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Assuaging any worries that he may have been forced to tone down the darkness for his Hollywood debut, a new R-rated trailer for director Michael Haneke’s Funny Games has hit the interweb.
 
A remake of Haneke’s 1997 foreign-language original, Funny Games features Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and young Devon Gearhart as a vacationing family who to their surprise are trussed up and mentally tortured by Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet’s screwed-up thrill-killers – you know, for kicks.

The trailer is undoubtedly spoilerific (you can see a major character getting offed), but the clip demonstrates a twisted streak that bodes well for the final cut.

To check it out click here - You’ll have to enter some proof-of-age disclaimer stuff.
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RE: Jeez...
L: Acho ...spoilerific much?! ing, that happened to that guyd not know that would happen! One might have assumed that something like that would happen to at least one character at some stage, but one might not have been certain until one had seen the film. It's probably just one's karmic punishment for referring to oneself in the third person! And also having never seen the Haneke original. This trailer and the first seem suitably creepy, although very Clockwork Orange-y, however lazy... Read More

badassmofo About me

17:29, 09 December 2007 | Report This Post
RE: Funny Games R-Rated Trailer Hits
Hmm. A film being remade by the person that made it in the first place. The original's pretty horrible, if I remember. Lots of crying and pain and anguish. I always meant to seek out more of his films, but never got round to it, except for Tesis, which was part of the same double bill. Who's idea was this, anyway? Haneke's or the studios? The trailer feels like I remember the original being. Odd thing to do though. ... Read More

fireboy About me

15:25, 09 December 2007 | Report This Post
why?
What's the point in remaking this? It looks identical to the original in a Gun Van Sant's Psycho way. Haneke must be really proud of himself to make it again in English. Not sure why, I found it petulant and boring. ... Read More

carmbler About me

14:59, 06 December 2007 | Report This Post
Zip code
53965 is a Wisconsin zip code that I use for stuff like this. But as stated above, any 5 digit number will usually suffice. ... Read More

Acho About me

13:43, 06 December 2007 | Report This Post
Jeez...
...spoilerific much?! That thing, that happened to that guy - I did not know that would happen! One might have assumed that something like that would happen to at least one character at some stage, but one might not have been certain until one had seen the film. It's probably just one's karmic punishment for referring to oneself in the third person! And also having never seen the Haneke original. This trailer and the first seem suitably creepy, although very Clockwork Orange-y, however lazy t... Read More

Acho About me

13:42, 06 December 2007 | Report This Post
To The Todge: Just enter any random numbers. I put in 6661 and it let me through. Aside from that, this looks really good! I'm excited. ... Read More

deathbat6661 About me

13:41, 06 December 2007 | Report This Post
What!
they kill a dog, why do animals always suffer in psycho dramas ... Read More

Lang About me

13:24, 06 December 2007 | Report This Post
Erm
How do you get past having to enter a zip code? ... Read More

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