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* The scene where we're first introduced to Mike in ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' not only had its dialogue dubbed, but the audio completely replaced during post-production. As the scene was shot, Mike and Heather introduce themselves to one another while the [[Music/TheAnimals Animals]] song "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" plays on the car radio. But when the producers were unable to secure the rights to the song, the only way they were able to change it was by dubbing newly-recorded dialogue over another song.
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This is much more common than you may think. As a rule of thumb, listen carefully to how an actor speaks. If the delivery suddenly sounds much more polished and in the foreground, they've been ADR'd (though a good sound mixer can blend the recording in well enough so it actually sounds like it was said on-location). This technique is used on a wider and more noticeable scale in Asian live-action productions, particularly UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} and Japanese {{tokusatsu}} and ''{{Dorama}}'' television serials. There is even a specialized sub-set of voice actors known as "scream artists" who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dub screams]] and grunts over others' performances to better convey emotions and actions while preserving stars' voices and saving time.

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This is much more common than you may think. As a rule of thumb, listen carefully to how an actor speaks. If the delivery suddenly sounds much more polished and in the foreground, they've been ADR'd (though a good sound mixer can blend the recording in well enough so it actually sounds like it was said on-location). This technique is used on a wider and more noticeable scale in Asian live-action productions, particularly UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} MediaNotes/{{Bollywood}} and Japanese {{tokusatsu}} and ''{{Dorama}}'' television serials. There is even a specialized sub-set of voice actors known as "scream artists" who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dub screams]] and grunts over others' performances to better convey emotions and actions while preserving stars' voices and saving time.



* Very rarely a line is dubbed over quickly days or hours before broadcast of a series to remove a line in the wake of a tragic event where a punchline which was fine days before would now go over like a lead balloon, as in when Lauren Graham redid a ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' one-liner punchline about Bali to instead be Maui days after the Bali nightclub bombings. However the UsefulNotes/ClosedCaptioning track had already been laid down (which is much, much more complicated to fix, requiring almost a complete re-do of a scene), so viewers with it on still saw the Bali reference.

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* Very rarely a line is dubbed over quickly days or hours before broadcast of a series to remove a line in the wake of a tragic event where a punchline which was fine days before would now go over like a lead balloon, as in when Lauren Graham redid a ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' one-liner punchline about Bali to instead be Maui days after the Bali nightclub bombings. However the UsefulNotes/ClosedCaptioning MediaNotes/ClosedCaptioning track had already been laid down (which is much, much more complicated to fix, requiring almost a complete re-do of a scene), so viewers with it on still saw the Bali reference.
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* One of the first films to come up with the idea of "Bespoke crowd Walla" was ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', which used it for various beach scenes. Both Creator/MichaelMcKean and Creator/HarryShearer were among the ADR cast for this film.
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* ''Film/CarryOnBehind'': Ernie's cries of "Phwaaay!" during Veronica's striptease were clearly dubbed over later as Creator/JackDouglas' mouth does not move.
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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' -- the entire trilogy -- was dubbed in post: the enormous noise of the on-set fans and the assorted background noise made it impossible to hear any of the dialogue spoken while recording. Only Bilbo's speech at the party was used, as Creator/IanHolm couldn't recreate the [[EnforcedMethodActing drunk tone]] while looping those lines sober. That gave the sound editors quite some work.

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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' -- the entire trilogy -- was dubbed in post: the enormous noise of the on-set fans and the assorted background noise made it impossible to hear any of the dialogue spoken while recording. Only The only audio that was recorded on the set was Bilbo's speech at the party was used, party, as Creator/IanHolm couldn't recreate the [[EnforcedMethodActing drunk tone]] while looping those lines sober. That gave the sound editors quite some work.
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* ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils'': When John asks Henry if he's swallowed a dictionary, the audio has obviously been dubbed over as no one's mouth can be seen moving.

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