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classicfilm with additional examples)
Famous films, and how they might have been. (Originally written as a New Statesman competition entry and discovered in the bottom of a box...)
The Titfield Thunderbo[l]t: British Rail want to close the branch line -- but little do they know the old engine in the local museum is a self-transforming alien in disguise...
A Mat[t]er of Life and Death: Binns Minor has to climb an everlasting staircase in the afterlife in search of his mother.
Waterloo Brid[g]e: Army officer jumps under a truck as his ballerina love marries Another.
Star Wars: A New Ho[p]e: In a galaxy far, far away... a small boy sets off for the ironmonger's.
In the sequel, The Empire [S]Trikes back, he pedals home again as the young heir to galaxy-spanning dictatorship.
[S]Tar Trek: The adventures of the road-sprayer Enterprise.
Pri[n]ce of Egypt: Animated haggling in a Cairo bazaar.
Robin Hood: Pri[n]ce of Thieves: Marian rescues her lover and his men... with a hefty bribe.
The Red [S]Hoes: Torn between her Dutch and shorthandled implements, a famous gardener sacrifices her life for her art.
The War Between the Wo[r]lds: The invading forces of Lincolnshire unexpectedly fall prey to the Leicestershire Lurgy.
Li[v]e and Let Die: Bond reclines in comfort as his sinister adversary expires.
[G]One with the Wind: A beautiful Southern belle with an unfortunate problem.
(and its equally obscure counterpart, Gone with the Win[d], featuring a vanishing bookie as the favourite romps home.)
The Ma[n] Who Never Was: Faking family history.
Li[f]e and Death of Colonel Blimp: This time, Clive Candy's chivalry catches up with him.
Seven [B]Rides for Seven Brothers: Stirring musical song-and-dance about a mass horse kidnap.
classicfilm with additional examples)Famous films, and how they might have been. (Originally written as a New Statesman competition entry and discovered in the bottom of a box...)
The Titfield Thunderbo[l]t: British Rail want to close the branch line -- but little do they know the old engine in the local museum is a self-transforming alien in disguise...
A Mat[t]er of Life and Death: Binns Minor has to climb an everlasting staircase in the afterlife in search of his mother.
Waterloo Brid[g]e: Army officer jumps under a truck as his ballerina love marries Another.
Star Wars: A New Ho[p]e: In a galaxy far, far away... a small boy sets off for the ironmonger's.
In the sequel, The Empire [S]Trikes back, he pedals home again as the young heir to galaxy-spanning dictatorship.
[S]Tar Trek: The adventures of the road-sprayer Enterprise.
Pri[n]ce of Egypt: Animated haggling in a Cairo bazaar.
Robin Hood: Pri[n]ce of Thieves: Marian rescues her lover and his men... with a hefty bribe.
The Red [S]Hoes: Torn between her Dutch and shorthandled implements, a famous gardener sacrifices her life for her art.
The War Between the Wo[r]lds: The invading forces of Lincolnshire unexpectedly fall prey to the Leicestershire Lurgy.
Li[v]e and Let Die: Bond reclines in comfort as his sinister adversary expires.
[G]One with the Wind: A beautiful Southern belle with an unfortunate problem.
(and its equally obscure counterpart, Gone with the Win[d], featuring a vanishing bookie as the favourite romps home.)
The Ma[n] Who Never Was: Faking family history.
Li[f]e and Death of Colonel Blimp: This time, Clive Candy's chivalry catches up with him.
Seven [B]Rides for Seven Brothers: Stirring musical song-and-dance about a mass horse kidnap.