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The film is less a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film of the same name than a new interpretation of the novel, one based far more closely on it. [ citation needed ] It depicts a young English socialite, Iris Carr, travelling by train across 1930s Europe, returning to England from Croatia.
- Drama
This is all very well set up as the train journey begins the story twists and turns with everyone playing there part so well as the suspense is building. Its a top notch remake of a great story with the best ending! Very well done by all the actors involved.
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- Mystery, Thriller
- Diarmuid Lawrence
- 2013-08-18
- Cho (1998) - 4.6
- Phantom Fiend (1932) - 5.6
- R Window (1998) - 5.6
- Lady Vanishes (1979) - 6.0
- P Down to Terror (1958) - 6.0
- Ow Momma from The Train (1987) - 6.3
- Thirty Nine Steps (1978) - 6.6
- Erfect Murder (1998) - 6.6
- Turbia (2007) - 6.8
- Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - 7.4
The purpose of remakes is hotly debated in the film fan community, but most agree that a remake should add something new to the material that wasn't there before. Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho took the exact opposite approach and recreated the original film shot-for-shot with new actors and sets. Though the plot is still strong, the remake has li...
The advent of synchronized sound in films ushered in the first rush of remakes in film history as audiences clambered to see some of their favorite stories re-told with the new "talkie" technology. The Phantom Fiend tells the story of a landlady who suspects that one of her lodgers is a notorious serial killer who stalks the streets of London. Hitc...
Modernizing a story is usually one of the most common tropes of a remake, and Rear Window brought its story to the turn of the new millennium. A paralyzed architect spends his days watching his neighbors from the window of his technology assisted apartment. Soon he begins to suspect that one of his neighbors could be a murderer. Rear Window made th...
Throughout his career, Hitchcock dabbled in many different sub-genres and espionage was one he often returned to. The Lady Vanishes sought to remake the film of the same name by modernizing the actors but leaving the setting untouched. A young couple traveling through pre-WWII Nazi Germany finds that a passenger on their train has mysteriously been...
Each successive decade of the 20th century saw films grow grittier and grittier as censorship was loosened and moral strictures were expanded. Step Down to Terrorfollows a wanted criminal who holds up with some family members in a small town and slowly suspicion grows around the shady character that came back into their lives. Step Down to Terror i...
While most remakes are money oriented and cynical, occasionally a project comes along that is clearly a love letter to its source material. Throw Momma From the Train is a comedic twist on the suspense classic Strangers on a Train. A writer meets man with a similar dilemma, they both want someone dead. Together they decide to take care of each othe...
Many of Hitchcock's best films are based off of books and plays, and are therefore fair game for filmmakers to remake them at will. The Thirty Nine Steps expands the scope of the original film by adding much larger political implications. An engineer stumbles across a plot to assassinate a world leader and he must work to stop it in order to preven...
In many ways, films of Hitchcock's era were limited by censorship and they were forced to be incredibly creative with how sex and violence was shown on screen. A Perfect Murder is not limited by such strictures and attempted to pull Dial M for Murder into the new millennium. A wealthy man finds that his wife is having an affair and concocts a plan ...
Many of Hitchcock's films have been remade not just once, but multiple times, and Rear Window is a prime example. Disturbia follows a teen under house arrest who spends his time spying on his suburban neighbors. Slowly he begins to suspect that one of his neighbors is a cold blooded murderer. The changes made in Disturbia are all interesting additi...
Who was better suited to remake a Hitchcock film than the master himself? The Man Who Knew Too Much modernized the original and featured Hitchcock at the helm to steer the ship once again. An American doctor and his wife witness a murder while on vacation in Morocco and are pulled into a complicated plot of international intrigue. With more technol...
- Dalton Norman
- Senior Staff Writer
Mar 11, 2013 · Now BBC1 has remade one of his most celebrated films, The Lady Vanishes. Scripted by Fiona Seres, previously responsible for The Silence, the updated version is set in 1931.
Aug 14, 2013 · "The Lady Vanishes" Are remakes of Alfred Hitchcock films destined to fail? Over the years, they have done so in capital letters, both by being too loyal to the source (Gus Van Sant’s “Psycho”) or straying too far from it (the 1980 Anthony Page remake of “The Lady Vanishes” with Cybill Shepherd and Elliott Gould , which is almost ...
The Lady Vanishes will premiere on PBS stations nationwide in mid-August. Sound interesting? Do you think it can equal the Hitchcock version? Note: As we get closer to this airdate, make sure you keep an eye on the schedule at your particular local station.
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Aug 17, 2012 · Keeley Hawes is to star in a new BBC adaptation of Hitchcock thriller The Lady Vanishes, which will air this Christmas. The 90-minute psychological thriller for BBC One will start filming on...
