Titles in Translation Trivia

1. "Extranjeros en un tren": A tennis player unwittingly makes a deal to have a murder committed for him, and then panics when he is expected to fulfill his end of the deal.

From Quiz Alfredo Hitchcock

Answer: Strangers on a Train

One of the most frightening scenes of the movie is the climactic confrontation as a whirling merry-go-round goes out of control.

From Quiz A Film by Any Other Name...

Answer: Beaches

Released in 1988, "Beaches" told the story of a pair of unlikely, lifelong friends, played by Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, and the ups and downs in their relationship over the years. It was famous for featuring Midler's rendition of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings". The title for "Beaches" came from a quote from the 1973 novel "The Princess Bride": "If your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches". The tagline on the U.S. poster for the movie was "Once in a lifetime you make a friendship that lasts forever", which may be where the alternate title came from.

From Quiz It's Called What?

Answer: Fargo

Jerry Lundegard decided to solve his financial problems by arranging to have his wife kidnapped. He figured that his wealthy father-in-law would cough up the ransom and everything would be well. Unfortunately the men he hired to pull the job off messed things up, rather badly, and the very pregnant Sheriff, Marge Gunderson, was left to figure things out. In one scene, the kidnappers ran body parts through a wood chipper, to destroy the evidence. Unfortunately it was winter and the blood stood out rather vividly against the white snow. Presumably this was where the Chinese title came from. "Fargo" was released in 1996 and starred William H. Macy, Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi.

From Quiz Amusing Movie Titles Lost in Translation

Answer: Six Naked Pigs

In UK the term "the full Monty" was slang for "the whole thing" or "to go the whole way" and in the movie comedy it referred to six unemployed steel workers who stripped completely naked in order to earn money and find some meaning in their lives. The plot focused on the steel workers bonding as a team and coming to terms with issues such as unemployment, sexuality, suicide, self confidence, family and self respect. This was ultimately a "feel good" movie about what could be achieved by pulling together in the face of adversity. In Hong Kong the movie title "The Full Monty" translated to Cantonese as "Six Stripped Warriors" but in Mandarin it was interpreted as "Six Naked Pigs". The stars must have been overjoyed to be known as naked pigs by over 20% of the world's population. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Music Score and was nominated for four awards in total including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Screenplay. It also won the UK BAFTA for Best Film. Total Film magazine in 2000 voted "The Full Monty" as the 49th greatest comedy of all time and in 2007 it was voted as the second greatest British comedy.

From Quiz Movie Titles Translated To Spanish

Answer: The Usual Suspects

Both the titles mean the same. Spacey's other movies have retained their original titles in Spain.

From Quiz Movies That Lose Something In the Translation

Answer: Die Hard

Ok.... maybe this one's not too difficult to fathom but, BOY, do they get surreal from here? :0)

From Quiz More Movie Titles In Spanish

Answer: 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'

Dennis Price plays a young man who sets out to murder the eight people who stand between him and a large inheritance. Alec Guinness plays all eight victims in this very funny comedy.

From Quiz Movie Titles In Spanish

Answer: Dirty Harry & dirty harry

An almost direct translation in this case, which is somewhat unusual. Eastwood's first appearance as cop Harry Callahan.

From Quiz What Film Lurks behind this Italian Title?

Answer: Jacob's Ladder

Jacob here is a Vietnam veteran who actually has hallucinations, more bizarre than perverse I think. In the Bible (Genesis 28) the patriarch Jacob dreams of a ladder reaching to Heaven. Not perverse at all. In 2019 a remake of the film, directed by David M. Rosenthal, was released.

From Quiz Alfredo Hitchcock

Answer: Rear Window

Hitchcock directed the movie from the main character's apartment, and the other "residents" wore earpieces so he could communicate with them.

From Quiz A Film by Any Other Name...

Answer: Dying Young

Julia Roberts played Hilary, a woman looking for a fresh start when she took a job as a nurse caring for a leukemia patient named Victor, played by Campbell Scott. The two fell in love after Victor's cancer went into remission, but complications arose when Victor started to get sick again and kept it from Hilary. The film also featured Vincent D'Onofrio as a friendly handyman who threatened to come between Victor and Hilary. The film was marketed as "The Choice of Love" in some countries because "Dying Young" was probably too depressing a title for some markets.

From Quiz It's Called What?

Answer: Corpse Bride

After messing things up at the rehearsal, a nervous groom tried to practice his vows all alone. Unfortunately the stick he practiced placing the ring on was actually the finger of a dead girl, and before he knew it he was married to a corpse. Released in 2005, "Corpse Bride" was co-directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson and starred the voice talents of Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

From Quiz Amusing Movie Titles Lost in Translation

Answer: The Blair Witch Project

"The Blair Witch Project" was shot as a documentary about three student film makers who got lost in a forest whilst researching a local myth about witchcraft. The plot was seen through the lens of the students' camera to horrific effect, as one by one they disappeared. In the end all that was left was the camera and the film record. Much of the action took place out of shot to build up the tension. Although a completely fictitious movie, there was a lot of pre-release publicity to suggest it related to actual events. This sparked tremendous interest, making it an extremely successful independent film. The 2000 comedy spoof "The Bare Wench Project" was released in Taiwan under the name "Night in the Cramped Forest 2" causing some movie goers to believe it was a sequel. When the actual sequel, "Book of Shadows - Blair Witch 2" was released the Taiwanese distributors had to change the title to "Spirits of the Dead Roar".

From Quiz Hitchcock Film Titles in French

Answer: Rear Window

"Window to the courtyard" would be the translation here. A wheelchair-bound Jefferies (James Stewart) spends his days watching his neighbors across from his apartment. He soon realizes that one of them may have murdered his wife.

From Quiz Movie Titles Translated To Spanish

Answer: Gone With The Wind

The film "Showgirls" has the same title as in English, "Citizen Kane" is known as "Ciudadano Kane", which means the same, and "North By Northwest" was changed to "Con la muerte en los talones" in Spain, which has nothing to do with the original title.

From Quiz Movies That Lose Something In the Translation

Answer: Dragnet

See, now... kinda lost me there... how 'bout you? :0)

From Quiz More Movie Titles In Spanish

Answer: 'Dr Strangelove'

'..Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb' to give the full title. Peter Sellers plays multiple roles in this black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick.

From Quiz German Movie Titles

Answer: Verrueckt nach Mary

Would be translated as 'Crazy for Mary'. Everyone here loved the movie (my English teacher in 11th grade even did it in school with us!). Starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon.

From Quiz Movie Titles In Spanish

Answer: An Affair To Remember

Ok, this could have fit any of the choices. 'An Affair to Remember' was once shown here directly following 'Sleepless In Seattle', in which 'Affair...' is featured.

From Quiz Alfredo Hitchcock

Answer: The Man Who Knew Too Much

Hitchcock made this movie twice; once with Peter Lorre in 1934 and again with Jimmy Stewart in 1956.

From Quiz A Film by Any Other Name...

Answer: Hero

Dustin Hoffman played a smalltime crook who was on his way to see his son for his birthday, when a plane fell out of the sky in front of him. He begrudgingly helped the trapped survivors out of the burning plane and promptly disappeared into the night. One of the survivors, a feisty reporter played by Geena Davis, became determined to discover the identity of her anonymous savior, but in a surprising development, an impostor in the form of a homeless man (played by Andy Garcia) came forward to claim credit for the rescue. The film explored themes like the true nature of heroism and celebrity, and was directed by Stephen Frears, who went on to make "High Fidelity" and "The Queen".

From Quiz It's Called What?

Answer: The Parent Trap

Separated by divorcing parents, Hallie was raised in California by her father and Annie grew up in England, with her mother. Neither suspected that they had a twin, until they both ended up at the same summer camp. There they found that their similarities were hard to ignore, including a certain skill at playing poker. Once they realised who they were, they devised a plot to reunite their parents, which started with them switching places and going home with the opposite parent. (This is where one of them had to get her ears pierced.) Their parents soon found that twins seldom did come alone! Released in 1998, "A Parent Trap" starred Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson.

From Quiz Amusing Movie Titles Lost in Translation

Answer: As Good as It Gets

"As Good As It Gets" was a romantic comedy about an obsessive compulsive writer, a single mother waitress and a gay artist who were thrown together through circumstances. When the artist got beaten up and hospitalised the writer involuntarily ended up looking after his dog with the help of the waitress. The movie explored the social interactions and just how good life got through the relationships of the unlikely trio. Presumably the Chinese title was a reference to Nicholson's cranky character. The movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards winning both the Best Actor for Nicolson and Best Actress for Helen Hunt. It also won 23 other cinema awards including three Golden Globes.

From Quiz American Classic Film Titles in French

Answer: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

"The Adventure of Mrs. Muir" is the English translation of the French title. The movie is adapted from R. A. Dick's novel of the same English title. It is about newly widowed Mrs. Muir (Tierney) who moves into a lighthouse with her daughter and encounters the ghost of its former mariner owner (Harrison). Initially annoyed by each other's presence, they are soon involved in an impossible love relationship.

From Quiz Movie Titles Translated To Spanish

Answer: Love and Death

If you've seen this movie, you probably guessed it, because the name of one of the movie characters appears in the Spanish title, which means "Boris Gruschenko's Last Night". "Take The Money And Run" was shown in Spain under the title "Toma el dinero y corre". The other two have retained their original English titles.

From Quiz More Movie Titles In Spanish

Answer: 'Donovan's Reef'

'Donovan's Reef' was the Duke's last feature with director John Ford. 'The Irish Pub' is a more or less literal translation and the other two choices both starred John Wayne, but without Marvin.

From Quiz Movie Titles In Spanish

Answer: Sonrisas y Lagrimas

No literal translation this time, but tuning in to 'Smiles and Tears' will bring you Julie Andrews, Chris Plummer and the kids.

From Quiz Alfredo Hitchcock

Answer: Rebecca

The story for this creepy movie was taken from the also creepy novel by Daphne DuMaurier.

From Quiz A Film by Any Other Name...

Answer: Point of No Return

John Badham directed this 1993 remake of Luc Besson's "La Femme Nikita", which featured Bridget Fonda as a drug addict who was sentenced to death for killing a police officer, but given the chance to adopt a new identity and become an assassin for the government. The film also featured Gabriel Byrne, Anne Bancroft and Dermot Mulroney. Although it was called "Point of No Return" in North America, it was released as "The Assassin" in Australia, the UK and other parts of Europe. "The Jackal", "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Bangkok Dangerous" were all remakes about assassins, but none of them were released as "The Assassin" and the original movies weren't from France.

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