# Subtract a letter from a movie title

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 12, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496 "2011-08-12T19:38:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**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:** [December 20, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/41 "2011-12-20T17:47:18Z")

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**A Clockwork Range** - Alex and his droogs move to the country and terrorize the local cattle.  
**200 Motes** - While the Mothers of Invention cavort with groupies, Frank Zappa is back at the Holiday Inn counting dust specks.

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**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/42 "2011-12-20T17:58:54Z")

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**Pup Fiction** - about a little dog called Bill.  
**Reservoir Dog** - the sequel - Bill ends up living in a reservoir  
**Ackie Brown** Bad Dog! Bad! About the time Bill left a mess on the rug.  
**Inglourious Bastard** - Bill sires some offspring  
**Ill Bill** - Bill’s autumn years

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/43 "2011-12-20T18:06:41Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> “ **I…** ” – Malcolm McDowell starts to say something, then decides not to.

Don’t forget the sequel, “ **F** ”, in which he starts a school shootout after failing a class.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/44 "2011-12-20T20:36:21Z")

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**I’m Not Here:** The Story of Dave.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/45 "2011-12-20T21:42:39Z")

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**The Passion of the Chris:** A man’s love for historical re-enactments annoys his neighbors, who capture and execute him

**Monty Python and the Holy Rail:** The Knights of King Artur journey to find the mythical mass transit system that will save their kingdom

**Raveheart:** Ancient Scottish dancers defend their clubs from hipster English people who just don’t “get it”

**30:** A bunch of Spartans get ambushed and killed by like a million Persians

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**Author:** ![Cato\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cato\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cato_Major)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/46 "2012-01-15T20:42:55Z")

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A Christmas Tory – Little Ralphie begs Santa Claus to bring Margaret Thatcher back to 10 Downing Street

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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/47 "2012-01-15T20:52:18Z")

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Oh, they SAID their plane crashed in the Andes and they had to eat the dead to avoid starvation while waiting to be rescued…but it’s all _A Lie!_

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**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/48 "2012-01-15T21:43:15Z")

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Ron: A loose-cannon software programmer is sucked into the strange world of his neighbour’s apartment.

New Ear’s Eve: A star-studded cast celebrates the night before life-changing plastic surgery.

Chocoat: The story of Willy Wonka’s amazing rise and tragic fall in the fashion industry.

Mazes and Monster: A psychological thriller about a man who passes through the walls of his reality and finds that his reprehensible actions are all that exist to the universes “mazemakers”.

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**Author:** ![Cato\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cato\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cato_Major)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/49 "2012-01-15T22:33:38Z")

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**Office Pace** – the devil takes the hindmost in the 9-to-5 rat race

**Hudsucker Roxy** – hula hoop inventor gets his chance in showbiz…you know, for the kids

**Taxi River** – depressed loner digs his own canal to cleanse New York City of its lowlife filth

**Danes with Wolves** – Scandinavian immigrants long to see the American frontier before it is gone forever

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**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/50 "2012-01-17T03:33:32Z")

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The English Patent- How the invention of toilet paper changed the world

Harry Otter- Seaworld’s newest attraction

The Hanover- A documentary on frozen vegetables

Underdo- A history of underachievement

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**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/51 "2012-01-17T12:02:32Z")

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Airspray…and other useless products you might buy from late night tv

Gone With the Win- A thief steals the lottery winner’s money

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/52 "2012-01-17T15:02:21Z")

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Sakes on a Plane: There’s (hic) way too much (hic) drinking on this plane.

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**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/53 "2012-01-17T17:36:39Z")

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Eva Almighty- The famous Gabor sister develops a God complex

Fining Nemo- Nemo finally gets caught and has to pay for his numerous underwater traffic infractions

An Inconvenient Ruth- The true story of how Babe Ruth was always dropping in on his friends unannounced at the worst possible times

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