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they couldn't come up with a diffrent title?


I hadn't seen this movie since i was a kid, and i didn't think i would like it at all, but you know, i woke up, it was on, so i checked it out, and this is hilarius, man, i think i might even like it more then when i first saw it. it isn't 100% funny, but some pieces are really laughable. but what kind of american title does it have, they titled it after one of the main characters first name? he isn't "indiana jones", "shaft" or "rocky" or something, i mean, was that supose to catch on?


the mask will be removed,
then you've fooled nobody but you,
you can play with an ace up your sleeve,
put on a poker face that some will believe,
but one day, you're gonna lose the mask,
and you're gonna come off looking like an ass,
wake up and see it clear,
you're gonna fall off the chair,
you better play it straight,
change your dirty ways before its too late,
'you're gonna lose your high ace,
once that mask gets removed from your face,
you're gonna feel the lash,
if you go throw life a backstabbing trash,
sneaking and lying, you foul playing,
you're gonna end up crying, and high paying,
you're all out of luck,
you're gonna pay up,
nomather how secret, how dark you hide,
you're being checked on, all the time,
you better play it straight, masked cat,
becouse you're gonna lose the mask.

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Dutch is a better title then "Driving Me Crazy"

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I prefer Driving Me Crazy the UK title

i think i'm a banana tree!!! oh dear

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I agree Dutch is not a great title , it sound like a movie about the holocaust or something lol Driving me crazy was a better title and it sum up the movie really well,its a road movie so its a proper title.

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The title is fine the way it is. I like "Dutch" better then "Driving Me Crazy" because that title is cheesy.

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Obviously John Hughes did not think this film through very well so he did not spend a lot of time thinking about the title either.

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John Hughes typically titles his films exactly what the movie is about. "Planes, Trains, and Automoblies", "Uncle Buck", "Sixteen Candles", etc.

The film is about Dutch, so therefore that was the title.

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So was there anything wrong with Driving Miss Daisy?

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The title is driving me crazy here in Australia too. Title makes sense.

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To be in dutch is to be in trouble. To go dutch is to pay your own way. The title works.

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To be in dutch is to be in trouble. To go dutch is to pay your own way. The title works.


^This. Excellent.

When theres no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.

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It's just a catchy name. If his name was Bill or Steve it wouldn't have had as much of a punch to it. Look at Hughes other film characters in the title: Ferris, Buck. Unusual. Also made for a good promotional gimmick, because from what I remember of the TV spots it was "Everybody's going... Dutch!" And it would show these teenagers, boy and girl, holding up their fingers like peace signs. "We are going...Dutch!" A good movie for male and female teenage friends to go and see? I guess. Haha, cute.
"Jesus, does anyone?"

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Yep, well said.

It's like 'Uncle Buck', another John Hughes story.

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I think based on John Hughes recurring theme of family he named his main character Dutch deliberately as a reference to a “Dutch Uncle” Unfortunately not to many people know the term so it’s a rather obscure title.

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