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Interestingly, the 2005 remake updated the family structure from the 1968 version. The original featured a Navy officer dad with 10 kids marrying a nurse with 8. The remake swapped the numbers (8 boys to 10 girls), presumably to modernize the gender dynamics. It didn't really work, but it gave us the memorable visual of a submarine commander trying to braid hair. your mine ours 2005