Shortest Movie Titles
Ali Lemer
And in equal time: the Shortest Film Titles. Comments are from the
book (except for those in parentheses, which are mine).
1. M (1931)
A child killer on the loose.
2. Z (1969)
A political thriller set in North Africa
3. It! (1966)
A twentieth-century golem.
4. If (1968)
Revolt at a boys' school.
5. She (1965)
The most recent film version of H. Rider Haggard's fantasy novel.
6. Ada (1961)
A call-girl and her gubernatorial-candidate husband.
7. Ben (1972)
A killer rat.
8. Kim (1950)
Errol Flynn in Kipling's India.
9. Bug (1975)
Incendiary cockroaches from inside the earth.
10. ZPG (1971)
Zero Population Growth in the future.
11. D.O.A. (1949) (and 1989? Forgot the date.)
A murder mystery (and its modern remake).
12. O.S.S. (1946)
Espionage during World War II.
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Wayne Citrin
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>2. Z (1969)
> A political thriller set in North Africa
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No, it was based on an incident in Greece.
An excellent movie, distinguished by one of the best dubbing jobs I've seen.
Wayne
Gisle Hannemyr
> 2. Z (1969)
> A political thriller set in North Africa
It is set in Greece, which is in Europe.
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Rodrick Su
>book (except for those in parentheses, which are mine).
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>Ali Lemer | "Look, a microwave."
>Columbia University | "I could USE a microwave..."
>New York, NY | -- C.U.M.B. S.W.A.T.,
>a...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu | 15 November 1991
Ali, they missed a flick call 'Q'. it is one about a huge bird
nesting in a big city.
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What about E.T.?
I think the full title of the movie is: E.T. -- The Extra Terrestrial
I'm curious, though...what about the movie "10"?...
Just wonderin'...
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>In article <ragnarok....@cs1.bradley.edu> ragn...@cs1.bradley.edu (Matthew Lathrum) writes:
> What about E.T.?
>I think the full title of the movie is: E.T. -- The Extra Terrestrial
>I'm curious, though...what about the movie "10"?...
You're right about the full title of E.T. _10_ is an interesting offering,
but my money's on _Q_, the Japanese monster movie.
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Mike Quigley
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8 1/2?
Mike
Elizabeth Fike
>What about E.T.?
The full title was "E.T., the Extra-terrestrial".
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Colin McFadyen
>j...@math.ufl.edu (Jeffery Eddings) writes:
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>>In article <ragnarok....@cs1.bradley.edu> ragn...@cs1.bradley.edu (Matthew Lathrum) writes:
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>> What about E.T.?
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>>I think the full title of the movie is: E.T. -- The Extra Terrestrial
>>I'm curious, though...what about the movie "10"?...
>
>You're right about the full title of E.T. _10_ is an interesting offering,
>but my money's on _Q_, the Japanese monster movie.
Wasn't the full title _Q - The Winged Serpent_. It was filmed in U.S. not Japan.
Rather good for a few laughs. Michael Moriarity is very good in it.
kkta...@descartes.waterloo.edu
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>>What about E.T.?
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>Strlen() is 4 not 2.
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>How about F/X?
Besides....it's "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial", thus making it a more likely
candidate for longst movie title.....
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Unless there's ANOTHER movie called _Q_ which I'm unaware of......
The film _Q_ which is about the Aztec winged serpent god Quetzelcoatl is
definitely _NOT_ Japanese.....but was made by schlock film-meister Larry Cohen,
director of such classic crap as _IT'S ALIVE!_ (about killer psycho-infants),
_RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT_ and _THE STUFF_.
Surprisingly, Michael Moriarty, who does a _FABULOUS_ job on tv's
_LAW AND ORDER_ appears in both _Q_ and _THE STUFF_...hmm.....(he was also
TERRIBLE in _TROLL_)....
Oh well....
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>What about E.T.?
I believe the "real" name of E.T. was: E.T.: The Extra Terrastrial
(And I know that is probably spelled wrong, so save the flames :)
kkta...@lagrange.waterloo.edu
>In article <1991Nov18....@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> fal2...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Capt. Frank A. Lauro) writes:
>>j...@math.ufl.edu (Jeffery Eddings) writes:
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>>>In article <ragnarok....@cs1.bradley.edu> ragn...@cs1.bradley.edu (Matthew Lathrum) writes:
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>>> What about E.T.?
>>
>>>I think the full title of the movie is: E.T. -- The Extra Terrestrial
>>>I'm curious, though...what about the movie "10"?...
>>
>>You're right about the full title of E.T. _10_ is an interesting offering,
>>but my money's on _Q_, the Japanese monster movie.
>
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>Wasn't the full title _Q - The Winged Serpent_. It was filmed in U.S. not Japan.
No.....the film was called _Q_...though it was also released under the title
_The Winged Serpent_....
>Rather good for a few laughs. Michael Moriarity is very good in it.
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Does "V", the tv movie, count?
Larry Parrish
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Todd J. Feldman
There are several one-letter titles:
"M" (by Fritz Lang with Peter Lorre)
"Q" (a sci-fi monster film with David Carradine (I think))
"Z" (don't know anything about it, but it exists)
Patrick W Lauson
The movie on TV about the aliens...
And there's also "E.T."
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S A G Granville
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>>What about E.T.?
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>Strlen() is 4 not 2.
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>How about F/X?
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How about V Ithought that was a movie (TVM) originally
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Up (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 29 May 2009 (USA)
To avoid being taken away to a nursing home, an old widower tries to fly his home to Paradise Falls, South America, along with a boy scout who accidentally lifted off with him.
Mark Brader
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> Up (2009)
previous poster can be criticized *too* much for missing that one.
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Dan Tilque
Mark Brader
> > PI
Dan Tilque:
> 10
> F/X
Mark Brader (in 2011):
In the IMDB there are 150 listings for movies with 41 different
one-character primary titles. The most popular of these titles
is 4, which they show being used 11 times from 1995 to 2011
inclusive, including three times in 2005; the most popular letter
is X, used 10 times. There are one-character titles using all
10 digits; 25 of the upper-case letters in our alphabet, all except D;
the lower-case letters i (4 times) and c; the AE-ligature; the @ sign;
the ? mark (5 times); and, as noted, the $ sign.
"Movie" here includes documentaries and shorts, but not direct-to-video
releases or TV productions of any kind.
In 2017 there are 315 listings for 52 different one-character primary
titles. 4 and X are still the most popular numerical and alphabetic
titles, but now they have been used 20 times each -- there were four
movies titled X in 2016 alone, all of them shorts. I'm not going to
enumerate all the others.
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Da (1988)
If... (1968)
Dan Blum
> Da (1988)
> If... (1968)
M (1931)
Z (1969)
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> Da (1988)
> If... (1968)
M (1931)
M (2017)