Random harvest6/12/2023 ![]() Robert Redford was previously attached to produce, direct and star in the remake but has since bowed out of the project which is now actively looking for a new director.Īn updated script penned by a master storyteller like Fellowes could be exactly what this project needs to catapult it into the 21st century. Fellowes is the scribe for the upcoming films “Gypsy” which will star Barbra Streisand and “The Chess Machine” with Peter Dinklage and Guy Pearce. So, the lives of the dead soldiers are 'harvested,' or 'taken' at random. He, at one point, ponders how one soldier is killed and another spared at random during the shellings. Fellowes is known for his uniquely British period dramas including “Gosford Park,” “Vanity Fair,” “The Young Victoria,” and 2013’s “Romeo & Juliet.” He also wrote 2010’s “The Tourist” starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, but we’ll let that one slide. Random Harvest - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide Random Harvest 62 Metascore 1942 2 hr 5 mins Drama NR Watchlist After losing his memory, a World War I vet starts a new life with a. Steve The man in the story lost his memory after being shell-shocked during WWI. remake, penned by “Downton Abbey” writer and creator Julian Fellowes. Jump forward seventy years to the Warner Bros. Random Harvest (1942) In director Mervyn LeRoys romantic drama adapted from James Hiltons 1941 novel - MGMs sentimental, moving melodramatic romance with an implausible and contrived plot about an amnesia victim who forgot the woman he loved and married: in the opening scene (voice-over): 'Our story takes you down this shadowed path to a. Miniver.” The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy who was fresh off successes like “The Wizard Of Oz” and “Waterloo Bridge.” He would later go on to direct “Little Women” and “Gypsy.” A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and. Miniver” and RANDOM HARVEST, winning for “Mrs. Writers Claudine West, George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis were nominated for best screenplay for both “Mrs. Miniver” which also starred Garson who took home the award for best actress along with the world record for longest acceptance speech, clocking in at 5 minutes 30 seconds. The MGM film was a commercial and critical success, raking in just over $8.1 million worldwide and earning 7 Oscar nominations including for best picture, best actor, best director and best screenplay. The original film stars Ronald Colman and Greer Garson as the ill-fated couple. Based on the novel by James Hilton, the story follows John Smith, an amnesiac World War I vet who falls in love with a Vaudeville star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-War life. is looking to take you back there with a remake of the 1943 Oscar nominated RANDOM HARVEST. Think back to a simpler time when gas cost 19 cents a gallon and movies were shot in black and white…well, Warner Bros.
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