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From Venice comes word on the Michael Caine/Jude Law SLEUTH remake!!!

first by irc-Hollywood	Aug 31st, 2007 08:46:58 AM
do i have the record yet?
Really? by SkidMarkedUndies	Aug 31st, 2007 08:47:11 AM
Cool.
A jumped-up pantry boy by Donanonymous	Aug 31st, 2007 08:52:19 AM
who doesn't know his place!
A remake of a Michael Caine film that's actually good? by Edmundo	Aug 31st, 2007 09:11:19 AM
Get Carter... Alfie... The Italian Job... They've all been absolutely terrible remakes to say the least. Is this the first time an actor who was in an original film has appeared in the remake? Proper roles - sly cameos, like Gregory Peck's appearance in Scorcese's 'Cape Fear' don't count.
Jude Law - Great Actor by Chilli815	Aug 31st, 2007 09:27:31 AM
WHATTT???????????
5 minutes ? by Papa Lazaru	Aug 31st, 2007 10:39:07 AM
People always seem to say in these reviews of screenings " there was a ( fill in the blank ) minute standing ovation ". Like the guy above . Surely this is an exaggeration . Seriously , just stare at your watch for 5 full minutes and see how much of an eternity it feels like . Now picture the same amount of time doing nothing but applauding . Not only would your hands be falling off , but its just seems bizarre , to applaud for 5 full minutes for a film . Anyway , don't know why I'm bringing this up . I'm just cranky today , cos I've decided to go off the booze from now until Oct . I've been dry since Monday , but now that's its Friday and I'm nearly done with work ( I'm in Dublin so it 4.30pm ) I'm starting to regret my decision . Too late now though . I told all my buddies I was doing it and they all told me I would have no fucking chance and that I wouldn't even last till Sunday . So if nothing else I have to stay dry just to shut those fuckers up . AH . AICN . if it wasn't for you I'd be in AA after work
Papa Lazaru by Bloo	Aug 31st, 2007 10:46:53 AM
that is something that has always bothered me too. Having done some stage work and now working as a movie reviewer for a newspaper, I've never seen or expireenced the almight "5 minute standing ovation". It's an eternit. HOwever I've yet to go to a film festival where the director and/or stars are in attendance maybe it's something that happens in those situations, I don't know
The original is an overlooked classic. by C Legion	Aug 31st, 2007 10:51:38 AM
This sounds like it may be pretty good, but whilst Caine is fit to fill the shoes of Olivier, Law sure as fuck isn't fit to polish Caine's.
Bloo by Papa Lazaru	Aug 31st, 2007 10:55:08 AM
You could be right,especially if the cast and crew were there . Its just when I picture it in my head I cant help but think it strangely hilarious. The crew standing there facing the crowd hands by their sides , the crowd facing the crew , applauding for 5 full minutes and everybody is afraid to move from the auditorium for fear of upsetting each other . Its just funny to me . As I said though . I'm just in a strange mood
I look forward to Jude Law in - by Samson_K	Aug 31st, 2007 11:00:37 AM
Ashanti, The Swarm, The Hand, The ISland, Blame it on Rio, Jaws: The Revenge, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Escape to Victory, Water, On Deadly Ground and most of all Bullseye. Or is he just going to be remaking the good ones - smacks of cowardice!!!!!
The original is still very good, though very by skimn	Aug 31st, 2007 11:10:41 AM
theatrical in nature. Olivier's performance was so playful, that I wonder how Caine will adapt it. I will miss Ken Adams original design that was crammed with detail, in what looks to be replaced by a sterile glass and metal interior. Curious how much Pintner has altered the play. And I think that in this regard a remake is not unwarranted, because it is a new adaptation of the original play, not of an original screenplay.
Sam K by skimn	Aug 31st, 2007 11:23:00 AM
or Bewitched, Secondhand Lions, the Get Carter remake...since this is being remade, what about Deathtrap?
Looking forward to REDACTED review by Blue Meanie 1138	Aug 31st, 2007 11:27:25 AM
LA TIMES reports today that it stunned audiences. Sounds like a return to form for DePalma. And as for SLEUTH: loved the original, and see no reason to remake it. But will give it a shot based on Caine and Pinter's involvement.
Actually Skimm by Samson_K	Aug 31st, 2007 11:28:10 AM
The list of Shit Michael Caine films is staggeringly large - those abomination Harry Palmer shittraps with Jason Connery, that shitty Russel Mulcahy thing - the Jigsaw Man, The Holcroft Covenant etc etc etc
Don't bother with the original, it's shite by Hoots Mon	Aug 31st, 2007 01:46:13 PM
Trailer for the new one looks mediocre too.
Papa Lazaru by Hoots Mon	Aug 31st, 2007 01:48:11 PM
Hello Dave. I've had two beers tonight and I feel just capital.
It was 5 minutes... by mastidon	Aug 31st, 2007 04:59:04 PM
It was the entire length of the credits and then some. I just got in from Michael Clayton and Redacted. Full review tomorrow. Redacted was everything the LA Times said and more, Michael Clayton - extremely disappointing.
Jude Law - The littlest by Dixie_Twins	Aug 31st, 2007 06:27:11 PM
Caine? What? Is he basing his career on remaking Caine classics? Love Michael Caine, one of my favorite actors and oh-so sexy. Jude Law, cannot stand the sight of him.
Can't wait to see this! by Patois47	Aug 31st, 2007 08:20:06 PM
I haven't read the other posts--is there a point to reading them?--but want to say I can't wait to see this movie. The play was great, the old movie was great, so I'm Jude doesn't let me down.
PPPLLLAAANNNTTT, however... by rickets419	Sep 1st, 2007 05:13:56 AM
the original film and play are amazing. Still wanna see this, but this review is completely fabricated by the studio releasing it. Why do they feel they have to do this?
The 5 minute standing ovation... by Blueberry	Sep 1st, 2007 06:46:52 AM
... is not uncommon at the night screenings in Venice when they show big movies with they big stars in attendance. Often it's more a tribute to the status of stars and directors than to the quality of the movie itself. One of the few movies without stars that got an ovation so long was 2003 winner, the Russian movie "Vozvrashcheniye (The Return)".
LMAO @ rickets419 by mastidon	Sep 1st, 2007 07:08:50 AM
I wish I had been planeted by the studio. Far more intersting than the real work I do of Internet Security. Just emailed Quint my next reviews. Hope you enjoy them.
Law & Caine -- YES!! by Craicker	Sep 1st, 2007 03:11:44 PM
Thanks Mastidon. Looks like the film got a terrific reception. From the Sleuth board at IMDb: "Just watching a short about the movie on the news and Caine, Law and Brannagh stood outside to a 7 minute standing ovation." And from someone reporting from the festival: http://filmexperience.blogspot .com/2007/08/notes-from-venice -day-23.html "What I can talk about is Sleuth, Kenneth Branagh's update of a 1970 play and a 1972 movie that also starred Michael Caine. It is a "delicious little devil of a movie in its own right" as I note in my full Sleuth review on european-films.net, though it still remains a small film to my eyes, especially because it retains its stagey feel throughout the film: it is essentially two men talking for 90 minutes. It came as something of a shock to see that that is the film that leads the Competition score board for the moment, as published in an Italian-language daily distributed during the festival. It has the highest ratings of both the Italian critics and the members of the Italian audience that are part of an audience jury, followed by Lust, Caution and then Atonement. Comparing this to the reviews in the English-language press, it seems to be rather the contrary, with Atonement being on top. What gives..."
when alfies attack! by ironic_name	Sep 1st, 2007 06:57:12 PM
"alfred" "yes batman?" "I'm awesome" "indeed, batman"
Cracker by mastidon	Sep 1st, 2007 08:50:01 PM
Hey Cracker, thanks for that info. I have not heard anything about how the films are ranked at the moment. I will chase that tomorrow as it is 3:47 am here atm. I just sent in a very short review of Blade Runner so hopefully they will post it for you. No sign of my Redacted review as I write this. IMO, that should be leading in votes - although I did really love Sleuth. Unfortunately, I arrived a day too late to see Attonemnt. BTW, thanks for the justification on my 5 min remark. Glad to hear it was actually 7!

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