[WADNet Post] Apr 2: MoPix OC Update
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MOPIX OC UPDATE
-- MoPix Update from WGBH - March 30
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MoPix Update from WGBH- March 30
This week two more captioned offerings-- an animated tale from the folks
at Disney about young inventor looking for his birth family, and two
male skaters (one of them Will Ferrell) enter a pairs competition...
calls to mind the old adage, where there's a Will, there's a way.
Meet the Robinsons from Buena Vista Pictures (cc only) (rated G)
Twelve year-old Lewis (voice of Daniel Hansen), a born inventor, is also
an orphan who desperately wants to find his birth family. A mysterious
stranger, Wilbur Robinson (Wesley Singerman), claims he can take Lewis
to meet them. The only catch: They live in the far-flung future where
Lewis meets an oddball group of characters who get him into all sorts of
bizarre predicaments.
Blades of Glory from Paramount Pictures* (cc only) (rated PG-13)
When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and
Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) go ballistic in an embarrassing,
no-holds-barred fight at the World Championships, they are stripped of
their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now,
three-and-a-half years on, they've found a loophole that will allow them
to compete: if they can put aside their differences, they can skate
together – in pairs' figure skating.
* The Media Access Group at WGBH has worked with Paramount Pictures to
develop a conversion method that will enable caption files prepared for
select films from the studio to play in Rear Window-equipped theaters.
Blades of Glory is the first title. The next Paramount film that will be
accessible to Rear Window users is Disturbia, set to debut on April 13.
See more info about Disturbia below in the "MoPix Films Coming Soon"
section. Great news all around for Rear Window fans. Enjoy, and welcome
Paramount!
MOPIX IN THE NEWS
Last weekend, CNN ran a story on captioning for movie theaters, and
MoPix was highlighted. And it was a two-hit week for MoPix press, as
Cincinnati Post columnist Karen Meiman met a very content MoPix fan and
decided to write a story about the technology. Here's the link to see
that story:
http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070327/LIFE/703270360/1005
NEW MOPIX SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING IN COLLEGE TOWN OTHER THAN BOSTON...
UEC Premiere College 9 Patton Township
Auditorium 4
3031 Carnegie Drive
State College, PA 814 272-3051 voice
Congrats to advocates in this area for writing letters and working with
their theater to make this happen, and a special call out to the Hearing
Loss Assn. of America chapter in State College, which began their
advocacy work way back when their organization was named Self Help for
Hard of Hearing!
"COMING SOON" MOPIX LOCATIONS...
AMC Cupertino Square 16, Cupertino, CA (April theater debut)
AMC Danbury 16, Danbury, CT
Muvico Boynton Beach 14, Boynton Beach, FL (1 Mopix systems coming this
spring)
Bones Theater, Columbia City, IN (MoPix system set to debut in May)
Consolidated Royale 14, Hyattsville, MD (northeast of Washington, D.C.)
(2 MoPix-equipped auditoriums to debut in May)
AMC Boston Common 19, Boston, MA
AMC Methuen 20, Methuen, MA
AMC Aviation Plaza 12, Linden, NJ (2 MoPix systems to debut in July)
AMC Garden State 16, Paramus, NJ (2 MoPix systems to debut in April)
AMC Port Chester 14, Port Chester, NY
Consolidated Greenville Grande 14, Greenville, NC (east of Raleigh)
(April debut)
Southern Theatre's The Grand 18, Winston-Salem, NC (system to debut soon)
Robert D. Lindler Family OMNIMAX Theater, Cincinnati Museum Center (system
to debut this month)
Consolidated Fox 16, Brambleton, VA (northeast of Washington, D.C.) (2
MoPix-equipped auditoriums to debut in May)
Link to the full list of over 300 MoPix-equipped theater locations at
www.mopix.org.
THEATER CHAIN WEB SITE ADDRESSES
As several theater chains are now listing accessible films and showtimes
on their Web sites, we want to take this opportunity to provide you with
those site addresses. Helpful hint, some chains require you to know
which theater in your area is equipped prior to finding the info on
their sites. For a full list of MoPix locations, searchable by state,
first go to www.mopix.org and link to "View Theaters".
You can also search for captioned movies near you at fomdi.com
AMC Theatres: http://www.moviewatcher.com/jsp/amg.jsp
Carmike Theatres:
http://www.carmike.com/showtimedetails.aspx?theatrenumber=075623
CEC Theatres: http://www.cectheatres.com (link to state, and then theater)
Cerrito Speakeasy Theatre:
http://www.cerritospeakeasy.com/calendar/index.html
Cineplex Theatres (Canada): http://www.cineplex.com/theatres/rwc_dvs.asp
Clearview Cinemas: http://clearviewcinemas.com/tripod.shtml
Consolidated Theatres: http://consolidatedmovies.com/rwc.asp
Crown Theatres: http://www.crowntheatres.com
Empire Theatres (Canada): http://www.empiretheatres.com (link to
province, then to theater)
Jack Loeks Celebration Cinema Studio 28 in Grand Rapids and Lansing:
http://www.celebrationcinema.com (select Studio 28 or Lansing from list
of locations)
Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres: www.kerasotes.com (select City North or
the Glen 10 from the list of locations)
Megaplex Theatres:
http://www.megaplextheatres.com/nowshowingdetail.php?th_code=all
National Amusements Showcase Cinemas and Cinema de Lux locations:
http://www.nationalamusements.com/wireless (link to theater under state
heading)
Additional chains with MoPix systems are not yet listing
MoPix-accessible film information on their sites at this time: Douglas
Theaters, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres, Regal Cinemas.
NOW PLAYING
Available with closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system,
and audio descriptions utilizing the DVS Theatrical System:
Breach from Universal Pictures (spy/drama - rated PG-13)
Dead Silence from Universal Pictures (horror - rated R)
Ghost Rider from Sony Pictures (action/adventure - rated PG-13)
The Hills Have Eyes II from Fox Atomic (horror - rated R)
I Think I Love My Wife from Fox Searchlight Pictures (comedy - rated R)
Reno 911!: Miami from Twentieth Century Fox Films (comedy - rated R)
TMNT/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Warner Bros. Pictures (comedy -
rated PG)
Available with closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system
(descriptive narration is not available for these films):
300 from Warner Bros. Pictures (drama/war - rated R)
The Astronaut Farmer from Warner Bros. Pictures (drama - rated PG)
Blades of Glory from Paramount Pictures (comedy - rated PG-13)
Bridge to Terabithia from Buena Vista Pictures (fantasy - rated PG)
Meet the Robinsons from Buena Vista Pictures (comedy - rated G)
Premonition from Sony Pictures (drama/mystery - rated PG-13)
Reign Over Me from Sony Pictures (drama - rated R)
Wild Hogs from Buena Vista Pictures (comedy - rated PG-13)
MORE ACCESSIBLE MOVIES TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT MONTH
Firehouse Dog from Twentieth Century Fox Films (Apr 4) (cc dvs)
Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a
shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young boy (Josh Hutcherson) to get
the station back on its feet.
Are We Done Yet? from Sony Pictures (Apr 6) (cc only)
In this sequel to Are We There Yet?, Ice Cube and Nia Long want to move
to the suburbs for a better life in which to raise their two kids.
However, after purchasing a "fixer-upper" that needs more "fixer" than
they originally imagined, they fall victim to an unscrupulous contractor
(John C. McGinley) who never seems to get the job done.
Grindhouse from The Weinstein Co. (Apr 6) (cc only)
Two 60-minute horror films, complete with an intermission packed full of
fake trailers, come from the ingenious minds of directors Quentin
Tarantino (PULP FICTION) and Robert Rodriguez (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN).
The Reaping from Warner Bros. Pictures (Apr 6) (cc only)
Hilary Swank stars as a paranormal detective who investigates religious
occurrences. Her latest case: a town where the 10 biblical plagues are
in full force.
Disturbia from Paramount Pictures (Apr 13) (cc only)
Distressed by his father's untimely death, a teenager (Shia LaBeouf)
begins acting out and soon finds himself under house arrest after
getting into trouble one too many times. To help pass the time stuck
indoors, he begins spying on his neighbors, only to become convinced
that the guy living across the street is killing young women.
Perfect Stranger from Sony Pictures (Apr 13) (cc dvs)
Desperate to solve the bizarre murder of a childhood friend, an
undercover reporter (Halle Berry) creates several online aliases to lull
the killer out of hiding. With her new identities in place, the nosy
newswoman's Internet snooping leads her straight to the powerful CEO
(Bruce Willis) of a major advertising agency.
The Nanny Diaries from The Weinstein Co. (Apr 20) (cc only)
A college student (Scarlett Johansson) goes to work as a nanny for a
rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their
dysfunction, her studies, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
The Invisible from Buena Vista Pictures (Apr 27) (cc only)
Two young teens' real selves are invisible to others, one due to his
untimely death and the other due to the neglect she's endured since the
death of her mother.
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CREDITS
Closed captioning and description of films provided by the Media Access
Group at WGBH, a nonprofit division of Boston public broadcaster WGBH. The
Rear Window Captioning and DVS Theatrical systems were developed by WGBH
to make feature films accessible the date films open in theaters
nationwide — and during regular showtimes — to movie fans who are deaf,
hard-of-hearing, blind or visually impaired.
For more information on the WGBH's Motion Picture Access (MoPix)
efforts, including how to encourage a theater in your area to install
the access
systems, please visit <www.mopix.org>, e-mail access@xxxxxxxx or call
617 300-3700 v, 617 300-2489 TTY.
* We are pleased to announce that WGBH has developed a conversion to
enable select Paramount and DreamWorks films to be available via Rear
Window Captioning systems.
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Media Access Group at WGBH
mary_watkins@xxxxxxxx
<http://access.wgbh.org>
125 Western Avenue
Boston, MA 02134
617 300-3700 v/fax, 617 300-2489 TTY
(Contributed by: Mary Watkins, WGBH)
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Leslie Riggs
WADNet Post Editor & Listserv Administrator
Wisconsin Association of the Deaf
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