New version will stay faithful to Portis' novel
Not a traditional remake, the Paramount film will be more faithful to the Charles Portis book than the 1969 pic, also distributed by Par.
Portis' novel is about a 14-year-old girl who, along with an aging U.S. marshal and another lawman, tracks her father's killer in hostile Indian territory.
But while the original film was a showcase for Wayne, the Coens' version will tell the tale from the girl's p.o.v.
The movie version of The Yiddish Policemen's Union should show a significant amount of Tlingit culture. Whether it does or not remains to be seen.
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2 comments:
So, Yiddish Policeman's Union, eh? It was pretty good; I was surprised how many of my white liberal friends could understand Palestine after reading it. I don't know if that was Chabon's intention, but once you get rid of the fact that they're Arabs, most Americans understand.
Yiddish Policeman's Union is one case where I wouldn't mind a non-Indian playing an Indian, just because if there's any nudity, we'll have to stick to the book's canon. (Or they could do the Y Tu Mamá También solution.)
There is a wealth of Alaska Native and American Indian Actors that can bond with the Jewish actors on this :-D
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