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From: russ@mit-vax.UUCP (Russell Finn)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Christmas Story
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Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 19:41:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 30 19:41:23 1983
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To shed some light on why Steven Spielberg owns the movie name "Boy's
Life" and so Jean Shepherd's movie ended up being "A Christmas Story"
instead:  It has lately been fashionable for certain well-known movie
producers (i.e. Spielberg and George Lucas) to keep the details of
their new projects secret -- so secret, in fact, that the movie is
produced with a dummy working title, which is then changed before
release.  For instance, "Return of the Jedi" was shot under the title
"Blue Harvest."  (No, I don't care to discuss the little I know about
the "Return/Revenge" conflict.)

And "Boy's Life"?  You've all seen it -- or at least heard about it,
unless you've just returned from another dimension.  It was released
as "E.T."!  (Extra credit if you remembered the *full* title . . .)

Russell "Raiders of the Lost Title" Finn
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