Looks like a good film, Zabladowski. Thanks for pointing out. Weird that this is a Netherlands production but was filmed in English. I wonder if they produce many English films and whether there really is a big market for them in the Netherlands or if they are hoping to appeal to a more international crowd. If so, there might be a chance of it showing in North America.

Aaron Johnson looks good. Might he be a rising young star? IMDb says he plays Charlie Chaplin in a film called Shanghai Knights, with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. I thought it was a mistake at first, but the film takes place in the 1880s. I guess Chaplin would have been a boy around that time...

Official release for the DVD R2 in Europe is 22 November. Since the original version is in English, no subtitles necessary for most of you.

Will give you links for where to find the DVD soon.

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What if the choice is:
  * make it in English, since that attracts foreign financing
or
  * don't make it at all
??

The problem is not only in movies. We Dutch always have to adapt to others. If foreign people call us or come to the Netherlands we are expected to understand their language. If we call or go to a foreign country they expect us to speak their language.
And I have a solution for the language problem in movies: subtitles. Foreign movies/shows always get subtitled in the netherlands. But if I watch german or english TV people usually speak german or english (depending on the TV station) even if the original language isn't.

Regarding national language films, I think they're great <strong> for adults or older kids </strong> so long as they have subtitles. Young children that can't read, of course require that you sit them on your lap and read the subtitles to them. That can be a nice experience too.

I'm a native English speaker, so I don't have too much a problem with most movies. I also took the time to learn another language than English. I studied Spanish for about 6 years, off and on. I'm fairly fluent in both languages. Matter of fact I recently had a dream about a gorgeous boy and all the conversation in the dream was in Spanish.

I'm not an arrogant speaker of the majority language for movies, English. Still I have to agree with many others here, that to get financing and the resources necessary to produce a film, it helps if the movie will be available to the English-speaking public. It's just a reality of the financial world.

I have seen one Dutch film and enjoyed it immensely. It had English subtitles. I hope to see more, either spoken in English, or with English subtitles.

Ik wrote a complete review of this excellent movie on B.O.Y.S  with captures of the DVD coverart and a shirtless picture of Aaron Johnson from the "Making Off Documentary" thats on the DVD , which is already out in The Netherlands... I saw it in the Cinema some months ago . Very strong story line , and Aaron Johnson is just perfect as both Tom & Thomas . Highly recommended.

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I have the DVD available so i can put up more caps if there is interest, just let me know... (-:

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Greetings from a fellow Dutchie,

PJ