Help me create a movie title that is (a) intriguing and (b) open-ended.

November 24, 2014 4:53 PM

Now that my wife's been bitten by the radio bug, the desire to do a show/podcast is starting to sink its teeth into me as well. The high-concept idea that I'm working with is to do a 16-part series that are all the soundtrack to a forgotten movie -- the title of the movie is the same every week, but the movie itself changes.

So say the title of the show is "Griffon and the Big One". In Week One, Griffon and the Big One is a forgotten movie from 1984: Jessica Lange is a widowed mother of three living in California, whose oldest son lives in paralyzing fear of the giant earthquake that will wipe the state off the map.

Week Two, Griffon and the Big One is a 1978 forgotten family-friendly classic about a St. Bernard and a pet hamster that travel across the country to reunite with their family.

Week Three, Griffon and the Big One is a forgotten Lee Marvin vehicle that pairs him with a youthful Kurt Russell as an oddly matched duo of retired detective and crime-solving scamp.

Etc.

I don't think Griffon and the Big One is really the best option here. But I'm looking for great ideas for fake-movie names that are both super intriguing ("what's that show? I totally want to listen to it!") and kind of super-adaptable (could be a cartoon about teddy bears; might be a drama about leukemia).

What's my show/movie called, MetaFilter?

posted by Shepherd to Writing & Language (14 answers total)

"It Goes Without Saying That"
posted by akk2014 at 5:31 PM on November 24, 2014

How about Open Ended?
posted by Rock Steady at 5:59 PM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

Awakening
posted by Rob Rockets at 6:06 PM on November 24, 2014

Ups and Downs

Big Choices

Stasis, Crisis, Stasis

A Moment Before

Safety Gear Required

No Shoes, No Shirt

The Most Important Decision You'll Ever Make

Take It From Me
posted by lizifer at 6:25 PM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

I don't think any of these are quite as broad and interesting in that offbeat kind of way as Griffon and the Big One; maybe you'll disagree.

Call of the Orioles

At Summer's End

Out of a Clear Blue Sky

Jamie and the End of the Line
posted by Quilford at 6:39 PM on November 24, 2014

I would say, "Mother, Jugs & Speed", except that is a real movie. It shouldn't be, but it is.
posted by ill3 at 7:25 PM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

The Ends of the Earth.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 7:39 PM on November 24, 2014

The Almond Girls

Samson and Delmonico

A Nice Winter

Classic Practice (or Class Practice or Crass Practice)

Wax and Wainright

Wilt and Rice
posted by taltalim at 9:02 PM on November 24, 2014

Winter's Song

Letter To No One

Melting Ice
posted by tecg at 9:34 PM on November 24, 2014

The Yukon Blues
Royal Flush
Tuppence and Change
The Secret of Otter Cove
Alice Springs Eternal
Down to a Sunless Sea
Night Rhythm 2: Full Chort
posted by mumkin at 12:07 AM on November 25, 2014

Sophie's Other Choice

...Next!

Cereal

Mime Enough At Last

The Days and Nights of Mrs. Palmer

Hatches
posted by jbickers at 5:36 AM on November 25, 2014

Limerick
posted by flabdablet at 7:22 AM on November 25, 2014

So Is Christmas
posted by flabdablet at 7:26 AM on November 25, 2014

How Dare You
posted by flabdablet at 7:27 AM on November 25, 2014