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Old 03-05-2003, 01:53 AM  
JeremySF
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Quote:
Originally posted by Joe Sixpack


Yeah well I studied film here in Australia. It's true that Americans like foreign accents but not in their movies. Why do you think they dubbed Mad Max with American accents?

I've got two words for you:

Spinal Tap



hehehe



now in all seriousness, have you heard of any of the following films which were huge success in the U.S. and most of the casts do not have American accents:

The English Patient

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Snatch

Amelie

Like Water for Chocolate

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

El Mariachi

Boys in the Hood


If you want, I can list every foreign film, or film with a non-American accent that was hit.

Quite frankly you're wrong. And, sorry, I never saw Mad Max dubbed into American. It was available in both. Have you been to France, Italy, Spain???? Foreieng movies are available dubbed or in the version originale. More often than not, foreign films in the U.S. are subtitled not dubbed.
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