Last week, a whole 18 months after the screening of Aizskalotais (Flushed Away) in Riga cinemas (back in December 2006), we have finally got the DVD version in our hands. Joining Aizskalotais is also Šarlotes tīkls (15 months later) and Šreks Trešais (12 months later) which have also only recently appeared on video store shelves. Why it takes so long to release the Latvian DVD versions remains a mystery.
If you are looking out for the professionally dubbed Latvian DVDs for the younger audience here is a quick overview of what is now available:
Although the DVD covers have been nicely translated to Latvian the distributers seemed to have forgot about the printing on the actual DVD disks which are in either Russian or English.
Both Šreks 2 (Shrek 2) and Haizivs stāsts (Shark Tale) are still only available in VHS video casette format. Noķert vilni (Surf’s Up) and Hortons (Horton hears a Who) both of which have screened in the last 6 months are yet to be released on DVD. The Latvian version of Kung Fu Panda is currently showing in cinemas. Trauksme mežā (Open Season) seems to have been forgotten completely (screened nearly 2 years ago) and only the Russian DVD version continues to be available in Latvia.
