1988: The Remake

About 1988: The Remake

When a San Francisco librarian decided to produce a filmed remake of the Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein musical Show Boat, a large number of actors and aspiring performers auditioned. The auditions, which included performances by nudists, tap-dancing nuns, and turtles were later televised, and this film includes that footage as well as interviews with the performers.

1988: The Remake (1977) is a music film directed by Rick Schmidt.

Ed Nylund, Dick Richardson, and Carolyn Zaremba lead the cast. At 94 minutes long, it arrived in January 1977.

The screenplay is by Bill Farley and Henry Bean. In the United States it streams on Fandor Amazon Channel.

It carries a NR rating.