Many of you will have heard of Tintin, the adventurous reporter who travels the world with his dog Snowy. Many of you will not have, especially if you are American. Tintin is an adventurous Belgian comic book character who has been around since the 1930s. He has inspired the likes of Steven Spielberg, who still intends to bring Tintin to the big screen. If that happens, expect Tintin to become a household word in the US. Until then, he will be known only by his cult following.

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There were two live-action Tintin films produced in the 1960s, Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1961) and Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964). They finally were released on DVD in recent years, but in French only and with no English subtitles. It’s not likely we’ll be seeing them released with English subtitles anytime soon (unless Spielberg makes that film of his, but I digress).

I would like to see a preservation of these films with English subtitles. There is an Australian eBay seller who has been advertising a copy of Golden Fleece with English subtitles recently (see here). I don’t know where the subtitles came from, and I’m not willing to pay a bootlegger to find out. But the two films may have been shown on TV at some point subtitled in English.

Anyone have a copy of these films with subtitles? I have them in French, of course, but would love to be able to understand the dialogue.

–SKot