I am rather deaf and need the subtitles. Was excited to see this in the Criterion collection and bought it only to find it has NO captioning for the hearing impaired. The English are particularly bad about this but a Criterion release of a beloved classic should have at least such a basic improvement. Lots of Americans use the captioning because the English English can be hard to understand anyway .
shareMy DVD of "Hobson's Choice" does have subtitles, but I'm not sure whether it would be available for non-UK markets. If it's any help, it's a STUDIOCANAL product "60th anniversary edition" and it contains extras including interviews with Prunella Scales and Associate Producer/Co-writer Norman Spencer. It does also say "Region 2" on the cover.
A marvellous film.
Thanks for answering but Zone two won' work for me. I DID get to see this close captioned on TV. What a delight. Next gripe? Where is BARRETS OF WIMPOLE STREET?????
shareMost Criterion releases do have captions, they simply have no menu choice. You use the "Caption" or "Subtitle" button on your remote to access them.
Caused me the same kind of grief on many Criterion DVDs until someone told me about this trick.
Hopefully, this will work for you, too.
I thought the same thing, no caption! But the person who said to use the DVD remote is absolutely right. Make sure it's the DVD remote, not your TV remote. Press display, scan down to the subtitle icon and press and it will say off or English. Once you've set it on English, you'll have white subtitles. This is for the Criterion dvd release. Thanks for this tip, I will try it on other movies that show no captions.
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