Funny Games U.S.
- Director: Michael Haneke
- Writer: Michael Haneke
- Producer: Rene Bastian; Christian Baute
CGiii Comment
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!
Trailer...
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