There's a reason only one remake has succeeded.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT With the news of a possible remake of an Alfred Hitchcock classic, it’s worth revisiting the only redo of one of his films that has ever worked, and why that’s the case. Robert Downey Jr. plans to remake Hitchcock’s Vertigo and has even claimed, “I think we can do better.
The Man Who Knew Too Much Remake Worked Because Hitchcock Directed Both Movies It’s a staggeringly ambitious undertaking to attempt to remake an Alfred Hitchcock movie. The director’s adeptness at choosing and developing projects made his films feel somehow essential to him. The stories, the character archetypes, and the meticulous structure always seemed to suit his near-supernatural sense of pacing.
Why Alfred Hitchcock Remade The Man Who Knew Too Much After 22 Years There are a handful of reasons why The Man Who Knew Too Much was remade. The most practical reason had to do with his deal with Paramount. Between 1954 and 1958, Alfred Hitchcock was contractually bound to make five movies at the studio. After a highly productive two years that saw him deliver Rear Window, To Catch A Thief, and The Trouble With Harry, the director was tapped for original ideas.
The 1934 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much is a fairly light film. The central couple’s upper-class British identity results in a reserved, gentlemanly treatment of the crisis that bends toward the farcical. In the 1956 remake, Hitchcock centers the action on an American couple, using one of his favorite leading men, James Stewart, to strike a more earnest chord.
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