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Article: `Miami Vice' remake swaps pastels for darker tones.
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- July 26, 2006
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Byline: Hanh Nguyen
LOS ANGELES _ "Miami Vice" wouldn't have happened if it weren't for Jamie Foxx, who hounded director Michael Mann to take the `80s-era TV show he executive-produced and adapt it for the big screen.
"(Michael had) enough of me going up to him and saying, `Look, I really think that this is a great opportunity for you to take a commercial hit, a franchise, and bring the real film capability that Michael Mann has together,'" recalls the Oscar-winning actor. "So, now, we're all protected, in the sense of we're doing a big-time summer movie, but it's still held together by the Michael Mann way of thinking."
That way of thinking ...
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Transcript: 'Miami Vice' Looks Pretty, Acts Tough
NPR Morning Edition;
July 28, 2006 ;
700+ words
... ... Morning Edition (NPR) 07-28-2006 'Miami Vice' Looks Pretty, Acts Tough Host: DON ... cool shades and stubble are back. Miami Vice, the movie, blasts its way into theaters ... drug cartels. (Soundbite of movie, Miami Vice) Mr. JAMIE FOXX (Actor): (As Det ...
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