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Encyclopedia > List of works with different titles in the UK and US

This page lists works with different titles in the United Kingdom and United States. US titles will usually also be used in Canada; UK titles will also be used in the Republic of Ireland and often in Commonwealth countries excluding Canada. Not listed are minor changes due to American and British English spelling differences (for example, Rumor Has It... was titled Rumour Has It... in the UK). An asterisk* indicates which country the work originated in. The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2008. ... Spelling differences redirects here. ... Rumor Has It. ... This article is about the typographical symbol. ...

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  • List of works with different titles in the UK and US
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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
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Type of work United States United Kingdom Notes
Album Security Peter Gabriel* This was the fourth album released by Peter Gabriel with the name Peter Gabriel.
Autobiography All Will Be Well Memoir*
Book The Elementary Particles Atomised' Originally a French novel by Michel Houellebecq entitled Les Particules élémentaires, which translates to the US title
Book Holy Blood, Holy Grail The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail*
Book Where's Waldo Where's Wally*
Cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Violent "ninja" considered inappropriate for children.
Collection of short stories The Umbrella Man and Other Stories The Great Automatic Grammatizator* By Roald Dahl
Collection of short stories Young Archimedes Little Mexican* By Aldous Huxley
Comic strip U.S. Acres* Orson's Farm
Film Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story A Cock and Bull Story*
Film Renegade Blueberry Original French title Blueberry: L'expérience secrète
Film American Wedding* American Pie: The Wedding Third movie in the American Pie series. Also American Pie 3 in some markets.
Film The Triplets of Belleville Belleville Rendez-vous Original French title Les Triplettes de Belleville
Film Dennis the Menace* Dennis Avoid confusion with unrelated British character Dennis the Menace
Film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle* Harold and Kumar get the Munchies White Castle restaurants unknown in the UK
Film Hoosiers* Best Shot Term "Hoosier" unknown outside U.S.
Film Highlander: The Final Dimension Highlander 3: The Sorcerer* Also Highlander 3: The Final Conflict in some markets.
Film Howard the Duck* Howard: A New Breed of Hero Based on the comic Howard the Duck
Film Live Free or Die Hard* Die Hard 4.0 "Live Free or Die", the state motto of New Hampshire, is little known in the UK.
Film Madonna: Truth or Dare* In Bed With Madonna
Film Out of the Past* Build My Gallows High
Film Sabrina * (1954) Sabrina Fair Sabrina Fair was the title of the original play.
Film Stairway to Heaven A Matter of Life and Death*
Film The Concorde ... Airport '79* Airport '80: The Concorde Title matches year of initial release in each country
Film The Conqueror Worm Witchfinder General* Lead Vincent Price had starred in several Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. This film has almost no connection to Poe's The Conqueror Worm.
Film The Great Train Robbery* The First Great Train Robbery Based on The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton, unconnected to the 1963 heist known by that name in the UK.
Film Victory Escape to Victory
Film Waking Ned Devine Waking Ned
Film xXx: State of the Union* xXx 2: The Next Level Non-Americans would be less familiar with the State of the Union Address
Film Young Man with a Horn* Young Man of Music Avoid association "horn" = "erection"
Film Zentropa Europa Name changed to avoid confusion with Europa Europa
Folk tale Chicken Little Chicken Licken Usual names for The Sky Is Falling (fable)
Games console Sega Genesis Sega Mega Drive Japanses company Sega could not get permission to use "Mega Drive" in the US due to a trademark dispute
Mock history There'll Always be a Drayneflete Drayneflete Revealed U.S. title echoes There'll Always Be an England
Novel A House Called Awful End Awful End Original German title Schlimmes Ende
Novel Babe The Gallant Pig The Sheep-Pig* The corresponding film was titled Babe.
Novel and film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* US editor felt that the original title "conveyed an incorrect idea of the subject matter"
Novel A Silver Lining If You Could See Me Now By an Irish author. If You Could See Me Now is the original title.
Novel His Majesty's Dragon* Temeraire
Novel Little Women, Part II* Good Wives
Novel Outlander* Cross Stitch
Novel Pigs Might Fly Daggie Dogfoot*
Novel Red Alert Two Hours to Doom*
Novel Rosie Dunne Where Rainbows End*
Novel Smilla's Sense of Snow Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow Titles of distinct translations of Danish Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne. Filmed as Smilla's Sense of Snow
Novel Murder in the Calais Coach Murder on the Orient Express* avoid confusion with the novel Stamboul Train which had been published in the U.S. as Orient Express
Novel The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle The Nigger of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Sea* U.S. publisher objected to "nigger"
Novel The Golden Compass Northern Lights* US publishers changed title due to vague resemblance of alethiometer on cover to a compass. The film version was titled The Golden Compass in all markets.
Novel The Time Travelers Gideon the Cutpurse
Novel Orient Express Stamboul Train*
Novel The Unsleeping Eye* The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe Filmed as Death Watch
Novel The War of Dreams The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman*
Novel Love, Rosie, or Rosie Dunne Where Rainbows End By an Irish author. Where Rainbows End is the original title.
Song Morning Train (Nine to Five) 9 to 5* (Sheena Easton song) Avoid confusion with 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)
TV series Brilliant The Fast Show* Avoid confusion with unrelated US series The Fast Show
TV series The Office (US)* The Office: An American Workplace Avoid confusion with original The Office (UK)
TV series MI-5 Spooks* In British slang, "spooks" are spies; in the US "spook" is an offensive term for African Americans.
TV series Robin Hood Robin of Sherwood*
Video game Bully Canis Canem Edit A Canadian-made game. UK censors found "Bully" title unacceptable, although the title of Bully: Scholarship Edition was not changed. The UK title is Latin for "Dog eat dog".
Security (1982) is an album by the British progressive rock musician Peter Gabriel. ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Cobham,[1] Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... Memoir (published in North America as All Will Be Well) is an autobiographical account of the childhood of Irish author John McGahern. ... Les Particules Élémentaires (The Elementary Particles) is a novel by the French author Michel Houellebecq, published in France in 1998. ... Michel Houellebecq (pronounced ) (real name Michel Thomas), born 26 February 1958, on the French island of Réunion is a controversial, award-winning French novelist. ... Book cover of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail 2005 illustrated hardcover edition. ... Wally, as he appeared in the first edition of Wheres Wally? (1987). ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Sweden) is an American animated television series, produced by Fred Wolf Films and Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Inc. ... Jiraiya, ninja and title character of the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari. ... The Umbrella Man redirects here. ... Little Mexican (titled Young Archimedes in the U.S.) (1924), Aldous Huxleys third collection of short fiction, consists of the following six short stories: Uncle Spencer Little Mexican Hubert and Minnie Fard The Portrait Young Archimedes This short story-related article is a stub. ... U.S. Acres (known as Orsons Farm outside the United States) is a comic strip that ran from 1986 to 1989 created by Jim Davis, author of the popular comic strip Garfield. ... For the novel by Will Self see Cock and Bull, for the expression, see Cock and Bull. ... Blueberry is a French movie adaptation of the popular European comic of Jean Giraud (better known as Moebius) and Jean-Michel Charlier. ... American Wedding (also known as American Pie 3: The Wedding outside of America or American Pie 3) is the 2003 sequel to the comedy films American Pie (1999) and American Pie 2 (2001). ... American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and written by Adam Herz. ... Les Triplettes de Belleville is an award-winning 2003 animated feature film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dennis the Menace (known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher since 1970) is a long-running comic strip featured in The Beano childrens comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ... Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (released in some countries as Harold and Kumar get the Munchies or American High, due to few international White Castle locations) is a comedy movie released in 2004. ... A White Castle Cheeseburger box. ... This page is about the movie Hoosiers. Hoosiers is also the nickname of Indiana University athletic teams; see Indiana Hoosiers. ... This article is about the use of the term Hoosiers. For the small town in Indiana, see Hoosier, Indiana. ... Howard the Duck (also known as Howard: A New Breed of Hero in Europe), is a 1986 live-action film produced by Lucasfilm and Universal Pictures, directed by Willard Huyck from a script by Huyck and his wife Gloria Katz. ... This article is about the character and comic book series. ... Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4. ... Live Free or Die in the State Emblem Live Free or Die is the official motto of New Hampshire, adopted by the General Court in 1945. ... Here is a list of state mottos for the states of the United States. ... For other uses, see New Hampshire (disambiguation). ... This article is about the 1947 film; there was also a 1998 documentary of the same name. ... Sabrina is a 1954 film directed by Billy Wilder, adapted for the screen by Wilder, Samuel Taylor, and Ernest Lehman from Taylors play Sabrina Fair (in the UK, the movie has the title Sabrina Fair). ... Sabrina Fair, (also entitled Sabrina Fair, A Woman Of The World) is an original Broadway stage play. ... A Matter of Life and Death (1946) is a film by the British writer-director-producer team of Powell and Pressburger. ... The Concorde . ... Witchfinder General is a 1968 horror film by Tigon British Film Productions and American International Pictures. ... Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... The Conqueror Worm is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. ... The First Great Train Robbery is a 1979 film directed by Michael Crichton and based on his novel The Great Train Robbery. ... The Great Train Robbery is a bestselling 1975 historical fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. ... Michael Crichton, pronounced [1], (born October 23, 1942) is an American author, film producer, film director, and television producer. ... For other uses, see The Great Train Robbery. ... Escape to Victory is a 1981 film about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a Nazi prison camp during World War II. It was directed by John Huston and stars Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone. ... Waking Ned, titled Waking Ned Devine in North America, is a 1998 comedy film starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly and Fionnula Flanagan. ... State of the Union redirects here. ... Young Man with a Horn is a 1950 film, based on a biographical novel of the same name, based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke. ... The erection of the penis, clitoris or a nipple is its enlarged and firm state. ... Zentropa also known as Europa is the title of Lars von Triers third theatrical feature film, released in 1991. ... Halima ARRA ARRA is a 1990 German language film directed by Agnieszka Holland. ... The Sky Is Falling, also known as Chicken Licken, Chicken Little or Henny Penny is an old fable about a chicken (or a hare in early versions) who believes the sky is falling. ... The Sega Mega Drive ) is a video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988, North America in 1989, and the PAL region in 1990. ... This article is about the video game company. ... The dustjacket design burlesques early 18th century English topographical views: a rarified subject for comedy Osbert Lancasters Drayneflete Revealed (1949, published in the US as Therell Always be a Drayneflete 1950), is an illustrated book on architectural style. ... Therell always be an England is an english patriotic song, popular in World War II, composed and written by Ross Parker & Harry Par-Davies in 1939. ... The Sheep-Pig is a novel by Dick King-Smith. ... Babe is an Academy Award-winning 1995 Australian film that tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheep dog. ... HPSS and HP1 redirect here. ... If You Could See Me Now is Irish writer Cecelia Aherns third novel, published in November 2005 (UK and Ireland)/ January 2006 (US). ... His Majestys Dragon, published in the UK as Temeraire, is the first novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by American author Naomi Novik. ... Little Women is a novel published in 1868 and written by American author Louisa May Alcott. ... Outlander (published in the UK as Cross Stitch), is the first in a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. ... Red Alert is a 1958 novel by Peter George about nuclear war. ... Where Rainbows End is Irish writer Cecelia Aherns second novel, published in 2004. ... For other uses, see Murder on the Orient Express (disambiguation). ... Stamboul Train (1932) is a novel by author Graham Greene. ... In Joseph Conrads The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897), the Narcissus is a merchant ship sailing from Bombay to London. ... // Nigger is a racial slur used to refer to dark-skinned people, especially those of African ancestry. ... The Alethiometer The alethiometer is a device from the trilogy His Dark Materials which tells the truth. ... The Golden Compass is an Academy Award-winning fantasy film based upon Northern Lights (also known as The Golden Compass), the first novel in Philip Pullmans trilogy His Dark Materials, and was released on December 5, 2007 by New Line Cinema. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Stamboul Train (1932) is a novel by author Graham Greene. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, published in the US as The War of Dreams, is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1972. ... Where Rainbows End is Irish writer Cecelia Aherns second novel, published in 2004. ... 9 to 5, with text and lyrics by Florrie Palmer is the title of a popular song recorded by Sheena Easton in 1980, becoming her first major hit. ... 9 to 5 is the title of a hit song for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and, in her film debut, Dolly Parton. ... The Fast Show is a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for four series from 1994 to 2000. ... The Office is a television show, broadcast by NBC and co-produced by Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studio. ... The Office is a British television comedy series, created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and first aired in the UK on BBC Two on July 9, 2001. ... For the music band, see The Spooks. ... SPY may refer to: SPY (spiders), ticker symbol for Standard & Poors Depository Receipts SPY (magazine), a satirical monthly, trademarked all-caps SPY (Ivory Coast), airport code for San Pédro, Côte dIvoire SPY (Ship Planning Yard), a U.S. Navy acronym SPY, short for MOWAG SPY, a... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Robin of Sherwood, retitled Robin Hood in the US, was an acclaimed 1980s British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. ... Bully, also known as Canis Canem Edit (Latin for dog eat dog) for the PAL PlayStation 2 version,[5] is a third person action-adventure video game released by Rockstar Vancouver for the PlayStation 2 on October 17, 2006 in the United States, and October 25, 2006 in the United... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ...

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