Washington Post - re-arrange titles - by February 18
 

It's a bit late, but here is the current competition:

Rearrange all the words in the title of a movie, and describe the resulting work

Examples:

“You Are 54: Where Car?”: A senior moment strikes in a parking garage. (Julie Thomas and Will Cramer; Brendan Beary)


“The Brief Pelican”: Impressed with the success of the Aflac Duck, the Hanes underwear company signs a new mascot. (Gene McMath)


“What? Did Daddy Do You in the War?” A young girl learns of her father’s overseas affair when a Korean woman comes looking for him. (Russell Beland)

Days in the world: around 80. The latest prediction from the doomsday industry.
(Around the world in 80 days)

Paris last in tango. The Hilton brat loses a dance competition.
(Last tango in Paris)

Wrath of the grapes. Tired of being trampled and crushed, a bunch of sentient grapes take a horrible revenge.
(The Grapes of Wrath)

My valley was green - how? Life in a post-apocalyptic world. When all the grass has died, spray-paint it.
(How green was my valley)

The Window in the Woman. She thought she was inscrutable, but everyone saw right through her.
(The Woman in the Window)

Seal the Seventh. Patton orders his army to be put under wraps.
(The Seventh Seal)

Looking for good bar, Mister? The camera follows a sex tourist in Thailand.
(Looking for Mister Goodbar)

Third encounters, kind of the close. He preferred one-night stands, or two dates maximum. If he saw them again, it was only to dump them
(Close encounters of the third kind)

Black rock, bad at day. Yeah, we’re definitely night-birds, us rockers.
(Bad day at Black Rock)

Apes of the planet. A cynical look at the human race.
(Planet of the Apes)

Strain-potting. Constipation, the motion picture.
(Train-spotting)

Man searching for sugar. It's in that cupboard somewhere. Runtime 102 minutes.
(searching for sugar man)

This looks like fun! I'll have a go, and attempt to progress from my 'First Ink'.

I think the last one of the given examples is brilliant :)

Jayne

Cockhitch: A screamingly funny comedy about the snip.

My Lovely Farewell: A screamingly funny comedy about gay love.

The Help Can't Girl It: A screamingly funny comedy about an unsuccessful transvestite au pair.

Wild on the Sidewalk: A screamingly funny comedy about a lexically challenged Oscar in the USA.

Gates' Heaven

A documentary on the decline and bankruptcy of Apple Corporation (The first reel is already in the can).

(Heaven's Gate)

My favorite of these is Brian's "Looking for good bar, Mister?"

Douglas, you added an "s" to one of your words. You can change punctuation, including apostrophes, but you have to use the words exactly. So sayeth the Empress on Facebook

By the way, it's not the Washington Post tradition to publicly post potential entries in advance of the deadline, especially when, as in this contest, there's bound to be a lot of independent overlap. I'm sure that Pat will receive multiple titles that are exactly the same and will select the entry with the funniest description.

Also, many people start their preparations for a contest like this with a Google search looking for inspiration. They might find a bit too much inspiration if they stumble on this thread. I've gone ahead and placed the search-block codes in this post. I believe it will, within a few hours, apply retroactively to the entire thread.

That's good. Thanks for doing that, Bob.

I'd decided to keep schtum and not to post them here, anyway. (Kind of adopting Bill Greenwell's strategy and hoping for something to rub off on me... hmm, who am I kidding? :rolleyes:)

Jayne

Roger,
Thanks for the "heads up" on the rules!

“Life” … It’s - A - Wonderful. Sentenced to life without parole for a murder he did not commit, Lawrence Welk finds true happiness after he organizes a prison band.
(It’s A Wonderful Life)

Once! (Upon a Mattress). Hilary Clinton’s home video on how Chelsea came to be, digitally re-mastered into a 15 minute short.
(Once Upon a Mattress ... OK, So this was just a made-for-TV movie; the WP will never choose it, anyway)

Singer; The Jazz. Lusty tale of the 19th century sewing machine tycoon’s romp in a New Orleans bordello, and his surprising captivation with an emerging music genre.
(The Jazz Singer)