Netflix and Inglourious Basterds VS. Me

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

It is a parody very loosely based on the original.

The title of the film was inspired by the English title of director Enzo Castellari's 1978 war film, The Inglorious Bastards. When asked for an explanation of the film's title spelling during a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Tarantino said, "I'm never going to explain that". When pushed on it, Tarantino would not explain the first u in Inglourious, but said, "The Basterds? That's just the way you say it: Basterds." Tarantino later stated in an interview that the misspelled title is "a Basquiat-esque touch." He further commented on Late Show with David Letterman that Inglourious Basterds is the "Tarantino way of spelling it." Wikpedia

So, any other creative explanations for "The studio was nervous about whether the title would be advertising-censored/red-state-picketed under its legally correct spelling"?

(Or "Afraid of lawsuits from the original producers stemming from any unauthorized implied 'remake' of the '78 if it had used the 'correct' title"?
Which's why he also had to alibi why he forgot to change back the European/Italian U in 'Inglorious'.)