Sentences with phrase «remake of his short film»

12 Monkeys — Terry Gilliam's best movie is a remake of the short film «La Jette», which I've never gotten around to seeing.

According to Heat Vision, no concrete reasons for his departure have been offered yet, but the director / producer does have his name on a couple projects currently, Dark Shadows and a stop - motion remake of his short film Frankenweenie, so it is plausible that time constraints were the culprit.

Not exact matches

Produced for the USA cable network, Holiday Affair is a remake of the classic 1949 theatrical film of the same name, which in turn was inspired by John D. Weaver's short story «Christmas Gift.»

While it did raise the energy level a bit, Len Wiseman's remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1990 film (an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story) was sorely lacking in the fun department.

The subject matter may be a little too in his wheelhouse to break him out of his recent creative rut, but Burton also has a second film due in 2012: Frankenweenie (October 5), an impressive - looking, black - and - white, stop - motion animated remake of his own 1984 short.

Adapted from a well - known short story by Shirley Jackson, The Haunting is also a remake of the modest but genuinely creepy 1963 film directed by workmanlike industry veteran Robert Wise, who counts among his many credits the editing of Orson Welles» Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons and Oscars for the helming of West Side Story and The Sound of Music.

Ann Sheridan, with lots of oomph, takes over Bette Davis» old role (and Jeanne Eagels») in this Americanized remake of the film versions of the classic W. Somerset Maugham short story «The Letter.»

After researching these films, Maddin began remaking them, recruiting a cast of big, international arthouse names (Charlotte Rampling, Mathieu Amalric, Roy Dupuis, Ariane Labed, Udo Kier, Geraldine Chaplin, Maria de Medeiros and lots more) to come in and «channel» the spirits of these lost films, acting them out in a series of short film remakes.

Hellion is Candler's third feature, and is an expanded remake of one of her earlier short films.

Meanwhile, Depp is reportedly starring in the film «Alice in Wonderland 2,» based on author Lewis Carroll's work, and has long been rumored to be involved with a remake of the «Thin Man» films, which were based on the short stories by Dashiell Hammett and which originally starred actors William Powell and Myrna Loy.

That's the setup for «Total Recall,» an ambitious, if pedestrian, remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger film taken from the Philip K. Dick short story «We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.

The uniquely «meta» film, an extended and higher - budgeted remake of an unreleased short film Rogen and co-star Jay Baruchel (Goon, Fanboys) had made about six years prior («Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse»), casts the large ensemble of real - life comedic actors, all playing satirical versions of themselves, while reacting in hilarious ways to the over-the-top craziness that surrounds them.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, Point Break — in short, the usual types of films (mainly low - I.Q. sequels and needless remakes) that the Surgeon General has suggested are as cancerous as any cigarette.

While I agree the marketing for Conan has been nothing short of atrocious and a primary reason the film failed, the film itself isn't any more a remake than the upcoming Jane Eyre.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

Logic is in short supply in Total Recall, a loose remake of the 1990 film of the same name (which is itself a loose adaptation of the Philip K. Dick short story «We Can Remember It for You Wholesale»).

A remake of the 2008 film «Les Liens De Sang» (which should be noted, ran nearly 40 minutes shorter than this movie), that starred Canet, he explains in the press notes that he had decided to redo that film, because it was one he would have enjoyed to direct and he was wary of it getting remade elsewhere (Ridley Scott was circling).

The initial teaser trailer for Sofia Coppola's remake of The Beguiled was long on ethereal atmosphere and short on plot, but a newly released trailer for the film gives us a little more insight into the sinister events going on behind closed doors at a Southern girls» boarding school during the Civil War.

Instead of having a hopeless schmuck caught in inappropriate situations, the script by the Farrellys, Scott Armstrong, Leslie Dixon, and Kevin Barnett (a remake of the 1972 film of the same title based on a short story by Bruce Jay Friedman) decides to turn the schmuck into the reason for the inappropriate situations, and the strain of accepting the whole thing gets considerably tougher.