"Read my mind movie game" - A Forum Admin's Remake

[Touti]

Touti question 4: Crime, Thriller, Comedy

I should have known I was just wasting a question 

Is the main role male or female ?

[Najemikon]

I didn't understand the rules: I didn't partecipate till now, may I guess?

You can, but if you get it wrong, you lose a question. You have plenty though, so go for it ...

[Najemikon]

Is the main role male or female ?

That's actually a slightly weighted question. I'll say female.

That's five, by the way!

[Sanuye]

The Ladykillers (1955)

The Coen Brothers did a terrible (in my opinion) remake in 2004


Edit: spelling

[Kathy]

The Ladykillers (1955)

The Coen Brothers did a terrible (in my opinion) remake in 2004


Edit: spelling

I bet your right! 
You beat me to it - I just signed in to guess the same answer!

[Najemikon]

The Ladykillers (1955)

The Coen Brothers did a terrible (in my opinion) remake in 2004

Correct! 

Your board, Sanuye. Asking what awards was a good one, instantly revealing it was British. Then when Kathy asked if it had been remade, that was the beginning of the end. I thought you'd got it then, Kathy.

I think The Ladykillers is one of the most perfectly written screenplays. Western narrative follows four stages and this is the only film I can think of where so much happens, but in the resolution, there has only been one perceptible change. Just brilliant.

EDIT: Don't forget the mystery actor thread! If any of you can guess that person with what's there now, I will be truly speechless ... 

[Sanuye]

I took off my tin foil cap, so you can read my mind 

Free hint: very very funny

[Kathy]

What awards, if any, did this film win?

(Hey it helped before! )

[Sanuye]

No major awards 

[Najemikon]

What decade?

[Sanuye]

What decade?

The last one

Edit: or should I say: "the current one"?
2000s anyway

[Najemikon]

I'm going to assume from your original hint it's a comedy. But from what country?

[Sanuye]

I'm going to assume from your original hint it's a comedy. But from what country?

IMDb says USA, Ausralia, Germany. I'm not good with CoO, but I'd say USA

[Najemikon]

Interesting mix ... no help at all! 

Ok, comedy, 2000s. Is it a straight, played for laughs, silly/slapstick comedy, or more of a realistic comedy drama?

[Sanuye]

totally silly  but not stupid (not the "date movie" kind)