Quoting Unicus69:

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The authoritative source for information submitted should be the DVD itself.  Please don't submit content from a third party database, and always verify the specifications printed on the cover.  In both cases, errors abound, so always verify the information directly from the DVD whenever possible.

Then the title is definitely Open Range since that's printed on the DVD itself.

Sorry Unicus, but Patsa's right - we are only allowed to take the title from one place - the front cover. There are no exceptions listed in the rules.
Whether that was the intent of the rules - I seriously doubt it, but we can only go by what's written.

What are the sources allowed for localized titles, if not taken from the front cover? Can you point to where in the rules it says to take them from the back of the case or anywhere else? And what about films that have localized titles that are not printed anywhere on the case at all, should we still add them?

Quoting northbloke:

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But that's for the original title field, not the title field.

I am sorry, but I am pretty sure both fields are mentioned in that rule.

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If the title hasn't been translated for the locality (as in this case) then that rule wouldn't apply.

Let's say I agree with you and the only way a localized title can be entered, into the title field, is if it is on the front of the case.  Why, then, do we have the rule I quoted above?

A case where the localized title is the only title on the front of the case, is already covered by the 'use the title from the front of the case' rule.

A case where the localized title, and the original title, are both on the front of the case, is already covered by the 'If the title appears in multiple languages' rule.

In both cases above, the 'original title will be different than the localized title, so it is already covered by the first paragraph of the original title rule.  Why did they make a specific, detailed, rule for foreign films?  If you are correct, then this rule serves no purpose.

Quoting northbloke:

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The case you mention where both titles are on the front cover only partially tells us what to do - use the locality's language for the title field.
The rule in the original title section tells us what to do with the other title with the rule you quote.

As I said above, that is covered in the first paragraph of the 'original title' rule.  There is no need for a specific 'foreign title' portion of the rule as any DVD, that has a different title on the cover, is covered by that rule.

The only reason to specify 'foreign titles' is if we are to do that with all foreign titles.

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I've just had a quick scan of my collection and I've found three titles where the title hasn't been translated - are you saying I'm supposed to translate those titles in english despite the fact there are no english titles on the cover?

No, that is what the rules is saying.

Quoting Unicus69:

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As I said above, that is covered in the first paragraph of the 'original title' rule.  There is no need for a specific 'foreign title' portion of the rule as any DVD, that has a different title on the cover, is covered by that rule.

The first paragraph only tells us what the original title field is for and mentions two cases when we use it. The rules then continue to give us those cases in detail: foreign films and modified titles. And in both cases we are only told what to put in the original title field.
If you're saying we're told what to do in that first paragraph, why have any of the rest of the section? Why not remove the modified title section too?

Quoting northbloke:

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Quoting Unicus69:

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As I said above, that is covered in the first paragraph of the 'original title' rule.  There is no need for a specific 'foreign title' portion of the rule as any DVD, that has a different title on the cover, is covered by that rule.

The first paragraph only tells us what the original title field is for and mentions two cases when we use it.

Since it only mentions two cases, does that mean we don't use it unless it is one of those cases? 

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The rules then continue to give us those cases in detail: foreign films and modified titles. And in both cases we are only told what to put in the original title field.

I am sorry, but that simply isn't true.  The rule says, "A German DVD release for a film originally produced in the United States would have the German title in the Title field and the English title in the Original Title Field."

The part I bolded tells us what to put into the title field.

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If you're saying we're told what to do in that first paragraph, why have any of the rest of the section? Why not remove the modified title section too?

The modified title rule is redundant and is not needed.  The fact that it is redundant, however, does not mean we don't have to follow it.

Quoting EnryWiki:

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But then, if a book does have a title written in great letters on the front side, then you take that as the title of the book, don't you?

Yes, but I don't see any rules telling me something different now do I?