Sequels that were made LONG after their firsts.

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These days, most sequels come out about a year or two (if the first was successful, that is, and sometimes, unfortunatly, when they’re not), maybe 3 or 4 at most…but I’m wondering what movie would have the record for longest time span between two sequels?
Scanning IMDB with my own knowledge, I learned that The Beastmaster 2: Through the portal of time came 9 years after the first one.

And one long one has to go to The Birds II: Lands End, which came 31 years after the original.

However, the longest I know of, if we’re count all types of movies, including documentaries, animated films, foreign films, and the ones only a few people know about, then Happily Ever After, made in 93, which is the sequel To Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, has to take the prize. 56 years.
Anyone know of any other long spans? Anything over 10 years will do.

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The Two Jakes came out in the early '90s, after Chinatown’s 1974 release.

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The Hustler: 1961
The Color of Money: 1986

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The Guns of Navarone - 1961
Force 10 From Navarone - 1978

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The Last Picture Show - 1971
Texasville - 1990

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The Last Pictureshow ('71) and it’s sequel Texasville ('90). Not too long but still signifigant.

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3 minutes too late! Bah.

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The Maltese Falcon — 1941
The Black Bird — 1975
Fantasia — 1940
Fantasia 2000 — 1999

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Exactly 10: Night Of The Living Dead 1968 -> Dawn of the Dead 1978

23 Years: Psycho 1960 -> Psycho 2 1983

16 Years between 2 & 3: Godfather II (1974) -> Godfather III 1990

Does this count? 46 Years: Wizard of Oz 1939 -> Return To Oz 1985

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Carrie 2 came out long after Carrie 1

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15 years: The Four Musketeers and The Return of the Musketeers
16 years: Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace
18 years: That’s Entertainment, Part II and III

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Wow, 59 years.

I didn’t know that F2000 was a sequel, though. I always thought it was a remake (however, I’ve never seen it, so I guess I was wrong).

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22 years: The Freshman and The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

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Gone With the Wind - 1939

Scarlett - 1993 (TV miniseries but billed at the time it aired as the long awaited sequel.)
That’s 54 years, right?

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The Graduate
The crapfest un-sequel to the Graduate about to come out, diminishing the careers of all involved.

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^^^Un-sequel?

Sir Rhosis

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2001 - 1968
2010 - 1984
Brian

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Now you’re just playing with our heads, man.

:smiley:

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Kurt Russel’s Snake Escaped from New York in 1981 then waited until 1996 for Los Angeles. (I know, I know, why did he bother ?)

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He shouldda wore underpants then.