Our report on the upcoming remake of Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs has united Cinema Retro readers in opposition to the project. Bob Collins, subscriber and voice-over artist extraordinaire, vents his opinion, which is typical of the reaction we've seen.
Lee,
One more log on the fire that Hollywood has lost all creativity. Even
if they wanted to set this in England, why remake it at all Of course we know
the answer. No talent hack writers. As a Yankee transplanted in the south,
this does offer some possibilities:
Max Baer stars in the David Warner
role as Jethro Bodean actually becomes the village idiot.
Morgan Freeman
can star as the movie is retitled, "Driving Miss Daisy To Trencher's
Farm"
Best,
Bob Collins
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Retro responds: Right you are, Bob. I wonder if someone is getting Clifton James to reprise his Sheriff J.W. Pepper character from the Bond movies to lead the assault on the farmhouse.