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Old 08-12-15, 01:13 PM
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Movie Titles taken from lines in Shakespeare's plays

I am not talking about adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, but movies that have nothing to do with Shakespeare but base their titles on lines from Shakespeare's plays.

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To Be or Not to Be

The Dogs of War
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Re: Movie Titles taken from lines in Shakespeare's plays

Hopefully I'm not ending this thread too early:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...om_Shakespeare
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Re: Movie Titles taken from lines in Shakespeare's plays

Originally Posted by majorjoe23
Hopefully I'm not ending this thread too early:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...om_Shakespeare
That is cheating
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Re: Movie Titles taken from lines in Shakespeare's plays

Wasn't Booty Call from a line in The Tempest or am I thinking of Marlowe?
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Re: Movie Titles taken from lines in Shakespeare's plays

Play It Again, Sam

The Usual Suspects

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Re: Movie Titles taken from lines in Shakespeare's plays

[Obligatory]Good Burger [/obligatory]
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Re: Movie Titles taken from lines in Shakespeare's plays

Originally Posted by TomOpus
[Obligatory]Good Burger [/obligatory]
Bingo! Shakespeare's original draft of Richard III:

"A good burger, a good burger, my kingdom for a good burger!"

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