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1. If such creative license were allowed in Hollywood, perhaps the Oscar winner for Best Picture in 1989 (the film was released in 1988) might have been called 'Pluvial Hombre'. It turns out, however, that they gave it what mundane title?
2. One of my favorite films is the 1986 adventure/drama that could otherwise have been called 'Perch Yourself in an Erect Position within the Vicinity of Yours Truly'. Instead, they chose what run-of-the-mill title for this Rob Reiner film?
3. Which of these pairs of actors teamed up in the 1994 film that unfortunately wasn't called 'Obtuse, and Yet Even More So' (but tragically could have been, in other words)?
4. This 1956 film starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Vincente Minnelli could feasibly have been titled 'Cupidity for that Condition that Distinguishes Animals and Plants from Inorganic Matter' in other words, but they instead opted for the more pedestrian...?
5. For marketing purposes, a certain film produced in 1975 would probably have been entitled 'The Lowest Cardinal Number Soared above the Eyrie of the Cuculus Canorus' if I was in charge. The less crafty film producer (and indeed, book author) opted for a different title. Who starred in the film with the title above, in other words?
6. Which of these eminent Hollywood directors might very well have created the 1976 masterpiece 'Operator of the Fiacre' before settling on the more quotidian title by which the film is actually known, in other words?
7. Another classic of Hollywood with a dull name, this 1961 film could more wisely have been denominated 'Chronicle about the Occidental Margin' in other words. Rather than challenge the audience with such a provocative title, however, directors Wise and Robbins chose the pedestrian name by which the film is now known. What was the film called?
8. 'Very Potently Go the Way of the Flesh' sounds like a title Shakespeare would have chosen, no? I certainly would have selected this title for the 1988 action/thriller that was ultimately given a far less stimulating moniker, in other words. Who was the main character of the film in question?
9. The 1958 film which I might have called 'That Condition Characterized by a Sense of Dizzyness and Loss of Balance, Brought on by Either Looking Down from a High Elevation or by a Disease of the Inner Ear' was rather parsimoniously provided a one-word title, in other words, by Alfred Hitchcock. What name did he choose for the film?
10. Which 1957 film classic starring Henry Fonda conceivably could have been entitled 'A Duodecad of Highly Irascible Male Personages of the Species Homo Sapiens Sapiens', but foolishly was given a less verbose title (in other words)?
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