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Old 23-05-2008, 04:45 PM
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Old 28-05-2008, 12:58 PM
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One of my favourites is Behemoth - the Sea Monster (UK) which becomes The Giant Behemoth (US). As behemoth means giant the US title is effectively saying "The Giant Giant".



But some of the title changes the other way (US to UK) make little sense:

The Return of Dracula (1958) with Francis Lederer became The Fantastic Disappearing Man for UK release. This change may have been necessitated because of the Hammer Dracula out at the same time but the new title is ridiculous as you don't even know that its a horror film now !!

War of the Colossal Beast (1958) a sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) became The Terror Strikes for UK release so you don't know its a sequel.
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Old 28-05-2008, 01:47 PM
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Selznick always was a bit of a meddler - witness how many directors walked off his movies - and totally obssessed with 'being faithful to the book'. His behaviour over Gone to Earth was particularly obssessive, even attempting a court order to prevent its release ! The Wild Heart is a significantly different picture, for which Selznick - apparently with no sense of his own incongruity - even asked Powell and his crew to come to Holloywood to film the 'extra' scenes ! Mickey declined, of course, but agreed that Christopher Challis should go because 'at least there'd be somebody there to make sure it looks the same if nothing else.'
The Wild Heart has been screened on UK television a couple of times - once before Gone to Earth had been restored, and again about seven or eight years ago by Carlton.
I suspect that they might really have been Gone to Earth even though they were titled The Wild Heart. Confusingly there was a video released in the UK called The Wild Heart which was really Gone to Earth.

You can tell when it is The Wild Heart because it has the shot of the Selznick mansion in the opening credits

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Old 28-05-2008, 03:18 PM
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Million Dollar Mermaid starring Esther Williams became One piece Bathing Suit over here.
One Piece Bathing Suit. That is an unusual title - mundane for an underwater musical.
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I much prefer the UK titles for these Bogarde films:

"Hunted" (1952) aka "The Stranger in Between", US.

"Cast a Dark Shadow" (1955), aka "Angel", US.


In the reverse, the US title "Maniacs on Wheels" (1949) at least gave a clue to the content of the film vs. "Once a Jolly Swagman," which would leave US audiences scratching their heads.

Interesting thread.

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'Night of the Demon' was 'Curse of the Demon' in the USA, and 'The Quatermass Experiment' was 'The Creeping Unknown'.
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Bulldog Jack(Jack Hulbert) became Alias Bulldog Drummond
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Even Harry Potter didn't escape....The Philosopher became The Sourcerer
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