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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Lost (and Found!) in translation: interesting dubs, cultural remakes, etc.
 
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Samuel Clemens
Oct 4, 2013

I think we should call the Avengers.

Davros1 posted:

Here's something I've always wondered. American studios will by the rights to foreign films and remake them for American audiences (The Ring, The Departed, etc) but does that happen the other way around? I'm not talking about unlicensed knock-offs (Turkish Star Wars, etc), but actual foreign studios by the rights to American films and then making their own version.

There's a Russian remake of 12 Angry Men simply titled 12. It was even nominated for an Oscar in 2007. Assault on Precinct 13 had a French remake called Nid de Guêpes/The Nest. And The Longest Yard was remade in Britain as Mean Machine.

In general, foreign remakes of Hollywood productions seem to be fairly rare though. Probably because American films already have a large international appeal and most countries don't have sufficient funds to compete with their production values.

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