Get Smart then and now
USA Today posted a look at the remake films due out this summer here’s an excerpt from the article about Get Smart:
June 20: Get Smart
Back then: CONTROL agents Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 (Don Adams and Barbara Feldon) battled the evil organization KAOS from 1965 to 1970 in a televised spoof of the James Bond spy genre, produced by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry.
And now: Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway take over the main roles, with twist. Max is a new agent being trained by 99, who is a hard-bitten veteran. “We stay true to the spirit of 99 but make her the fully realized woman of her time. That means something different in 2008 than it meant in the ’60s,” Hathaway says. “I am totally Obi-Wan.” The plot is nonsensical, as always, with comical gadgets (including the famous shoe phone) coming into play as the duo try to stop a bizarre new scheme and still work in all the old catchphrases.
And later: Remakes of TV shows can be hit or miss. Get Smart will have to connect with audiences in a big way, and even then it’s rare to see a TV-to-movie sequel. —A.B.
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