's End (Aliens).

The film is an odd curiosity: a sort - of - modernized sort - of - remake of a classic, made by the original director but with a no - name cast (apart from Christopher Lee in a callback cameo), and with a lolling, lazy indifference that suggests a student project.

The rest are of the supplements are just grace notes: a relaxed interview with actor Rod Taylor, a tribute to «The Original Inglorious Bastards» with director Enzo Castellari and actor Bo Svenson (who both make cameo's in QT's film), a mock - featurette on «The Making of Nation's Pride» (with the performers all in character — Eli Roth has a blast playing the sneering autocratic German auteur of this «lost» classic of Nazi propaganda cinema) and montages showing the playfulness of QT and his cast and crew on the set.

The quintessential sequel, the quintessential sci - fi actioner and one of the greatest films ever made, James Cameron's sequel to his breakthrough classic was such a massive upgrade over its predecessor that it ended up decimating the 1984 original in all filmmaking departments with effortless ease, and remains one of the most influential, entertaining and breathtaking action extravaganzas to ever grace our movie screens.

During the yesterday's San Diego Comic - Con panel for The Hateful Eight, director Quentin Tarantino, a huge admirer of classic Spaghetti Westerns, revealed that legendary composer Ennio Morricone will be providing an original score for the film.

Writer Jason Fuchs and director Joe Wright (Atonement, Hanna) have created a Peter Pan «origin» story that lacks any touch of whimsy or enchantment from the original books or the numerous film adaptations: the 1953 Disney animated classic, the 1991 Steven Spielberg / Robin Williams / Dustin Hoffman vehicle, the underrated 2003 live action version from director P.J. Hogan, or even last year's Live TV broadcast featuring Allison Williams as Peter.

Publicity Materials holds the following four marketing videos: a 30 - second TV spot and 90 - second full theatrical trailer from the film's original 1988 release, the 1996 reissue trailer (1:40), and the 1996 EPK short «Return of a Classic» (1:59) which exaggerates the film's significance, attempting to lump it in with Disney Animation's Renaissance.

Based on the, er, cult classic series, the new film stars Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra «Phwoarr» Daddario, and Kelly Rohrbach, with appearances by original floaties - spruikers David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson.

Making a sequel to Mary Poppins over 50 years after the original film charmed audiences all over the world and quickly established itself as an instant classic that maintains all of its magic and charm in 2017 sounds like a terrible idea on paper... but it's hard not to be completely won over by the thought of Emily Blunt stepping in for the great Julie Andrews and Hamilton maestro Lin - Manuel Miranda lending his talents as her co-star.

It's pretty hard to believe that Roman Polanski's «Chinatown» almost went home empty - handed at the 1975 Academy Awards (it ended up winning Best Original Screenplay), because it's not only one of the best film noirs ever made, but it's an American classic.

Not only has Stephen King's IT broken box office records (grossing an insane $ 117 million on opening weekend) and received huge critical acclaim, but it's also left fans obsessing over hidden references from the original book, the»90s miniseries, and other classic horror films.

And it's no doubt, with just a casual perusal of the film fare planned, including opening night's gala offering of a 50th anniversary screening of In The Heat of the Night in the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX with Sidney Poitier, Lee Grant and director Norman Jewison in attendance — a special festival long showing of original nitrate prints of essential and little known classics — and a screening of one of the greatest comedies of all time — The Jerk — offering Steve Martin and Carl Reiner fans the opportunity to share in the excitement of new phone books arriving.

The film will take place directly after John Carpenter's original 1978 classic, ignoring every other sequel.

There's a certain joy in gender - flipped remakes and the way they skewer original films, bringing new life into old classics.