According to the Academy, Austria submitted a German-dubbed print of the film.

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Jackson says when he assembled a rough cut of the first film in the trilogy, he was sure it would be dubbed the worst film ever.

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The most offensive parts of the film appear not to have been in the original, but dubbed over the soundtrack at a later date.

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"The English-language film Dam999 was originally scheduled to be released on Friday in the state dubbed in Tamil as Anai999, " the Tamil Nadu Film Exhibitor's Association said in a press release sent to the BBC.

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