1 – 3000 = Pretty Woman (The original version of Pretty Woman was quite dark. 3000 was the amount paid for her “services”).
2 – Anhedonia = Annie Hall (A disorder marked by an inability to feel pleasure. It was decided that no one would know what the hell this was so the title was changed).
3 – Black Mask = Pulp Fiction (This was the working title, an homage to the 1920’s hardboiled detective magazine of the same name).
4 – Coma Guy = While You Were Sleeping (This was the title in the early development phase but, as the script took shape, it was decided the title didn’t do a good enough job of reflecting the light-hearted comedy).
5 – Story of Your Life = Arrival (The original title was an abbreviated version of the Ted Chiang short story upon which the movie is based, “Stories of Your Life and Others”.
Ready for Round #2?
Guess these 5 famous films by their original titles…
1 – All You Need Is Kill
2 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
3 – Nottingham
4 – Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under 10 Million Dollars That Your Reader Will Love But The Executive Will Hate
5 – Tonight, He Comes
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I should know #2. Maybe it will come to me overnight.
#3 could be one of the many ROBIN HOOD adaptations.
#1–KILL BILL?
#4.. Mork and Mindy make a p€rñ∅..or something like that?
2 – Blade Runner? That’s the book title, so I’m guessing that’s it. No idea on the rest of them.
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I have no clue what these movies were renamed!
I think it’s widely known that Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick was adapted into the film Blade Runner.
I’ve also read that Edge of Tomorrow is based on the graphic novel All You Need Is Kill.
Looking forward to learning about the others.
2 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
I read “I, Robot” back in middle school in the early 80’s. Loved everything I could read by Asimov. And Heinlein. And Spider Robinson.