Could you do me an Amsterdam favour?

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 02:50 pm

I have an unusual request and favour to ask of anybody who may currently be in Amsterdam or anywhere in The Netherlands for that matter.
I want to buy the DVD of the Dutch children's films Het Paard Van Sinterklaas? and its sequel Waar Is Het Paard Van Sinterklaas? for my niece and nephew for Christmas. But, I can't find definitive information on whether the DVDs have English subtitles or not on the web. Some Dutch and Belgian online DVD retailers have them listed as having subtitles, some as not.
Would somebody be so kind as to go into a shop, Free Record Shop or Fame for example, and check the info on the back of the DVD cases for me? The Dutch word for subtitles is ondertitels and the Dutch world for English is Engels. So that's ondertitels - Engels if they do have English subtitles and if they don't it will say ondertitels - geen. The second film is also available on a separate blu-ray release, would you also be able to check the subtitles on that?
It would only take 10 minutes of your time and you would have my eternal thanks if you could do this for me.
So just to be clear:
Het Paard Van Sinterklaas? (DVD) ondertitels - Engels or geen
Waar Is Het Paard Van Sinterklaas? (DVD/blu-ray) - Engels or geen

many, many thanks.

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 03:01 pm

From what I can see on here: http://www.azur.be/nl/ they both have English subtitles.

http://www.azur.be/nl/catalog/detail/dv ... 1931007252

http://www.azur.be/nl/catalog/detail/dv ... 1932039696

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 03:02 pm

Call a store and ask them.

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 03:22 pm

Boner wrote:From what I can see on here: http://www.azur.be/nl/ they both have English subtitles.

http://www.azur.be/nl/catalog/detail/dv ... 1931007252

http://www.azur.be/nl/catalog/detail/dv ... 1932039696

Thanks Boner. That's one of the websites that says that they do have English subtitles but others, such as Mediadis, say that they don't.

By the way, if any of you have kids or young relatives, these are wonderful, award winning films for them to watch at Christmas. There are also dubbed versions available on dvd in North America where the films are know as Winky's Horse and Where's Winky's Horse?

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 03:27 pm

Hopefully someone will help out (obviously not Marco) and pop into one of the shops for you.

wietroker · Post by **wietroker** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 04:03 pm

I'd be amazed if Dutch productions came with English subtitles. I know that they often come with their own Dutch subs though.

Check out bol.com, it's like the Amazon for NL. Probably has the best info.

If I have time, I will check for you when in town.

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 04:15 pm

Boner wrote:Hopefully someone will help out (obviously not Marco) and pop into one of the shops for you.

Sorry you are having a bad day Boner, but don't take it out on me. I am afraid its not a ten minute task for me to go downtown to a DVD store during the work week, when the forecast calls for daily deluges. If I am out and about, I will do it.

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 04:20 pm

wietroker wrote:I'd be amazed if Dutch productions came with English subtitles. I know that they often come with their own Dutch subs though.

Check out bol.com, it's like the Amazon for NL. Probably has the best info.

If I have time, I will check for you when in town.

Thanks mate. I have quite a few Dutch films on DVD and blu-ray, all with English subtitles. But as you say, many others don't have English subtitles.
Thats the problem, I've checked bol, mediadis, nlstore, freerecordshop, vanleest and many other Dutch and Belgian retailers but there isn't a definitive answer either way for these two particular films.

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 04:26 pm

Marco wrote:
Boner wrote:Hopefully someone will help out (obviously not Marco) and pop into one of the shops for you.
Sorry you are having a bad day Boner, but don't take it out on me. I am afraid its not a ten minute task for me to go downtown to a DVD store during the work week, when the forecast calls for daily deluges. If I am out and about, I will do it.

Hey fellas, not looking for this request to start arguments.

I wouldn't want anybody to make a trip into town to check either. If anybody is in Amsterdam Centrum or any other city centre and they could pop into a store for me then I'd be very grateful. But please don't make a special trip to do so as it's not urgent.

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 04:27 pm

Saxon wrote:
Marco wrote:
Boner wrote:Hopefully someone will help out (obviously not Marco) and pop into one of the shops for you.
Sorry you are having a bad day Boner, but don't take it out on me. I am afraid its not a ten minute task for me to go downtown to a DVD store during the work week, when the forecast calls for daily deluges. If I am out and about, I will do it.
Hey fellas, not looking for this request to start arguments.
I wouldn't want anybody to make a trip into town to check either. If anybody is in Amsterdam Centrum or any other city centre and they could pop into a store for me then I'd be very grateful. But please don't make a special trip to do so as it's not urgent.

No worries. I will say that I doubt they will have english subs. Its sometimes difficult to get Dutch adult movies with English subs, so kids shows I doubt it.

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 04:43 pm

I'm not having a bad day at all Marco but thanks for your concern.

Iko · Post by **Iko** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 05:22 pm

Just a FYI, they are available for download at Demonoid, they do not look like they have subtitles.

"Nederland
Familie
90 minuten

geregisseerd door Mischa Kamp
met Ebbie Tam, Jan Decleir en Betty Schuurman

Winky heeft de taak gekregen een jaar lang voor het paard van de Sint te zorgen.
Wanneer het dier echter kwijt raakt, moet Winky alles op alles zetten
om hem terug te vinden voordat de Goedheiligman weer in het land arriveert.

Spotinformatie
Categorie : Beeld
Formaat : DVD5
Bron : Retail
Audio : DD 5.1 Nederlands
Menu : Ja
Cover : Ja
Extra's : Nee
Ondertitels : Geen
Genre : Avontuur/Familiefilm

http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/42516

Nederland / België
Familie
90 minuten

geregisseerd door Mischa Kamp
met Ebbie Tam, Jan Decleir en Betty Schuurman

Het Paard van Sinterklaas vertelt het verhaal van het Chinese meisje Winky
dat pas in Nederland woont en voor het eerst in aanraking komt met het verschijnsel Sinterklaas.
Wanneer ze hoort dat je aan de Goedheiligman cadeautjes mag vragen, heeft ze een wel heel bijzondere wens...

Spotinformatie

Categorie : Beeld
Formaat : DVD5
Audio : Nederlands en Frans DD 5.1 en DD 2.0
Bron : Retail
Menu : Ja
Ondertitels : Geen
Cover : Ja
Extra's : Ja
Genre : Avontuur/Familiefilm

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » Wed 27th Oct 2010 05:28 pm

Thank you Iko.

That doesn't look good. That looks like it was ripped from the dvd and doesn't have subtitles. oh well.

DC · Post by DC » Thu 28th Oct 2010 05:32 pm

There's no subtitles on the Blu Ray also.

safer99 · Post by **safer99** » Fri 5th Nov 2010 08:22 am

I think the english version called "Winky's horse" and the sequel "Where's Winky's horse" Hope you can find it,Good luck!