American Classics That Could Have Been Made Elsewhere
In another continent, non-English speaking country.
shareThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre could have been made in Brazil
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Jaws could have happened on the South African coast...
Evil Afrikaner villain: 'Diplomatic immunity!'
*Ridiculous shark roar!
Danny Glover: 'I'm getting too old for sharks and shit'
BLAMMO💥!
I don't see why E.T. couldn't have been made in England.
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They could feed ET tea and scones
Sounds tasty, even better than that peanut butter crap candy we gave him
Although the flying over suburbia shot wouldn't be as nice. I don't like suburbia in the UK/Ireland. It's often neighborhoods where every house looks the same. So depressing. And they live in 'semi-detached' homes... a strange term given that you share your house with your neighbour and there is a wall between you.
I always had this romantic idea of my relatives in Ireland. I pictured my aunt living in a big house, but she lived in a cookie cutter suburb and shared a house with her neighbour.
I asked why people live like this and someone said 'it's cheaper for the builder'. WTF???
Why are you so surprised? Yes, it's cheaper and if allows you to build more houses on a small piece of land. There just isn't enough room here in Europe for everybody to have a detached house surrounded by their own land.
shareIreland’s got lots of space.
shareYou'd need to buy the land first.
People in the suburbs originally came from the inner city or the impoverished countryside. They were happy to move into semi-detached houses not too far from their workplace. People still prefer to live close to their workplace, so everybody's huddled together in the suburbs. People may dream of living in the country, but not too many can afford it.
I noticed when I was in Italy and Malta that the houses are smaller and everyone seems to live on top of one another.
shareProbably less cookie cutter and more colourful. Irish suburbia is so dull. You’d think for a gloomy country they’d try to compensate by painting their homes but they don’t.
shareSome do paint their houses in bright colors, but there are actually rules for that. You have to get consent first in case it could affect the character of the house.
You'd think colorful houses would look good in gloomy weather and landscapes, but it really doesn't. It only looks good on some tropical island like Curaçao.
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interesting about the "Reese's pieces' candy he ate..........at the time I recall reading that the studio asked M&Ms manufacturer if they could use M&Ms in the movie; the company said NO as they thought ET was a monster movie; had no idea what the storyline was..........sooooo as a result, Reese's Pieces sales went up 20% after the movie came out!!
and THAT"S what cha get when you don't do your research, candy company.....!!!!
I had read that too!
share'Saturday the 14th, Garda Italy'
After multiple slayings at a summer camp the night before a goofy bunch of horny municipal workers do a deplorable job of sweeping up the heads and legs...Can these wacky Italians get anything right before Giasone returns for more slaughter?!?
Don't bet your life on it🔪
"Casablanca", especially since all of it takes place in Africa and Europe.
shareThe Shining. Any country with snow and mountains, I think.
Ben Hur
Dr. Zhivago
The Great Escape, Schindler's List and quite a few other WWII movies.
The Shop around the Corner (I actually would love to see this one in Hungarian)
The Big Clock 1948 could be done in any city. Same for Vertigo.
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