[WADNet Post] July 31, 2006: MoPix Open Captioned Updates
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MOPIX OPEN CAPTIONED UPDATES
-- MoPix Update from WGBH- July 28
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MoPix Update from WGBH- July 28
LOTS OF NEWS AFTER OUR UPDATE BREAK LAST WEEK, LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT!
MOPIXED MOVIES ABOUT BUGS IN THE BACKYARD, KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL, COPS ON
THE STREETS OF MIAMI...
TRULY SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS WEEK
Ant Bully, an animated film with the voices of Nicholas Cage, Paul
Giamatti and Julia Roberts from Warner Bros. Pictures (cc dvs) (rated PG)
A young boy threatens an ant colony and then destroys the colony's
anthill with a water pistol. When he's shrunk to ant size and sentenced
to work in the colony, however, things turn around.
John Tucker Must Die from Twentieth Century Fox Films (cc dvs) (rated PG-13)
A chronic cheater (Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives) gets a taste
of his own medicine when three of his angry ex-girlfriends team up to
take revenge and break his heart.
Miami Vice starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell and directly by Michael
Mann from Universal Pictures (cc dvs) (rated R)
Miami cop Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with
Bronx-born intel analyst Trudy (Naomie Harris), and they work undercover
transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group
responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett (Farrell) is a maverick
officer, but he knows what he's doing. While undercover working with the
supplier of the South Florida group he gets romantically entangled with
Isabella (Gong Li), the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs
trafficker. Soon it's tough to figure out who's on the right side of the
law.
Find the full list of MoPixed films and over 250 MoPix-equipped theaters
at www.mopix.org
WELCOME LANSING, MI MOPIX FANS!!
The Celebration Cinema! Lansing Michigan is the newest member of the
MoPix family. Major, major kudos to the folks from Lansing and elsewhere
in Michigan who raised half the money for the system, with matching
funds provided by the Jack Loeks Theater chain. Read an article from the
Lansing State Journal on the good work there, with great quotes from
MoPix users:
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060727/NEWS01/607270367/1001/news
Celebration Cinema! Lansing
Auditorium 7
Off South Cedar at I-96
200 E. Edgewood Blvd.
Lansing, 517 393-7469
This week Miami Video (cc dvs) plays in the equipped auditorium
Fri-Thurs July 28-Aug 3: 4:00 6:55 9:50PM
URL for learning about MoPixed films each week at this location:
http://www.celebrationcinema.com/htdocs/index.php?pid=30093&theatreID=30003
AUSTIN, TX MOPIX LOCATION WINS ACCESS AWARD!
Congratulations to the AMC Barton Creek Square 14 theater in Austin for
it's 2006 Austin Access Award which "recognizes outstanding businesses
for their demonstrated commitment to the spirit of the Americans with
Disabilities Act." Way to go!
A PAUSE FROM NEWS ABOUT ACCESSIBLE MOVIES FOR NEWS ABOUT ACCESSIBLE
ONLINE VIDEO...
America Online (AOL), in collaboration with WGBH's Media Access Group,
is now testing
closed captions for streaming news content from CNN that will enhance
the online media experience for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Captioned CNN video content will be available throughout the AOL
network, including the AOL service, the free AOL.com Web portal
(http://www.aol.com) and the AOL Video portal
(http://www.aol.com/video). For more information, including system
requirements to view the captioned video, please see
http://ncam.wgbh.org/news/aol.html. Thanks to the NEC Foundation of
American and AOL for their support of and commitment to this pioneering
effort to make news delivered via the Web more accessible.
... AND GUIDELINES FOR ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL MATERIALS
WGBH's National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has just published
Guidelines for Accessible Digital Materials. These guidelines, which
provide step-by-step solutions as well as information on public policies
and standards pertaining to access to users with sensory disabilities,
are available free of charge on a CD (write to access@xxxxxxxx for
single or multiple copies, remember to include your postal address,
shipping is also free) or download them directly from the web at
http://ncam.wgbh.org/publications/adm/
Funding for this project was provided by a three-year grant to NCAM from
the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research, U.S.
Department of Education.
NOW BACK TO THE MOVIE NEWS
NEW REFLECTOR DESIGN
The Rear Window Reflector now has an updated design thanks to the work
of Boston Light & Sound (long-time manufacturer of the reflector) and
Multi Design for People (www.designforpeople.org/), an industrial design
firm specializing in inclusive built environments, products and
information graphics. Please link to the MoPix Web site (www.mopix.org),
scroll down about half way down the page and you'll see a link to an
image of the updated design and ordering information. Due to requests
over the years, these reflectors are available for sale to individuals
users (own your own, no more standing in line!) as well as to theater
chains. Please contact Boston Light & Sound for pricing information, 617
787-3131 (voice).
NEW DVS HOME VIDEOS RELEASES
These new described home video releases are now available to order via
DVS Home Video. More info at:
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/resources/dvs-home-video-catalogue.html
Brokeback Mountain (Universal Home Video, rated R)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (Fox Home Video, rated PG)
Chicken Little (Buena Vista Home Video, rated G)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Buena
Vista Home Video, rated PG)
Date Movie (Fox Home Video, rated PG-13)
Eight Below (Fox Home Video, rated PG)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Home Video, rated PG-13)
Jarhead (Universal Home Video, rated R)
King Kong (Universal Home Video, rated PG-13)
The Producers (Universal Home Video, rated PG-13)
The Wedding Date (Universal Home Video, rated PG-13)
MOPIX "COMING SOON" LOCATIONS
AMC 12 at Downtown Disney, Anaheim, CA (summer debut)
AMC Covina 30, Covina, CA (summer debut)
AMC Ontario Mills 30, Ontario, CA (summer debut)
AMC Palm Promenade 24, San Diego, CA (summer debut)
2nd MoPix system to be added at AMC Mission Valley 20, San Diego, CA
(summer debut)
AMC Saratoga 14, San Jose, CA (summer debut)
AMC Rolling Hills 20, Torrance, CA (summer debut)
AMC Flatiron Crossing 14, Broomfield, CO (summer debut)
National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Southington, Southington, CT (July
debut)
AMC West Oaks 14, Ocoee, FL (summer debut)
AMC Westshore Plaza, Tampa, FL (summer debut)
AMC North Dekalb 16, Decatur, GA (summer debut)
AMC Barrett Commons 24, Kennesaw, GA (summer debut)
AMC Southlake Pavilion 24, Morrow, GA (summer debut)
AMC Studio 30, Olathe, KS (summer debut)
AMC Newport on the Levee 2, Newport, KY (summer debut)
AMC Livonia 20, Livonia, MI (summer debut)
AMC Creve Coeur 12, Creve Coeur, MO (summer debut)
Clearview South Orange Performing Arts Theatre, South Orange, NJ
(theater debut scheduled for Nov/Dec)
2nd MoPix system to be added at AMC Bay Plaza 13, Bronx, NY (summer debut)
2nd MoPix system to be added at AMC Empire 25, New York, NY (summer debut)
AMC Kips Bay Theaters, New York City (MoPix to debut soon)
AMC Carolina Pavilion 22, Charlotte, NC (summer debut)
National Amusements The Green 14 Cinema de Lux, Beavercreek, OH (August
debut)
AMC Southroads 20, Tulsa, OK (summer debut)
AMC Deerbrook 24, Humble, TX
AMC Gulf Pointe 30, Houston, TX
AMC Katy Mills 20, Katy, TX
AMC Hampton 24, Hampton, VA (summer debut)
AMC River Park Square 20, Spokane, WA (summer debut)
Link to the full list of over 250 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
CEC Theatres: http://www.cectheatres.com (link to state, and then theater)
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/htdocs/index.php?pid=78 (select Studio
28 or Lansing from list of locations)
Loews Cineplex/Famous Players theatres (Canada):
http://www.famousplayers.com/theatres/rwc_dvs.asp
National Amusements Showcase Cinemas and Cinema de Lux locations:
http://www.nationalamusements.com (link to state, and then theater)
Additional chains with MoPix systems are not yet listing
MoPix-accessible film information on their sites at this time: Carmike
Theatres, Douglas Theaters, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres and Megaplex
Theaters
NOW PLAYING
Available with closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system,
and audio descriptions utilizing the DVS Theatrical System:
The Break-Up from Universal Pictures
(romantic comedy - rated PG-13)
Cars from Buena Vista Pictures
(children's, animated - rated G)
The Devil Wears Prada from Twentieth Century Fox Films
(comedy, satire - rated PG-13)
The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift from Univesal Pictures
(action - rated PG-13)
Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties from Twentieth Century Fox Films
(children's, animated - rated PG)
Miami Vice from Sony Pictures
(action, drama - rated R)
Monster House from Sony Pictures
(children's, animated - rated PG)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend from Twentieth Century Fox Films
(comeedy - rated PG-13)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(action, adventure - rated PG-13)
Roving Mars, a large format film from Buena Vista Pictures
(space, documentary - unrated)
Superman Returns from Warner Bros. Pictures
(action adventure- rated PG-13)
You, Me and Dupree from Universal Pictures
(comedy - rated PG-13)
Available with closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system
(descriptive narration is not available for this film):
Clerks 2 from The Weinstein Company
(comedy - rated R)
Click from Sony Pictures
(comedy, time travel - rated PG-13)
Lady in the Water from Warner Bros. Pictures
(thriller, fantasy - rated PG-13)
Little Man from Sony Pictures
(comedy, slapstick - rated R)
MORE MOPIX MOVIES TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SUMMER
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby starring Will Ferrell from
Sony Pictures (Aug 4) (cc dvs)
NASCAR stud Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) is a national hero and the best
driver in the biz. His racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr.
(John C. Reilly), makes for a great teammate, who almost always crosses
the finish line in second place, right behind Ricky. But when a French
Formula One driver, Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) challenges the duo
for racing supremacy, it's a battle the likes of which the sporting
world has never seen.
Accepted starring Justin Long from Universal Pictures (Aug 11) (cc dvs)
High-school senior Bartleby "B" Gaines (Justin Long) gets rejected by
eight out of eight colleges — this doesn't go over big with his parents.
So how does a guy facing a bleak career please his mom and dad and get
noticed by dream girl Monica (Blake Lively)? He opens his own university.
Pulse starring Kristen Bell from The Weinstein Company (Aug 11) (cc only)
Based on the Japanese horror movie Kairo, this horror/thriller centers
on a group of college students (Kristen Bell, Christina Milian, Ian
Somerhalder) who discover that a computer hacker unwittingly pirated a
strange wireless signal that opens a doorway for some evil spirit to
cross over into the world. The evil spreads like a virus, and the
students must race to find a way to stop it.
Zoom starring Tim Allen from Sony Pictures (Aug 11) (cc only)
This adaptation of Jason Lethcoe's graphic novel, Zoom's Academy for the
Super Gifted, follows a teenaged girl whose enigmatic father (Tim Allen)
enrolls her in a school for superheroes.
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MOPIX THEATRES AND VOICE PHONE NUMBERS
(WISCONSIN AND NEIGHBORING STATES)
ILLINOIS
AMC Cantera 30, Warrenville, 630 836-8265
Auditorium 26
AMC City North, Chicago, 773 394-1600
Auditorium 2
AMC River East 21, Chicago, 312 596-0333 ext. 0
Auditorium 13
AMC Yorktown, Lombard, 630 495-0012
Auditorium 15
Crown's The Glen (2 auditoriums equipped), Glenview, 847 729-7291
Auditoriums 1 and 2
IOWA
National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Davenport, Davenport, 563 355-6040
Auditorium 11
MICHIGAN
National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, 734 973-6360
Auditorium 19
National Amusements Showcase Cinemas Flint-West, Flint, 810 732-9462
Auditorium 3
Studio 28, Grand Rapids, 616 530-7469
Auditorium 11
MINNESOTA
AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18, Eden Prairie, (952) 656-0010
Auditorium 4
CEC Duluth 10 Theatre, Duluth, (218) 722-1573
Auditorium 4
CEC Lakes 10 Theatre, Hermantown, 218 729-0334
Auditorium 6
Crown Theatres Block E 15 (2 auditoriums equipped), Minneapolis, (612)
338-1466 Auditoriums 2 and 12
WISCONSIN
AMC Mayfair Mall, Wauwatosa, 414 777-0467
Auditorium 10
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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.
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Media Access Group at WGBH
mary_watkins@xxxxxxxx
125 Western Avenue
Boston, MA 02134
617 300-3700 v/fax, 617 300-2489 TTY
http://access.wgbh.org
(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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