this is called The Wrong Man (took me a while to track down here by going through an actor's filmography.
Anyone know why the name change?
My guess is that some advertising department exec just said, "Lucky Number Slevin isn't a good title for the NZ market." They then would change it to The Wrong Man.
I actually like the second title better. It's more classic noir, which LNS is clearly trying to evoke.
It was released as The Wrong Man in various places round the world... On the above comment, I once read an interesting essay called 'Title Theory' which established an interesting line between how effective a films title is and it's subsequent box office. Based on that theory, Lucky Number Slevin is the better title as its more distinctive and relates only to this movie, whereas The Wrong Man is very generic and could relate to a number of films.
shareI like The Wrong Man better, is all, and I think it's the better title in terms of what it says about the movie.
But if you're talking marketing (and titles are always part of that aspect of filmmaking), then maybe Lucky Number Slevin is better.
I think it's a good question, unless some countries don't think of seven as a lucky number so don't get it's playing off of that? "The Wrong Man" is a really generic title that could fit with a lot of movies. I don't see how that would be more appealing.
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Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that I'll be over here looking through your stuff.