Reply to "Watched a Train movie on FX. Emperor of the North."

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@Big Jim posted:
I went to see the movie at the theater when it first came out, I have seen the movie on TV (years ago), I have the DVD and I have only known the movie to be called "The Emperor of the North". Where this naming "...North Pole" stuff comes from I don't know. I have only seen you folks here on the OGR Forums refer to it that way!
I like the movie.

@MichRR714 posted:
Jim, Apparently the movie went as far as the original release with North Pole in the title. I even have movie posters with the full title.
It was changed to avoid the movie being mistaken for a nice holiday movie or something about the arctic.
See here.
Emperor of the North Pole Movie Poster

Additionally the term "Emperor of the North Pole" is a saying from hobo lore that being the "best hobo" gets you nothing essentially. You are king of a vast wasteland.

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