{"id":119760,"date":"2014-02-08T10:46:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T05:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=119760"},"modified":"2014-02-16T00:14:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T18:44:59","slug":"if-famous-movies-were-remade-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/if-famous-movies-were-remade-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"If Famous Movies Were Remade In Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gongalay Gotabanda<\/span><\/a> –<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Gongalay<\/a>

Gongalay Gotabanda<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/b>War & Peace<\/b> would become, War is Election Victories.<\/b>
\nThe Passion of Christ<\/b> would become, The War Passion of Mahinda.<\/b><\/p>\n

Star Wars<\/b> would become, Humanitarian Wars.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Last of the Mohicans<\/b> would become, The Last of the Tigers.<\/b><\/p>\n

Lord of the Rings<\/b> would become, Lord of the GREENS<\/b> (Starring Ranil Wickramasinghe)<\/p>\n

Slum Dog Millionaire<\/b> would become, Four War Lord Millionaire Brothers.<\/b><\/p>\n

Doctor Zhivago<\/b> would become, Doctor Mervin Silva.<\/b><\/p>\n

Cry Freedom<\/b> would become, Cry Human Rights Abuses.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mission Impossible<\/b> would become, Free & Fair Elections is a Mission Impossible.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Good, Bad & the Ugly<\/b> would become, Ranil, Gotabaya & Bandula Gunewardene.<\/b><\/p>\n

Kill Bill<\/b> would become, Kill Lasantha.<\/b><\/p>\n

Robin Hood & his Merry Men<\/b> would become, Hambanthota Tsunami Hora & his Marayas.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse<\/b> would become, The Four Brothers of the Family Dictatorship.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nCatch Me If You Can<\/b> would become, Catch Lasantha\u2019s Killers if you Can.<\/b><\/p>\n

Treasure Island<\/b> would become, Corrupt Island.<\/b><\/p>\n

Enter the Dragon<\/b> would become, Enter the No Fire Zone.<\/b><\/p>\n

Austin Powers \u2018Goldmember\u2019<\/b> would become, Mervin Silva \u2018Member of Parliament.\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

David Copperfield<\/b> would become, David Milliband.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Three Musketeers<\/b> would become, The Four Rajapaksas\u2019.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nGangs of New York<\/b> would become, Gota\u2019s White Van Gangs.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Greatest Story Ever Told<\/b> would become, The Tallest Stories Ever Told.<\/b> (Starring Keheliya Rambukwella & Brigadier Udaya Nanayakara.<\/p>\n

Raging Bull<\/b> would become, Raging BULLY.<\/b> (Starring Mervin Silva)<\/p>\n

The Mummy<\/b> would become, The DUMMY.<\/b> (Starring R. Duminda Silva)<\/p>\n

One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/b> would become, One Dropped Cluster Bombs on the NO FIRE ZONE.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nNo Retreat, No Surrender<\/b> would become, No 13th<\/sup> Amendment, No Devolution of Power.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nThe Great Train Robbery<\/b> would become, The Great Helping Hambanthota Tsunami Aid Robbery.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nThe Killing Fields<\/b> would become, The Killing Fields of the NO FIRE ZONE.<\/b><\/p>\n

Rasputin the Mad Monk<\/b> would become, Gnanasara<\/b><\/em> the Mad Racist Monk.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Guns of Navarone<\/b> would become, The Guns of Nandikadaal.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nDirty Harry<\/b> would become, Dirty Harry Jayawardene.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nThe Creature from the Black Lagoon<\/b> would become, The Creature from the Diya wenna Oya.<\/b> (Starring Mervin Silva)<\/p>\n

A Fist Full of Dollars<\/b> would become, A Fist Full of Chinese Yuan.<\/b><\/p>\n

Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/b> would become, Invasion of the International Conspirators.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nConan the Barbarian<\/b> would become, Gota the Vegetarian.<\/b><\/p>\n

Born Free<\/b> would become, Born in Manik Farm.<\/b><\/p>\n

Missing in Action<\/b> would become, Zero Casualties.<\/b>
\n<\/b>
\nKill Bill 2<\/b> would become, Kill Journalists.<\/b><\/p>\n

ET<\/b> would become, KP<\/b> (starring Kevin Petersen).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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