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Added by Elfflame on 27 Jun 2008 07:43
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Retell me a tale

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People who added this item 4064 Average listal rating (2649 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
Taming of the Shrew in a modern Seattle High School. A great translation.
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Always (1989)
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Angoor (1982)
People who added this item 1105 Average listal rating (677 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.5
August Rush (2007)
Oliver Twist in Modern day with Music.
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People who added this item 1890 Average listal rating (1182 ratings) 4.6 IMDB Rating 4.8
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The Birdcage (1996)
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People who added this item 45 Average listal rating (25 ratings) 5.9 IMDB Rating 5.4
The Bride (1985)
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People who added this item 337 Average listal rating (201 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.1
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People who added this item 1689 Average listal rating (1088 ratings) 5 IMDB Rating 5.7
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People who added this item 2572 Average listal rating (1656 ratings) 6.3 IMDB Rating 6.8
Clueless (1995)
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People who added this item 368 Average listal rating (255 ratings) 5.8 IMDB Rating 6
Dragnet (1987)
Not the original pair, but the nephew of the original and his new partner. I like this take on the idea. Not really a remake, but more a sequel. It's a good way to go about the remake idea.
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People who added this item 2458 Average listal rating (1564 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 7.1
Enchanted (2007)
A truly modern-day fairy tale.
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People who added this item 1450 Average listal rating (883 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 7
A new, more realistic version of Cinderella.
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People who added this item 507 Average listal rating (305 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.5
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People who added this item 587 Average listal rating (320 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7.2
Frankenweenie (1984)
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People who added this item 309 Average listal rating (171 ratings) 5.1 IMDB Rating 5.7
Get Over It (2001)
People who added this item 895 Average listal rating (574 ratings) 7.1 IMDB Rating 7.1
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People who added this item 207 Average listal rating (91 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 6
Hamlet (2000)
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People who added this item 3829 Average listal rating (2638 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.8
Hook (1991)
What if Peter Pan finally did grow up? What sort of adult would he be?
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Hot Fuzz (2007)
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People who added this item 1961 Average listal rating (1151 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.5
The Hours (2002)
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People who added this item 4380 Average listal rating (3046 ratings) 6.6 IMDB Rating 7.1
I, Robot (2004)
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People who added this item 295 Average listal rating (158 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.2
Jabberwocky (1977)
Monty Python does Lewis Carroll.
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People who added this item 118 Average listal rating (62 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.4
The Banquet (2006)
People who added this item 7708 Average listal rating (5450 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.5
The Lion King (1994)
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Maqbool (2003)
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Mars Attacks! (1996)
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Most Zorro stories these days start with an heir taking over the Zorro name, but this did it in an intriguing way by making the "heir" not only someone unrelated to the original, but also rather a clutz at first.
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People who added this item 3815 Average listal rating (2575 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.2
King Arthur and the Knights search for the Holy Grail...sort of. Monty Python takes on Arthurian times and legends.
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People who added this item 2659 Average listal rating (1747 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.1
Life of Brian (1979)
The rediculousness of the Christ tale, as told by Monty Python.
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People who added this item 1373 Average listal rating (804 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.8
My Fair Lady (1964)
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People who added this item 339 Average listal rating (190 ratings) 5.5 IMDB Rating 6.1
O (2001)
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Omkara (2006)
People who added this item 1975 Average listal rating (1135 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 7.2
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People who added this item 1098 Average listal rating (604 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.2
Ran (1985)
People who added this item 758 Average listal rating (416 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.8
Rent (2005)
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People who added this item 2038 Average listal rating (1304 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.5
Robin Hood (1973)
The traditional Robin Hood tale, but portrayed by animals.

An interesting side-note here. For a bit of time in the medieval ages, there were a set of animal stories that were extremely popular among the common folk, and the main character was a fox. So this movie is almost a blending of the two ideas, in a way.
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People who added this item 3682 Average listal rating (2394 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.7
The language was Shakespeare, but the setting was pure modern-day. Baz Luhrmann did an excellent job translating the Shakespearean English in a way that even modern-day teenagers could take interest in.
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Hamlet as told from the POV from Rosencratz and Guildenstern. An incredible and hilarious take on what happens to characters of a play when they're not "onstage."
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A list of movies where the story is well-known and shown from a new point of view, or in a new setting, or otherwise provides new details to the story that existed before.

Fairy tales with a new twist.
Shakespeare's tales told in a new way.
A remake that adds a new twist to the original story.

Any ideas welcome.

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