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Dear Producer,

Our class has just read the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, which is about a young girl named Karana that is stranded on an island by herself, a wild dog, and her own wits. We then watched the Universal Studios version of the movie, and were disappointed with the content in the movie. I believe that this movie should be remade because it could be a lot better than when it was originally made. Plus, there is no better time to remake it then the 50th anniversary of the film. But wait there’s more, keep reading to find out.

One of my reasons is that it has a survival theme. Today, people want to see a survival themed movie, like Lone Survivor, Life of PI, and The Hunger Games. Not only movies, but TV shows, Survivor, Amazing race, and The Walking Dead. Also, Island of the Blue Dolphins(IBD) is based on a true story. Not only do people love survival movies, but also true stories.

Another reason is that there are many interesting action scenes that are extremely intense. Don’t believe me, well, how about a wild dog fight; blood thirsty animals fighting to the death. Still aren’t convinced, now try an octopus fight; a girl with the will to come out with a dead octopus behind her. One more fight, a girl named Karana waked up to find a wave building up in front of her. In the book,l it says “the waves were piling up.” She then realizes that a tsunami is heading right for her, running for her life, she and her dog have to outrun and outlive a massive tsunami!

Last and certainly not least, it won’t be very hard to top the 1964 version of IBD because it wasn’t very good, but with todays technology, Universal can make it an Academy award winning movie. in the original IBD movie, there wasn’t dramatic at all, with today’s technology, you can play a dramatic soundtrack. Also, you can improve the natural disasters, for example, you can make an earthquake more realistic but having the screen shake or ground shaking noises. Most of all, you can make special effects more realistic like blood in the necessary places and correct make up for the actors. Many more reason than just that are the reasons that today’s technology can really make this movie better.

Well, I hope this is obvious that this movie should be remade for those reasons. Some people might think that nobody really likes this story, although, the book has a newbery medal so it must have been a good story. Once again, there is no better time to this movie than on its 50th anniversary. Technology, action scenes, and the survival theme are all great reasons to remake this movie, so why don’t you go make it now.

Written with thought, Nigel Arul


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