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What Some Of Your Favorite Movies Could Have Been Called

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Naming a movie is not an easy task, especially when millions of production dollars are involved. Here are what some of your favorite films were almost called, and ask yourself if you would have gone to go see these movies with their alternate titles.

Pretty Woman - "3000"
Pretty Woman was based on a script written by J.F. Lawton called "3000" witch is the amount of money paid for a week's worth of the hooker's "company. In the original story, Julia Roberts' character was not only a prostitute, she was also a drug addict. When Disney bought the script, they hired new writers to lighten it up, so a new title was chosen, one that luckily allowed the producers to use Roy Orbison's signature tune to "Pretty Woman" in the film.

Back To The Future - "Spaceman from Pluto"
During the filming of Back to the Future, Universal Studios head honcho Sid Sheinberg sent out a memo to everybody involved in the production saying, that no movie with the word "future" in the title had ever been successful at the box office. He suggested that the name of the movie be changed to Spaceman from Pluto. According to writer/producer Bob Gale, Steven Spielberg "earned his executive producer credit" by stepping in and sending back a note that thanked the studio head for his "joke memo."

Tootsie - "Would I Lie to You?"
Would I Lie to You? Was the title before it went through at least a half-dozen re-writes by as many writers before it finally hit the big screen in 1982 as Tootsie. The new title was suggested by star Dustin Hoffman (it was the name of his mother's dog).

Boys Don't Cry - "Take It Like a Man"
Boys Don't Cry gave Hilary Swank an Academy Award, but the film was originally called Take It Like a Man. The producers decided that The Cure's song "Boys Don't Cry", along with its inclusion on the soundtrack, gave the project more of the "dark" atmosphere they were seeking.

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