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From: davew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams)
Newsgroups: net.movies,net.video
Subject: Re: Dubbing/Sub Titles for foreign films
Message-ID: <1521@shark.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Sep-85 11:09:38 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  5 11:09:38 1985
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Summary: 

>My question is this....Who does the sub titling/dubbing? Is it the
>country/company that produced the films, or is it someone in the USA
>doing it?

Generally speaking, subtitles are added by the film distributor in
the country the picture is to be shown in. Dubbing is done either
in the country of origin by the producing company or by the foreign
distributor. Italian companies usually make several dubbed versions
of the same movie for international distribution. Sub titling is
much cheaper and is usually done on films that will have a limited
distribution. When Das Boot first came out it was in the sub titled
version. When the film caught on it was dubbed to help gain a wider
audience. A French film, A Man And A Woman was handled the same way a
number of years ago.
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                                    Dave Williams
                                    Tektronix, Inc.
                                    Graphic Workstations Division
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