And as long as I've invoked the name of Mack Sennett, I should also note that everyone having their reasons is a maxim most famously enunciated by Jean Renoir, who might have recognized his own spaciousness of spirit in the film's generosity toward its conflicting and conflicted characters.

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The supporting cast includes Dan Aykroyd (as Mack Sennett), Kevin Kline (as Douglas Fairbanks), Diane Lane (as Paulette Goddard), and Penelope Ann Miller (as Edna Purviance).

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The bloated remake, produced for an international market, forsakes subtlety, never mind irony, in favor of consumerist fantasy (Georgia exults in the excesses of her luxury hotel), slapstick action (James Bond meets Mack Sennett as Georgia gets her first snowboarding lesson) and ham-handed social criticism (Georgia gives her company's CEO his comeuppance).

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