Trailer for UK Dub of The Borrowers Arrietty

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While news of a UK dub of The Borrowers Arrietty has been known for a while, the trailer has only recently been released. The cast looks good with Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Olivia Colman stepping up for voice acting duties.




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Based on Mary Norton&rsquo;s classic 1952 book, The Borrowers, the film follows a boy named Sho, who moves into his great aunt&rsquo;s house in the Tokyo suburbs where a 14-year-old Borrower named Arrietty and her family live under the floorboards. Arrietty tries her best to prove her worth by helping her father &ldquo;borrow&rdquo; much-needed items from their human landlords but Sho discovers their existence. A relationship develops between Sho and Arrietty even though it puts the lives of the Borrowers&rsquo; in danger and they must work together to protect the existence of the Borrowers. </em>

Originally released in Japan in July 2010, Studio Ghibli&rsquo;s Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrowers Arrietty) is being handled by Optimum Releasing and will go into official UK exhibition on the 29th of July.

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Is it really pronounced Studio 'Jibbly'? Wow. Either they got it waaay wrong, or I've been reading it wrong all my life.

I'm not sure what to make of this. Admittedly, I champion the cause of British dubs but that was weird. Weeeeeird. I will need to watch it a couple of times to get used to it. I think Arietty and lead boy's voices are perfect, but the narrator sounded a bit weird. What accent was that even?

Lol. Wow. British dub. I'll be in the UK first week of August. If I can, I'll pop over to Norwhich and see if it's being shown anywhere there. I must support this!
 
Is that annoying narrator voice actually going to be in the film though? I assumed it was just for the trailer.

The rest of the voices sound good though.
 
VivisQueen said:
Is it really pronounced Studio 'Jibbly'? Wow. Either they got it waaay wrong, or I've been reading it wrong all my life.
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Yep, it is 'jibbly' - It is from Italian IIRC which explains the spelling.

I got it wrong for a while when I first heard it as well :p
 
vashdaman said:
Is that annoying narrator voice actually going to be in the film though? I assumed it was just for the trailer.

The rest of the voices sound good though.
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Interesting question about the narrator. I haven't read the book so I can't tell. Could anyone who has read the book tell us what to expect?
 
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