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Movies

yallerdawg

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1. Oh, yes!

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 12:11 PM

Aug 2016

"Ben Hur" seems a violation of sacred ground.

Soon we'll have a new TV production of "Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Dirty Dancing" TV is on the way, and "The Magnificent Seven" is ready for release.

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They're seriously making a remake of Ben-Hur? [View all] geardaddy Aug 2016 OP

Oh, yes! yallerdawg Aug 2016 #1

Yeah, I saw the trailer for that in a movie theater geardaddy Aug 2016 #3

Note: "The Magnificent Seven" was a remake of "The Seven Samurai" longship Aug 2016 #4

Yes, I had forgotten about that. geardaddy Aug 2016 #5

The original. Charlton Heston chewing scenery, as usual. longship Aug 2016 #2

It is based on a novel, after all. stopbush Aug 2016 #6

The 50s version was a remake of a silent version. rusty quoin Aug 2016 #7