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10:45 am — TCM — Father of the Bride (1950) Long before Steve Martin kicked off his nearly twenty - year run of remaking classic comedies with his version of this film, Spencer Tracy was the Father of the Bride, dealing with the difficulty of letting his only daughter, Elizabeth Taylor, go to some other man.
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11:00 pm — TCM — Father of the Bride Long before Steve Martin kicked of his nearly twenty - year run of remaking classic comedies with his version of this film, Spencer Tracy was the Father of the Bride, dealing with the difficulty of letting his only daughter, Elizabeth Taylor, go to some other man.
Not exact matches
«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.
This remake of the 1985 cult classic was surprisingly not terrible; in fact, most critics had generally good things to say about the new horror - comedy.
THN has been lucky enough to be invited to the lush surroundings of the famous Savoy Hotel in London, which coincidentally also happens to be a major location in the upcoming comedy caper we're here to find out about — GAMBIT, a remake of the classic 1966 Michael Caine / Shirley MacLaine film of the same name.
Long - in - development comedy remake The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is adding some classic and classy acting talent to its line - up, with Shirley MacLaine in talks to play Ben Stiller's mother in the film.
The two are also scheduled to write the scripts for Reynolds» remake of Clue - the classic 1985 comedy based on the board game - and Michael Bay's upcoming film 6 Underground.
Anne Hathway and Rebel Wilson will star in a remake of the Steve Martin and Michael Kaine comedy classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which tells the story of two con artists who try to swindle -LSB-...]
The first trailer has arrived online for directors Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg's upcoming gender - swapped remake of the 1987 Garry Marshall comedy classic Overboard which sees Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris leading a cast that also includes Eva Longoria, Swoosie Kurtz, and John Hannah.
An extended trailer has been released for the upcoming gender - swapped remake of the 1987 Garry Marshall comedy classic Overboard.
With the new «Ghostbusters» remake in theaters, we've rounded up 10 more classic comedy films that could make great 21st - century reboots!
Yesterday Netflix released a batch of first - look photos of their new series, Maniac, which is a «psychological black comedy» and not another remake of the slasher classic of the same name.
Their misguided remake of the classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers left many feeling a bit dry, Intolerable Cruelty had its fans and haters (I'm one of the former), and Burn After Reading once again split critics.
By now you've heard that Tim Burton and Michael Keaton are prepping a sequel to the 1988 comedy classic Beetlejuice, largely because Burton has long since run out of ideas and better a sequel than another remake, right?!
The remake of Garry Marshall's 1987 comedy classic, starring Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez, will be hitting theaters in April.
In 2011, Craig directed a remake of Fright Night, the 1985 cult comedy - horror classic.
ET was on set with the stars of the classic comedy remake, and we even found out their favorite lines from the original!
Scottish filmmaker Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinky) remakes the 1949 Ealing comedy classic, although it's difficult...
THE LADYKILLERS (Grade: D): This Coen brothers remake of the classic 1955 British comedy — with Tom Hanks in the Alec Guinness role as the leader of a gang of crooks who plan a heist in the home of a dotty old woman (Irma P. Hall)-- not only misses all the wit and charm of the original, but it may stand as the clumsiest, crudest, least funny and most pandering of all their films.
That performance (coupled with some high - profile US gigs like hosting the MTV VMAs for two years straight and a Comedy Central stand - up special) catapulted him to movie stardom, leading to starring roles in 2010's Get Him to the Greek (in which Brand actually reprised his Sarah Marshall character) and a remake of the Dudley Moore classic Arthur.
Kevin Smith had once been on board for a soon - after cancelled remake of a classic 1980s comedy, Fletch, which, after seeing the type of effort he's turned in with this 1980s cop comedy homage (Smith does secure the once - retired services of Fletch's composer Harold Faltermeyer), may have been a blessing for that film's fans.
Horror, science fiction, fantasy and comedy combine in this enjoyable series of stories that channel the tone of the classic»60s TV show — in part because three of the four tales are remakes of Twilight Zone episodes.
In a world where... movie remakes are common but good remakes considerably less so, the upcoming remake of horror / comedy classic Fright Night is looking better and better with every bit of new information released.
Also in multiplexes: Jack Black, Steve Martin, and Owen Wilson square off as rival birdwatchers in the star - studded comedy The Big Year, while Craig Brewer gives the Hustle & Flow / Black Snake Moan treatment to Footloose, a sexed - up remake of the 1984 «classic» that features all the steamy sensuality and dirty dancing a PG - 13 rating will allow.
Following in the footsteps of Joel and Ethan Coen's classic black comedy crime thriller, FX's Fargo is a small screen reboot rather than a direct remake of the lauded movie.
Whether we like or not (we don't), there's going to be a remake of John Landis «horror - comedy classic An American Werewolf in London.