Aryn Seib

Mrs. Rowe
English 12A
March 19, 2014
Compare and Conras
E!eryday someone is coming "p wih he idea o a#e a boo# and ma#e i ino a mo!ie, or o rema#e
a mo!ie. $aely all o% he mo!ies ha ha!e been coming o" are eiher rema#es or based on a boo#,
same wih &' shows o. (or insance &he )rea )asby.
&he )rea )asby sared o" as a boo#, which was p"blished in 192*, and hen was made
ino a mo!ie in 19+4. , was remade in 201-. &he )rea )asby a#es place in he 1920.s d"ring
prohibiion. /ow he wo mo!ies are !ery similar. &hey %ollow he soryline !ery well. /o m"ch was
changed %rom he boo# ino he mo!ie. &hey #ep he same characers, and he romance beween
0ay and 1aisy.
/ow boh o% he mo!ies ha!e heir di%%erences. &he 19+4 mo!ie is ob!io"sly older and loo#ed
more li#e he 1920.s. ,n 201- hey made ino a more modern !ersion and i had more o% modern
m"sic and modern o"%is, while sill rying o sic# o he 1920.s heme. &he ho"se.s were bigger
han wha hey wo"ld ha!e been in he 1920.s and 19+4. Also in he 201- !ersion i le% o" some
in%ormaion abo" he %"neral o% 0ay )asby and his %aher. &he only oher hing ha hey didn. really
#eep he same was in he beginning and he ending o% he mo!ie. ,n he beginning o% he 19+4
!ersion, , do no belie!e ha i sared o" wih /ic# a a herapis, and , also don. hin# i ended wih
him here. ,n he 201- !ersion ha2s how hey sared and ended i.
, seems as i% direcors and wriers are 3"s geing la4ier and are deciding o 3"s rema#e
mo!ies. Seeing ha here has already been a mo!ie done so hey can 3"s a#e mos o% he
in%ormaion %rom he %irs mo!ie and 3"s ma#e i ino a more modern !ersion and call i heir own.