Ed Glaser is a six-time Telly Award-winning filmmaker and film historian based in Champaign, Illinois. In addition to writing about international remakes for more than a decade, he has produced specialized restorations of Turkish Rambo and Star Wars adaptations, as well as edited and published the only English translation of Dracula in Istanbul, the 1928 pirated rewrite of Bram Stoker's Dracula that formed the basis of a 1953 Turkish film.

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Why Didn't They Get Sued?

1.¿Capes, Conquerors, and Comic Books

3 Dev Adam (Three Giant Men)

Ator l'invincibile (Ator the Fighting Eagle)

Darna

K¿z¿l Maske ("The Phantom")

La Mujer Murciélago (Bat Woman)

Supaid¿man (­Spider-Man)

Superman

Süpermen Dönüyor ("Superman Returns")

Supersonic Man

Tarzan ¿stanbul'da ("Tarzan in Istanbul")

­Wurideul-ui Chingu Pawo 5 ("Our Friend Power 5")

Yarasa Adam: Bedmen ("Batman")

Zashchitniki (Guardians)

2.¿Muscles, Magnums, and Machismo

7 Belal¿lar ("7 Troublemakers")

1990: I guerrieri del Bronx (1990: The Bronx Warriors)

Alt¿n Çocuk ("Golden Boy")

Black Cobra

Cellat ("The Executioner")

Den' D ("­D-Day")

Dhoom ("Boom")

The Intruder

Khoon Khoon ("Blood Blood")

Korkusuz (Rampage)

OK Connery

Qayamat: City Under Threat

3.¿Family, Fantasy, and Fairy Tales

Aabra Ka Daabra: The School of Magic

Badi ("Shorty")

Os Carrinhos em: A Grande Corrida (The Little Cars in the Great Race)

Ge wu qing chun (Disney High School Musical: China)

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum ("Children and God")

Lassie-Eine abenteuerliche Reise (Lassie Come Home)

Maugli (The Adventures of Mowgli)

Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler ("Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs")

Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz ("The Tramps and the Wizard of Oróz")

Vinni-Pukh ("Winnie the Pooh")

4.¿Monsters, Maniacs, and the Macabre

Aatank ("Terror")

Anyab ("Fangs")

Bach ke Zara ("Tread Carefully")

Drakula ¿stanbul'da ("Dracula in Istanbul")

Kader Diyelim ("Let's Say It's Fate")

Kingu Kongu no Gyakush¿ (King Kong Escapes)

L'ultimo squalo (The Last Shark)

Mahakaal ("Time of Death")

La Momia Azteca (The Aztec Mummy)

Paran¿maru Akutibiti Dai 2 Sh¿: T¿ky¿ Naito (Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night)

¿eytan ("Satan")

Xingxing wang (The Mighty Peking Man)

Zapatlela ("Possessed")

5.¿Androids, Aliens, and the Apocalypse

Baytekin Fezada Çarp¿¿anlar ("Flash Gordon's Battle in Space")

The Bionic Boy

Computer Haekjeonham Pokpa Daejakjeon (Savior of the Earth)

Dünyay¿ Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World)

Pembalasan Ratu Pantai Selatan (Lady Terminator)

Robo Vampire

Robowar

Shocking Dark

Starcrash

Time of the Apes

Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda ("Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek")

Uch¿ kara no Mess¿ji (Message from Space)

Warrior of the Lost World

6.¿Outlaws, Outsiders, and Oscar Winners

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Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai ("Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It")

Cemo ile Cemile ("Cemo and Cemile")

Fight Club: Members Only

Kara ¿im¿ek ("Black Lightning")

Kartal Yuvas¿ ("Eagle's Nest")

K¿l¿ç Bey ("Mr. K¿l¿ç")

Lim jing dai yat gik (First Shot)

Masoyiyata / Titanic ("My Beloved / Titanic")

Pi li da niu (Girl with a Gun)

Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya... ("Love... What Have You Done")

Sangharsh ("Conflict")

Sarkar ("Overlord")

Yurusarezaru mono (Unforgiven)

Bibliography and Filmography

Index