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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 28, 2017 16:44:54 GMT
during Halloween (1978) a foreshadowing of John Carpenter going to make his version several years later?
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Post by Salzmank on Nov 29, 2017 0:57:08 GMT
He was probably just thinking about it.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 29, 2017 1:05:48 GMT
Probably thinking about it--it was a lot easier to get stock footage from an old movie back then. Joe Dante was easily able to get the Wolf Man movie footage for the Howling. These days it would cost a fortune for the same.
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Post by sostie on Nov 29, 2017 14:06:32 GMT
during Halloween (1978) a foreshadowing of John Carpenter going to make his version several years later? Well The Thing happens to be my fave film, I watched it again at the weekend, and a documentary about the the original novela, Who Goes There and it's adaptations. So... Produucer Stuart Cohen was a friend of Carpenter's at USC and talked about their love of WGT back in 1970 and how it would make a great film. In 1975 the rights to the book were available and Cohen approached Turman-Foster Productions with the idea of an adaptation, who in turn persuaded Universal to buy the rights for them. Universal also bought the remake rights of The Thing From Another World to "cover their backs", though the intention from the outset was to make a film based on the novel and not the vastly different film. Cohen suggested Carpenter for the job, but by this time he only Dark Star and Assault On Precinct 13 under his belt. Whilst embraced in the UK and Europe, he wasn't a name Universal were happy to take a risk on. Universal had Tobe Hooper on their books so initially approached him, but he and his writer came up with something that ignored the central premise of the book. So that didn't work out. John Landis was also approached, but passed. A screenplay went through a number of writers all of which decided to ignore the central paranoia/shape shifting elements of the book. In 1978 John Carpenter released Halloween and broke box office records. The film featured footage of TTFAW as a nod to Hawks, his favourite director. A film set during Halloween...there was only one Hawks film he could use. After a number of attempts producers were frustrated they couldn't the film off the ground without resorting to a straight man v monster movie. The studio were also reluctant to invest in a mature monster scifi film. In 1979 the day after Alien opened to rave reviews and strong box office, producers decided the public were ready for a film based on WGT, and the studio agreed. Carpenter was also now approached as he was now the next big thing in Hollywood. Carpenter was happy to direct but refused to write as he didn't think he could do it justice. Further writers were approached until they finally settled on Bill Lancaster and his screenplay...and into production it went. Would you call that foreshadowing? |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Nov 30, 2017 14:24:16 GMT
I Love All 3 of " THE THING" Movies!  |
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