MOVIE BRIEFS

Here are some movie titles that are abbreviations, acronyms, or symbols.

• 8MM, (Nicholas Cage miscast as a prim detective who is so so surprised at the seamy underworld);
• 24-7;
• ABCD, (American Born, Confused Desi);
• AD, (Anno Domini: reverent treacle from Anthony Burgess);
• Agent for H.A.R.M.
• A.I., (Artificial Intelligence, Spielberg directs Kubrick's unmade and unmakeable screenplay)
• AKA Mohammad Ali
• Back in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics);
• B.A.P.S. (Black American Princesses);
• B.O.R.N. (Body Organ Replacement Network);
• B.S. I Love You (Bull Shit);
• B.U.S.T.E.D.;
• "C" Man, (Customs);
• Captain Horatio Hornblower, RN (Royal Navy);
• Carleton-Brown of the FO (Foreign Office);
• Carrington, VC (Victoria Cross?);
• A Case for PC 49 (Police Constable);
• C.A.S.H.;
• CB4 (Cell Block 4);
• C.H.O.M.P.S. (Canine Home Protection System);
• C.H.U.D (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers);
• The Bride Came C.O.D. (Collect On Delivery);
• C.Q.;
• The D.I. (Drill Instructor)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform)
• DNA (Jurgen Prochnow);
• DOA (Dead on Arrival);
• The D.R.E.A.M. Team (Dangerous Reconnaisance Emergency Action Mission);
• The D.R.O.P. Squad (Deprogramming and Restoration Of Pride);
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Stephen Spielberg's cash machine grinds out another classic starring a leathery vacuum cleaner with Einstein's eyes;
• The F.B.I. Story (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
• F.I.S.T., (Federation of Interstate Truckers; Sylvester Stallone heads the teamsters);
• FM (Frequency Modulation);
• F.P. 1;
• F.T.A. ("Fuck the Army", starring Jane Fonda);
• F/X ("Special effects");
• Freddy as F.R.O. 7
• "G" Men, (Government; James Cagney);
• G.I. Blues (Government Issue)
• G.O.R.P. (?, Dennis Quaid)
• H.E.A.L.T.H. (Happiness, Energy and Longevity Through Health);
• HMS Defiant (His/Her Majesty's Ship);
• H.O.T.S (Help Out the Seals);
• IQ, (Intelligence Quotient, that lovable old rascal Albert "Split-Ends" Einstein plays matchmaker);
• Ivans X.T.C.;
• J.C.;
• JFK;
• Josh and S.A.M.;
• Just Another Girl on the IRT;
• K2;
• K-9;
• LA Story (Los Angeles);
• L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway);
• Miss London Ltd (Limited...itself short for "Limited Liability Corporation");
• M (Moerder, that is, Murderer, Peter Lorre);
• M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving);
• The Man from O.R.G.Y. (?);
• M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital);
• McQ (John Wayne doing Dirty Harry, which he was originally supposed to star in, anyway.);
• M.V.P.: Most Valuable Primate
• Mulholland Dr.
• Never Wave at a WAC (Women's Army Corps)
• O (Othello)
• O.H.M.S. (On His/Her Majesty's Service)
• Operation SNAFU (Situation Normal: All Fouled Up)
• O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services)
• Pi (includes a 10 inch floppy disk, and the immortal quote "I'm sure you tried all possible combinations of 216 digits!");
• PCU (Politically Correct University);
• P.O.W.: The Escape (Prisoners of War);
• P.S., Your Cat Is Dead (Post Script);
• PT 109;
• P.U.N.K.S. (?);
• Q;
• Q & A (Question and Answer);
• QB VII (maybe this was just a TV movie);
• R2PC: Road to Park City;
• RPM (Revolutions Per Minute; Anthony Quinn as a college president!);
• R.S.V.P. (Respondez, Sil Vous Plais);
• RX Murder;
• The Secret of NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
• S.F.W. (So Fucking What?)
• The Shaggy D.A. (District Attorney)
• S.H.E. (Security Hazards Expert)
• S.I.S. (?)
• S.L.C. Punk! (Salt Lake City)
• Snafu (Situation Normal, All Fouled Up, with Robert Benchley)
• S.O.B. (Son of a Bitch; Julie Andrews in a desperate bid to show her depth by showing her top);
• S.O.S. Iceberg
• S.P.Y.S. (?, Donald Sutherland)
• Sunset Blvd (Boulevard)
• S.W.A.L.K. (Sealed with a Loving Kiss?
• T.A.G. (The Assassination Game, Linda Hamilton);
• THX 1138;
• TNT
• U Boat 29 (Untersee Boot: Undersea Boat)
• U.F.O. (Unidentified Flying Object)
• UHF (Ultra High Frequency);
• UMC (University Medical Center);
• US SEALS
• V (You know, that TV miniseries...);
• The V.I.P.'s (Very Important Persons, Elizabeth Taylor)
• The WAC from Walla Walla (Women's Army Corps)
• W.H.I.F.F.S.;
• WUSA (Paul Newman? Some sort of radio show?);
• X, Y & Z (Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor pretend to be amoral drifting faithless spouse swappers);
• Y2K: the Movie; (Year 2000)
• A Yank in the RAF (the Royal Air Force);
• Z;
• ZPG (Zero Population Growth);
• $ (Warren Beatty);