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Funny Games U.S.

Country: USA, Language: English, 111 mins

  • Director: Michael Haneke
  • Writer: Michael Haneke
  • Producer: Rene Bastian; Christian Baute

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A study into absolute cruelty.

A carbon-copy of Haneke's 1997 original - there's nothing quite like copying oneself.

It moves from low-budget Austria to big-budget America - but does it work?

For Americans - yes. Because, Americans do not watch foreign language films!

Even though Haneke has said that he had always envisioned Funny Games to have been an American story - is that a suitable justification for the carbon copy?

Laughing all the way to the bank...ha ha!


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The(ir) Blurb...

In this English-language remake of a deconstruction in the way violence is portrayed in the media, a family settles into its vacation home, which happens to be the next stop for a pair of young, articulate, white-gloved serial killers on an excursion through the neighborhood.

Cast & Characters

Naomi Watts as Ann Farber;
Tim Roth as George Farber;
Michael Pitt as Paul;
Brady Corbet as Peter;
Devon Gearhart as Georgie Farber;
Boyd Gaines as Fred Thompson;
Siobhan Fallon as Betsy Thompson;
Robert LuPone as Robert;
Susanne C. Hanke as Betsy's Sister-in-Law;
Linda Moran as Eve