Comments on: What Your Favorite Movies Were Almost Called

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:55:00 +0000

I read that “Tootsie” was actually Dustin Hoffman’s childhood nickname.

By: Mike R.

Mike R. — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:52:00 +0000

“Snakes on a Plane” was almost “Pacific Air Flight 121.

“Ghostbusters” was almost something entirely different, due to copyright issues.

“Brazil” was supposed to be “1984 1/2″, but was rejected by George Orwell’s estate.

“Casablanca” was originally based off of the play “Everybody Comes to Rick’s”.

By: Luis

Luis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:09:00 +0000

Wow, three different people mentioned that Return of the Jedi was almost called Revenge of the Jedi. Way to read comments because you post.

Actually, a guy I know had a copy of the Revenge of the Jedi poster left to him in a will. What did he do? He promptly took it out of the plastic tube and stuck it on his wall with tape.

By: Dave Donohue

Dave Donohue — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:59:00 +0000

In addition to the Blue Harvest code name, Return of the Jedi was originally titles Revenge of the Jedi. That name was changed relatively late in the game – theatres showed teaser trailers of Revenge of the Jedi, posters were produced, etc.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:35:00 +0000

Goodfellas was originally titled Wise Guys because that was the name of the book in which it was based on. But it was quickly renamed Goodfellas because there had already been a TV show and movie named Wise Guys

By: Dre

Dre — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:06:00 +0000

I believe that during the filming of back to the future II, the film was called “paradox”

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:21:00 +0000

Sid Sheinberg is the same douchebag that tried to edit Terry Gilliam’s classic film “Brazil” to give it a happy ending. Where do they get these people, and why do they pay them so much money?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:56:00 +0000

I believe “The Madness of King George the Third” was only changed for American audiences. British audiences managed to work it out somehow.

By: Gumpo

Gumpo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:51:00 +0000

The film that had the working title “Teen movie which the exec’s and critics will hate but the public will love”

was renamed at the last minute “American Pie”

By: kris

kris — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:23:00 +0000

Number 6 really doesn’t fit this list. LOTS of movies have alternate titles during filming. Return of the Jedi was called “Blue Harvest”. It’s a pretty common way of hiding the film from fans/protesters, but it doesn’t meant the film was ever going to be released under that name.