Does anyone know if there are any editions of Sabotage that have English Subtitles or Closed Captions? I havn't been able to find any online, but often subtitles are there, just not listed.
Can anyone help?
"Oh, it's more than a hobby. A hobby should pass the time, not fill it."
I'd like to know that, too.
I find it very annoying in general that so many films are still being released on DVD without subtitles. I would think that people who are deaf or close to it would complain about this more often.
I watch everything possible with subtitles, partially because of a bit of hearing loss (I've been a musician for a long time), partially because of accents and less than ideal audio recordings (as is the case with Sabotage), and partially because with newer films, especially, it has become common for actors to mumble, slur words together, etc., and I often have trouble understanding that.
When I watch something like Sabotage, as I did again yesterday, I have to turn it up to a volume that can be uncomfortable for others, and also I have to keep adjusting the volume up and down, which is annoying. For example, the "plotting" scene at the aquarium is mostly "undervoiced", almost whispered (for a logical reason, of course), but then something comparatively loud will happen right afterwards, so I have to scramble for the volume button. When I watch films alone, I usually use headphones, which helps.
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I believe there is just one version of Sabotage that has subtitles, and it's in an unreliable MGM set that a lot of people send back because the disks are faulty. Anyway, I finally solved the problem with a non-subtitled version copied to my computer and a subtitle file off the internet. Unfortunately, there are lot of films that even the internet doesn't have a subtitle file for (For example, Ealing's Dead of Night or Polanski's Cul-De-Sac.
I think for what you said about there not being more people complaining about it, this is proabably becasue it's amazing just how many films ARE released with subtitles. I'd say at least 85-90% of what I want to watch is subtitled (both on TV and DVD, although not in the cinema but that's a different matter!), which is saying something as I watch a broad range of different types of films. This would have been unimaginable with VHS (with which only the more high profile releases came with 'captions', which you needed a decoder for)
Still, it is very very annoying when I want to see something but simply can't find any subtitles!
"Oh, it's more than a hobby. A hobby should pass the time, not fill it."
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They just had it on TCM with captions -- YAY! -- so look for a repeat. Sorry I didn't see this post earlier.
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