Body Snatchers (1993 film)
Body Snatchers is a 1993 American science fiction horror film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Gabrielle Anwar, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Christine Elise, R. Lee Ermey and Forest Whitaker.
It is loosely based on the 1955 novel" The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney, with a screenplay by Nicholas St. John, Stuart Gordon, and Dennis Paoli.
" Body Snatchers" is the third film adaptation of Finney's novel, the first being" Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in 1956, followed by a remake of the same name in 1978.
The plot revolves around the discovery that people working at a military base in Alabama are being replaced by perfect physical imitations grown from plantlike pods.
The duplicates are indistinguishable from normal people except for their utter lack of emotion.
Dark Mirror (1984 film)
Dark Mirror is a 1984 American TV movie.
It was a remake of a 1946 film.
Giacomo Gentilomo
Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter.
Born in Trieste, at very young age Gentilomo moved to Rome, where at 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script survivor and an assistant director.
Active between 1933 and 1937 as a film editor, in 1939 he debuted as a director with "Il Carnevale di Venezia".
In 1945 his film "O sole mio" got critical acclaim, but later his career was mainly devoted to genre films, and failed to achieve significant critical interest.
Dissatisfied with cinema, in the mid-1960s Gentilomo decided to abandon films and to fulfill his passion for painting.
Jack Finney
Walter Braden" Jack" Finney( born John Finney, October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American author.
His best- known works are science fiction and thrillers, including" The Body Snatchers" and" Time and Again".
The former was the basis for the 1956 film" Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and its remakes.
Nicholas St. John (screenwriter)
Nicodemo Oliverio, better known as Nicholas St. John, is an American screenwriter.
He has collaborated with film director Abel Ferrara in nine films together including" The Driller Killer"( 1979)," Body Snatchers"( 1993) and" The Addiction"( 1995), as well as" Ms. 45"( 1981) and" King of New York"( 1990).
For his work in the film" The Funeral"( 1996), St. John was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay.
The Lovers (1946 film)
The Lovers is a 1946 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo.
It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
Pod People (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
Pod People( also known as Body Snatchers) is the colloquial term for a species of plantlike aliens featured in the 1955 novel" The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney, the 1956 film" Invasion of the Body Snatchers", the 1978 remake of the same name and the 1993 film" Body Snatchers".
They are not to be confused with the 2007 film" Invasion of the Pod People", though they share similar themes.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 American science fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman, and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy.
Released on December 22, 1978, it is a remake of" Invasion of the Body Snatchers"( 1956), which is based on the novel" The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney.
The plot involves a San Francisco health inspector and his colleague who discover that humans are being replaced by alien duplicates; each is a perfect copy of the person replaced, only devoid of human emotion.
Released in the United States over the Christmas weekend 1978," Invasion of the Body Snatchers" grossed nearly$ 25 million at the box office.
It initially received varied reviews from critics, though its critical reception has significantly improved in subsequent years, receiving a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, and also being hailed as one of the greatest remakes ever as well as one of the best science- fiction horror films of all time.
Little Mister Jim
Little Mister Jim is a 1946 film drama directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara( born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his films, his use of neo- noir imagery and gritty urban settings.
A long- time independent filmmaker, some of his best known films include" Ms .45"( 1981)," King of New York"( 1990)," Bad Lieutenant"( 1992) and" The Funeral"( 1996).

Question: Do both films, The Lovers (1946 Film) and Body Snatchers (1993 Film), have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no