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January 27, 2006

Gaslight Remake


This is starting to get comical:

Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a remake of "Gaslight," the 1944 thriller that starred Charles Boyer as a husband trying to drive his bride, played by Ingrid Bergman, insane, the studio said on Thursday.

British filmmaker Joe Wright, who directed the recent big-screen adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice," is lined up to make his American directing debut on the "Gaslight" update, a Warner spokeswoman said. Abi Morgan, the writer behind the 2004 British television miniseries "Sex Traffic," plans to write the new "Gaslight" screenplay, which will be set in contemporary California instead of gloomy Victorian London, the spokeswoman said.

The 1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer classic, like the lesser-known 1940 British version that preceded it, was adapted from a 1938 British stage play by Patrick Hamilton. The MGM picture, directed by George Cukor, starred Boyer as a sinister husband who systematically tries to drive his fragile young wife crazy, in order to gain control of her family's jewels. The movie co-starred Joseph Cotten and Angela Lansbury, who was making her feature debut at the age of 17.

The popular phrase "to gaslight" someone -- meaning to manipulate someone's environment to trick the person into thinking he or she is insane -- was derived from the film's premise. MGM's "Gaslight" garnered seven Academy Award nominations, winning Oscars for Bergman as best actress and for the film's art direction. Bergman also won a Golden Globe for her role.

--Leave the perfectly-executed classics ALONE!

Source: Yahoo


Posted by Lawren at January 27, 2006 07:38 AM | Trackbacks (0)

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This is one of my favorite movies and it makes me cringe at the thought of it being remade period let alone being remade as a contemporary set in Cali.

They are going to ruin this classic movie.

Says: Michelle at January 27, 2006 07:59 AM

The classic is a remake itself. the original version, largely forgotten, was made in the U.K. in 1940. The fact that it is forgotten is unfortunate because it is a very good film.

Says: at January 27, 2006 08:14 AM

I love that movie.

Says: chuck at January 27, 2006 08:31 AM

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