Watch Out We're Mad! (1974)

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Different framerates, DE 23.976 vs Nordic 24.000. That'll do it, I guess.

[GlacierTuba]

Originally Posted by TheOneWithThePrize

Different framerates, DE 23.976 vs Nordic 24.000. That'll do it, I guess.

Good point. Could well be that. Also the English audio track sounds like it is in an entirely different key, slightly faster too, only ever so slightly.

A shame it didn't work out, but I at least have two copies of a great film in HD, with that all-important English track which was my goal in the first place, just to have it to watch.

Oh, one thing I did try was getting the English subtitles and syncing them to the Italian audio track. It didn't work out though for a couple of reasons though. The English track has extra dialogue thrown in everywhere that the Italian track just doesn't have. So the dubbers were taking liberties with the script on a massive scale it would appear.

On the other hand, the clearly English-speaking parts end up being all over the place because of the subtitles. It just doesn't work. It makes me wonder if this was recorded in Italian or English natively? Regardless, it would take some serious work to make an 'ultimate edition' of sorts. It's just not worth it in my view. As it stands I think there is room here for a label to step in and offer a decent encode with decent colour grading and in English audio.

Any takers?