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From: "Mary Watkins" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:44 PM
Subject: Accessible Movie Update-- July 6 to July 12


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learn about new closed captioned and described films directly from the Media
Access Group at WGBH (The Caption Center, Descriptive Video Service and the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting/WGBH National Center for Accessible
Media), please send a message with "add mopix" in the subject line to
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Currently playing closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system,
and audio descriptions utilizing the DVS Theatrical System:

PEARL HARBOR, starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale and Cuba
Gooding, Jr., rated PG-13 and released by Buena Vista Pictures

and currently playing with closed captions only (no descriptions for these
films are available):

SHREK, rated PG from from DreamWorks Pictures

ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE, rated PG from Buena Vista Pictures

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)...

- FINAL FANTASY:  THE SPIRITS WITHIN from Sony Pictures will debut with
closed captions and descriptions on Wednesday, July 11
- JURASSIC PARK III from Universal Pictures will debut with closed captions
and descriptions on July 18

More titles:
- PRINCESS DIARIES from Buena Vista (closed captions)
- AMERICAN PIE 2 from Universal Pictures (closed captions and descriptions)
- CORELLI'S MANDOLIN from Universal Pictures (closed captions and
descriptions)
- RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS from Sony Pictures (closed captions and
descriptions)
- MONSTERS, INC. from Buena Vista (closed captions)
- ALI from Sony Pictures (closed captions and descriptions)

IMAX Films, please 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 -
PEARL HARBOR
Friday July 6 to Thursday July 12   12:05   4:00   7:50

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-

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

-no film this week-

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 -- Friday July 6 and Saturday July 7 ONLY

PEARL HARBOR   12:00   4:00   8:00 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

-no film this week-

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

-no film this week-

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
General Cinema Sherman Oaks

- No film this week -

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.

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Milwaukee/Wauwatosa, WI
General Cinema Mayfair Mall - **Friday July 6 to Tuesday July 10**
ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (captions only)
1:10   3:30   5:50   8:00   10:10 PM

Located on the east side of Mayfair Mall, about 6 miles west of downtown
Milwaukee.

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New Orleans
Palace Theatre 20 Elmwood (part of the Gulf States Theater 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.

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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.  Clifton, NJ (8 miles from NYC)
General Cinema Clifton Commons - Friday July 6 to Tuesday July 10
ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE   11:00  1:30   4:00   6:30  9:00

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.

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Phildelphia Area
General Cinema Plymouth Meeting
- No film this week -

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
- No film this week -

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 - Friday July 6 to Thursday July 12

SHREK  11:30   2:00   4:45   7:15   9:45  PM

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.

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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 Cinema and Gulf States Theaters, the Hollywood studios and
to all the movie fans out there.  Enjoy!

--
Mary Watkins
Outreach Manager
Media Access at WGBH
(The Caption Center, Descriptive Video Service®,
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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people with disabilities.


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