'Crash' Coming to TV, So What Else Could?
Riding off the high of a three-year-old Best Picture Oscar Win, it's been announced that the ensemble melodrama Crash will be coming to Starz as an original series. So I started thinking, what other Oscar winners could we cash in for a probably-terrible television series, and what would they be like? This is as far as I got:
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - The king is back--and he wants the fellowship to rent an apartment! Ut oh!
Forrest Gump (1994) - It's like Quantum Leap with an idiot, with Forrest time traveling to cause famous events in history. And Bubba is Al.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - All of the current Hannibal-related movies are broken up into half-hour shows, and a laugh-track is added.
Dances with Wolves (1990) - A reality show in which Kevin Costner competes against other celebrities to create the best dance possible with a wolf partner.
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - Cash Cab, but they'll only pick up white contestants.
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Retitled Kramer vs. Cramer, Michael Richards and Mad Money's Jim Cramer compete in weekly verbal and physical sparring.
The French Connection (1971) - Gene Hackman joins host Chuck Woolery in the search for love abroad.
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) - Just some people singing or dancing, maybe lifting things? I don't think it matters. With a name like The Greatest Show on Earth, who's not going to watch?
Any other Best Pictures you think would make a good television series?