# Sequels that were made LONG after their firsts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183 "2005-08-22T21:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/1 "2005-08-22T21:48:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/2 "2005-08-22T21:51:55Z")
The Two Jakes came out in the early '90s, after Chinatown’s 1974 release. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/3 "2005-08-22T21:52:30Z")
The Hustler: 1961 The Color of Money: 1986 ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/4 "2005-08-22T21:57:17Z")
The Guns of Navarone - 1961 Force 10 From Navarone - 1978 ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/5 "2005-08-22T22:00:40Z")
_The Last Picture Show_ - 1971 _Texasville_ - 1990 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/6 "2005-08-22T22:03:11Z")
The Last Pictureshow ('71) and it’s sequel Texasville ('90). Not too long but still signifigant. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/7 "2005-08-22T22:06:20Z")
3 minutes too late! Bah. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/8 "2005-08-22T22:12:08Z")
_The Maltese Falcon_ — 1941 _The Black Bird_ — 1975 _Fantasia_ — 1940 _Fantasia 2000_ — 1999 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/9 "2005-08-22T22:19:44Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/10 "2005-08-22T22:23:15Z")
Carrie 2 came out long after Carrie 1 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/11 "2005-08-22T22:44:10Z")
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_ ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/12 "2005-08-22T23:29:06Z")
> [@Julius Henry](#): > > _Fantasia_ — 1940 > _Fantasia 2000_ — 1999 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). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/13 "2005-08-22T23:41:53Z")
22 years: _The Freshman_ and _The Sin of Harold Diddlebock_ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/14 "2005-08-22T23:51:54Z")
**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? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/15 "2005-08-23T00:00:10Z")
The Graduate The crapfest un-sequel to the Graduate about to come out, diminishing the careers of all involved. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/16 "2005-08-23T01:35:34Z")
^^^Un-sequel? Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/17 "2005-08-23T12:00:33Z")
2001 - 1968 2010 - 1984 Brian ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/18 "2005-08-23T12:07:39Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > 2001 - 1968 > 2010 - 1984 Now you’re just playing with our heads, man. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/19 "2005-08-23T12:36:49Z")
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 ?) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183/20 "2005-08-23T12:41:03Z")
He shouldda wore underpants then. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-were-made-long-after-their-firsts/318183.md?page=2)