Switching channels is a remake of his girl friday and the roles cary grant, rosalind russell, and ralph bellamy played are now done by burt reynolds, kathleen turner, and christopher reeve. Why i love the first scene of his girl friday film. The film admires hildys talent and drive its fun to watch her chase down and tackle that warden. A girl friday is an assistant who carries out a variety of chores. The plot centers on a newspaper editor named walter burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and exwife hildy johnson, newly engaged to another man. May 07, 2019 18 movie reboots with genderswapped leads, from his girl friday to the hustle photos helen mirren, queen latifah and lily tomlin have all taken over parts originally played by men. This is part three in our series on working girl movies. His girl friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made. A star is born again and again and again will the movie. Such auteur readings of his girl friday have been productive and. The opening of his girl friday is too good, really. Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences.
Aug 15, 2018 the latest example of this is the hustle, opening friday, which swaps out steve martin and michael caine with rebel wilson and anne hathaway in a remake of dirty rotten scoundrels. As well as a comedy, the film is also a very successful satire on cynical journalism, self. Its inescapable, however, that this is the former legit and pic smash the front page. Dec 15, 2019 with the town of rose creek under the deadly control of industrialist bartholomew bogue peter sarsgaard, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns sam chisolm denzel washington, josh farraday chris pratt, goodnight robicheaux ethan hawke, jack horne vincent donofrio, billy rocks byunghun lee, vasquez manuel. His girl friday 16 outstanding movie remakes purple.
Anybody who ever worked in the journalism business, or wished they had been around for newspaperings madcap era, must feel a quickening at the opening tracking shot of howard hawks classic comedy. A hollywood movie remake is usually an invitation to a disaster. Once upon a time before the film starts hildy johnson was the star reporter of the morning post and the wife of its editor, walter burns but then hildy realized that burns was a stinker thats 1940s for dirtbag, divorced him, quite her job, left town, and got engaged to niceguy insurance salesman bruce baldwin who treats her like a woman instead. A tv movie in 1995, a bigscreen remake in 2003, and now a musical variation airing this week on the disney. His girl friday starts by warning viewers that they are about to see underhanded behavior by reporters willing to do anything short of murder to get their story. What are other surprising remakes whether verified or possible. The revolution of his girl friday is not genderswapping qua genderswapping a cursory type of tokenism, the sort that any sensible person can easily question but to adapt the story, to adapt the situations, and simply, unselfconsciously, create for the sake of a good film. Set in the hectic and cutthroat world of television news, this remake of the front page, tells. His girl friday is very much a screwball comedy, and that genre in itself is a product of its time. His girl friday no doubt aiming to dodge the stigma of having his girl friday termed a remake, columbia blithely skips a pertinent point in the credits by merely stating from a. Aug 09, 2019 over the decades, hollywood has remade hit movies with the lead roles genders altered, such as in howard hawks his girl friday a remake of the famous newspaper comedy the front.
His girl friday is a hysterically fastpaced 1940 american screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks scarface, bringing up baby about a newspaper editor who uses every trickin the book to keep his ace reporter exwife from remarrying. Julianne moore stars in a genderswapping remake of after. The class turns out to be something quite different once it becomes clear to the young man that his professor billy bob thornton has set his sights on the same woman. The name alludes to friday, robinson crusoes native male dogsbody in daniel defoe s novel.
The front page and his girl friday this post is part of the journalism in classic film blogathon, cosponsored by comet over hollywood and lindsays movie musings. Reeve is the surprise in this movie, turning his character into a wonderful. Such remakes feel honest in their intentions, setting. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. With cary grant, rosalind russell, ralph bellamy, gene lockhart. Jessica rothe headlines this mix of hot music and cool 80s vibes.
But in this screwball movie, that takenoprisoners approach also applies to romance. There are greetings all around hildy is clearly a pro and has an easy camaraderie with her fellow inkstained wretches. No one has ever been as graceful, funny and handsome as cary grant in those moments. Its now in the public domain when newspaper editor walter burns grant learns that his exwife and former ace reporter hildy johnson russell is. The valley girl remake is actually a musical retelling of the original 80s classic, putting a new spin on an old teen comedy. No doubt aiming to dodge the stigma of having his girl friday termed a remake, columbia blithely skips a pertinent point in the credits by merely stating from a. When it comes to his girl friday 1940 and the front page 1931, its. The play that this movie was based on the front page had a famous last line. This version also got a remake in 1988 as switching channels starring burt reynolds, kathleen turner, christopher reeve and ned beatty. Sullivan iv, christopher reeve as blaine bingham, ned beatty as roy ridnitz, henry gibson as ike roscoe, and george newbern as sigenthaler. Hildy is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic editor and exhusband, walter burns played by the peerless cary grant, who dangles the chance for her to scoop her fellow news writers with the. You can stream it for free on amazon prime if you havent. They go back to at least the 1940s and films like carmen jones and his girl friday.
Jul 30, 2019 the friday the th movie series is currently on hold pending the outcome of an ongoing legal battle over the rights, but jason lives director tom mcloughlin already has a script written for. And of course reynolds is now a news producer, turner his ace reporter, and reeve the handsome rich doofus she wants to marry. This film was based on the earlier movie the front page 1931, but with a twist. Genderswapped and raceflipped remakes arent living up to. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing his girl friday near you. How his girl friday, one of the best movies of all time, led to. I hadnt seen this movie in a few years, and i was interested to see it again for this discussion im a big fan of. Cary grant and rosalind russell in his girl friday 1940 rosalind russell in his girl friday 1940 cary. But here are some other movies that looked to remake something old with not just a fresh face but from an entirely different point of. May 07, 2019 but here are some other movies that looked to remake something old with not just a fresh face but from an entirely different point of view. Mar 20, 2020 the front page saw one of its characters genderswapped to create the classic comedy his girl friday, adding romance in just the right places. The character was the main villain in the original version of the movie but. His girl friday is a 1940 american comedy film directed by howard hawks starring cary grant, rosalind russell and ralph bellamy.
His girl friday is a 1940 screwball comedy from columbia pictures starring cary grant, rosalind russell, and ralph bellamy, adapted from the play the front page by ben hecht and charles macarthur, and directed by howard hawks. Some key choices were made that transformed the story. A scene from the 1940 film his girl friday with cary grant and rosalind russell. The movie remake typically strips out certain aspects of the original like a good script, engaging acting, and competent directing. Aug 10, 2018 disney being disney, the company has released three further versions of freaky friday. A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter exwife from remarrying.
The interesting thing of this remake scene is that, we use dslr and iphone to make this film. According to the merriamwebsters definition, the term was first used in 1940 the year the film was released. The original version of his girl friday was a play from 1929 called the front page, in which hildy is a man. As this new version of friday the th is still seeking a writer and director, its unclear how, exactly, this remake will make itself fresh to a modernday audience. Remake everythingparticularly the princess bride the. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy drama romance film directed by howard hawks and starring cary grant and rosalind russell. In both films, the heroine is divorced from grant and engaged to bellamy, a slowspeaking, honest, decent, cornfed type on short.
Reynolds is charming in an otherwise soso reworking of his girl friday. It still holds up 70 some odd years later, but films just arent made this way anymore. Jun 16, 2015 this is a remake scene from his girl friday 1940. Apr 16, 2020 orion pictures has finally revealed the official valley girl trailer for director rachel lee goldenbergs upcoming comedy musical remake, starring happy death days jessica rothe and josh.
His girl friday 16 outstanding movie remakes purple clover. So his girl friday signals both that hildy is a woman and that the role used to be for a man. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy drama romance film directed by howard. Movie and tv remakes that are better than the origina insider. Switching channels 1988 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Howard hawks had the inspired notion of making hildy johnsonthe ace newsman whom demonic editor walter burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting. The movie is probably being remade because it did well at the box office the first time around. Throughly ordinary remake of his girl friday, stick with the original. Valley girl remake is coming to drivein theaters this friday. The remake packs its own star powerits cast is headed by george clooney, brad pitt and matt damonbut director steven soderberg went further, devising a con as clever as it was comic. This cary grant classic which sees him playing a newspaper editor trying to sabotage the relationship of his star reporter so that they wont leave and get married.
Hawks remade the front page, from 1931, for his classic 1940 comedy his girl friday. His girl friday remastered, manufactured on demand, ntsc. Both the awful truth and his girl friday costar cary grant and ralph bellamy as twothirds of a romantic triangle, with irene dunne taking the third part in the awful truth rosalind russell in his girl friday. This is a wink at the fact that hildys gender in the film is switched. Director howard hawks was hired to remake the front page. Remake everythingparticularly the princess bride the new. The result is a great comedy transformed into one of the best films of all time.
Remastered, it was more enjoyable to watch cary grant, rosalind russell, and the rest of the cast work their magic in this howards hawks finely crafted film. The front page by lewis milestone from 1931 and the remake his girl friday by howard hawks 1940. Nov 18, 2018 a downon his luck meter reader jon heder enrolls in a confidencebuilding class so he can win the love of his dream girl jacinda barrett. The difference between the front page and his girl friday is precode versus postcode, scene chewers versus scene stealers and, above all. Howard hawks directed his girl friday, and he decided to change an important element from the front page. Someone like hildy johnson can exist because the filmmakers. This is actually a remake of the hong kong film internal affairs from 2002. That is, the films meaning depends upon a systematic knowledge of the directors worldview, the outlook that produces what wollen calls the hawksian heterocosm, the directors cinematic alternate world, the parameters of which determine the possibilities for analyses of any particular hawks film. Over the decades, hollywood has remade hit movies with the lead roles genders altered, such as in howard hawks his girl friday a. Disney being disney, the company has released three further versions of freaky friday. His girl friday is often known as one of the key examples of screwball comedy, along with it happened one night 1934, bringing up baby 1938 and the philadelphia story 1940. Surprisingly, the two films share much of the same dialogue.
In 1940, howard hawks introduced us to hildy johnson. In 1940 the front page was remade as his girl friday. Jul 19, 2019 the 50 best movie remakes of all time. But the film, and hildy herself, also worry that theres something not quite decent, or not quite right, about a woman wanting to succeed and have her name on a street sign. His girl friday is a classic screwball comedy movie made in 1940, directed by howard hawks and starring cary grant, rosalind russell and ralph bellamy. His girl friday, american screwball comedy film, released in 1940, that was director howard hawkss innovative remake of the front page 1931. Movie remakes that were better than the original the delite. The 1940 film his girl friday, on the other hand, begins with a reunion. The front page was remade in a 1974 billy wilder movie starring walter matthau as walter burns, jack lemmon as hildy johnson, and susan. It stars kathleen turner as christy colleran, burt reynolds as john l. Switching channels is a 1988 american comedy film remake of the front page and his girl friday. Notice the emphasis on women at work in the very first moments.
Hildy johnson rosalind russell is back in the newsroom of the morning post after a long vacation, which has included a divorce from the papers editor, walter burns. One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, his girl friday stars rosalind russell as reporter hildy johnson, a standout among cinemas powerful women. Jason lives director scripts femaleled friday the th. Genderswapped and raceflipped remakes arent living up. Apr 06, 2018 the crow remake puts a new spin on classic characters. The character of hildy johnson, previously played by pat obrien, was changed to a woman, played by rosalind russel. Films that reboot familiar stories with updated protagonists arent a new phenomenon. Its fastpaced dialogue zings and swings with quip after quip after putdown after putdown. Sep 20, 2019 hawks remade the front page, from 1931, for his classic 1940 comedy his girl friday. Ladies did you get a chance to watch the movie his girl friday. The exhusband, exwife plot angle was created for his girl friday and made the story equally as entertaining as the original but unique in its own right. Apr 17, 2020 his girl friday 1940 it is not only new movies that can be remakes. This digitally remastered edition of his girl friday brings greater clarity to this movie than ive ever seen in all of its previous presentations.
The character was the main villain in the original version of the movie but will be tbirds girl now. Since 1980, hockeymasked slasher jason voorhees has starred in 12 movies, including the friday the th remake, the one set in space, and that one where he fought freddy krueger. But first, for his starring turn in the remake of the 1950 film, cheaper by. His girl friday no doubt aiming to dodge the stigma of having his girl friday termed a remake, columbia blithely skips a pertinent point in the credits by merely stating from a play by ben hecht. Feb 12, 2019 films that reboot familiar stories with updated protagonists arent a new phenomenon. No one has ever been as graceful, funny and handsome as. It had been made into an early talkie in 1931, but in 1940, director howard hawks wanted to remake the film starring cary grant as editor walter. Walter burns cary grant is a newspaper editor who learns his exwife is about to marry a bland insurance man and settle down to a quiet life. We are lucky enough to get three of these glorious days in 2015, and this is the third and final one.
Sep 18, 2019 the 1939 movie version of the beloved novel a little princess was the second filmed adaptation of the book, but it was the one that is most similar to the eventual remake in 1995. Hawks realized the dialogue worked better with a woman and decided to rewrite hildy as a female and make her walters exwife. This weekend, orion classics is bringing their valley girl remake to driveins starting friday, may 8th. He was a huge fan of the play and would hold readings of it with his secretary reading hildy johnsons lines. The front page and his girl friday the flapper dame. The film was notorious for its harsh infighting between reynolds and turner during filming. The 1939 version stars shirley temple as sara, a wealthy girl who gets mistreated in an orphanage after her father goes missing during a war. His girl friday 1940 it is not only new movies that can be remakes. But hawks altered the entire dynamic by changing the male reporter hildebrand into a female one, hildegarde rosalind russell. The crow remake puts a new spin on classic characters. No doubt aiming to dodge the stigma of have his girl friday termed a remake, columbia blithely skips a pertinent point in the credits by merely stating from a play by ben hecht and charles macarthur. Indeed, the two movies share a major plot dynamic a formerly married couple in the same profession who have broken up are reunited as one is on the verge of getting. In watching his girl friday tonight, i was struck by how similar the dynamic between cary grant and rosalind russell is to that between bill paxton and helen hunt in twister. Lewis milestones 1931 movie is well respected billy wilders 1974 version isnt, but this is one case where the remake towers brilliantined head and blocked shoulders above the original.
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