# \[GAME\] the Movie Title game thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 15, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122 "2008-08-15T18:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/301 "2008-08-27T13:39:47Z")
[_Zapped!_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084945/) **Rachael Rage** : The general practice in alphabetizing films, novels, or similar works is to ignore _A_, _An_, or _The_ if any of these is the first word of the title. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/302 "2008-08-27T16:08:47Z")
_Abra Cadabra_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/303 "2008-08-27T16:16:59Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [_Zapped!_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084945/) **Rachael Rage** : The general practice in alphabetizing films, novels, or similar works is to ignore _A_, _An_, or _The_ if any of these is the first word of the title. [/QUOTE] Yes, thank you **Sternvogel.** Barefoot in the Park ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/304 "2008-08-27T16:58:54Z")
Crimes and Misdemeanors ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/305 "2008-08-27T17:37:16Z")
_Destry_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/306 "2008-08-27T18:38:20Z")
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/307 "2008-08-27T18:58:21Z")
[_Four Friends_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082404/) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/308 "2008-08-27T19:24:51Z")
Great Gatsby (Surely they made a movie of it?) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/309 "2008-08-27T19:47:24Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Great Gatsby (Surely they made a movie of it?) [/QUOTE] [Surely](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071577/). [More](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041428/) than [one](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016938/). Hollywood Ending. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/310 "2008-08-27T21:56:28Z")
It’s a Wonderful Life. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/311 "2008-08-27T22:01:04Z")
_Jersey Girl_ ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/312 "2008-08-28T02:10:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [_Zapped!_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084945/) **Rachael Rage** : The general practice in alphabetizing films, novels, or similar works is to ignore _A_, _An_, or _The_ if any of these is the first word of the title. [/QUOTE] Ah, my apologies then. The OP only mentioned titles beginning with “The.” ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/313 "2008-08-28T02:15:05Z")
Kicking and Screaming (1995) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/314 "2008-08-28T04:42:40Z")
- The Leopard.\* ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/315 "2008-08-28T04:50:47Z")
Mighty Aphrodite ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/316 "2008-08-28T12:15:11Z")
Night of the Living Dead ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/317 "2008-08-28T17:18:22Z")
_The Other Boleyn Girl_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/318 "2008-08-28T17:25:22Z")
[_Playboy of the Western World_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056354/) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/319 "2008-08-28T17:47:15Z")
Queens Logic ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-movie-title-game-thread/460122/320 "2008-08-28T17:49:45Z")
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