Re: Canadian release of "Trainspotting"
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 16:04:22 -0500
Are you sure about it being redubbed? I don't think it was. One scene
had subtitles, though.
Scott
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On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Lang Thompson wrote:
> When the film was released in the US it had dialogue redubbed to reduce
> accents and remove British slang (plus at least one needle scene clipped
> out). Does anybody know whether this is true of Canada as well?
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> LT
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