The easy friendship between Clooney, Pitt, Roberts et al shines throughout the film and seems to draw the audience in to their inner circle. Firstly because of the fact that they all took pay cuts so that it could happen and secondly because it comes across on screen. In the case of this adaption we are safe in the knowledge that the actors at least wanted to be there and that they all had fun making it. However, this time around with a brand new script and an immensely prosperous cast and crew we have ended up with a film ten times better than the original. People would have paid to see them organise their sock draws.
Lets face it, if they had all just been sitting there doing nothing it would still have been a highly successful film. Ok, so maybe the original 1960s film was just an excuse for Frank and his buddies to hang out and make some money out of it, but it was still a smash hit.
