I am writing a little on Tora Tora Tora, using it as an example for some of the translation problems faced by international co-productions. Going through the files of the producer, Elmo Williams, I've been surprised at how ad hoc their approach to translation issues was. This got me thinking. Did Hollywood have much experience with co-productions before this, and particularly at this scale? There were all the talkie era MLVs, but what about international co-productions. I'm not sure. I suppose Welles and Eisenstein in Latin America come to mind. Who else? Markus ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu