# A Movie By Any Other Name...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 24, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596 "2003-09-24T18:03:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/1 "2003-09-24T18:03:37Z")

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I have a habit of re-naming movies. Some just lend themselves to “nicknames”. Such as:

Saving Private Ryan (Shaving Ryan’s Privates)  
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Invasion of the Snotty Bastards)  
The Color Purple (The Colored People)  
Indecent Proposal (Indecent Exposure)

Got any?

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/2 "2003-09-24T18:10:11Z")

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Schindler’s Fist

Porn on the Fourth of July

Emission Possible

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/3 "2003-09-24T19:16:18Z")

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Jeremiah’s Johnson

Free My Willy

The Good, The Bad And The Fugly

Lassie, Get The Fuck Away

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/4 "2003-09-24T20:15:49Z")

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Spielberg’s titles lend themselves to porn titles:

I’m a Stud

Jaws

Close Encounters of the Third Digit ( . . . of the Oral Kind, etc.)

Catch Me in the Can

ad nauseum

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/5 "2003-09-24T20:35:09Z")

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Scat On A Hot Tin Roof

To Have And Have Snot

Joey Kidd

A Fridge Too Far

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/6 "2003-09-24T20:53:54Z")

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Lieu, when I look at Burl Ives, all I can think of is:

Fat on a Hot Tin Roof

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/7 "2003-09-24T21:08:00Z")

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“Bomb” - any movie with Pauly Shore

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/8 "2003-09-24T21:13:06Z")

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I Know Who You Did Last Summer

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-by-any-other-name/203596/9 "2003-09-24T21:24:02Z")

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Dude, Where’s My Brain?