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Title: This is How a Great Remake is Made
Review: In the original INVASION (1956), the alien pods descend on a small California town and overtake it. Everyone knows everyone. The slightest change in anyone's personality is noticable so the humans are tipped off a little early.In the remake (1978), the setting is moved to San Francisco. Where no one knows anyone, the aliens have nearly completely overtaken the city before anyone notices the invasion has begun, amping up the paranoia and danger.Great cast, atmospheric photography, and chilling soundtrack. This is how a great remake is made: take the original concept and move it forward. (The only other great remake I can think of also starred Jeff Goldblum: 1986's THE FLY).A bit of trivia: I met Kevin McCarthy, the star of the original, this summer and asked him about the remake."They didn't pay me a dime for that," he told me. "They couldn't even come up with a hundred and fifty dollars to pay me for that cameo."
