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Another triad of successful re-makes. Leo McCarey's "Love Affair" (1939) and "An Affair to Remember" (1957); following by Warren Beatty's "Love Affair" (1994).

Yah, but I felt that adding color, sound and changing the ratio was, IMHO, a bit of a cheat.:D

The re-make of "Cape Fear" was also tops.:popcorn:

Being that my larger point from Post #31 was to speak about re-makes that were successful; I will replace the looser "same event" - "different story" titles with a newer example, to hopefully tighten in the reigns. I wonder if we can agree upon the successes of "True Grit"; both old and new...

Same events factored heavily into the films cited within my post. Re-visitations, perhaps? Regardless, I'm good with it all and can easily go the way of Tino and TravisR.:thumbs-up-smiley:

Edited by PMF: The following valid posts of #46 and #47 had involved my references to "A Night to Remember" and "Titanic"; along with "King of Kings", "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "The Passion of The Christ". Edited in order to keep a more narrow scope on absolute re-makes.

Not long at all. Between the two of us, we can make 'em both. But I get first dibs on the Eli Wallach and Jason Robards roles.

"In many ways..." - PMF

"The Wild Bunch" is just one of those indelible films. So much so, that a remake is altogether beyond our imaginations; especially when this Peckinpah masterpiece has been a constant for...wow...I can't believe it's been nearly 50 years, already. So, let's break this one down a bit. Well, for...

Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me...Jim.

"Howard Johnson is right".

Working Title #1: We Were Wild Working Title #2: Brave Bunch Working Title #3: Sam I Am