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November 22, 2002

Movie Access Update from WGBH- Nov. 22 to 26

From: WGBH
Nov. 22, 2002

MOTION PICTURE ACCESS (MoPix) NEWS
Week of November 22 to November 28

HOLIDAY WEEK
As many of the theaters we work with have only completed their schedules through Tues. of what is a holiday week, we'll likely need to send another posting early next week. The info for Famous Players theaters, listed below, is the exception and is complete through next Thursday.

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Great news to report! New Line Cinema has decided to offer this film with closed captions and descriptions in theaters equipped with Rear Window and DVS Theatrical. However, we are not sure yet whether it will be available with access features day and date, that is on the day of its debut December 18, vs. shortly thereafter. Many thanks to all the folks who contacted the studio to request access to this film... we'll let you know when we know the debut date with cc and dvs.

MOPIX FILES SHOWTIMES ON THE WEB
Due to popular demand, MoPix-equipped theater locations, films and showtimes will now be available on the Web. A new page of the MoPix Web site has debuted: . You can now search by state and find just the information you're looking for. The site is accessible via screen readers, of course. There may be a slight delay in the site being freshened each week as we work furiously here behind the curtain to make both the e-mail posting and the Web posting happen. Famous Players continues to have the information about films and showtimes at their locations on the Web as well at . Also, stay tuned for a joint announcement regarding further access to this information from a major online powerhouse.

INSTALLATION UPDATES

NATIONAL AMUSEMENT HOSTS MOPIX DEBUT EVENT
National Amusements, which has two MoPix-equipped theaters already (The Bridge: cinema de lux IMAX Theatre in Los Angeles and the Showcase Cinema Revere just north of Boston) is set to debut their next MoPix installation: Showcase Cinemas Worcester North in Worcester, MA. National Amusements will host an event at the theater to welcome area patrons with disabilities, their families and friends, demonstrate the systems and show a free new family film complete with closed captions and descriptions. Those Movie Access Update subscribers who live in the Boston/Worcester area are invited to attend. Date: December 4 Time: 3:30 PM Location: Showcase Cinemas Worcester North, 135 Brooks Street. Space is limited and an RSVP is required to attend. Please contact Jennifer Maguire Hanson, National Amusements, 781-461-1600, ext. 336 or e-mail her at Jhanson@national-amusements.com.

New AMC theaters in Chicago and in Arlington, TX are set to debut their MoPix systems within the next few weeks. We'll pass along word of openings and first films to debut with closed captions and descriptions as soon as the RWC/DVST systems are up and running.

Updates will be shared as we learn more regarding:
* The new AMC Theater at Bay Street in Oakland, CA
* A second system at Mann's Chinese 6 in Hollywood, CA

GOOD NEWS FOR DETROIT AREA CONSUMERS
While we don't have good news to report about accessible films IN Detroit, we do have good news about accessible films just over the river in Windsor, Ontario. A MoPix fan and his family crossed the river to see HARRY POTTER last weekend and had a grand time. So maybe you too should leave the U.S. for the love of a good captioned and described movie. We've added a (sort of cheating) Michigan listing below, and copied the information from the Famous Players/Canada section for the SilverCity Windsor location. Enjoy!

NEW CROP OF DESCRIBED HOME VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE
DVS Home Video, which makes videos accessible to consumers who are blind or have low vision, announces the latest releases: SPIDER-MAN, DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, INSOMNIA, LILO & STITCH and SCOOBY-DOO. Two classic DVS Home Videos are also being re-released, CASABLANCA and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. Finally, SIGNS, starring Mel Gibson is available to order now but will not be shipped until early January. To request a large print DVS Home Video catalogue of more than 150 available titles, call: 1-888-818-1181. To request braille catalog call: 1-888-818-1999. To listen (using your touch-tone phone) to a demonstration of DVS, hear a listing of the latest DVS Home Video titles available or hear a listing of television programs broadcast with DVS call: 1-800-333-1203. The latest catalogue will also be available at the following Web site as of Monday, Nov. 25-- .

OUR NUMBER ONE QUESTION
What can I do to get closed captioned and described films closer to my home? We've assembled a list of headquarters of major theater chains-- let them know you're eager to see accessible films, eat their popcorn and be a regular customer. The link to the list of chains is

NOW PLAYING

Available with closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system, and audio descriptions utilizing the DVS Theatrical System:

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS from Warner Bros. Pictures
(rated PG)

I SPY, starring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson, from Sony Pictures
(rated PG-13)

STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE*, from Lucasfilm, Ltd. and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
(rated PG)
*This film is playing or will play in select IMAX Theaters equipped with RWC/DVST.

Currently available with closed captions using the Rear Window Captioning system:

SWEET HOME ALABAMA, starring Reese Witherspoon, from Buena Vista Pictures (rated PG-13)

LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.
(It's always a good idea to call the theater to confirm films/showtimes before heading out, voice numbers provided below...)

CALIFORNIA/Los Angeles Area
1. AMC 30 AT THE BLOCK, Theater #6
Orange, 714 769-4288
(No film this week.)

2. AMC Sherman Oaks, Theater #2
818 986-3078
(No film this week.)

3. Loews Cineplex/Universal City Cinemas at CityWalk
Theater #5, 818 508-0711
(No film this week.)

4. National Amusements The Bridge: cinema de lux
Los Angeles 310 568-9950
STAR WARS: EPISODE II-ATTACK OF THE CLONES, THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (cc only)
Fri. Nov. 22, Sun. Nov. 24, Mon. Nov. 25 11:30 3:15 7:00 9:30 PM
Sat. Nov. 23 3:15 7:00 9:30 PM

5. Mann's Chinese 6 at Hollywood & Highland, Theater #1
Hollywood 323 461-3331
Info not available at time of posting... will be added to Web site when we have it.

CALIFORNIA/San Diego
AMC Fashion Valley 18, Theater #1
619 296-0333
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 2:30 6:15 PM

CALIFORNIA/San Francisco Area
1. AMC Van Ness 14, Theater #5
415 674-4630
(No film this week.)

2. Loews Theatre at Metreon, Theater #13
415 369-6201
HARRY POTTER is NOT scheduled to play in the equipped theater as of Friday, Nov. 22. However, POTTER may be moved into that auditorium anytime from Saturday on. Please call the customer service line listed above to learn if it is available in theater #13.

3. Coming Soon! AMC Bay Street 16
Emeryville
(December facility debut expected)

CALIFORNIA/San Jose Area
AMC Mercado 20, Theater #6 (Two films, read carefully)
408 919-0285
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 3:15 7:00 10:35 PM
Sat. Nov. 23 and Sun. Nov. 24 11:40 AM 3:15 7:00 10:35 PM
Mon. Nov. 25 and Tues. Nov. 26 12:30 4:00 PM

New Listing! District of Columbia/Washington D.C.
Johnson IMAX Theater, Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
STAR WARS: EPISODE TWO- ATTACK OF THE CLONES, THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (cc only, dvs to debut shortly as well)
Fri. Nov. 22 and Sat. Nov. 23 6:00 8:15 PM
(STAR WARS: EPISODE TWO will play with captions at the Johnson IMAX Theater every Fri. and Sat. evening at the above times until early January)

FLORIDA/Tampa
Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) IMAX Dome Theatre
STAR WARS: EPISODE TWO- ATTACK OF THE CLONES, THE IMAX EXPERIENCE
(cc only)
Fri. Nov. 22 4:30 9:15 PM
Sat. Nov. 23 2:00 4:30 9:15 PM
Sun. Nov. 24 2:00 4:30 PM
Mon. Nov. 25 to Thurs. Nov. 28 4:30 PM

GEORGIA/Atlanta
AMC Parkway Pointe 15, Theater #7
770 937-0730
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 12:15 4:00 7:45 PM (+11:15 Fri/Sat night)

ILLINOIS/Chicago Area
1. AMC Yorktown, Theater #6
Lombard, 630 495-0012
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 1:45 5:30 9:00 PM

2. AMC City North, Theater #2
2600 North Western Ave., Chicago, 773 394-1600
(No film this week.)

3. Coming Soon! AMC River East 21
322 East Illinois Street, Chicago
(MoPix systems to debut within the next few weeks)

LOUISIANA/New Orleans Area
1. AMC Elmwood 20, Theater #1
Harahan 504 733-2029
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Sun. Nov. 24 3:15 7:00 10:30 PM
Mon. Nov. 25 11:30 AM 3:15 10:30 PM
Tues. Nov. 26 11:30 AM 3:15 6:50 10:30 PM

2. AMC Clearview Palace 12, Theater #1
Metairie 504 887-1257
(No film this week.)

MARYLAND/Baltimore Area
AMC Owings Mills, Theater #8
443 394-0060
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 12:15 4:00 7:45 PM (+11:10 Fri/Sat night)

MASSACHUSETTS/Boston Area
1. AMC Fenway Theatre, Theater #8
617 424-6111
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 12:15 4:00 7:45 PM

2. AMC Framingham 16, Theater #13
508 875-6151
(No film this week.)

3. National Amusements Showcase Cinema Revere, Theater #11
Revere, 781 284-5700
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 3:05 7:00 PM

MASSACHUSETTS/Worcester
Coming Soon! National Amusements Showcase Cinema Worcester North
(Early December MoPix debut confirmed)

MICHIGAN/Detroit Area
Actually, Windsor, Ontario, but we can't be picky...
Famous Players SilverCity Windsor
4611 Walker Rd.66-6888
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

MINNESOTA/Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
1. AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18
Theater #4, 952 656-0010
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 3:15 7:00 10:30 PM
Sat. Nov. 23 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:30 PM
Sun. Nov. 24 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 PM
Mon. Nov. 25 and Tues. Nov. 26 3:15 7:00 PM

2. & 3. Crown Theatre Block E 15 (Two auditoriums equipped, read carefully)
Downtown Minneapolis, 612 338-1466
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 10:55 AM 2:30 6:00 9:30 PM

SWEET HOME ALABAMA (cc only)
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 2:00 4:30 7:10 10:20 PM

NEW JERSEY/Clifton (outside NYC)
AMC Clifton Commons, Theater #1
Clifton, 973 614-0966
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Sat. Nov. 23 and Sun. Nov. 24 11:30 AM 3:15 PM

NEW YORK/Bronx
AMC Bay Plaza, Theater #9
718 320-1659
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 7:00 PM Daily

PENNSYLVANIA/Philadelphia area
AMC Plymouth Meeting, Theater #9
610 397-0780
(No film this week.)

TEXAS/Dallas-Ft. Worth Area
Coming Soon! AMC The Parks at Arlington
(MoPix systems to debut within the next few weeks)

VIRGINIA (see also District of Columbia/Wash. D.C. listing above)
1. AMC Springfield Mall, Theater #5
Springfield, 703 971-4203
(No film this week.)

2. Virginia Marine Science Museum IMAX Theater
Virginia Beach 757 437-4949 (voice)
STAR WARS: EPISODE II-ATTACK OF THE CLONES, THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (cc only)
Fri. Nov. 22 and Sun. Nov. 24 4:15 7:15 PM
Sat. Nov. 23 4:15 7:15 10:15 PM
Mon. Nov. 25 to Wed. Nov. 27 6:30 PM
Thurs. Nov. 28 4:15 7:15 PM

WASHINGTON/Seattle
1. AMC Pacific Place, Theater #3
206 652-8908 (voice)
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 2:15 6:10 9:45 PM

2. AMC Cinerama, 206 441-3653 (voice)
(No film this week.)

WISCONSIN/Milwaukee Area
AMC Mayfair Mall, Theater #10
Wauwatosa, 414 777-0467 (voice)
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 and Sat. Nov. 23 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:30 PM
Sun. Nov. 24 to Tues. Nov. 26 3:15 7:00 PM

LOCATIONS IN CANADA

Famous Players Theatres:

ALBERTA

Paramount Chinook Centre, Calgary
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

New Installation! SilverCity Country Hills
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 1:30 5:15 9:00 PM

SilverCity West Edmonton Mall
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

New Installation! SilverCity Park Plaza, Red Deer
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 12:00 3:30 7:00 10:20 PM
Wed. Nov. 27 and Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:30 6:50 10:15 PM

BRITISH COLUMBIA

New Installation! SilverCity Coquitlam
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 1:30 5:30 9:30 PM

SilverCity Metropolis, Burnaby
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:45 7:15 10:45 PM

Famous Players Colossus Langley
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

SilverCity Riverport, Richmond
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

SilverCity Tillicum, Victoria
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

MANITOBA

SilverCity Polo Park, Winnipeg
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:35 7:20 11:00 PM

New Installation! SilverCity St. Vital
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:35 7:20 11:00 PM

NOVA SCOTIA

New Installation! Park Lane 8, Halifax
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:30 7:00 10:30 PM

ONTARIO

SilverCity Ancaster
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

Famous Players Belleville 8
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:30 7:00 10:30 PM

New Installation! SilverCity Brampton
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

SilverCity Gloucester
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

New Installation! SilverCity Kitchener
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:35 7:20 PM

SilverCity London
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

New Installation! SilverCity Newmarket
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 11:00 AM 2:45 6:30 10:15 PM
Wed. Nov. 27 and Thurs. Nov. 28 1:30 5:30 9:20 PM

New Installation! SilverCity Yorkdale
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

New Installation, Newly Renovated Theatre! SilverCity Burlington 8
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Tues. Nov. 26 12:00 3:35 7:20 11:00 PM

New Installation! SilverCity Thunder Bay
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

Coliseum Mississauga
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:45 PM

Coliseum Ottawa
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

SilverCity Richmond Hill
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

Coliseum Scarborough
I SPY
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 1:20 7:10 PM

SilverCity Sudbury
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

Paramont Toronto
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 AM 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

SilverCity Yonge & Eglinton (2 auditoriums equipped, lots of accessible showings!)
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 12:00 3:30 3:35 7:00 7:20 10:30 11:00 PM

SilverCity Windsor
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Fri. Nov. 22 to Thurs. Nov. 28 11:30 3:15 7:00 10:40 PM

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CREDITS

Closed captioning and description of all 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 , e-mail access@wgbh.org or call 617 300-3400 v, 617 300-2489 TTY.

Thanks to AMC Theatres, Crown Theatres, Famous Players, Loews Cineplex, Mann Theatres, and National Amusements Theatres, IMAX and OMNIMAX theatres, Disney themeparks, the Hollywood studios and to all the movie fans out there.

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mary_watkins@wgbh.org

125 Western Avenue
Boston, MA 02134
617 300-3700 v/fax, 617 300-2489 TTY


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