An alternative title is a media sales device most prominently used in film distribution . Books and films are distributed under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small changes to the title, Such As the addition of The , to wholesale changes. Movie titles are also often changed when they are released on DVD or VHS .

Reasons

The reasons for this are varied, but usually point to marketable, linguistic or cultural differences . Some titles may be considered offensive. Most title changes are commercial . An example is Italian Director’s Sergio Leone’s 1971 film released released as Duck, You Sucker! , he was convinced this was a well-known English saying. When the film sold poorly, it was subsequently rebranded as A Fistful of Dynamite , similar in name to his 1964 film A Fistful of Dollars , part of the successful Trilogy Dollars .

When Scholastic Corporation bought the US to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone , they thought that a child would not want to read a book with the word “philosopher” in the title, ^[1] after some discussion, the American edition was published in September 1998 ^[2] under the title Rowling suggests, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone . ^[3] Rowling claims that it would have changed in the future. ^[4] Philip Nel has pointed out that the change has lost connection with alchemy .

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