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* ''[[Matilda (film)|Matilda]]'' has its setting transferred to the United States, and all the characters are Americans—except the evil headmistress, making her an [[Evil Brit]] by default.
* ''[[Matilda (film)|Matilda]]'' has its setting transferred to the United States, and all the characters are Americans—except the evil headmistress, making her an [[Evil Brit]] by default.
* This may be a borderline case since the cartoon series based on the original book was crammed with ethnically and racially ambiguous characters, but it's quite remarkable how populated [[the Wachowskis]]' [[Speed Racer (film)|2008 big-screen version]] of ''[[Speed Racer]]'' is with Occidental actors (mostly American and British) as the characters.
* This may be a borderline case since the cartoon series based on the original book was crammed with ethnically and racially ambiguous characters, but it's quite remarkable how populated [[the Wachowskis]]' [[Speed Racer (film)|2008 big-screen version]] of ''[[Speed Racer]]'' is with Occidental actors (mostly American and British) as the characters.
* The American film, ''[[Three Men And A Baby]]'', was based on the French film, ''Three Men and a Cradle''.
* The American film, ''[[Three Men and a Baby]]'', was based on the French film, ''Three Men and a Cradle''.
* The French comedy ''[[The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe]]'' was remade in the US as ''[[The Man With One Red Shoe]]'', with the humorous violence made more sadistic, the sexual content turned quite prudish, and the characters [[Black and White Morality|more finely defined as heroes and villains]].
* The French comedy ''[[The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe]]'' was remade in the US as ''[[The Man With One Red Shoe]]'', with the humorous violence made more sadistic, the sexual content turned quite prudish, and the characters [[Black and White Morality|more finely defined as heroes and villains]].
** French actor Pierre Richard could well be considered the patron saint of this trope: He starred in ''The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe'' mentioned above but also in ''Le Jouet'' (The Toy) which was remade as ''The Toy'' starting Richard Pryor, and ''Le Jumeau'' (The Twin) remade as ''Two Much'' starring Antonio Banderas (though both screenplays were based on an American novel called ''Two Much''). With Gérard Depardieu he made ''Les Compères'' (Comdads) remade as ''Fathers' Day'' with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, ''Les Fugitifs'' (The Fugitives) remade as ''Three Fugitives'' with Nick Nolte ans Martin Short and ''La Chèvre'' (The Goat) remade as ''Pure Luck'' with Danny Glover and Martin Short.
** French actor Pierre Richard could well be considered the patron saint of this trope: He starred in ''The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe'' mentioned above but also in ''Le Jouet'' (The Toy) which was remade as ''The Toy'' starting Richard Pryor, and ''Le Jumeau'' (The Twin) remade as ''Two Much'' starring Antonio Banderas (though both screenplays were based on an American novel called ''Two Much''). With Gérard Depardieu he made ''Les Compères'' (Comdads) remade as ''Fathers' Day'' with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, ''Les Fugitifs'' (The Fugitives) remade as ''Three Fugitives'' with Nick Nolte ans Martin Short and ''La Chèvre'' (The Goat) remade as ''Pure Luck'' with Danny Glover and Martin Short.
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