On 9/6/2011 11:41 AM, Hackmatack wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On 9/6/2011 10:25 AM, Hackmatack wrote:
>>> blake > wrote:
>>>
>>>> in my experience, there's never been a remake of anything that was worth a
>>>> damn.
>>>>
>>>> your pal,
>>>> blake
>>>
>>> Hitchcock seemed to prove this rule -- his 1956 remake of his own 1934 'The
>>> Man Who Knew Too Much' sucked, mainly because of his decision to cast James
>>> Stewart in the lead, this disneyfying the original dark story.
>>
>> Actually, I think it was Doris Day singing "Que Sera, Sera" that did it. :-)
>
> Yeah, that was a reverse high point. And those irridescently brown suits
> everyone wore in 50's movies.

That would pretty much be the second most shocking scene in a Hitchcock
movie. :-)