At least a generation of viewers has experienced Back To The Future in localized form in Germany. There, the movie was called ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT and had the following logo.
Since the DVDs (and then the BluRays) came out, the localized logos basically disappeared. TV stations switched to newer HD sources, thus retaining the English-language logo (or even constructing some custom design abominations). So far, German localization was retained on old Universal VHS & LD copies and TV recordings.
Therefore the idea for this project, using the newest 4K restorations from 2020.
Following work was done:
- Upscaling of the German titles from SD to HD (including "To Be Concluded" and "The End")
- Synchronization of German 2.0 LD audio with the HD picture (English 2.0 LD audio is also included)
- Upscaling & reinstatement of "To Be Continued" title at the end of Part I (it was in English on the German home video version, so it remains this way)
- Creation of location intertitles in English and German (ASS) for the beginning of Parts II+III
- Full English & German subtitles; some fixing up was done on the latter.
Sources:
Localized Video:
- ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.003)
- ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL II: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.008)
- ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL III: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.009)
- ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL II: PAL VHS (CIC VIDEO)
Rips provided by Pinheadraiser.
German LD Audio (PCM):
- ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.003)
- ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL II: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.008)
- ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL III: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.009)
Provided by Pinheadraiser.
English LD Audio (PCM):
- courtesy of PDB.
English DTS-HDMA 5.1 audio (optional file):
- BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY: UHD-4K & BLU-RAY (Universal, 2020)
German DTS-HDMA 5.1 audio (optional):
- Fan mixes by NIMA4K
Subtitles:
- BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY: UHD-4K & BLU-RAY (Universal, 2020)
The entire body of work can be read up in the OT.com thread.
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00:47:54.037 : en:Chapter 10
00:55:53.808 : en:Chapter 11
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01:16:40.971 : en:Chapter 14
01:20:15.310 : en:Chapter 15
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Back To The Future Part II
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Back To The Future Part III
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