# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/41 "2008-01-03T21:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] It’s in on-screen text, you know, “a civilization gone with the wind.” [/QUOTE] You’re right, of course. I’d forgotten about that. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/42 "2008-01-04T00:01:04Z")
There was a movie called _Fight Club_, but I can’t really say what was mentioned in it - they were quite emphatic. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/43 "2008-01-04T00:34:51Z")
_Apocalypse Now_ is never said but I do believe it is painted onto a wall at Kurtz’ compound. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/44 "2008-01-04T01:04:23Z")
**American Psycho Child’s Play Death Becomes Her Dumb and Dumber** I’m also pretty sure none of the sequels have the number of the sequel in the dialogue. “Next Saturday night, we’re sending you Back to the Future 3”. The only time I’ve seen that is in a Garfield cartoon. “You…you’re not Sylvia…you’re one of the Kung Fu Creatures on the Rampage…two”. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/45 "2008-01-04T01:15:14Z")
Drat - Speaker for the Dead beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/46 "2008-01-04T01:22:11Z")
Doctor Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/47 "2008-01-04T01:29:05Z")
[QUOTE=Engineer Dude] I’m also pretty sure none of the sequels have the number of the sequel in the dialogue. ". [/QUOTE] Actually, _Quatermass 2_, (supposedly the first ever sequel with 2 in the title) has a Space rocket called the \*Quatermass 2. \* ---
**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:** [January 4, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/48 "2008-01-04T15:55:26Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] There was a movie called _Fight Club_, but I can’t really say what was mentioned in it - they were quite emphatic. [/QUOTE] Um… you knew you were bleeding, right? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/49 "2008-01-04T16:27:46Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Well, Samuel L. Jackson did come close to saying that. [/QUOTE] And similarly, in _Raiders of the Lost Ark_: > [@](#): > > “I have had it with these motherfucking raiders on this motherfucking lost ark!” ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/50 "2008-01-04T16:31:46Z")
One that would have benefited from the using the novel’s explanation- A Clockwork Orange ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/51 "2008-01-04T21:02:14Z")
Anybody got an example of a film with a single word noun title, where that noun is not used at all, or one that is just nouns and conjunctions in which at least one of the nouns is never used? ---
**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 4, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/52 "2008-01-04T21:22:18Z")
**Psycho** ---
**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 4, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/53 "2008-01-04T21:36:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Anybody got an example of a film with a single word noun title, where that noun is not used at all, or one that is just nouns and conjunctions in which at least one of the nouns is never used? **Sorceror** I’ve seen the movie several times. It was _years_ before I learned what the title meant. It’s the name of one of the trucks. It’s written , apparently, but I’m pretty sure no one ever actually says it. Come to think of it, **Sorceress** qualifies, too. Not the French one or the other good one – the cheesy Roger Corman circa 1981 movie. There isn’t even a sorceress in the movie! So there’s no need for anyone to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/54 "2008-01-04T22:48:57Z")
Mel Brook’s “Silent Movie”…no kidding! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/55 "2008-01-05T01:23:17Z")
Why mention “silent movie?” It was repeatedly used in the dialogue. They kept on talking about plans to make a silent movie. Of course, the lines were all but one subtitled inmstead of sound, but it still counts. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/56 "2008-01-05T01:35:16Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] In our house, one drinks when the title is said in the dialogue. [/QUOTE] In our house, one drinks when it isn’t said in the dialogue. If it happens toward the end we’re too drunk to notice. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/57 "2008-01-05T01:39:07Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Shine] Anybody got an example of a film with a single word noun title, where that noun is not used at all, or one that is just nouns and conjunctions in which at least one of the nouns is never used? [/QUOTE] I could be wrong here, but **Collateral**? My personal favorite is **From Here to Eternity**. I’ve been reading a lot of Kipling lately. ETA–Damn, beaten to the punch by **Chuck**! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107/58 "2008-01-05T22:05:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Shine] Anybody got an example of a film with a single word noun title, where that noun is not used at all, or one that is just nouns and conjunctions in which at least one of the nouns is never used? [/QUOTE] _Threads_, a very depressing British movie about WWIII. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-been-a-movie-where-the-title-was-not-mentioned-during-the-movie/432107.md?page=2)