The Only Remake Quentin Tarantino Ever Attempted Was With The Producer Of ‘Halloween’
Sharai Bohannon
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Filmmaker, podcaster, and owner of questionable suits Quentin Tarantino just loves talking about cinema. This might explain why he co-hosts a show, Video Archives, that gives him another outlet to do just that. While discussing director Roger Corman on the pod, Tarantino mentioned he almost remade one of Corman’s films.
According to Video Archives via Far Out Magazine UK, we were all denied the Quentin Tarantino remake of 1957’s Rock All Night. This version would’ve been part of the Showtime series Rebel Highway, produced by Debra Hill (Halloween), which saw 90s filmmakers take a stab at 1950s B-movies in the American International Pictures (AIP) catalog.
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Most of the director-writers that took part in the short-lived series made huge changes to the films they recreated. However, Tarantino wanted to stick close to the source material stating, “I really liked Rock All Night. So I would have actually done a remake of it, and I had a whole thing in mind about it”. – Far Out Magazine UK
For the uninitiated, Rock All Night was about a pair of escaped convicts who take over the local teen hangout. An act that forces the bartender to take matters into his own hands to save the young hostages.
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It was directed by Roger Corman. The script was written by Charles B. Griffith. It’s based on the book The Little Guy by David P. Harmon. The movie stars Dick Miller, Russell Johnson, Abby Dalton, and Jeanne Cooper. You can stream it on Crackle, Plex, Pluto TV, and Tubi for free.
Can you imagine what a Quentin Tarantino remake of this film would look like? Are you sad this project never came to fruition? Then tell me why at @misssharai.
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