Did You Know These Classic Films Were All Remakes?

Ocean's Eleven

Who doesn't like a good old-fashioned spy movie? This 2001 heist film is a classic of the genre, but it started off as a 1960s film of the same name. The earlier version had the infamous Rat Pack in the cast. However, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Julia Roberts were also pretty good additions!

The Last House on the Left

Horror movies are ripe for the taking when it comes to innovative recreations. The 2009 revenge masterpiece comes from the bones of another cinematographic classic, a 1972 Wes Craven film by the same name. The first was the first of its kind...does that mean the 2009 one is the second of its kind?

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The More You Know

  • In the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • The ornaments that Marv steps on in Home Alone are actually candy.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.