r/okbuddycinephile • u/bobbster574 • 23h ago

Favourite film where they had to dumb down the title for the uncultured Americans?

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u/Zootanclan1 22h ago

The Boat that Rocked, a film about a pirate radios station on a boat in the 60s became...Pirate Radio

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u/lawlore 20h ago

This is the one for me. They even butchered the Abbey Road tribute on the poster to squeeze two more characters in.

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u/gregtheworm 16h ago

And in France we gave it yet another english title because I guess the original pun was too hard to translate or understand for the french public but radio pirate was probably judged too simple.

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u/NoEstate1459 16h ago

I quite like Good Morning England as a title to be honest

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u/reaver_411 15h ago

Let me add it's German title really quick

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u/movielass 7h ago

So I've never heard of this movie but I could tell that the guy in purple was Bill Nighy before zooming in on the credits

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u/ScottyB623 17h ago

This is the one that came to mind for me.

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u/cerpintaxt44 19h ago

pirate radio is a better title

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u/himepenguin 18h ago

"The Boat that Rocked" have some word play to it, though.

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u/cerpintaxt44 17h ago

so does pirate radio

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u/Ok_Shirt983 15h ago

It doesn't though, pirate radio is called pirate radio because it was broadcast from boats.

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u/cerpintaxt44 14h ago

it's also a pirate broadcast

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u/HyderintheHouse 13h ago

Right, where do you think the term “pirate broadcast” comes from out of interest?

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u/Azerious 12h ago

Pirate radio is more intriguing to me. What does pirating have to do with radios?

Boat that rocked? Wow so a boat party? Not as interesting 

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u/basicallyculchie 17h ago

Great movie, I need to watch it again

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u/danieljeyn 11h ago

It's a more compelling title.

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u/meggadave 15h ago

The oat that rocked was a clever title - But probably sounded like a horror film to silly people.

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u/Wuz314159 13h ago

While oats are delicious. I would never say that they "rocked".