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August 17, 2008
Vaseline is the word
That's the title of "Grease" in Argentina.
In a funny article in the August 1, 2008 USA Today, Chris Hawley explored what's lost — and in some cases gained — in translation when American films play elsewhere.
Other tweaked titles:
"American Virgin Man" — "American Pie" in China
"The Unbelievable Trip on a Wacky Airplane" — "Airplane" in Germany
"Lots of Noise and Not Many Nuts" — "Much Ado About Nothing" in Latin America
"The Eighth Passenger of the Nostromo" — "Alien" in Poland
"Super Agent 86" — "Get Smart" in Mexico
"The End of Time" — "The Happening" in Mexico
"The Knight of the Night" — "The Dark Knight" in Mexico
"Get Smart" is variously titled "Max the Menace" (France); "Agent Smart: Casino Totale" (Italy); "Is the Spy Capable or Not?" (Taiwan); or "Confused Spy" (China).
Last year's "Knocked Up" was called "Slightly Pregnant" in Peru and "One Night, Big Belly" in China.
Good one, that.
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Here's another one: Máxima Pistola (Maximum Pistol) that was the name for Top Gun in most of Latin America. And it was Vaselina how we called Grease. Vaselina of course being Vaseline.
I wish I could remember how all the old John Wayne movies were called but here again the names were different. Oh! High Noon - Al Sol de Mediodía. Literally - At the noonday sun.
Posted by: Milena | Aug 17, 2008 4:51:48 PM
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