# Add a letter to a movie title

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385 "2011-07-26T14:40:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/101 "2011-07-29T02:19:05Z")

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**Yellow Submariner:** Namor gets jaundice

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/102 "2011-07-29T04:19:52Z")

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_Howl To Train Your Dragon_: they don’t respond well to quiet commands.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/103 "2011-07-29T13:53:01Z")

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\*\*iSpartacus \*\*-- Steve Jobs leads a geek slave revolt

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/104 "2011-07-29T14:15:58Z")

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_Captains America_ - starring Michael Keaton as a super soldier with a duplicating machine

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/105 "2011-07-29T16:11:17Z")

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**A Nightmare on Elmo Street:** The other muppets, tired of the little red menace, work together to take him down.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/106 "2011-07-29T18:22:14Z")

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_The House of Sand and Frog_ - after losing her home, a young woman discovers an enchanted prince who can help her get it back.

_12.7 Hours_ - a headstrong and adventurous young man recklessly drives all alone and without telling anyone where he’s going … from Los Angeles to Santa Fe.  
cheating by replacing instead of adding a letter:

_Back to the Futura_ - a documentary on the many drafts in the design of the Batmobile for the 60s TV series.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/107 "2011-07-29T19:07:07Z")

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Goodzilla: Giant purple dinosaur threatens Tokyo dwellers with diabetes.  
280 Months Later: Remember what happened 20 years ago?  
The 70 Samurai: It’s getting kind of crowded in this village.  
Se70en: About a serial killer who can’t count.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/108 "2011-07-29T19:27:55Z")

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_Bateman Begins_ - Patrick’s first time doing blow, hiring a hooker, and using an ATM. “You’re not a kitten. You’re practice.”

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/109 "2011-07-29T22:23:36Z")

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_Space 19999_: 18,000 years after a freak accident blasts it out of orbit and into a solar escape trajectory, Earth’s Moon–including the remarkably well-preserved remains of Moonbase Alpha–is nearly 15% of the way to the nearest star.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/110 "2011-07-30T05:36:19Z")

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_Supermean_: An infant alien is sent from his doomed homeworld to Earth, where the lower gravity and yellow sun give him superpowers–which he uses to bully everyone, play [cruel pranks](http://sucs.org/~cmckenna/humour/misc/mdrunk.html), and just generally [act like a dick](http://superdickery.com/).

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/111 "2011-07-30T14:07:49Z")

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_Hunt for Fred October_ - former CIA analyst and Alzheimer patient Fred goes missing from his Annapolis hospice.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/112 "2011-07-30T17:24:22Z")

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I am Siam: The story of the country now known as Thailand.

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**Author:** ![Canyon\_Surfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Canyon\_Surfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canyon_Surfer)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/113 "2011-07-31T09:20:46Z")

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**Frocky** - Story of the trials and tribulations of a transvestite trying to make his way as a boxer.  
**Some Like It Shot** - Documentary in which top chefs discuss their favourite ways of obtaining fresh cooking ingredients.  
**The Green Smile** - The problems of a young teenager and his addiction to spinach  
**The Skilling Fields** - Depiction of the events leading up to the trial, and the trial itself of the president of Enron  
**The Magnificent Steven** - Life story of one of the cofounders of Apple.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/114 "2011-07-31T14:53:22Z")

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**Conman the Barbarian** – don’t trust a man whose only assets are a loincloth and a sword

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/115 "2011-07-31T18:48:00Z")

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**The Breader** – She may be an illiterate Nazi, but she makes some of the best panko-encrusted salmon ever.

**Star Wares** – A documentary about the commercial suppliers that help keep the Death Star running.

**Toothsie** – A dentist finds that business increases when he cross-dresses.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/116 "2011-07-31T19:20:54Z")

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**Moron** --Sam’s a clone, but he never figures that out.

Two James Bond movies:

**Dr. Nom** – He was a supervillain, but then LOLcats eated him.

**Yoctopussy** – Bond fights a villain so tiny that her mass is close to zero.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/117 "2011-08-01T10:05:33Z")

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One more James Bond:

**View to a Skill** – After being laid off by MI6, Bond studies HVAC repair at DeVry.  
And not James Bond:

**Triumph of the Swill** --An exploration of why crap sells so well.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/118 "2011-08-01T12:14:12Z")

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Pixar’s **Scars** : Lighting McQueen gets a few dings.

**Troy Story** : When When Paris Lightyear runs off with Bopeep, Sheriff Agammenon pursues and besieges him.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/119 "2011-08-01T14:46:41Z")

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**Nouns on the Run**. Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane have to disguise themselves as lexicographers.

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**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-letter-to-a-movie-title/590385/120 "2011-08-01T15:38:47Z")

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**Ass. You Like It** – The Shakespearean adaptation your English teacher doesn’t want you to see

**Taint Misbehavin’** – Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man tosses her salad.

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