After messing up with “Swept Away” and “Revolver,” Guy Richie is on the move to direct yet another film. This time, its a remake for the classic “The Dirty Dozen.” This news has been reported as one of the pre-strike (Writers Guild, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild strike next year) productions that studios are making a priority of.
For those familiar, and of course, action/war movie enthusiasts, knows that the film is from a 1967 World War II action-war movie directed by Robert Aldrich, which in turn is from the novel by E.M. Nathanson. The 1967 film featured Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson and Jim Brown.
Though ostensibly about World War II, the story deals with contemporary 1967 themes of individualism vs. collectivism, cultural relativism, internal and external racism, and their meanings within patriotism and duty in war.
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Greg Powell said
August 5 2009 @ 9:22 pm
i realize the Hollywood creativity well is bone dry… but this has just gone too far. please no one watch this movie is you want to retin any self respect. it is going to tank, and the original cannot be topped. (o, and to th writer of the article… you forgot to mention a young Donald Sutherland)