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Subtitles?

posted 14 years ago by jijineiro
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If there's a kind soul to point me some English subtitles for this...
Much obliged!

[–] aczmd 14 years ago

The Criterion DVD available at Netflix and for purchase at Amazon has excellent English subtitles and also an excellent commentary by Jane Campion, Kerry Fox and cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh.

[–] RRPounder 12 years ago

Why does it NEED English subtitles? It's already IN English!

[–] lilypad183 12 years ago

"Why does it NEED English subtitles? It's already IN English!"

rrpounder,
no everyone speaks english!

[–] RRPounder 12 years ago

...but if you want English subtitles...you have to understand English to read them if I'm not mistaken.

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[–] tchr88 12 years ago

I agree with berkeley ... sometimes when watching the Harry Potter movies, I notice Rupert Grint tends to slur/mumbles his lines and it makes him hard to understand. I realize that may be simply due to the nature of British dialect rather than simple laziness on his part (which could also be possible ...)

One more point, sometimes an English speaker from NZ, Australia, or the UK might say something, a word or phrase, that is common in their language but not common to American English. So I like knowing what the word or phrase is so I can find out. (Example: Veruca Salt singing about a "Bean Feast" in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

Jackie: She's sick and I'm her understudy. Roseanne: Well, who's going to say "tureen of beef"??

[–] Stirchley 11 years ago

"Why does it NEED English subtitles? It's already IN English!"

I will not watch anything that does not have English subtitles and I am British!

[–] sdsungod 10 years ago

Why does it NEED English subtitles? It's already IN English!

For the hearing impaired.

Are you seriously not aware that some people can't hear well?

"Enough of that technical talk, Foo!"

[–] RRPounder 10 years ago

What?

[–] nomad472002 10 years ago

That's in many programs these days. It's called "closed captioning", if your TV is capable of displaying them.

Nomad

[–] sc_taylor 10 years ago

Are you serious? What about people who can't hear!! Did that not occur to you?
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My God, it's full of stars!

[–] RRPounder 10 years ago

That's already been discussed.

[–] JackBluegrass 10 years ago

While all may be technically speaking the English language, British, Australian, New Zealand, and US performers give unique national and regional pronunciation to words and idiomatic expressions. Yanks have the least trouble with English-speaking Canadian films.

Watching DVDs, I usually apply English subtitles to understand English dialogue fully.

E pluribus unum

[–] MsLadybird99 9 years ago

I missed half of the dialogue in Train Spotting until I watched it with subtitles.

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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

[–] skylands 8 years ago

Exactly... there's a perfect example.

[–] skylands 8 years ago

Another older British film with indecipherable dialog was The Hill (1965), and cited/complained about by Maltin in his movie guide, IIRC.

[–] skylands 8 years ago

Jijineiro, if you're still following this topic,
captions for almost any movie are usually available online. Just search for the title with "srt" or "sub". If you find it then you can download it, unzip it and then read it as a normal text file if you want.

Here's the link for An Angel at my Table:

http://www.yifysubtitles.com/subtitle/an-angel-at-my-table-1990-english-yify-12211.zip

[–] Jennie_Portrait (804) 4 years ago

Thanks very much for posting this. I am watching the film right now and I am catching about 20% of the dialogue. The accents are almost indecipherable.