Eric-1226 — 16 years ago(April 10, 2009 10:42 PM)

I rented the MGM/UA version of this movie on DVD (it's the longer version, 128 minutes). I discovered to my great annoyance that the DVD is not equipped with English subtitles. Subtitles would really have been helpful, as the dialogue frequently uses older English colloquialisms that are sometimes hard to pick up on in this day and age. The only subtitle tracks included on the DVD are in Spanish, and French. Luckily I have a good reading knowledge of Spanish, so I was able (sometimes
forced
) to read the subtitles in Spanish. Only then was I able to piece together and understand some of the more undecipherable dialogue. However, truth be told, not all the Spanish translation was correct, and sometimes seemed clunky.
I can't understand why the DVD production crew elected not to include an English subtitle track on this movie, but did go to the trouble of including French and Spanish subtitles (and audio tracks as well, I might add). All things considered, this movie IS afterall an Academy Award winner (notwithstanding the fact that some feel undeservedly so).
Anyway, I just feel that a movie of this stature should have been equipped with English subtitles. End of rant.
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