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## Explores how cult and classic ‘60s British films are remade by Hollywood in the new millennium * Provides the first book-length study devoted to Hollywood remakes of British cinema * Studies the relationship between the British film industry and Hollywood in the context of remakes * Examines strategies of updating class and gender in the new millennium * Analyses British and American screen masculinity and stardom * Explores remakes as examples of cultural dialogue and exchange * Shows the impact of the digital revolution on remakes, originals and their paratexts This is the first book-length study to address film remaking from a unique perspective of a cross-cultural exchange between two countries which not only share a language but also a history of film cooperation. It examines a selection of cult and classic British titles made at the time of Hollywood’s active involvement in the domestic film production, with case studies from a number of genres. The book investigates the ways in which these ‘60s and early ‘70s films are remade by Hollywood in the new millennium by focusing in particular on how class and gender representations are updated to accommodate for cultural, societ

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Author

Agnieszka Rasmus

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474448802

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Performing Arts, Sports