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From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP (M. Joseph Barone)
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Subject: Re: Mad Max dubbing
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 17:16:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 17:16:00 1985
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>    I just rented the tape of "Mad Max" and was disgusted all
> over again at the idiotic dubbing of American voices over the
> original Australians. Please, does anyone know where I
> can get hold of an undubbed version??  Are there any plans to
> ever release the film in its proper form?  I was really 
> surprised that the problem wasn't corrected for videotape 
> release, since "The Road Warrior" and indeed Mad Max films in
> general have attained such widespread American popularity.
> 
>    It's so distracting hearing that LA voice coming from Mel 
> Gibson's mouth!   
>                         Thanks very much, 
>                         Julia        
>  
> p.s. and who was responsible in the first place?


	I posted a similar request in April and what follows are
responses that I got with answers to your questions.

From Mike Meyer (...allegra!ucbvax!ucbtopaz!mwm):

> If you look at Mad Max I and II carefully, you'll notice different
> people doing the distribution. I forgot who got the rights for American
> distribution of MM II, but American International got MM I. All (legal)
> copies of MM I in America have passed through their hands (claws?), so
> you'll have to bootleg a copy to get it in the original 'strian.
> 
> 	<mike


From Michael Esco (...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!esco):

> I saw `Mad Max' a couple years back with what I believe was the original
> soundtrack. While "ausie" isn't all that hard to decipher under good
> circumstances, I remember the sound as being very bad in this film. It
> probably had a signal-to-noise ratio of maybe 3 dB in spots. I haven't
> seen (or heard) the dubbed version, but I wouldn't blame someone re-recording
> the dialog in order to make it audible. You don't make much money from
> a film you can't understand.
> 
> 						Michael Esco
> 						Boeing Aerospace