Struggle with naming your book? Guess what, we all do to one extent or another, AND SO DO MOVIES.
Check out these terrifically bad working titles for some big hits. You’ll be thinking your WIP’s name isn’t so bad after all. Even though it still is.
11 Famous Movies That Were Almost Named Something Else
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55508/11-famous-movies-were-almost-named-something-else
And because why stop at eleven names when thirty-three will make you feel three times better…
33 Famous Movies That Started Out With Some Truly Terrible Working Titles
…and finally…
55 Famous Movies With Hilarious Working Titles You Won’t Believe Are Real
…in case the first twenty or so didn’t quite to the job.
So, buck up! If you still can’t think of a good title, ask yourself if the final versions of these movies were really any better than their working titles – and then go hit the random title generator from our Flash Fiction Challenge.
Which BAD MOVIE title is YOUR favorite???
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Dan Alatorre is the author of several bestsellers and the hilarious upcoming novel “Poggibonsi: an italian misadventure.” Check out his other works HERE.
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17 replies on “It’s Not Just Us”
Ha, fascinating! Some really dire ones in there. The one that I was most shocked by was Stand by Me – I never knew it was based on a Stephen King book. The working title just seems to detract from the core of what the movie is about. Good read, thanks 🙂
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Funny, that short story by King was the FIRST story of his I ever read, and it made me a fan. When the move came out, I thought they did a good job of adaptation, but the working title definitely didn’t sum up what the story was about!
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I love the film, so feel bad I didn’t even know. My mum wouldn’t be happy either – she loves King!
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Stephen King actually makes a cameo in the movie. He’s the dead guy.
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Really? Now I feel even more stupid! Good piece of trivia for me to know though, thanks for the info 🙂
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I’m a bit of a “useless facts known by few, cared for by less” kind of guy. 😀
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That’s kinda cool!
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The way they promoted the film, you’d never put it together.
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Ha! Just goes to show, what’s in a name? Uh, everything. Good to see common sense prevailed, on some. Interesting post Dan.
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Thanks! Some of those were real doozies!
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This made me feel sooo much better.
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I know, right? You look at some of those and you think heck, a random title generator could do better…
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… I have turned to some of those. Haha!
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Kylie, we may have to let you guest post just so we can learn what comedy fantasy is!
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I would love to! Shoot me an e-mail (kyliebetzner@gmail.com)
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Deal. Expect an email in a sec.
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Stories, stories…everywhere. Not a title to be had. That should be a thing… or some other thing. But titles are very important to me. Being a purveyor of the short form (because my time and attention span rarely let me focus on anything longer), the title almost becomes not just the moniker, but an extension or a framing aspect to the story. And on works that require a specifically short amount of words, the title is a way to cheat and add a few more.
Funny thing about titles (for me), the working title rarely gets changed, as it is usually where the story started from to begin with.
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