This came up in conversation recently when we were all out at a big screen Kung Fu Friday outing at the Royal. One of the joys we've been re-experiencing is watching the dubbed 35mm prints... something that I had completely forgotten about within the cinematic "purity" of my 90s/early 2000s Shaw Bros. import DVD collection, which are all cantonese/mandarin/subbed.
What a joy it was to once again hear those same handful of voices that did the English dubbing in pretty much EVERY kung fu film back in the day.
My understanding is that only a small amount of the hundreds of dubbed versions from the Shaw library that were screened in grind houses, and that we watched on Saturday afternoon TV, ever made it to a wide-release DVD/Bluray/Digital format?
What a joy it was to once again hear those same handful of voices that did the English dubbing in pretty much EVERY kung fu film back in the day.
My understanding is that only a small amount of the hundreds of dubbed versions from the Shaw library that were screened in grind houses, and that we watched on Saturday afternoon TV, ever made it to a wide-release DVD/Bluray/Digital format?
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