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1. Lots of movies are actually remakes under a different name. Let's see if you know your remakes. Which of the following movies DOES NOT tell the story of a man who dies too soon due to a mistake by an over-eager angel, and is given a new life in the body of a recently deceased millionaire?
2. Bruce Willis starred in "Last Man Standing" (1996) as a hit-man. This movie is based on which classic 1964 Clint Eastwood western?
3. 1997 saw Bruce Willis as an assassin hired to kill someone in the American government in the movie "The Jackal". This is a remake of a 1973 movie called "Day Of The Jackal". In this film the assassin's target was the French president Charles De Gaulle. Who plays the assassin in the 1973 movie?
4. In 2002 Adam Sandler starred in, "Mr. Deeds" as Longfellow Deeds. He is a man from Mandrake Falls who owns a pizzeria and loves writing verses for greeting cards. He inherits 40 billion dollars from his deceased uncle and moves to Manhattan. This was a remake of a 1936 movie, and also a television series in 1969. By what name is the original movie and television series known by?
5. In 1934 there was a movie called "Death Takes A Holiday". The premise is that Death wants to know what it is like to act as a mortal for a short time, and when he does, he ends up falling in love. This movie was remade in 1998, with Brad Pitt. What is the name of the 1998 movie?
6. In 1960 Swedish director Ingmar Bergman directed a movie called "Jungfrukallan", also known in its English title as "The Virgin Spring". It is about parents whose daughter is brutalized and murdered. The murderers then try to find somewhere to sleep and eat. Unbeknownst to them, they arrive at the dead girl's parents' home. When the parents discover the truth about their house guests, they exact a murderous revenge. This was remade into a controversial movie in the 1970s. By what name is this 1972 movie better known?
7. 1951 saw the release of "The Thing From Another World". It is about scientists at an Arctic research station who discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Death and destruction ensue when they take the pilot of the ship to their station and he is accidentally revived. This movie was remade in 1982 as "The Thing" starring Kurt Russell. Who directed this 1982 movie?
8. In 1997 Penelope Cruz starred in a Spanish movie called "Abre Los Ojos", also know as "Open Your Eyes". A few years later this movie was remade starring Penelope Cruz in the same role of Sofia. What is the title of the 2001 movie?
9. "The Truth About Charlie" was made in 2002 and starred Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton. A woman travels to Paris to find her husband. She learns that he's died and stashed away millions of dollars that he had stolen. This is a remake of which 1963 classic starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn?
10. In 1998 Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortenson starred in the movie "A Perfect Murder". A story in which Michael Douglas hires his wife's lover, played by Viggo Mortenson, to murder her. Which 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic, starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly, is this a remake of?
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