Remove one letter from a movie title. What's the new plot?

[KamaAina]

Examples:

Animal Hose: Dalmatians take over a firehouse during a strike.

Forest Gump: A lumberjack scores the winning touchdown for Oregon, goes to MLK's March on Washington, and finally settles down with his buddy in a quiet coastal town.

The Commitment: An Irish soul musician has a breakdown and spends some time in a padded cell.

h/t nolabear via FB

[SeattleVet]

1. OK...

'A Cockwork Orange': A billionaire politician-wanna-be keeps referring to how large he thinks his penis appears to be when he grasps it with his tiny little hands.

[KamaAina]

3. I believe that one turned up in nolabear's original FB thread

without the Trump reference , and with the caveat that a porno with that title may well exist.

[lame54]

2. Godfellas...

A gang of priest who shake down neighborhoods

[rug]

4. Tar Wars

republicans compete for their party's nomination.

[trof]

5. One With the Wind

Documentary about a fledgling glider pilot.

[Initech]

6. The Bi Lebowski

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Two bisexual bowling buddies with six pack abs get hired by an adult film producer to make adult spoofs of popular films.

[intrepidity]

7. Roo With A View

In the Outback, a pair of eyes is watching, watching... always watching

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Tar Wars: Road resurfacing crews form rival gangs

The Silence of the Labs: Dogs stop barking for no apparent reason
The Ion King: The life and adventures of an electrical engineer
Das Bot: German software developers come up with a new and terrifying internet application
Eternal Sunshine of the Potless Mind: A man's memory of using marijuana has been erased
Cool Hand Uke: A prison camp inmate earns the other prisoners' admiration with his brilliant ukelele playing

[Initech]

9. Mad Ma: Fury Road

A soccer mom gets a bad case of road rage taking her kids to soccer practice.

[NewJeffCT]

41. Ad Max

The growth of the advertising world in the age of the internet.

[Initech]

10. The Inter

What happens when a family comes together at a funeral service.

[mainstreetonce]

11. The Lizard of Oz

Dr Oz trains his lizard to follow yellow bricks down a road to a colorful new swamp where Vegans gather.

[KamaAina]

12. Bzzzzzzzzzzt! You changed a letter rather than deleting one.

Thanks for playing, though, and we're sure you'll enjoy this copy of our home game.

That would, however, make a nice thread in its own right.

[Orrex]

22. The Wizard of O

The magical and long-awaited sequel to 1954's The Story of O.

[tclambert]

59. Surely The Wizard of O would be about Brooks Robinson.

[Sheepshank]

13. Lien

....financial thriller.

[Mr.Bill]

14. Tax Driver

Tax preparer makes house calls.

[Donkees]

15. Aging Bull - Geriatric bull's tales of his glory days at stud farm

[So Far From Heaven]

16. Lazing Saddles

What plot? Extended campfire, restaurant and jailhouse scenes lead to worst western ever.

[First Speaker]

17. Ape Fear...

...A brilliant simian scientist discovers a way of turning honest, decent apes into--shudder--*human beings*.

[intrepidity]

18. Full Meal Jacket

Fashion designer goes rogue

[Orrex]

23. That's excellent

Well done!

[intrepidity]

19. Aws

Kitties! LOLcats! Puppies!

[intrepidity]

20. Stand By E

Sequel to Entourage

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. CaddyHack

Cab driver runs over groundhogs with his luxury car.

[Orrex]

24. Sins

Rural Pennsylvania farmer and ex-minister Mel Gibson succumbs to a lifetime of temptation and bizarr-o antisemitism.

[Thor_MN]

25. Yung Frankenstein

A Chinese re-visioning of the classic Mary Shelly tale, with a comedic twist.

[NewJeffCT]

26. The Princess Ride

A spoiled young debutante and her quest to obtain a new BMW for her 16th birthday.

[NewJeffCT]

27. Ride and Prejudice

the prequel to Driving Miss Daisy.

[NewJeffCT]

28. Taxi River

Documentary about the life of the men and women who operate water taxis crossing famous rivers throughout the world.

[NewJeffCT]

29. Sticking with the ride theme "Ride of Frankenstein"

The quest for Frankenstein to find a car that is big enough for him.

[tclambert]

60. Shouldn't it be one of those cars with different-colored fenders and bumpers held on

by coat hangers?

[NewJeffCT]

30. Tan Girl

the story of a bathing beauty and her attempt to get the perfect tan.

(Tank Girl)

[NewJeffCT]

31. The Ma with the Golden Gun

A retired spy is lured out of retirement when her children are threatened and breaks out her famous golden gun to get them back.

[LonePirate]

32. (1) Cash (2) The Untouchable

Cash: Rich, white people use their fortunes to shield themselves from the rest of society in order to perpetuate their racism.

The Untouchable: A massage therapist falls upon hard times after being kidnapped by aliens and infected with a virus that immediately kills any living organism she touches.

[bullsnarfle]

33. The Blair Itch Project

...a group of young people out in the woods with handheld cameras are badly frightened by awful cases of poison ivy.

[yellowcanine]

34. Jaw

Documentary about a famous oral surgeon

[yellowcanine]

35. Star War

Two famous astronomers get into an ugly fight about which one gets credit for discovering a new star. Things get complicated when one of the protagonists has a torrid love affair with the protege of his rival.

[4ricksren]

36. _close encounters of the third kin_

_close encounters of the third kin_


_deliverance_ in space: four astronauts stumble onto an inbred planet of aliens

[4ricksren]

37. _lose encounters of the third kind_

_lose encounters of the third kind_


something about a political party?

[4ricksren]

38. _chiatown_

_chiatown_

fast-growing pet plant-sculpture neighborhood

[NewJeffCT]

40. good one

and, welcome to DU

[ProfessorGAC]

39. Thanks All

Kama, great idea for a thread. The rest of you, great work. This was a funny, funny, read.

My only limited contribution:
Roundhog Day - A kid travels to the state fair hoping to win the blue ribbon.

[KamaAina]

43. I ripped it down from nolabear's FB page

there are even a few repeats, like "The Blair Itch Project"!

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Well, Thanks To Nolabear, Too

Funny stuff

[NewJeffCT]

42. Lack Mass

A bunch of New England mobsters are sent into a special prison out in space.

[4ricksren]

45. _china own_

_china own_


american consumers held hostage by global trade pacts

[KamaAina]

46. Creative approach to letter removal!

And welcome to DU!

[pinboy3niner]

49. Moby Ick

Unauthorized biography of Donald Trump comes to the big screen.

[KamaAina]

50. What's "Moby" about Mr. Small Hands?

[allan01]

51. edward sliver band

a man with the name edward and a sliver in his hand wants to play in a band .

[allan01]

52. gone with the sneeze

a rich fat cat sneezes.

[beastie boy]

53. Reaking Bad

A Chemistry teacher with inoperable cancer takes revenge on society with poor hygiene practices.

[SwankyXomb]

54. Chintown

a remake of the classic film with Bruce Campbell playing all the parts.

[KamaAina]

55. Or Reese Witherspoon

or Jay Leno.

[SwankyXomb]

56. The Blair With Project

Hijinks ensue when a Birtish couple attempt to go on holiday, only to have former PM Tony Blair tag along.

[LeftishBrit]

63. THAT would be a horror story, all right

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

57. The Huger Games - Trump's dystopian fantasy

No Country for Old Me - Autobiography of an elderly man who discovers drug money in a briefcase
Pup Fiction - Cute little dogs rob a diner
Peed - Man wets himself when he discovers a bomb on a bus
Dawn of the Dad - Zombie in a shopping mall is the hero's father
Finding Emo - Sensitive fish gets lost
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pear - Pirate treasure turns out to be rotten fruit
Danes With Wolves - Scandinavians communicate with wild animals
Ouch Of Evil - Crooked cop discovers it hurts to be bad

[Capt. Obvious]

58. The Never Ending Tory

A Conservative MP filibusters until death.

[chknltl]

61. The Hunt For Ed October

Ed is a freind of Waldo but better at hiding!

[pokerfan]

62. Lien

A film about the crew of the deep space ship Nostromo, sent to claim a lien on a creditor of their parent company. The creditor resists and begins to stalk the crew, killing them one by one.

[D Gary Grady]

83. Reminds me of the time I misheard something in a nature documentary

The narrator of a nature documentary explained that sleeping birds frequently open one eye or the other to keep watch for predators. At least that's what must have been said.

But I swear, it sounded like he said "creditors."

[LeftishBrit]

64. Silence of the Labs

Scientific researchers work in their labs to discover better methods of soundproofing.

[LeftishBrit]

65. Love Tory

All about a rich banker and his hopeless love for Maggie Thatcher.

[LeftishBrit]

66. Sow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Featuring a female pig and her tiny piglets.

[Leith]

67. Gotta Try...

Lord of the Rigs
- the story of a man's rise to the top of the oil business

Ineption
- documentary about Sarah Palin

It's a Wonderful Lie
- documentary about Trump's followers

Apocalypse No
- a group of people go to a war zone to stop the fighting

Carface
- a Cuban immigrant in Miami is determined to be the best salesman at the dealership

Aging Bull
- a bull deals with violence, temper, and getting older

The Thin
- an alien arrives at an Antarctic outpost and makes the scientists lose weight

12 Years a Slav
- a man is abducted and taken to Russia

The Gapes of Wrath
- a poor family is forced off their land so they wander around looking at stuff

Jurassic Ark
- the story of the dinosaurs on Noah's Ark

[Oneironaut]

68. The History Channel is going to steal the first one

"Next up on Lord of the Rigs!"

(Shot of some guys swearing on an oil rig, complete with obnoxious beeeeeps!!! leads to snazzy intro, etc. etc.)

[redwitch]

69. The Bids

A mentally unstable woman's addiction to ebay.

[Oneironaut]

70. Tar Trek - A saga of the open road

The Hut Locker - Will it ever be opened? Why can nobody seem to unlock it? Find out....

Band of Bothers - The world's most annoying people band up to ignore your obvious social cues, chew loudly with their mouths open, and defy you to tell them to stop talking.

[kwassa]

71. Cool Hand Uke

About that fabulous ukelele player Jake whatisname.

[KamaAina]

73. Shimabukuro.

Imagine my surprise when I stepped out of my Honolulu apartment one day to do some shopping, and found Jake giving a free concert outside the store!

[Kaleva]

72. Dirt Dancing

The sequel to the world-famous show Riverdance.

[Kaleva]

74. War Hose

The story of a garden hose, drafted into the army during WWII, that fought and survived the Battle of the Bulge

[Glorfindel]

75. Godfinger

A documentary about the creation of Adam panel from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling mural. Sadly, it's quite boring.

[KamaAina]

76. Wouldn't that be "Austin Powers in Godfinger"?

[Glorfindel]

77. No, that would be "Austin Powers in Godmember"

A tragedy too heartbreaking to discuss.

[Art_from_Ark]

78. Monty Python's Life of Bran

Crazy things start happening after a wheat seed is planted in the Holy Land.

[Art_from_Ark]

79. It's a Wonerful Life

Documentary about how Lawrence Welk developed his accent in North Dakota.

[Art_from_Ark]

80. Fat Times at Ridgemont High

High school kids spend every night "burger joint hopping" up and down the main drag.

[FreepFryer]

81. Field of Reams

Local printing company stores excess paper stock in adjacent empty meadow.

[yuiyoshida]

82. STA WAS!

STA WAS: Episode one, the Empire that Almost was... No one landed on Tatooine Station and there for Luke Skywalker ended up dusting crops and going to Medical School. Because of this small event, Senator palpatine never became Emperor nor had any reason to wish to. Instead he be came a galactic insurance salesman until he retired a very old age. The Jedi were never needed nor were the Sith...the universe just kept chugging on, a long, long time ago and far, far away. In the meantime, in the galaxy next door, J.J Abrams became evil and ruined STAR TREK.

[UrbScotty]

84. It's a Wonderful Lie... the Ted Cruz biopic. (nt)

[MADem]

85. PSYCH!

A creepy motel owner keeps playing lame pranks on his guests.

[PufPuf23]

86. Here are several attempts.

Eyes Wide Hut - Woman on vision quest rents hut in Iceland during the off-season that has poor illumination and is rife with vermin (cockroaches, spiders, mice, rats, Icelandic elves and other creepies). Decides her life wasn't so bad after all.

Trading Laces - Valley girl with OCD barricades herself in mall shoe store and won't come out until spirited away by delivery truck driver to distribution center.

Da Vinci Cod - Talented young artist gives up his art to marry a fisherman's daughter and become a fisherman. He invents an automated cod cleaning and fileting machine. In his spare time he paints fish murals all over the village. Today the fishing industry has died but there is a tourism industry based upon his murals, some are still being discovered. As a tie-in to the movie release, there is a coffee table book of his restored murals.

Men in Back - All the men in the world wake up to a medieval world where they have just been released from slavery to the women. The never-ending story of how they strive to become equal and free in an unjust world.

Fee Willy - An ex-POTUS with a weight problem wanders the world collecting stipends for The Fee Willy Foundation. He is uncertain as to whether he wants his wife to be POTUS.

[magical thyme]

87. Atonemen --

A group of men try to make up for all their sins

Madam Ovary -- all about girly bits

Vanity Air -- is he as vain as he seems?

Roundhog Day -- fun at a pig roast

[LeftishBrit]

88. 'Lies of a Bengal Lancer'

British imperialists tell lots of lies about India.

'Diving Miss Daisy'

Miss Daisy becomes a champion swimmer.

'All Quit on the Western Front'

And instantly put a stop to the First World War!

[spooky3]

89. The Wash Post has "Style Invitational" every Sunday.

With a different contest like this one.

You guys should enter!

[pinboy3niner]

90. Ill Bill

Former assassins seek revenge against boss, give him a very nasty cold.

[yellowcanine]

91. Gone With the Win

A documentary of famous athletes who let winning go to their heads and subsequently lost everything and hit bottom. Narrated by Pete Rose.

[yellowcanine]

92. Bo and Carol and Ted and Alice

Lesbians Bo and Carol have a threesome with Ted and Alice gets jealous.

[yellowcanine]

93. Monty Python and the Holy Gail

Hilarious Monty Python movie about searching for the mythical virgin Queen Gail.

[LynneSin]

94. Even Years in Tibet

About a superstitious mountain climber who will only visit Tibet on even number years.

[LynneSin]

95. The Song Remains the Sam

About a DJ who will only play Sam Cooke songs

[LynneSin]

96. All The Presidents Me!

A 'Groundhog Day' type movie where every US President throughout history ends up being a reincarnation of the same man.

[LynneSin]

97. Fifty Shades of Gay

Where a young, shy man graduating from College meets a wealthy billionaire and learns about all the different ways to have Gay Sex.

[LynneSin]

98. Potlight

Oscar winning movie about a team of investigation reporters who report about Pot.

[Tikki]

99. "Ranger Than Paradise"

Texas Ranger finds himself in Hawaii.

Jarmusch could do it proud.

Tikki

[pinboy3niner]

100. Animal Hose

The adventures of frat boys and their weird animal dress-up fetish.

[Shrek]

101. Pollo 13

A Fowl Omen

[HERVEPA]

102. Some Like it Ho - about those who pay for sex

[HERVEPA]

104. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kin - Oh no, my mother-in-law came home

[HERVEPA]

105. From Her to Eternity - I married her, and she murdered me for my money

[HERVEPA]

106. My Air Lady - a good time with a blow-up doll

[HERVEPA]

107. Rain Ma - What's the weather like out there son?

[HERVEPA]

108. Sane - A wish for the Republican party

[HERVEPA]

109. Ashville - (one state away)

[HERVEPA]

110. Pup Fiction - Pictorial novel for young dogs

[HERVEPA]

111. Sagecoach - A wise mentor of athletes

[HERVEPA]

113. Ear Window - The result of fighting Mike Tyson

[HERVEPA]

112. Rebel Without a Case - I swear I'm innocent!

[KamaAina]

103. Born Fee

a documentary about outrageous malpractice insurance rates for OB/GYNs.

[panader0]

114. Wow! I hadn't read this until now. I'm bookmarking this.

When I finish laughing I try for a good one. Thanks KamaAina

[pinboy3niner]

115. Mr. Holland's Pus

Please don't make me tell you the plot.

[Kaleva]

116. 00- Not a single Spartan showed up to fight the Persians

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

117. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Word?

Now showing in DU GD-P.

Stolen from Ptah: Who wasn't in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Word?

[malthaussen]

118. Amazing talent you people have...

My own modest contributions:

Gory: A film about the Civil War even more realistic than the original.
Ash: An aging baseball player searches for his lost bat.

-- Mal