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				Nicholas Cage as Bad Lieutenant in remake
			 
			
			May 14, 2008 Nicolas Cage and Werner Herzog are teaming up for a re-make of Abel Ferrera's violent 1992 classic Bad Lieutenant, it was announced in Cannes today. Cage will play the Harvey Keitel role - a twisted New York police officer with drug, gambling and sex issues who eventually finds redemption. According to Variety, the update is penned by Billy Finkelstein - no stranger to Gotham-set drama with the likes of Murder One and NYPD Blue on his CV. Herzog - currently in the south of France with his doc Encounters at the End of the World - earned strong reviews for his previous film Rescue Dawn, and has a string of masterpieces to his credit, including Aguirre, Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo. 
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			And once again - WHY?
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			Yeah why would they remake a movie from the 90s already? Odd.... 
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			Weirdly surreal... I bet Herzog will shoot Cage during production and it'll never be completed. | 
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			It won't be as raw and powerful as the original I'm sure. As much as I like Cage as an actor there's no way in hell I think he'll be able to pull this one off. Keitel was so strong and vicious while being so vulnerable and sad... it was an amazing performance.
		 
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 Even if you don't like the original u gotta appreciate an actor throwing himself into the role like that. | 
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			i'll watch anything Herzog makes.
		 
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			Was the last one in the Jungle any good? I might get around to watching it. Herzog is indeed an interesting director.
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			i think this just means that Bad Lieutenant is officially as good as Nosferatu.
		 
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