Editing Get Carter (section)

==Remakes==
In 1972, MGM released the [[blaxploitation]] film ''[[Hit Man (1972 film)|Hit Man]]'', written and directed by [[George Armitage]] and produced by [[Gene Corman]]; the film's credits identify Lewis's ''Jack's Return Home'' as its basis. This was the second time that Corman had produced a blaxploitation film based on a novel that had previously been adapted for film, following ''[[Cool Breeze (film)|Cool Breeze]]'' (1972), the fourth adaptation of [[W. R. Burnett]]'s ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]''.<ref name="AFIHitMan">{{cite web |title=Hit Man (1972) |url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/54592-HIT-MAN |work=AFI Catalog |publisher=AFI |access-date=2 June 2021 }}</ref> However, Hodges and critics have identified ''Hit Man'' as a [[remake]] of ''Get Carter'', transposing the action from Newcastle to [[Los Angeles]]. The film stars [[Bernie Casey]] as Tyrone Tackett, the story's counterpart to Jack Carter, while Glenda is reimagined as Gozelda, a "sultry skin flick star" portrayed by [[Pam Grier]].<ref name="Triplow-2017">{{cite book |last=Triplow|first=Nick|title=Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir|year=2017 |publisher=Oldcastle Books |location=UK |isbn=9781843448839 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Y0wDwAAQBAJ&dq=hit+man+1972+get+carter&pg=PT160}}</ref> Armitage revealed that he had not seen ''Get Carter'' at the time he worked on the film, and that Corman had given him an untitled copy of Hodges's script, asking him to rewrite it in an African-American context; he did not learn that the film was based on ''Get Carter'' until he was informed by his agent.<ref name="one">{{cite web |url=http://www.money-into-light.com/search/label/Interview%3A%20GEORGE%20ARMITAGE%20%28PART%201%20OF%203%29 |website=Money Into Light |title=Interview with George Armitage - Part One}}</ref><ref name="filmcomment">{{cite web |date=April 28, 2015 |author=Nick Pinkerton |url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-george-armitage/ |title=Interview with George Armitage |work=Film Comment |access-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref> While the films share several plot details and treatments, such as a sniper aiming at Carter/Tackett on a rocky beach,<ref name="Chibnall-94-2003">{{cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=Get Carter: The British Film Guide 6 |year=2003 |publisher=I.B. Taurus |location=UK |isbn=978-1-86064-910-3 |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3uW92r5gB0C&pg=PA26}}</ref> ''Hit Man'' includes several divergences from ''Get Carter'', including a scene in which Gozelda is mauled to death by tigers,<ref name="Triplow-2017" /> and does not end with the main character's death.<ref name="AFIHitMan" /> Hodges and Klinger were incensed by MGM's decision to remake the film, as they considered ''Hit Man'' inferior to ''Get Carter''; Lewis later claimed that he never received any royalties from ''Hit Man''.<ref name="Triplow-2017" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwXhDwAAQBAJ&dq=hit+man+1972+get+carter&pg=PT112|title=The Man Who Got Carter: Michael Klinger, Independent Production and the British Film Industry, 1960–1980|first1=Andrew|last1=Spicer|first2=A. T.|last2=McKenna|date=24 October 2013|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9780857723093|accessdate=20 August 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> The film was released by Warner Archive Collection as a MOD DVD-R on May 4, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hit Man|url=https://www.oldies.com/product-view/8072FD.html|website=Oldies.com|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>

Warner Bros., which holds the rights to the pre-1986 MGM library, produced another remake of ''Get Carter'' in 2000 under the [[Get Carter (2000 film)|same title]], starring [[Sylvester Stallone]] as Jack Carter. Originally announced in 1997, [[Tarsem Singh]] and [[Samuel Bayer]] were considered to direct the film before [[Stephen Kay]] signed on, with [[David McKenna (writer)|David McKenna]] writing the script.<ref>{{cite web |last=Karon |first=Paul |title=McKenna gets 'Carter' for WB |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/mckenna-gets-carter-for-wb-1116675332/ |work=Variety |date=October 24, 1997 |access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Petrikin |first=Chris |title=Musicvid helmer Bayer may 'Get Carter' & Sly |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/musicvid-helmer-bayer-may-get-carter-sly-1117502718/ |work=Variety |date=June 3, 1999 |access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Petrikin |first=Chris |title=Kay gets 'Carter' to helm Stallone |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/kay-gets-carter-to-helm-stallone-1117744322/ |work=Variety |date=July 29, 1999 |access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref> As with ''Hit Man'', the film credited Ted Lewis's ''Jack's Return Home'' as its source, not Hodges's film, and again it contains scenes that are directly borrowed from the original, such as the opening train ride.<ref name="Mitchell-10-7-2000">{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Elvis |title=Movie Review Get Carter (2000) FILM REVIEW; Slimline Stallone, With a Bruising Touch and a Gentle Mutter |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=980CE5DE153CF934A35753C1A9669C8B63&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes |access-date=22 February 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 October 2000}}</ref> Michael Caine appears as Cliff Brumby, in what [[Elvis Mitchell]] described as "a role that will increase regard for the original", speculating that "maybe that was his intention".<ref name="Mitchell-10-7-2000"/> [[Mickey Rourke]] plays the villain Cyrus Paice. The remake was compared unfavourably to the original by the majority of reviewers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Get Carter 2000 critics reviews |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1100569-get_carter/reviews/?sort=rotten |work=Get Carter |publisher=Flixster, Inc. |access-date=22 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229042917/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1100569-get_carter/reviews/?sort=rotten |archive-date=29 December 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=metacritic>{{cite web |title=Get Carter critic reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-carter/critic-reviews |work=Metacritic |access-date=22 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416201338/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-carter/critic-reviews |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The consensus opinion of critics on Rotten Tomatoes was that it was "a remake that doesn't approach the standard of the original, ''Get Carter'' will likely leave viewers confused and unsatisfied. Also, reviews are mixed concerning Stallone's acting".<ref>{{cite web|title=Get Carter (2000)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1100569-get_carter|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419023646/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1100569-get_carter/|archive-date=19 April 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was so badly received on its US release that Warner Bros. decided not to give it a UK theatrical release, anticipating the film would be savaged by British critics and fans.<ref name="Chibnall-110-2003">{{cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=Get Carter: The British Film Guide 6 |year=2003 |publisher=I.B. Taurus |location=UK |isbn=978-1-86064-910-3 |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3uW92r5gB0C&q=casting+carter+steve+chibnall&pg=PA26}}</ref> Elvis Mitchell in ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote "it's so minimally plotted that not only does it lack subtext or context, but it also may be the world's first movie without even a [[Text (literary theory)|text]]".<ref name="Mitchell-10-7-2000"/> Mike Hodges said in 2003 he had still not seen the remake, but was informed by a friend that it was "unspeakable". His son brought him a DVD of the film back from Hong Kong and he tried to watch it, but the [[DVD region code|region format]] was incompatible "so we put it in the dustbin".<ref name="Brooks-2003">{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |title=So macho: interview with Mike Hodges |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/aug/15/edinburghfilmfestival2003.edinburghfilmfestival |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 August 2003 |access-date=16 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002205752/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/aug/15/edinburghfilmfestival2003.edinburghfilmfestival |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film was voted the worst remake of all time in 2004 by users of British DVD rental website ScreenSelect (precursor of [[Lovefilm]]).<ref name="worst remake">{{cite news |title=Get Carter is 'worst film remake' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3969245.stm |access-date=22 February 2012 |publisher=BBC News |date=31 October 2004}}</ref> On 13 February 2001, the remake was released on [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]] DVD by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Get Carter (2000) |url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/3102/Get-Carter-(2000).html |website=DVDs ReleaseDates |access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>