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Thanks to a link from klokwerk, I've managed to accurately subtitle all of the scenes in Japanese in this version. And, damn, this version of the flick is so much better.

A cover would be sweet.

I could make a cover for it, does anyone have any art work and photos for the film?

Do you mean the original Japanese DVD? That would be cool, but if I recall correctly, it's jewel case-sized and not armaray case-sized, so the artwork would have to be altered.

As stated, there are English and Japanese soundtracks. There are certain scenes that were just in Japanese. That's how they were written, that's how they were shot, etc. Get my drift? This DVD features English subtitles for those scenes only.

No, it's cool, I can see where you would get confused. It is kind of confusing, now that I go back and read it. Sorry if it came off like I was giving you a hard time, you've a hard workin' guy for the community.

Don't worry about it, I can make a cover with whtever source material.

You've gotta turn on your PMs first

Early posts in this thread, offering to give out straight copies of the official Japanese release, are against the rules and have been deleted. The version with the custom English subs would class as a custom DVD, so it's OK to discuss, just don't talk about downloading.

OMG, I love this movie. Someone just pointed me to this thread. I wish I got here sooner.

I had gotten the screenplay book from my local library a couple years back and created a sub file from that for an Xvid version floating around. I don't speak Japanese or Mandarin (so as long as the actors stuck to the script then it's fine).

The only real discrepancy was the first scene in Takeshi's office. In the U.S. version (which is of course subbed for that scene), they either went off script, the scene was cut, or the subtitles were over simplified. I put it back to the original script's version for story purposes. Most importantly they refer to themselves as Yakuza now which I don't actually think is mentioned at any other point in the movie. You otherwise have the impression they work for the corporation and are not freelance thugs. Since Yakuza is Japanese you should hear them say it, but I don't, so again, my sub file takes liberties, but I am a big Gibson fan and felt his words were more important.

If anyone is interested in comparing the subs, here's mine:

http://rapidshare.de/files/14776922/JM_Johnny_Mnemonic_103min_jap_Version.sub.html

Dr. M, that's pretty much spot-on for the subtitle track I created. I think I played with the first scene between Takeshi and Shinji a bit differently than you did, but the overall effect is the same, just some different phrasing and word emphasis.

Nice job with the cover art.

I dig it. Goes very well with how Universal tried to market the flick.