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Backstory: From also-ran to Oscar in just a few letters

Humor: A last-minute title change might make 'Borax' and 'Tallahassee Nights.'

Sometimes the difference between an Academy Award-winning film and an also-ran can be just a few letters 鈥 close but no Oscar. With that in mind, less than two weeks before this year's Academy Award nominations are announced, some filmmakers were making last-minute changes to the title of their movies to enhance their chances:

鈥 The Devil Wears Hush Puppies

鈥 Borax

鈥 The Leonardo Code

鈥 The Deported

鈥 Pirates of the Gulf of Mexico

鈥 Apocalypto Now

鈥 V for Velveteen Rabbit

鈥 An Incandescent Truth

鈥 Thank You for Smirking

鈥 Tallahassee Nights

鈥 A Prairie Home Compendium

鈥 Dale Roberts, a college career counselor, lives in Asheville, N.C.

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