Did You Know These Classic Films Were All Remakes?

Ocean's Eleven

Who doesn't like a good old-fashioned spy movie? This 2001 heist film is a classic of the genre, but it started off as a 1960s film of the same name. The earlier version had the infamous Rat Pack in the cast. However, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Julia Roberts were also pretty good additions!

The Last House on the Left

Horror movies are ripe for the taking when it comes to innovative recreations. The 2009 revenge masterpiece comes from the bones of another cinematographic classic, a 1972 Wes Craven film by the same name. The first was the first of its kind...does that mean the 2009 one is the second of its kind?

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The More You Know

  • In 1982, Spileberg’s kids classic stayed in the US top ten for ten months.
  • Like Facebook, Star Wars was originally prefixed by the definite article ‘The’. Much cleaner without it.
  • On the set of one of the Pirates of the Carribbean films, Johnny Depp spent £40,000 on 500 coats for the cast and crew.
  • The original raw footage of Apocalypse Now consisted of 1,250,000 feet of film which is over 230 hours’ worth.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.