9 Breathless
Richard Gere starred in Jim McBride’s neo-noir thriller Breathless. It was a remake of Godard’s legendary and groundbreaking French New Wave classic A Bout de Souffle. Except for the obvious change in Los Angeles’s location, plotwise there was not much to be changed.
Gere portrays Jesse Lujack. He is a comic-obsessed man who steals cars and ends up being a criminal on run after shooting a cop. Although the film received mixed reviews from critics, it did well at the box office.
Remake of: A Bout de Souffle
Original Country: France
Worldwide Gross of US Remake: $19.9 million