# Mis-named movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425 "2006-05-27T08:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/21 "2006-05-27T19:38:40Z")
**The Color Purple.** Hey, waiddaminnit! All these people are **brown!** ---
**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:** [May 27, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/22 "2006-05-27T20:15:35Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] **Mr. Skeffington** - been a while since I’ve seen it but IIRC it’s really about _Mrs_ Skeffington. [/QUOTE] Good one. But then where does that leave _Rebecca_? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/23 "2006-05-27T20:59:08Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] **Star Trek V** was named **Star Trek V** instead of **Shatner Takes a Huge Dump All Over the ST Franchise.** [/QUOTE] _Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country_, the Star Trek movie which follows _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_, is inexplicably titled _Star Trek VI_. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/24 "2006-05-27T21:25:46Z")
**Twelve O’Clock High** had no discernible connection to the noon hour. None of the **Star Wars** movies had even a single scene on or inside a star. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/25 "2006-05-27T21:27:13Z")
Where did they get the title for **Blade Runner?!** Nobody in the story even uses a knife! ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/26 "2006-05-27T21:34:28Z")
**Fargo**. Gunderson hires the hitmen in Fargo (the scene for which was actually filmed in Grand Forks, ND, about 70 miles to the north). Most of the action takes place in the Twin Cities and near Brainerd, MN. I don’t think people would have been too interested in a movie called **Brainerd**. The accents were pretty crappy too. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/27 "2006-05-27T22:02:21Z")
The Ray Dennis Steckler masterpiece [Rat Pfink a Boo Boo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059637/). From the trivia entry: > [@](#): > > The title was supposed to be “Rat Pfink and Boo Boo” but the title designer messed it up; and the director lacked the budget to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/28 "2006-05-27T22:09:18Z")
[QUOTE=Khan] I don’t think people would have been too interested in a movie called **Brainerd**. [/QUOTE] I don’t know…I’d have watched it just to see if they got good footage of the Bunyan statue… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/29 "2006-05-27T22:38:02Z")
I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned **Manos: The Hands of Fate** , which basically translates to **Hands: The Hands of Fate**. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/30 "2006-05-27T22:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] None of the **Star Wars** movies had even a single scene on or inside a star. [/QUOTE] How 'bout the Death Stars? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/31 "2006-05-27T22:56:50Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] Good one. But then where does that leave _Rebecca_? [/QUOTE] Sunnybrook Farm? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/32 "2006-05-27T23:11:11Z")
Just so I contribute something to this thread other than nerd trivia, I would like to commend to your attention **The Jazz Singer.** Al Jolson couldn’t sing jazz to save his ass, and don’t even bring _up_ Neil Diamond. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/33 "2006-05-28T00:29:12Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] **The Color Purple.** Hey, waiddaminnit! All these people are **brown!** [/QUOTE] I am on the hell express now… 😃 ---
**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:** [May 28, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/34 "2006-05-28T00:38:04Z")
_Brazil_ ---
**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:** [May 28, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/35 "2006-05-28T00:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Where did they get the title for **Blade Runner?!** Nobody in the story even uses a knife! [/QUOTE] It was from an unrelated story. They just liked the sound of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/36 "2006-05-28T01:23:24Z")
Arguably, the use of the word “adventure” in _The Poseidon Adventure_ is misleading. “The Poseidon Ordeal” would have been more accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/37 "2006-05-28T01:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] _Brazil_ [/QUOTE] Well, at least they sang the [song](http://daniellathompson.com/ary/aquarela.html). ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/38 "2006-05-28T12:01:21Z")
_Watership Down_. Rabbits, yes. Ship, no. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/39 "2006-05-28T12:40:19Z")
**The Longest Day**. The action doesn’t take place on the summer solstice. **Attack of the Clones.** I don’t know if we even get to see their “attack”, but the attack itself certainly wasn’t the major plot point in the movie. **The Post-man**. I thought it was going to be a Devo documentary…oh, sorry. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425/40 "2006-05-28T12:47:52Z")
**The Breakfast Club**. Never saw anyone eating breakfast in that movie. Lunch, sure (if you like Pixie Stick powder on your sandwich), but it ain’t breakfast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-named-movies/358425.md?page=3)