>Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:48:35 -0400
>From: Mary Watkins <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Accessible Movie Update - October 26 - November 1
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>Motion Picture Access (MoPix) News:
>
>HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE
>We have received many inquiries as to whether HARRY POTTER AND THE
>SORCERER'S STONE will be closed captioned and described for its November
>debut in MoPix-equipped theaters. The studio distributing the film,
>Warner Bros., has agreed to closed caption the film. There has not yet
>been a decision made on describing this film for MoPix-equipped
>theaters. HARRY POTTER debuts November 16.
>
>THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
>Similar inquiries have come in about the first installment of The Lord of
>the Rings trilogy, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. We have requested this
>film be made accessible via closed captioning and description. Here is
>the movie studio to contact if you would like to make the same request:
>
>New Line Cinema Corporation
>Feature Film Distribution
>116 N Robertson Blvd
>Los Angeles, CA 90048
>310-854-5811 voice
>
>Big News for Movie Fans in N. California
>The Loews Theatre Metreon in downtown San Francisco will soon have the
>first Rear Window Captioning and DVS Theatrical installation in Northern
>California. We've heard for years from consumers in the area, and are so
>pleased to share this good news. More on the date of installation, likely
>in December, when we have confirmation of installation.
>
>More News... NEW THEATERS, NEW CHAINS!
>A. Mann's Hollywood & Highland (now under construction) will install Rear
>Window Captioning and DVS Theatrical systems in two of the complex's
>theaters. This theatre is in Los Angeles, next to the new Kodak Academy
>Theatre (site of future Academy Awards ceremonies).
>
>B. Famous Players Theatres, Canada's largest theatre chain, will install
>five systems in Ontario in November. The locations are as follows:
>Famous Players Paramount Toronto
>Famous Players Coliseum Scarborough
>Famous Players SilverCity London
>Famous Players Coliseum Mississauga
>Famous Players SilverCity Richmond Hill
>
>C. Gulf States Theatres, which currently has the systems installed in
>their Palace Theatre 20 Elmwood in Harahan, LA is in the midst of
>installing another system in their new theater complex, the Clearview 12
>in Metairie, LA.
>
>
>Currently available with closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning
>system, and audio descriptions utilizing the DVS Theatrical System:
>
>RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS, starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Penny
>Marshall, from Sony Pictures (Rated PG-13)
>
>and currently playing with closed captions only (no descriptions for
>this film are available):
>
>THE LAST CASTLE, starring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini, from
>DreamWorks Pictures (rated R)
>
>Information about theaters equipped with the closed captioning (for
>moviegoers who are deaf and hard of hearing) and audio description (for
>moviegoers who are blind or have low vision) systems, debut dates,
>showtimes and directions to the theaters appear below.
>
>Coming soon
>(dates subject to change by the studios, additional titles to be announced
>as soon as they are confirmed...)
>
>- MONSTERS, INC. from Buena Vista Pictures will debut with closed captions
>and descriptions next Friday, November 2
>- HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE will debut with closed captions on
>November 16 (no decision has yet been made on description for this film)
>- SPY GAME from Universal Pictures will begin playing with closed captions
>and descriptions on November 30
>- ALI from Sony Pictures will debut with closed captions and descriptions
>on December 7
>- ROAD TO PERDITION from DreamWorks Pictures (closed captions and
>descriptions) scheduled for a January 11 debut
>- PANIC ROOM from Sony Pictures (cc and descriptions) scheduled for a
>February 1 debut
>- TIME MACHINE from DreamWorks Pictures (cc and descriptions)
>- SPIDER MAN from Sony Pictures (cc and descriptions)
>- MEN IN BLACK II from Sony Pictures (cc and descriptions)
>- STUART LITTLE 2 from Sony Pictures (cc and descriptions)
>
>IMAX Films - find a complete list of described and or closed captioned
>large format films, as well as locations of accessible theaters, at
>www.mopix.org.
>
>Currently Playing:
> ***Please read movies, dates and times carefully.***
>
>Atlanta
>Parkway Pointe 15 General Cinema - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS 2:20 5:15 8:00 PM (+ 11:00 PM Fri & Sat)
>
>The General Cinema Parkway Pointe is located at 3101 Cobb Parkway in
>Cumberland, GA, about 1/2 mile south of the Galleria and Cumberland Mall,
>next to Borders Books.
>
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>Baltimore Area
>General Cinema Owings Mills
>- no film this week -
>
>Theatre management reports MONSTERS, INC. (cc and dvs) will begin playing
>on Nov. 2.
>
>The Owings Mills 17 is located just off of Rt. 795 northwest of Baltimore
>on the ring road surrounding the Owings Mills Mall.
>
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>Boston
>1. General Cinema Fenway Theatre - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00 PM
>
>The Fenway Theatre is located at 201 Brookline Avenue, about 2 blocks away
>from Fenway Park, in the Landmark Center, formerly the old Sears building.
>It is accessible by an easy walk from either the Fenway stop or the
>Kenmore Square stop on the Green Line of the T. There is a parking lot
>for more than 1000 cars in the Landmark Center building. Bring your
>parking ticket to the box office for validation -- only $2.
>
>2. General Cinema Framingham 16 - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>THE LAST CASTLE (cc only) 12:30 3:45 7:00 10:00 PM
>
>The Framingham 16 is located 20 miles west of downtown Boston, at 22
>Flutie Pass, between the Natick Mall and Shoppers World.
>
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>Chicago - Lombard
>1. General Cinema Yorktown - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS 1:10 4:05 7:00 9:55 PM
>
>General Cinema Yorktown 18 is located 25 minutes west of downtown Chicago
>on Butterfield Road, just east of the intersection with Highland Avenue
>adjacent to the Yorktown Shopping Center and across the street from the
>Embassy Suites Hotel.
>
>2. General Cinema City North - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>THE LAST CASTLE (cc only) 1:00 4:00 6:50 9:45
>
>General Cinema City North 14 is located on the north side of Chicago at
>2600 N. Western Avenue, between Fullerton and Diversey at the Kennedy
>Expressway.
>
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>Los Angeles
>1. General Cinema Sherman Oaks - Fri. Oct. 26 to Thurs. Nov. 1
>RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00 PM
>
>The General Cinema Sherman Oaks is located in Sherman Oaks, California, near
>the intersection of the 405 and the 101, at 4500 Van Nuys Blvd.
>
>2. Loews Cineplex/Universal City Cinemas at CityWalk
>Theater 5
>100 Universal City Plaza
>Universal City 818 508-0711
>- no film this week -
>
>3. & 4. -- Coming Soon!
>Two equipped theatres at the new Mann's Hollywood & Highland Cinema Complex
>
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>Milwaukee/Wauwatosa, WI
>General Cinema Mayfair Mall - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS 1:25 4:20 7:15 10:15 PM
>
>Located on the east side of Mayfair Mall, about 6 miles west of downtown
>Milwaukee.
>
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>New Orleans
>1. Palace Theatre 20 Elmwood (part of the Gulf States Theatres chain)
>Theater #1
>1200 Elmwood Park Blvd.
>Harahan, Louisiana 504 733-2029
>- no film this week -
>
>The Palace Theatre 20 is located off Clearview Parkway behind the Big
>K-Mart in Harahan, 15 minutes from downtown New Orleans.
>
>Coming Soon!
>2. A new Rear Window Captioning and DVS Theatrical installation at the
>Clearview 12 in Metairie, LA (also owned by Gulf States Theatres)
>
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>New York City/NJ Area
>1. General Cinema Bay Plaza (Bronx)
>- no film this week -
>
>The General Cinema Bay Plaza is located right off of Rt. 95 in the north
>Bronx (near the Westchester border) at the Bay Plaza Shopping
>Center. (Take the Bay Plaza/Co-op City Exit off Rt. 95.) The theatre is
>located behind the Bay Plaza shopping center, around the corner from
>Applebee's restaurant.
>
>2. General Cinema Clifton Commons, Clifton, NJ
>Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>THE LAST CASTLE (cc only) 1:00 4:15 7:15 10:00 PM (+12:45 AM Fri & Sat)
>
>General Cinema Clifton Commons is located west of the Meadowlands on
>eastbound Rt. 3 in Clifton, near the large Barnes & Noble and Sports
>Authority stores.
>
>**********************************
>Philadelphia Area
>General Cinema Plymouth Meeting - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>THE LAST CASTLE (cc only) 1:15 4:15 7:00 9:45 PM
>
>The General Cinema Plymouth Meeting is located at Plymouth Meeting Mall,
>northwest of downtown Philadelphia, adjacent to the large IKEA furniture
>store. There is a public bus which runs from Broad Street in downtown all
>the way to Plymouth Meeting Mall.
>
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>Seattle
>1. General Cinema Pacific Place - Fri. Oct. 26 - Thurs. Nov. 1
>RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS 12:30 3:45 7:00 10:15 PM
>
>General Cinema Pacific Place is located in downtown Seattle at the corner
>of Sixth and Pine Streets.
>
>2. Cinerama
>-No film this week-
>
>Cinerama is located in downtown Seattle at the corner of 4th and Lenora
>Streets, near the Westin Hotel.
>
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>Springfield, Virginia/ D.C. Area
>General Cinema Springfield Mall
>- no film this week -
>
>Springfield Mall is located on Franconia Road just east of Rt. 95, about
>12 miles from Washington, D.C. The equipped auditorium is located near
>the mall entrance with the large #2 sign outside.
>
>*****************************************************
>
>Closed captioning of all films provided by The Caption Center at
>WGBH. Descriptions provided by WGBH's Descriptive Video Service. Rear
>Window Captioning and DVS Theatrical were developed by WGBH, Boston's
>public broadcaster, to make feature films accessible to deaf,
>hard-of-hearing, blind or visually impaired movie fans the date films open
>in theaters nationwide and during regular showtimes.
>
>For more information on the WGBH's Motion Picture Access (MoPix) efforts,
>please visit www.mopix.org, e-mail [log in to unmask] or call 617 300-3400 v,
>-2489 TTY.
>
>Thanks to General Cinemas, Gulf States, Loews, Mann's and Famous Players
>Theatres, IMAX and OMNIMAX theatres, the Hollywood studios and to all the
>movie fans out there.
>
>--
>Mary Watkins
>Outreach Director
>Media Access at WGBH
>(The Caption Center, Descriptive Video ServiceŽ,
>CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media)
>[log in to unmask]
>access.wgbh.org
>125 Western Avenue
>Boston, MA 02134
>617 300-3700 v/fax
>617 300-2489 TTY
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