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By what authority has the name of this film been changed?

posted 10 years ago by christomacin
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The original title of the film was "Giu la testa", literally translated as "Keep Your Head Down!", but released in America with the title "Duck You Sucker", which Leone insisted upon. Granted, "Once Upon a Time in the Revolution" (or more precisely "Once Upon A Time...The Revolution") is a much better title, and one that Leone considered at one point, but the fact remains that it ISN'T the title of the film, and never was, except maybe in France, where it played during the student protests of '68. As far as I know, though, it never was the official title of the movie in Italy, nor did Leone officially sanction the "Revolution" title.

How did IMDB make this decision unilaterally?

"Why have you lived? Why have you suffered? Is it all some huge, awful joke?"

[–] jimmyr5595 10 years ago

I'm not sure how one goes about changing it. It seems like only something either IMDb or the company that owns the rights can do.

[–] mgtbltp 10 years ago

Go to edit page button at bottom of page. I just submitted the change back to "Duck, You Sucker". We'll see if it takes effect.