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Re-cut trailers refers to a re-edited film trailer that is created by re-editing footage from that film, or possibly just from that film's trailer. Re-cut trailers have become a popular internet phenomenon since fall of 2005. In almost all cases, these re-cut trailers derive their humor from casting the film's plot in a different light- these fake trailers present the film as something that it is very much not. For instance, a film with a murderous plot is made to look like a light and happy film, or vice versa.

History

Kill Christ

One of the first re-cut trailers debuted in December of 2003, named Kill Christ (). It is a mock trailer parodying the films Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and The Passion of the Christ. It was created by New York University sophomores Ben Campbell, Sal Perez, Jack Picone and Spencer Somers. Using footage from the first Passion trailer, a new trailer was cut in the exact same format as the Kill Bill trailer, replacing "In 2003 Uma Thurman Will Kill Bill" with "In 2004 The Jews Will Kill Christ." The short piece was a satire on anti-Semitism and on movie trailer cliches.

The trailer was put on Somers' NYU homepage and within a few weeks had become somewhat of an internet phenomenon. Supposedly even some in Hollywood saw the piece, including Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino. This was more or less confirmed when Icon Pictures, the production company of Mel Gibson, threatened to sue NYU if the trailer wasn't removed from Somers' homepage. NYU relented and the trailer relocated to another site; Icon did not pursue the matter further.

Shining

A contest held by the Association of Independent Creative Editors lead to the creation of a re-cut trailer of The Shining
in October of 2005, which made the horror film appear to be a light-hearted movie about father/son bonding, adding voice-over narration and Peter Gabriel's song "Solsbury Hill" to augment the re-edited footage. The video, created by Robert Ryang from New York City, became an internet phenomenon, and made Ryang minorly famous, as well as winning him the contest. The video also jumpstarted the popularity of re-cut trailers for the internet community.

Brokeback to the Future

Main article, including extensive list of examples: Brokeback Mountain Parodies.

Soon after the Shining trailer took the internet by storm, a comedy group named Chocolate Cake City () created a re-cut trailer for the Back to the Future films, making the films characters seem to be in a romantic homosexual relationship akin to the one had by the main characters in the film Brokeback Mountain. This video has had much popularity and reception over the internet.

Perhaps as a result of this video, many, many other re-cut trailer videos were put on the internet that re-edited a film in order to make the two male leads or characters seem homosexual- most of them as a parody of Brokeback Mountain, although not all.
The Rest
There are many re-cut trailers on the internet that aren't parodies of Brokeback Mountain, however. These videos generally fit into one of three categories.

Trailers that make lead characters look homosexual, but not as a parody of Brokeback Mountain

The television show The Soup presented an edited version of the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that makes Harry seem to be in a relationship with his friend Ron.

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Portrays Brad Pitt
and Morgan Freeman
's characters from the film Seven as in a homosexual romance.
Trailers that make horrifying or dark films look light
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Portrays the film Psycho as a romantic comedy.
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