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Recut Movie Trailers (aka ‘Movie Trailer Remixes’ and ‘Misleading Trailers’) are parody videos typically made by recutting the original films in a creative way, such as altering the soundtrack/voiceovers or twisting the plot sequence. These trailer remixes (often comically) implies that the movie’s outcome is drastically different from the original.
Origin
The earliest known example of re-cut movie trailers was made by a NYU film student in 2003. Controversially titled “Kill Christ”, the short clip combined the footage of Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ with the music and style of Quentin Tarantino in Kill Bill series.
In 2005, prior to the broad adoption of youtube, Robert Ryang created a video for a competition sponsored by the New York chapter of the Association of Independent Creative Editor, the result was a parody of “The Shining”, re-cut to look like a family friendly film, complete with a cheesy voiceover and Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill”.
The video was hosted on his company’s website, and though he only sent the link to his own friends, the viral appeal of the video caused the link to be forwarded and the company’s webserver was overloaded. The video is now hosted on youtube.
As the creator of one of the first traceable viral videos, Ryang was profiled in a New York Times article on the growing phenomenon of internet videos.
Other examples
Sleepless in Seattle recut as a horror movie
2012: It’s a Disaster!!!
Brokeback to the Future
The Fast and the Curious
Cocktail
First as a bollywood hit:
Then as a Film Noir:
Mary Poppins
Mrs. Doubtfire
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Meme Details
Origin
unknown
Year
2005
Tags
video edit, trailer, movie, misleading, turnaround, YouTube, pop culture, cinema
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