# Rewrite a well-known movie by first subtly altering the title... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906 "2003-11-01T23:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/21 "2003-11-02T08:50:21Z")
**Ben-Gay** -treating the aches and pains of a chariot racer with a secret to hide. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/22 "2003-11-02T09:15:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*_Eaty: The Extra-Terrestrial_ > A cute alien is haplessly stranded on Earth. > Taken in by a small boy, he befriends and beguiles the whole family, then kills and devours them. > > Your turn… \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Unintentionally Blank \* > \*\*Isn’t this the premise for most 80’s porn? \*\* I doubt it’s a real movie, but I once read a list of supposed porn titles online and one of them was _E. T. - The Extra Testicle_. ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/23 "2003-11-02T09:23:52Z")
_Snow Bite and the Seven Dwarves_ The chilling tale of seven altitudinally challenged gentlemen who dared to wander in a winter wonderland without any warming wear! ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/24 "2003-11-02T11:02:34Z")
_The Breakfast Cub_ A group of youngsters bond in their revulsion when they learn that the steak in the steak and eggs platters they’ve been served for breakfast was the meat of a young bear cub from the local zoo. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/25 "2003-11-02T11:43:55Z")
\*\* Rosemary’s Boobies\*\*–Why Mia Farrow had to have a stand-in for the nude scenes. \*\* Jesus Christ Superstud\*\*–Why this Andrew Lloyd Webber fan is on a fast ticket to hell. ---
**Author:** ![einstein\_s\_lovechild\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@einstein\_s\_lovechild\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/einstein_s_lovechild_1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/26 "2003-11-02T12:44:40Z")
Fjord of the Ring A moving tale about a body of water that is assigned ownership of a powerful ring that has the ability to make it invisible… Good Pill Hunting In which a mathematical genius with a panchant for domestic chores turns to ecstacy tabs. We follow his search for the perfect trip. Shoeless By a cruel twist of fate, Prada is shut down by the IRS and LA’s beauties are forced to attend school barefoot. Dead Poet’s Sobriety In which a successful 12 step program is founded, based on a worship of the better works of Keats ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/27 "2003-11-02T12:48:23Z")
**Bugger Vance** No description needed. Particularly since I never saw the original ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/28 "2003-11-02T12:49:25Z")
**Pump Fiction** The lurid tales of a service station attendant who moonlights as a hitman and spends his spare time at the local reservoir petting dogs that come by. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/29 "2003-11-02T13:09:11Z")
**Pie** A mathematical genius believes that the key to all mathematical problems - including a formula for the stock market - is contained in baked goods. ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/30 "2003-11-02T13:37:38Z")
_My Blair Lady_ The transformation, by Professor Higgins, of a lovely young lass into a scary urban legend. ---
**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/31 "2003-11-02T13:45:53Z")
Schindler’s Fist Itty Bitty Gang Bang Bang the Nun Slowly (all of the above courtesy of David Spade’s stand-up act) ---
**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:** [November 2, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/32 "2003-11-02T14:12:21Z")
**The Princess Brine** : A witty action-adventure love story featuring a beautiful princess obssessed with pickles. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/33 "2003-11-02T14:53:55Z")
_The Loin in Winter_. A story of shrinkage. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/34 "2003-11-02T15:49:04Z")
**The African Queer** Black gay man helps a prim missionary decorate her boat. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/35 "2003-11-02T16:02:41Z")
**How To Bury A Millionaire** : Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe qare high class golddiggers with a terrible secret… ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/36 "2003-11-02T16:04:22Z")
**Chocolate** Same as the original, except the characters all realize they’re speaking English and not French. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/37 "2003-11-02T16:07:09Z")
**Incontinence** Famous D.W. Griffith classic about bladder control throughout history, linked by the image of a mother changing her baby’s diaper. Special cameo by June Allyson. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/38 "2003-11-02T16:12:39Z")
**Car On A Hot Tin Roof** Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives and various Yankees pretending to be Southerners try to get an Edsel off their housetop before Santa Claus arrives for early festivities. Much hilarity from football jokes and crutch humor. ---
**Author:** ![puggyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@puggyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puggyfish)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/39 "2003-11-02T16:13:53Z")
**Silence of the Clams** An underwater remake, animated in the style of Finding Nemo, aimed at 6-13 year olds. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/40 "2003-11-02T16:14:26Z")
**The Wicker Mat** Christopher Lee oversees pagan loving locals who sacrifice Edward Woodward on a remote Scottish island by making him wipe his shoes repeatedly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906.md?page=3)