1984 happens to be the year the first Mac and Windows came out (George Orwell)

[sdifox]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. - The local sculptor finds a legendary material. What shall he make from it?

Philosopher's Stone. Scholastics thought American kids were too stupid to know what it was and changed it.

 

[Torn Mind]

Philosopher's Stone. Scholastics thought American kids were too stupid to know what it was and changed it.

I know the original title.

I would have made a joke regarding it if it were the case. A four-eyed British boy discovers a family heirloom can make himself and fortune and live a perfectly hedonistic lifestyle before realizing getting shot and having pain is something the elixir does not protect for him.

or
A fanfiction "What if?" book regarding John Lennon, complete with glasses, discovered stone merely days before his attempted murder and ultimately become a long-standing cultural icon and Yoko On becomes the richest woman in the world.

I guess it's a good thing that people did not become inspired "alchemists" thanks to that book. Although, it's terrible shame that it gives credence to the bunk that is witchcraft when it actually is the most British work of Britishness in the modern era.

What comes off as just "day-to-day" mundaneness of a British boy or girl going to school is totally exotic to outsiders. Terms like Prefect come off as fantastically foreign and otherworldly to Americans and other similar peoples who have no sense of the "structures" in British society. It was watching the British version of House of Cards that finished what seeing John Lennon's glasses started. The reporter character mentioned prefects and "Head of House" like mundane stuff.

 

[sdifox]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Documentary on the Bre-X scam explained to kids.

 

[Iron Woode]

The Empire Strikes Back - a family reunion goes horribly wrong

 

[BurnItDwn]

Slaughterhouse Five - story about meat industry

One flew over the Cuckoo's nest - bird documentary

The Odyssey - Story about a minivan

 

[Red Squirrel]

Fahrenheit 9/11 - A documentary by an HVAC conspiracy theorist exposing the corruption behind the thermostat industry purposely making them off by several degrees, and how this is costing Americans millions of dollars every year.

 

[BudAshes]

Fahrenheit 9/11 - A documentary by an HVAC conspiracy theorist exposing the corruption behind the thermostat industry purposely making them off by several degrees, and how this is costing Americans millions of dollars every year.

You will only get this if you watched the show Community.

 

[Iron Woode]

To Kill A Mocking Bird - about murdering birds

 

[snoopy7548]

Rush Hour - A movie about being stuck in traffic during rush hour.

 

[sdifox]

Dune - declassified account of the nuclear explosion tests USA conducted in the Mojave Desert.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Alky biography.

 

[Iron Woode]

The Naked Lunch - mealtime for nudists

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Looking for Mr. Goodbar - a mystery about why every 7/11 in the city is out of them. Yet, they have every other Hershey's candybar.

Top Gun - The story of a sexually confused sidearm.

 

[Torn Mind]

Live and Let Die - A documentary of animal euthanasia in the vet industry.

 

[sdifox]

Malcolm X - Malcolm finds a treasure map and goes looking for the X

 

[Red Squirrel]

Snakes on a Plane - a movie about a private jet with politicians and CEOs onboard.

 

[Grey_Beard]

Citizen Kane - a documentary about how a popular WWE star becomes a United States citizen.

 

[UsandThem]

Brokeback Mountain - A movie about a guy who hurt his back on a mountain.

 

[Sonikku]

I Am Legend - About a guy who refuses to let others into his house based only on their race.

Oil! - About nuclear power

The Jungle - About the rainforest.

John Barleycorn - About a guy who can't decide if he likes barley or corn better.

Animal Farm - About a farmer who has animals.......on a farm.

Brazil - A movie so good, they named a country after it.