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Article: Americans in Paris; Francophile classic `Charade' is remade as gritty Mark Wahlberg thriller.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- October 21, 2002
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Byline: Stephen Schaefer
Mark Wahlberg and Cary Grant usually aren't mentioned in the same breath. Nonetheless, the Dorchester native nabbed the Grant role in "The Truth About Charlie," a remake of 1963's "Charade" opening Friday.
Likewise, Thandie Newton ("Beloved") probably isn't the first actress who comes to mind as the latter-day equivalent of Audrey Hepburn, Grant's "Charade" co-star. Yet that's whom director Jonathan Demme ("The Silence of the Lambs," "Philadelphia," "Beloved") tapped to be Wahlberg's leading lady.
Clearly, Demme wanted to rework "Charade" from the top.
"Charade" remains a fondly remembered movie because it ...