Jacob's Ladder - Can anyone tell me if...

[Wolverine]

...Artisan's "Jacob's Ladder" is anamorphic or not and if it includes English subtitles?

Is this the only edition of the film? Are there plans/rumors for a future release?

Thanks.

Regards, Wolverine

:)

[neilsona]

my version R1 is anamorphic but the subtitles are only in spanish

[jroadley]

Its really cheap at Absound - about £10-£11 shipped.

[pmdf]

Originally posted by Wolverine
...Artisan's "Jacob's Ladder" is anamorphic or not and if it includes English subtitles?

Is this the only edition of the film? Are there plans/rumors for a future release?

Thanks.

Regards, Wolverine

:)

I've just got a copy from DVD Mod for £8.72 + £1 p+p, and it's a great disc... much better than I expected. I thought it was a bare bones release because there's not much listed under special features on the cover. In actual fact there's a director's commentary, deleted scenes with optional commentary and an interesting documentary on the disc. It's anamorphic too and a very good picture I thought... nice 5.1 mix too. Go for it... any future release would have to be a bit special to beat this - and for less than a tenner delivered too! :D

[Matt Sandbrook]

I'm sure I remember seeing Jacob's ladder on a list of dvd's that Momentum were going to release as part of their Director's Chair collection. There were no release dates given though. :(

You never know, the new disc might have all of the region one's features and more but I don't think theres much more to be put on but it might have English subtitles if thats what your after.

Hope this helps :)

[Dan Druff]

Buy it as it stands, excellent movie, good disc. Viewed on 72" screen picture quality is very good indeed.

[Lenny Nero]

Originally posted by neilsona
my version R1 is anamorphic but the subtitles are only in spanish

There are always closed captioning

[Wolverine]

Hi again

Thank you all for the answers.

This subtitle issue is important to me beacause although my English is pretty good, sometimes i find it hard to understand some of the dialogs without subtitles, especially in noisier scenes.

So, let's talk about Closed Captions:

I've read that Closed Captions are included in almost every dvd. Is this correct?

To display them, you must have a television that can decode them? Correct?

Are Closed Captions exclusive to the USA or can i buy a brand new television in my country (Portugal) and it will include a closed caption decoder? I've talked to some friends which have recently bought new tv sets and none of those seem to include the option to display closed captions.

Your help will be appreciated.


Thanks.

Regards, Wolverine :)

[Bapapapa]

Blimey Wolverine, your written English is better than most of the people on this forum.. :D

No idea on the CC, sorry.

[Lenny Nero]

Originally posted by Wolverine
Hi again

Thank you all for the answers.

This subtitle issue is important to me beacause although my English is pretty good, sometimes i find it hard to understand some of the dialogs without subtitles, especially in noisier scenes.

So, let's talk about Closed Captions:

I've read that Closed Captions are included in almost every dvd. Is this correct?

To display them, you must have a television that can decode them? Correct?

Are Closed Captions exclusive to the USA or can i buy a brand new television in my country (Portugal) and it will include a closed caption decoder? I've talked to some friends which have recently bought new tv sets and none of those seem to include the option to display closed captions.

Your help will be appreciated.


Thanks.

Regards, Wolverine :)

Yeah, closed captions are decoded/displayed solely by the TV, and it depends on a make/model of course. I haven't ever seen a TV that doesn't support CC, and mine has 4 decoders, don't really know why, never used the other 3.
I've lived in Coventry, UK for a couple of months, watched TV in Russia, Uzbekhistan, Ireland and all had closed captioning in their native languages. I think a TV is able to display any symbols encoded, no matter what language it is. Some screw up sometimes, blending two words together, like a character says "Something is wrong" and it displays "Sometrong".
Anyway, you do have a TV right? So just check if it has CCs and when buying one, you can always check there too.

[Hendrik]

"...I haven't ever seen a TV that doesn't support CC..."

...erm... far be it from me to doubt you, BUT... I haven't ever seen - or heard of - a made-for-Europe TV that supports CC... most American [NTSC] TVs do have built-in CC decoders, yes... but most, if not all, European [PAL or SECAM] TVs feature something called TELETEXT - which is a whole different animal!

Take a look here to see what CC is:

http://www.robson.org/capfaq/overview.html

...and then take a look here to learn about an add-on gizmo for your set-up that would - perhaps - let you watch CC encoded on (R1) DVDs:

http://www.accessolutions.com/ad09.htm

. . . :( . . .

[Wolverine]

Hi all,

Bapapapa

Thanks for the compliment. :clap:

Lenny

Hendrik may have point. I'm yet to find a tv set who can display Closed Captions among my friends. Teletext it is then.


Hendrik

...and then take a look here to learn about an add-on gizmo for your set-up that would - perhaps - let you watch CC encoded on (R1) DVDs:

Could it work in european television? Do you know anyone who tried it? I'm tempted to order one of those, but what if it doesn't work? Anyone tried this?

It gets weirder (or maybe not). On a tip from a friend, i tried some Closed Caption dvds on my dvd-rom drive. Well, well, guess what. There they were: Closed Captions. Cool. But sorry, i just can't get used to watch films on the computer. Hate it.

So, how come i can watch them on the computer? Probably because the software is able to decode them. It can't be the player, can it?

Well, this post is getting long, so keep your opinions coming.

Thanks for your patience,

Regards, Wolverine