73.3 The Remakes Tribunal 1976: King Kong, Won Ton Ton The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

About this episode

The episode discusses the remakes of King Kong and Won Ton Ton The Dog Who Saved Hollywood, focusing on their 50th anniversaries.

Continuing Issue 73 of Double Reel, the monthly magazine podcast for the discerning film nerd. This is the Remakes Tribunal and like the previous part of the issue we're focusing on films from 1976 that are having their 50th anniversary. For our Remake on Trial we ask if there was any reason to do an updated version of King Kong with Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange. For our Parole Board we ask if a remake would fix the many problems with the "comedy" Won Ton Ton The Dog Who Saved Hollywood. The previous two parts of the issue are already out: Double Reel Monthly and Classics & Hidden Gems. Next week we'll bring you a special Spotlight episode. Check out Alan's author page here: Alan Bayles Author And check out reviews of films on physical media on YouTube: Maximum Disc

People in this episode

Host: The Adamsons

Topics covered

• remakes
• film analysis
• 1976 films
• comedy
• film critique

Keywords

• remakes
• King Kong
• Won Ton Ton
• 1976 films
• film critique
• comedy
• film nerd

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: King Kong, Won Ton Ton The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

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