Three posts on my very first day -- Uh, oh. Sorry. I'll try not to make a habit of it...
Thanks, Retaylor, for following up so quickly on my suggestion. I'll be very interested to hear Colleen's response..
I'm posting again mainly because of your reference to "GI Jane" -- I never saw your previous messages regarding that film, but I have a story about it too...
I happened to see a "rough-cut" preview of that movie a full nine-months before it finally hit the screens, and at that time the working-title was "Navy Cross" -- which was not only "classier" and more accurate (she WAS in the Navy, after all, NOT the Army), but also gave a better idea of the serious nature of the film (so people wouldn't think it was just "another stupid Demi Moore movie").
In fact, at that time I was told that the film was ORIGINALLY supposed to be called "GI Jane" -- but that the title had been changed to "Navy Cross" because smarter-heads prevailed.
Almost the entire preview-audience thought it was a fine piece of work, and I even told many friends to keep an eye out for its eventual release. The only thing the preview-crowd DIDN'T like was the ending -- which was later COMPLETELY re-worked before the film's final release (I hesitate to tell what the original ending was here, for fear of spoiling the final-film for anyone who may still plan to watch it on video -- but if anyone's curious, let me know).
By the time the post-production was finished and the film was finally distributed, of course, the smarter-heads had been over-ruled and the "GI Jane" title was slapped back on -- to the film's box-office detriment, as you seem to agree...
And this, of course, is only one of many examples of the impact a title -- good or bad -- can have on a movie's fate. So even discounting the title-similarity problem of "Freak" and "Let's Talk About Sex," I've been hoping "Freak's" title would eventually be changed ANYWAY before its release to theaters...
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