Question about french track on US Disney DVDs

[myr_heille]

I know that since Little Mermaid, all Disney movies were dubbed in two French tracks: one for France and the other one for french Canada (except BatB, apparently). Here in Quebec (Canada!) we obviously have "our" version on the DVDs, but I wondered if that was the case for US DVDs? I noticed that most DVDs have a French language track, but if somebody knew which it was, I'd be very happy, as I'm currently interested in buying some OOP DVDs on the Trade forum. Of course I can always watch the movies in their original language but the French track is an important part of my childhood!

So thank you for answering if you know anything about it!

[nachonaco]

Bonjour, mon ami! Comment ca va?

To answer your question (in English of course), Americans get the French Canadian track instead of French European.

Which SUCKS.

[kenai3000]

The History of the French dubbings is All Films Before Oliver & Company, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast Return of Jafar & The Lion King 1, 1 1/2 & 2(On the Recent Re-Isssue) on All Regions that have a French Audio Track are the European French Versions but Oliver, Mermaid, Alaadin, Pocahontas, Hunchback, Hercules, Mulan, The Lion King 2(On the Limited Issue), Tarzan, Emperor's New Groove, Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Home on the Range & Chicken little are the Canadian French Versions in R1

[myr_heille]

Merci beaucoup to both of you! and nachonaco, you might think it sucks, but I for one am very happy about it! I guess it's only logical, since after all the Canadian French track is much closer to the US than the France one.

Now kenai3000, are you sure that the Lion King 1 French track is the European French version? (I'm not sure I understood exactly what you were saying... and it might also be a bit of wishful thinking.)

[Jordan]

An easier way to answer the question: all Disney US DVDs are exactly the same as the Canadian DVDs (basically, Region 1 DVDs are the same in both countries)
So, the French tracks on the US DVDs are the ones that also are on the Canadian versions.

As for versions betwen the "French French track or French Canadian, I think some movies were only dubbed once for France and Quebec alike (using the real French version). I don't know if this is the way these movies (like The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast) were released originally released in theaters in Quebec, but that is the versions that are on the Region 1 DVDs.

[myr_heille]

Great! Thank you all!

[PaulAtreides]

It's pretty much like this. All movies before The Little Mermaid only have one french dubbing. From the Little Mermaid on, Disney movies have had two french versions, one done in Québec, the other done in France.

The only exception seems to be Beauty And The Beast, which only had one french version.

I'm not sure about direct to video sequels, but those movies suck anyway.

As for your question, the US DVDs contain the Québecois version, unless of course, there isn't one. Such is the case for Beauty And The Beast.

They also contain the Latin America spanish version, which differs from the Spain spanish version. I'm not very familiar with the spanish versions, so I couldn't tell you if there are exceptions or when they started having two versions.

[Wonderlicious]

I don't think that all French tracks in Region 1 are the Quebec French tracks. I know that for some of the older Disney films (Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Cinderella etc), the European French tracks are used.

[Jordan]

I don't think that all French tracks in Region 1 are the Quebec French tracks. I know that for some of the older Disney films (Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Cinderella etc), the European French tracks are used.

Yes, this is waht we've been saying: movies before The Little Mermaid only had one French dubbing, and weren't dubbed in Quebec...

[Big Disney Fan]

I don't think that all French tracks in Region 1 are the Quebec French tracks. I know that for some of the older Disney films (Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Cinderella etc), the European French tracks are used.

What about Snow White? At the end of its "making-of" documentary, they show a slew of foreign title cards of the film, including French and they also include a snippet of French dialogue as well. Now the film itself has a complete French track, complete with the aforementioned French titles, but the dialogue is different from the one on the documentary. Is the French version the one in France or just French Canada? Because if it's the latter, I'm bummed.

[Big Disney Fan]

I don't think that all French tracks in Region 1 are the Quebec French tracks. I know that for some of the older Disney films (Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Cinderella etc), the European French tracks are used.

What about Snow White? At the end of its "making-of" documentary, they show a slew of foreign title cards of the film, including French and they also include a snippet of French dialogue as well. Now the film itself has a complete French track, complete with the aforementioned French titles, but the dialogue is different from the one on the documentary. Is the French version the one in France or just French Canada? Because if it's the latter, I'm bummed.

And just for the record, during that same documentary, the Spanish title card shown is apparently from the Latin American Spanish version, because that card's word for "Dwarfs" is "Enanos", while the European Spanish version's word is "Enanitos".

[kenai3000]

I don't think that all French tracks in Region 1 are the Quebec French tracks. I know that for some of the older Disney films (Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Cinderella etc), the European French tracks are used.

What about Snow White? At the end of its "making-of" documentary, they show a slew of foreign title cards of the film, including French and they also include a snippet of French dialogue as well. Now the film itself has a complete French track, complete with the aforementioned French titles, but the dialogue is different from the one on the documentary. Is the French version the one in France or just French Canada? Because if it's the latter, I'm bummed.

Well IN France Snow White Was Redubbed the snippet was from th 1964 dub while on the film it was a brand new dub made for this DVD

[Big Disney Fan]

While we're on the subject of foreign languages of Snow White, another language shown, one that was shown quite frequently, was German. It showed a German title card and another snippet of dialogue. My question here is, which German-speaking is it from: Germany (that's my guess), Austria or Switzerland?

[Wonderlicious]

Yes, this is waht we've been saying: movies before The Little Mermaid only had one French dubbing, and weren't dubbed in Quebec...

I'm sorry, I must have missed what you had typed.

And I would like it if you didn't roll your eyes at me like that, please. I personally find it very patronising.

[Big Disney Fan]

What about Snow White? At the end of its "making-of" documentary, they show a slew of foreign title cards of the film, including French and they also include a snippet of French dialogue as well. Now the film itself has a complete French track, complete with the aforementioned French titles, but the dialogue is different from the one on the documentary. Is the French version the one in France or just French Canada? Because if it's the latter, I'm bummed.

Well IN France Snow White Was Redubbed the snippet was from th 1964 dub while on the film it was a brand new dub made for this DVD

So it was redone brand-new for the DVD? Interesting...

[banjoboy]

Fascinating thread for someone with only a very slight knowledge of spoken French. However, the Quebecois tracks seem to work in Europe too. My nephew, who's four years old and as Parisian as they come, watched Aladdin (Region 1, French audio) with great enjoyment at our house this summer.

[Jordan]

Fascinating thread for someone with only a very slight knowledge of spoken French. However, the Quebecois tracks seem to work in Europe too. My nephew, who's four years old and as Parisian as they come, watched Aladdin (Region 1, French audio) with great enjoyment at our house this summer.

Yeah, kids don't really pay attention to this kind of things, they just enjoyed the movie. I have 2 sisters that watch Disney movies on my DVDs, and for some titles I only own the Region 1 DVDs with French canadian dubbing, and when they watch it, they don't really care whether it's the same version they've already seen. They only thing they told me is when they watched Aladdin, and the "A Whole New World" sequence was on, with different lyrics than in the real French version, they noticed it, but were'nt bothered by it. I am though. I cannot watch Disney movies other than I knew during my childhood, meaning in French, because I'm really used to it. But now I usually only watch the movies in English, the only true original version. But I still like to own the French Region 2 editions so that I still own the mvoies with their original French dubbings, just in case I want to go back in childhod and watch them that way

[2099net]

Isn't it because there's been a law passed that films must have a Quebec Dub in order to preserve their culture (just like all products and signs have to be English and French).

I guess this passed some time in the 1980s

[myr_heille]

Isn't it because there's been a law passed that films must have a Quebec Dub in order to preserve their culture (just like all products and signs have to be English and French).

It could be partly because of that but it's also because our both languages are becoming increasingly different and frankly, sometimes seeing movies dubbed in France really annoys me. It's not so apparent for Disney movies but in any other movies with curse words or something, it's really just not the same culture and you feel like the movie is set in New York but with Parisian people. And the dubbing industry here in Québec has really great artists (the one who did Aladdin for example is simply the best ever!).

[flonder]

Like kenai3000 tell us, Oliver and Cie was the first Disney cartoon to be dubbed here in Quebec. After this one, all the other movie had been done here exept: Lion King 1,1/2, Beauty And The Beast, Rescuer Downunder, Aladdin 2 and I think Bambi 2 but i'm not sure. You can Find all the French Canadian Track on the Region 1 DVD exept for The New edition of The Lion King 2...What a Lost
( Sorry for my Bad English guys )