Other key leads pose far greater problems, starting with Ilaria Borrelli voicing Nicoletta Braschi’s Dora. While Nichols may not be Benigni, his voice grows on the listener and manages a steady course through an immense stream of dialogue.

Just as noticeable - and more unavoidable - is lack of sync between English dub and mouthed Italian, one of the more difficult Euro tongues to match closely to English speaking patterns. Anyone who watched the Oscars knows what Benigni’s English sounds like, and if only because this is clearly not Benigni, actor Jonathan Nichols’ voice will at first be a letdown to pic’s hard-core fans. airwaves, is the first time we hear the voice of Benigni’s hero, Guido. Intro is now an English voiceover: “This is a simple story, but not an easy one to tell.” The most dramatic indicator that this dubbing is a victim of the subtitled version’s mega-success, as well as Benigni’s ubiquitous presence on U.S. Davis and directed by Rod Dean) marks the most significant effort to date. While this is hardly the company’s first attempt to parlay one of its foreign-lingo hits into an ostensibly bigger marketplace - “Like Water for Chocolate” and “The Postman” being the major dubbed projects - new version of Benigni’s WWII-set comedy-drama (produced by John M.

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