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* Due to a printing oversight, we get one in the middle of ''[[Attack of the The Eye Creatures]]''.
* Due to a printing oversight, we get one in the middle of ''[[Attack of the The Eye Creatures]]''.
* ''(The) [[The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans|Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans]]''
* ''(The) [[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans|Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans]]''
* In the film ''Body Slam'' about a combiation of Rock and Wrestling there's a band called "Kicks." A reviewer talking to their manager casually refers to them as "The Kicks," but the manager is quite insistent that it's just "Kicks," saying that using "The" in a band name is passe.
* In the film ''Body Slam'' about a combiation of Rock and Wrestling there's a band called "Kicks." A reviewer talking to their manager casually refers to them as "The Kicks," but the manager is quite insistent that it's just "Kicks," saying that using "The" in a band name is passe.
* Averted with the ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'' franchise, where ''The Fast and the Furious'' is the name of the first movie, while ''Fast and Furious'' is the name of the fifth movie.
* Averted with the ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'' franchise, where ''The Fast and the Furious'' is the name of the first movie, while ''Fast and Furious'' is the name of the fifth movie.
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* 2012 movie ''[[Film/Salmon Fishing In The Yemen|Salmon Fishing In The Yemen]]'' puts a "the" in front of the name of the country of [[wikipedia:Yemen|Yemen]] for no obvious reason.
* 2012 movie ''[[Film/Salmon Fishing In The Yemen|Salmon Fishing In The Yemen]]'' puts a "the" in front of the name of the country of [[wikipedia:Yemen|Yemen]] for no obvious reason.
* [[School of Rock]] was originally called "The School of Rock," as seen in its title sequence.
* [[School of Rock]] was originally called "The School of Rock," as seen in its title sequence.
* The 2005 Spielberg adaptation of ''[[The War of the Worlds (film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' dropped the "The" from the title.
* The 2005 Spielberg adaptation of ''[[The War of the Worlds (2005 film)||The War of the Worlds]]'' dropped the "The" from the title.
* The original treatment for ''[[Star Wars]]'' was subtitled ''The Star Wars''.
* The original treatment for ''[[Star Wars]]'' was subtitled ''The Star Wars''.


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