A remake of "Sybil"
A remake of "Sybil"
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#0A remake of "Sybil"
Posted: 1/18/06 at 12:56pm
Why?
Nothing against these two actresses but I thought Joanne Woodward and Sally Field were fabulous in the original.
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#1re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 12:57pm
Why inDEED.
How completely unnecessary.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#3re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 12:59pmi think the only person i would like to see as sybil is rath.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:00pm
Oh the smell of desperation at the tv networks. Obviously, a creative idea hasn't surfaced in years.
Nevermind the fact that SALLY FIELD WAS PERFECT IN THE ROLE and it shouldn't be remade.
#5re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:03pmYou've already seen that, GG.
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#6re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:04pm
Will we then get a run of remakes on films of this genre:
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#7re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:13pm
Wait -- maybe Sally Field can play the doctor, and then it could be that whole Patty Duke/Miracle Worker age-through-the-parts series.
I just hope they devote more time to the screaming cat scene in this version.
#8re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:13pm
Nevermind the fact that SALLY FIELD WAS PERFECT IN THE ROLE and it shouldn't be remade.
oh what a ridiculous statement, goth. By that standard, plays/musicals should only ever be done by ONE cast, and once the run is completed, NEVER AGAIN.......not by a high school, not by a community theater, no-one.
Sorry, I think Jessica would be great in this. And the joy of theater, music, art (yes I know this is television) is seeing different interpretations.
If you don't want to watch it, DON'T.......but let us that want to, do so!
#9re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:16pmWhat a silly waste of time and effort.
#11re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:22pmYou scare me.
#13re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:25pmI so don't want to see your kitchen.
#14re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:26pmwho will play the mother? the original was an actress who looked like the skipper from gilligan's island in drag. i hope it's patricia heaton. i hate her.
#15re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:27pm
But imagine this story and character in the hands of some of our excellent contempory actresses.
Like revivals, I don't mind remakes. Both can be done brilliantly or poorly. But the original is never tarnished by the attempt.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#16re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:28pmYeah, but this one won't have a shirtless Brad Davis in his prime....sniff!
#17re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:30pmI think Cherry Jones would be awesome as the mother.
#18re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 1:32pm
the correct line is 'You hold your water to the VERY last note!"
and Jerby, you are totally correct, the original never suffers because of a remake.
#19re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 2:02pm
Cherry Jones. sigh. I'm so in love with her. She can do anything as far I care! 
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#20re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 2:06pm
Are people really comparing revivals of plays and musicals to movie remakes?
Cause original productions only live on in the minds of those who actually saw it...whereas film is forever (well...you know).
I mean...don't they show Sybil on one of those women's networks at least 3 times a year?
#21re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 2:07pm
I will never forget the first time I saw Sally Field huddled on the kitchen floor while Joanne Woodward implored to the heavens:
"WHAT. DID. THOSE. MONSTERS. DOOOOOOOOOOO. TO. YOU?!?"
Wasn't that the 1st-night cliffhanger?
#22re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 2:18pm
Why do some people see a play like Hamlet over and over in their life? To see THAT actor's Hamlet.
Why do some people keep returning to POTO? To see THAT actor's Phantom.
Why are revivals like Cabaret, Nine, and Sweeney Todd more thrilling than the recent revivals of Bells Are Ringing and Wonderful Town? Because those 3 are reimagined productions to varying degrees. They aren't museum piece productions either.
So, I argue that it CAN work for film. Is Branaugh's Henry V really a remake of Olivier's? And if so, does it matter?
I know you didn't like King Kong, but I though Jackson completely justified retelling that story. And, it was fantastic seeing Naomi Watts bring something completely new to that character.
I even found the not so excellent Psycho remake a titch fascinating.
And the funny thing is--if you don't know it's a remake, you probably wouldn't be so against it. Look at all the remakes of foreign language films that are made. Some work. Some suck.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#23re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 2:20pm
I'm not really for or against remakes, actually.
I just find the comparison not completely kosher.
#24re: A remake of 'Sybil'
Posted: 1/18/06 at 2:23pmcan I talk to Vicky?
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