How the World Remade Hollywood

<p> For decades filmmakers worldwide have been remaking Hollywood movies in colorful ways. They've chronicled a singing and dancing Hannibal Lecter in India star-crossed lovers aboard the doomed Nigerian ship <I>Titanic</I> a Japanese expedition to the planet of the apes and an uncivil war in Turkey between Captain America and a mobbed-up Spider-Man. Most of these films were low budget and many were unauthorized but all of them were fantastic--and lately have begun to resurface thanks to cherry-picked YouTube clips. But why and how were they made in the first place?</p><p> This book tells the little-known stories of the wily filmmakers who made an Italian 007 flick by casting Sean Connery's tradesman brother produced a Turkish space opera by stealing a print of <I>Star Wars</I> for its effects footage and transported a full-fledged Terminator to the present day--not from a post-apocalyptic future but from the vibrant mythology of Indonesia. Their stories reveal more than mere imitations; they demonstrate the fascinating ways ideas evolve as they cross borders.</p>