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Isn't It Time for a Remake?? - Here's a 2006 Cast ...

posted 18 years ago by whickman1
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Barbra Streisand .... Judy Maxwell - Kathy Griffin
Ryan O'Neal .... Dr. Howard Bannister - Jim Carrey or Nicolas Cage
Madeline Kahn .... Eunice Burns - Lisa Kudrow
Kenneth Mars .... Hugh Simon - John Michael Higgins
Austin Pendleton .... Frederick Larrabee - Nathan Lane
Michael Murphy .... Mr. Smith - Will Ferrell
Philip Roth .... Mr. Jones (as Phil Roth) - Brad Garrett
Sorrell Booke .... Harry - Jason Alexander
Stefan Gierasch .... Fritz - Eugene Levy
Mabel Albertson .... Mrs. Van Hoskins - Catherine O'Hara
Liam Dunn .... Judge Maxwell - J.K. Simmons
John Hillerman .... Mr. Kaltenborn - Patrick Stewart
George Morfogen .... Rudy, the Headwaiter - Angela Kinsey
Graham Jarvis .... Bailiff - Colin Mochrie
Randy Quaid .... Professor Hosquith - Rainn Wilson

The remake wouldn't have to follow the 1972 plot exactly. Indeed, the 1972 production was a remake of "Bringing Up Baby" from 1938. It was 34 years from "Brining Up Baby" to "What's Up Doc?" and it will be exactly 34 years from "What's Up Doc?" to 2006. It is time.

[–] arthurdamage1 13 years ago

A remake of What's Up, Doc?

While a couple of your casting ideas are decent, we certainly don't need a remake of this movie.

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[–] shadaif 9 years ago

While it's not a terrible idea for a remake of this film, modern comic directors would ruin it with gross bathroom humor, vomiting, and overdone sexual innuendoes. It would be just like the new Vacation reboot.

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[–] louiseculmer 9 years ago

Please, no remake. and Jim carrey or Nicholas cage would be horrible as Howard bannister. You want someone who can be quiet and bemused and understated.

[–] donaldking 9 years ago

'What's Up Doc' cannot be remade. To even think of it is sacrilege. It would be worse than the distinctly unwanted remake of 'Dad's Army.'