L.A. Story (1991) Blu-ray / DVD UPDATED

[Darrel_Griffin]

L.A. Story (1991)

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DVD R2 United Kingdom - Momentum Pictures [2002 Release]

- believed to be uncut version - runtime 90:34 PAL (equivalent to 94:20 at 24fps)

source: I own it


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Blu-ray B + DVD - Scandinavia - Soul Media

Blu-ray:

- confirmed as region B locked
- total runtime 91:22 at 25fps (equivalent to 95:10 at 24fps), net runtime 90:40 at 25fps (equivalent to 94:27 at 24fps) (excluding StudioCanal and Tristar logos at start)
- probably no cuts to picture, but some dialogue is re-dubbed e.g. at 79:18 - changed from "Americans kill them" to "Americans sue them" (there may possibly be other dialogue changes too, but I am not aware of any)

DVD:

- total runtime 91:22 PAL (equivalent to 95:10 at 24fps), net runtime 90:40 PAL (equivalent to 94:27 at 24fps) (excluding StudioCanal and Tristar logos at start)
- probably no cuts to picture, but some dialogue is re-dubbed e.g. at 79:18 - changed from "Americans kill them" to "Americans sue them" (there may possibly be other dialogue changes too, but I am not aware of any)
- on my player at least, there seems to be no way to switch off the subtitles - switching subtitles to 'Off' retains either Danish or Finnish subtitles, depending on whether I navigate from: 1 Danish -> 0 Off, or from: 4 Finnish -> 0 Off
(on other players, it may retain whichever was the last selected of the 4 subtitle options, or it may actually switch the subtitles off - I don't know).

source: I own it, and own DVD R2 United Kingdom - Momentum Pictures [2002 Release] which I used for comparison of the changed dialogue.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Are the subtitles optional on the Blu-ray?

[Darrel_Griffin]

Short answer:

yes, optional


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Longer answer:

To clarify, for this release:

Blu-ray B + DVD - Scandinavia - Soul Media

The subtitle issues are on the DVD only. I notice you have added "forced" for the DVD. That may well be the case, but I cannot be sure that other players exhibit the same behaviour as my Panasonic player. But personally, I am happy for you to leave it with the current update of "forced", unless anyone can shed any further light on this e.g. Åsmund.

For the Blu-ray, there are no such issues. The same subtitle options are available as for the DVD, including "Off", but on the Blu-ray, "Off" actually works i.e. switches the subtitles off (on my player at least), therefore you can add "optional".

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Got it. Updated the entries.