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I really don't think the world needs a remake of Sam Peckinpah's raw rural thriller STRAW DOGS, but necessity is rarely the driving force behind Hollywood decisions...
At least the update is getting an interesting cast. James Marsden looks like he'll finally get more deserved dramatic work as a Hollywood screenwriter (...) who travels with his wife to her hometown for a bit of seclusion, only to find himself dealing with rape and terror. Bad vacation, yeah.
Now joining Marsden are actress/RealDoll Kate Bosworth, and Alexander Skarsgard (Stellan's awesome son) of HBO's "Generation Kill" and "True Blood". One of them plays the wife, the other not.
The shocking 1971 original starred Dustin Hoffman as a scientist who moves to a quiet area in England with his British wife (Susan George) to get away from the violence of America, only to find himself savagely mixing it up with some nasty locals.
The update is being directed by Rod Lurie (DETERRENCE, RESURRECTING THE CHAMP), a former film critic who should honestly know better than to touch something like this. But I guess a job is a job...
Source: Variety
Extra Tidbit: Skarsgard played one of Derek's ill-fated model buddies in ZOOLANDER. R.I.P., Meekus.
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3:20AM on 07/18/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I wonder how many people in the general public would even know that it's a remake?? The remakes I don't mind are the ones...
I wonder how many people in the general public would even know that it's a remake?? The remakes I don't mind are the ones where no one even realizes it was a remake. Those seem to be justified.
However, not sure if remaking this is a smart move. The rape scene in the original got a TON of publicity for the movie, and it seems in this day in age, rape isn't even all that big a deal.
The cast seems fine. I'm even okay with Kate Bosworth, but she still looks way to young for me to be playing anything above her real age. Not sure.
I do agree with Big Bri though. Pechinpah was excellent, and not sure if this dude can do it justice...
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Yeah, Lurie's a good director for SD. I still think The Contender (2000, 8/10) and The Last Castle (2001, 7/10) are two of the most underrated films of the years they were released in.
Yeah, Lurie's a good director for SD. I still think The Contender (2000, 8/10) and The Last Castle (2001, 7/10) are two of the most underrated films of the years they were released in.
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