Raiders of the Lost Ark

Who keeps screwing with the title of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? It is NOT called "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" and I am sick and tired of seeing ignoramuses change the title of the movie to the stupid new version that was created only for marketing purposes. I've tried to correct the title but I can't because it's still listed under its correct title on the page links. How do I change it back? One would think IMDb at least get something as basic as a classic movie's title right. Don't you have administrators to watch out for this kind of thing?

Eric Magnuson

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2 months ago

ACT_1

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (original title)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/reference
Harrison Ford ... Indy
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https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981
I've noticed that IMDb recently started listing the movie
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" as "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark",
which is incorrect and irritates me greatly...
Eric Magnuson
Posted 1 year ago ( May 3 2019 )
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Message from IMDb
For Problems or Questions,
please include a link to the page(s) you are referring to if possible.
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2 months ago

Peter, Champion

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IMDb displays different titles depending on settings and location.

The problem may be the listing of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark as World-wide (English title).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas

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2 months ago

Oswald

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So, should Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) be displayed as just Star Wars (1977) according to the Thread Starters logic?

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2020-05-25T12:14:53+00:00

Ed Jones(XLIX)

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According to IMDb's own rules.....Yes! It should be Star Wars. 'SW: Episode IV A New Hope' should be an AKA

2020-05-25T12:36:59+00:00

Oswald

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Okay.

My take - to mix idioms - A spade by any other name is just as effective for hitting pedants over the head with. :D

GTCY Ed.

2020-05-25T17:04:38+00:00

Owen Rees

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If you set "Title display country/region:" to Original in your content preferences you get the original title. With that setting, this is the title of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/reference

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966)

2020-05-26T02:40:09+00:00

Eric Magnuson

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"So, should Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) be displayed as just Star Wars (1977) according to the Thread Starters logic?" No, because that title is actually displayed onscreen, whereas "Indiana Jones and..." doesn't appear anywhere onscreen. If Spielberg were to add the new title to new prints of the movie, maybe I'd think differently. As it stands, changing the title of a classic film to match the rest of the series is just another example of the dumbing-down of our culture. Call that pedantic if you want. I call it being respectful of film history.