# Has there been a movie where the title was not mentioned during the movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107 "2008-01-03T05:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 3, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/21 "2008-01-03T13:33:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Most- if not all- of the Bond films have the title either written or spoken in the film. I don’t think this is true. Of course, the one-word titles end up being used – “Goldfinger”, “Thunderball”, “Octopussy”, and “Moonraker”, and they deliberately (and clumsily) worked “From Russia with Love” (written), “For Your Eyes Only”, and (worst of all) “A View…to a Kill” into the scripts, but I don’t think anyone ever actually says: \*\* Diamonds Are Forever Live and Let Die The Spy Who Loved Me Tomorrow Never Dies Die Another Day On Her Majesty’s Secret Service\*\* outside of their respective theme songs. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/22 "2008-01-03T13:43:39Z")
Yeah, that’s why I said “most.” And nobody says “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” in that film’s theme song- it’s an instrumental (and a darn good one, too). ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/23 "2008-01-03T13:44:04Z")
**No Country for Old Men** never has the title specifically stated. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/24 "2008-01-03T13:55:37Z")
I assume you’re going to exclude silent films. But there are still many. For instance: **After the Thin Man** **The Big Sleep** **To Have and Have Not** **Rear Window** **North by Northwest** **Frenzy** **Bringing Up Baby** **Gold Diggers of 1933** **Take the Money and Run** **Sleeper** **Blazing Saddles** **Touch of Evil** To dispute Ebert’s claim, **They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?** is a fine film where they say its name. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/25 "2008-01-03T14:08:22Z")
_American Beauty_, _The Shawshank Redemption_, _Charlie Wilson’s War_, _Road to Perdition_, _Shattered Glass_, _Idiocracy_, _On the Waterfront_, _Alien Nation_, _Johnny Mnemonic_, _The Parallax View_, _Owning Mahowny_, _Field of Dreams_, _The Thirteenth Floor_ That’s a bunch of random stuff from looking at my DVD shelf (and movies I saw recently.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/26 "2008-01-03T14:10:15Z")
They shoehorned the words “some kinda star trek” into _Star Trek: Generations_, but that’s the only time in, what, ten (?) Trek movies that those words were uttered. So there’s nine movies where the title wasn’t mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/27 "2008-01-03T14:12:03Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] … but I don’t think anyone ever actually says: (Snip) \*\* Die Another Day\*\* [/QUOTE] Actually this is uttered, when Bond meets up with the North Korean bad guy again (who now appears…Scandinavian?) who he thought was dead. “So you lived to die another day…” I only remember this because I think I was in the theater with **Elendil’s Heir** ’s sister, as a bunch of people burst into applause at this. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/28 "2008-01-03T14:25:11Z")
I think a much shorter list would be films where the title _is_ mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/29 "2008-01-03T14:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] They shoehorned the words “some kinda star trek” into _Star Trek: Generations_, but that’s the only time in, what, ten (?) Trek movies that those words were uttered. So there’s nine movies where the title wasn’t mentioned. [/QUOTE] That was _First Contact_, actually. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/30 "2008-01-03T14:43:57Z")
As to movies with no print titles, _Fahrenheit 451._ ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/31 "2008-01-03T14:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] “Pulp Fictoin” and “Reservoir Dogs” aren’t mentioned. “Cruel Intentions” and “Dangerous Liaisons.” “Edge of Seventeen.” “Affliction.” I’m not sure the “Devil’s Advocate” is either. “Dog Day Afternoon.” [/QUOTE] The title is spoken _Dangerous Liaisons_, though in the singular. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/32 "2008-01-03T15:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] **Live and Let Die** [/QUOTE] The singer in the Filet of Soul restaurant does a version of the theme song which includes that lyric. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/33 "2008-01-03T15:44:24Z")
> [@](#): > > The singer in the Filet of Soul restaurant does a version of the theme song which includes that lyric. theme sings I ain’t gonna count, even if they shoehorn them into the flick. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/34 "2008-01-03T16:00:22Z")
**Only Angels Have Wings** \*\*It Happened One Night All the King’s Men From Here to Eternity West Side Story My Fair Lady A Man for All Seasons In the Heat of the Night Midnight Cowboy One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Chariots of Fire Terms of Endearment Shakespeare in Love American Beauty The Gay Divorcee Lost Horizon Le Grande Illusion Heaven Can Wait Miracle on 34th Street 12 Angry Men How the West Was Won Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb \*\* (Dr. Strangelove is mentioned, but not the rest) **Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner A Clockwork Orange American Grafitti Dog Day Afternoon Apocalypse Now All That Jazz The Big Chill** ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/35 "2008-01-03T16:15:14Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] Does any character say the words “gone with the wind” during the film? I know that they occur in the novel. [/QUOTE] It’s in on-screen text, you know, “a civilization gone with the wind.” Another movie that bucks Ebert’s rule, the title of _Goodfellas_ is spoken as almost an emotional payoff near the end. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/36 "2008-01-03T16:31:21Z")
Plus, sequels are all out. You aren’t going to see somebody saying “this is Rocky III” on screen. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/37 "2008-01-03T17:25:15Z")
[QUOTE=Team of Scientists] I had the titular line in Star Wars. I walked by in the background and said, “I’m so tired of all these Star Wars.” [/QUOTE] I remember you. It was that scene where that Raiders of the Lost Ark guy was teaching Luke how to drive. You also had the titular line in _Out of Africa_, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/38 "2008-01-03T17:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] One of the villains said “You only live twice, Mr. Bond” in that film. Most- if not all- of the Bond films have the title either written or spoken in the film. [/QUOTE] You’re probably right. It’s been awhile. Nonetheless, the general point most people are making still stands: Very few movies quote their titles verbatim. I guess I’ll have to add Bond movies to the ones that do, along with movies with proper nouns for titles. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/39 "2008-01-03T17:36:52Z")
IMDB has keywords for various aspects of movie plots. “Title Spoken By Character” is one of those keywords. The fact that the tag is ‘title spoken’ and not ‘title not spoken’ suggests to me that the latter is the default, while the former is something rare enough to be worth noting. Here’s the keyword list: [Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "title-spoken-by-character" - IMDb](http://imdb.com/keyword/title-spoken-by-character/) ---
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[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] You also had the titular line in _Out of Africa_, didn’t you? [/QUOTE] That was me, playing a barista. It was the scene where Karen Blixen goes to a coffee shop and asks for two lattes for her and Hans; one with Sumatra beans and one with Africa beans. Unfortunately, we’d had a busy morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107.md?page=3)