There’s The Devil and Miss Jones, a 1941 workplace comedy about a magnate who tries to infiltrate his company’s production line, and The Devil In Miss Jones, a successful 1973 porno about a different kind of work. One word of difference, I know, but…
The Postman.
In addition to the Clint Eastwood/Hilary Swankfilm, there have been two other *Million Dollar Baby *films, including a 1941 title with Ronald Reagan that supposedly is pretty good, and a 1934 comedy about a vaudeville family who disguises their son as a girl to make him the next Shirley Temple.
Monkey Business (1931) starring the Marx Brothers and Monkey Business (1952), directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant (with Marilyn Monroe in a supporting role). Both are considered comedy classics.
Tangentially, it was a confusing summer here when both PotCs came out at the same time.
How “successful” must the movies be?
Years back, Jeff Bridges made a Western called “Bad Company” (it inspired the name of Paul Rodgers’ and Mick Ralphs’ rock band). And seven years ago, Chris Rock starred in a spy comedy by the same name.
There are two films named (or released in the US as) “The Warrior”.
This one from China:
Titled “Musa” in its native China.
And this one from Britain, though set in India and in the Hindi language:
They are two different stories. I liked them both though the Chinese one was a bit longer than it needed to be.
Bad Boys, starring Sean Penn, 1983.
Bad Boys, starring Will Smith, 1995.
The Freshman (1925): silent comedy starring Harold Lloyd
The Freshman (1990): comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando spoofing his Godfather performance
The Kevin Costner movie wasn’t only not successful, but is pretty famous for being a flop.
Successful in terms that at the time the movie was out, most people would know it.
I guess when I started the thread I was thinking, if you have a movie out and you have a title, does one change the title if there is already a successful film by the same name?
I realize most movies have “working titles” but I was wondering about that.
And in 1995, there was a thriller by the same name, starring Ellen Barkin and Laurence Fishburne.
Notorious (1946) Hitchcock
Notorious (2009) Biggie Smalls biopic
Pffft. I liked it.
Cronenberg’s, not Haggis’s. Of course, Cronenberg’s was sort of built to be uncommercial.
The Bear (1999/I)
The Bear (1984)
I was trying to make small talk with a beautiful young Vietnamese co-worker and asked her if she’d seen any movies lately. She said her favorite was one called “The Bear.” “Oh,” I asked, “The one about Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant, the famous football coach?” “No,” she replied, “It was about a bear.”
The General – classic Buster Keaton comedy
The General – film about Irish gangsters
I thought remakes didn’t count?
Have you actually seen these two films? Their title and the fact that the two lead characters are married are the only things they have in common.