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December 27, 2002

Lord of the Rings II: (UK Subtitles)

From: subtitles @ your local cinema, UK - 27 Dec 2002

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
from the subtitles @ your local cinema team!

Subtitled Listings below, but first...

Lord of the Rings II:

Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers WILL be available in a subtitled and
described form, but only in the new 'digital' format. This means that less
than 20 UK cinemas can screen it. Please ask your nearest accessible cinema
to screen the film as soon as it's available (locations on the website).
Expect it around the first or second week of January.

We are hoping that the film will also be available in an 'open captioned'
version - the subtitle format that every UK cinema can screen. But please
don't hold your breath! The first Lord of the Rings movie was only available
in the digital format. And because it only played in a handful of cinemas,
95% of it's intended audience missed it...

Watch the website for news of screenings:
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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Read any good movies lately?
Subtitled and audio described cinema enables people
with less than perfect hearing or vision to enjoy film,
presented in it's original, and best form - the cinema.

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Happy New Year! - Exciting News!

If you are one of the millions of UK movie fans with less than perfect
hearing or vision, then 2003 could well be a very happy year for you.

In 2003, the Film Council and the cinema industry plan to work together to
create a network of around 75 accessible cinemas (there are currently less
than 20). If all goes to plan, these cinemas will be equipped with digital
subtitle and audio description facilities.

Many films these days are ONLY released with 'digital' subtitles, which
require a suitably equipped cinema. And audio description is ONLY available
on the digital system.

Locations have yet to be decided, but equipping 75 cinemas with these
facilities will eventually benefit millions of people who are deaf, hard of
hearing, blind or partially sighted.

The Film Council have offered £350,000 to make this happen and have invited
the UK cinema industry to 'match' the amount. This would double the amount
available.

Another £60,000 has been offered to film distributors - to enable smaller
distributors to add subtitles and audio description to their films. This
should ensure a wider choice of accessible films. Again, it is hoped that
film distributors will 'match' the funds - doubling the amount available.

In the words of the Film Council:

"The FILM COUNCIL wants to work with the film industry to ensure that as
many people have access to as broad a range of films as possible. At a time
when cinema going in the UK is at a 30 year high, these proposals are
intended to help ensure that in the future the 15 per cent of people in the
UK who experience hearing or visual impairments are able to enjoy going to
the cinema as well as the rest of the population."

Read the BBC News article here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2549025.stm

Read 'The Times' newspaper article here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-89-510522,00.html

Read the official Film Council press release here:
http://www.filmcouncil.org.uk/news/?p=1039452967117&qs=&st=

Current accessible cinema locations and films here:
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com/dts.css.review.2002.html

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Subtitled and/or Audio Described Films
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*D* means 'digital subtitled' version - Only fourteen UK cinemas can screen
it subtitled. Recent films available in this format include Powerpuff Girls,
Lilo & Stitch, Triple X, Red Dragon, Lord of the Rings I, Spiderman,
Goldmember, The Quiet American, Santa Clause 2 and Bloodwork.

If they have not done so already, please feel free to ask your nearest
digital subtitle equipped cinema to screen an accessible film.
More added as they become available.
Full list on the website: http://www.yourlocalcinema.com


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Subtitled Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG)
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As this is an 'open subtitled' version, every cinema in the UK can screen
it, although there are limited copies of the film available.
If your local cinema is not on the list of accessible shows, please ask them
to schedule a screening and publicise it as best they can.

This film is also available in a 'digital' subtitled version (*D*)

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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG) subtitled at

Odeon

Times added to website when announced

Aylesbury Bucks 6th Jan at 1pm, 4.30pm, 8.00pm
Dumfermline 3rd January at 12 noon, 3.30pm, 6.45pm
Dundee 6th January at 12.15pm, 3.30pm, 7pm
Glasgow Quay 10th January
Hemel Hempstead 3rd January at 1pm, 4.15pm
Kilmarnock 8th January at 12 noon, 3.45pm, 7pm
Oxford George Street 8th January at 12 noon, 3.45pm, 8pm

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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG) subtitled at

Warner Village

Times added to website when announced

London - Fulham Broadway Thurs 2nd Jan
London - Shepherd's Bush Tues 31st Dec at 2.20pm

Belfast, N.I. Tues 7th, Wed 8th Jan
Birmingham Star City Thurs 2nd Jan
Croydon Grants Surrey Fri 27th Dec at 12.30pm 7.30pm
Sat 28th Dec at 12.30pm 7.30pm
Sun 29th Dec at 12.30pm 7.30pm
Leicester Tues 31st Dec at 1.20pm
Nottingham Fri 27th Dec at 11.50am 3.20pm
Sat 28th Dec at 11.50am 3.20pm
Sun 29th Dec at 11.50pm 3.20pm
Worcester Sat 4th, Sun 5th Jan

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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG) subtitled at

Cineworld
Times added to website when announced
Milton Keynes Mon 30th Dec

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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG) subtitled at

UGC
Times added when the cinemas inform us!
Aberdeen Mon 30th Dec at 11.00am
Dundee Fri 27th Dec

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Shrewsbury
Film Theatre, The Music Hall, The Square, Shrewsbury
27th & 28th Dec at 2.30pm

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James Bond in Die Another Day (12a) subtitled
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As this is an 'open subtitled' version, every cinema in the UK can screen
it, although there are limited copies of the film available.
If your local cinema is not on the list of accessible shows, please ask them
to schedule a screening and publicise it as best they can.

This film is also available in a 'digital' subtitled version (*D*)

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Times added to website when announced
Many more locations and dates on the website

James Bond in Die Another Day subtitled at

Odeon cinemas:

Times added to website when announced

Birmingham 12th January
Bournemouth Dorset 3rd January
Bridgend Glamorgan 14th January
Bristol 8th January at 5.08pm
Cheltenham 10th January
Chester 3rd January at 2.50pm5.35pm, 8.20pm
Coventry 16th January

Guildford Surrey (*D*)
Mon 30th Dec at 2.55pm
Tue 31st Dec at 12 noon
Wed 1st Jan at 2.55pm
Thu 2nd January at 6pm

Leicester (*D*)
Sun 29th Dec, Mon 30th Dec at 6pm, 9pm
Wed 1st Jan, Thurs 2nd Jan at 6pm, 9pm

Mansfield Notts 10th January
Nuneaton Warwickshire 14th January
Southampton 6th January at 2.20pm, 5.15pm, 8.15pm
Stoke 8th January at 1.40pm, 6.10pm, 9.10pm
Taunton Somerset 12th January
Wrexham 6th January at 11.50pm, 2.50pm, 5.50pm, 8.50pm

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Warner Village cinemas

Times added to website when announced

RESCHEDULE:
London - Watford
Sat 28th Dec (not 21/12) at 1.15pm 4.45pm
Sun 29th Dec (not 22/12) at 9.15pm

London Shepherds Bush Sat 28th Dec at 5.10pm
Sun 29th Dec at 5.10pm

Croydon Surrey (Grants) Thurs 16th Jan
Dagenham Sat 4th Jan at 2.45pm, 5.50pm
also Sun 5th Jan at 9pm
Edinburgh Mon 20th Jan
Staines Thurs 2nd Jan at 2.15pm 8.15pm

*RESCHEDULE:
*Basingstoke Tues 14th Jan (not 7th Jan)
*Bristol Cribbs Causeway Sat/Sun 11th/12th Jan (not 7th Jan)
*Portsmouth Thurs 9th Jan at 5.50pm, 9.10pm (not 7th or 14th)
*Reading Tues 7 Jan (not 11/12)

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UCI cinemas:

Times may change - watch website for updates.

London - Greenwich, thefilmworks Monday 30 Dec 7pm
London - Surrey Quays Wednesday 1 Jan 7pm
London - Whiteleys, Bayswater Saturday 28 Dec 11.30am

Bracknell, Berkshire Thursday 9 Jan 7pm
Clydebank Wednesday 29 Jan 7pm
Edinburgh Mon Jan 27th at 7pm
East Kilbride Friday 31 Jan 7pm
High Wycombe, thefilmworks Sunday 5 Jan 11.30am
Huddersfield Tuesday 21 Jan 7pm
Hull Thursday 23 Jan 7pm
Maidenhead, Berkshire thefilmworks Tuesday 7 Jan 7pm
Poole Monday 13 Jan 7pm
Portsmouth, Portsolent Saturday 11 Jan 11.30am
Preston, Lancashire Sunday 19 Jan 11.30am
Sutton, Surrey Friday 3 Jan 7pm
Swansea Wednesday 15 Jan 7pm
Tyne & Wear, Wallsend, Silverlink Saturday 25 Jan 11.30am
Warrington Friday 17 Jan 7pm

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James Bond in Die Another Day subtitled at

Clapham Picture House,
76 Venn Street, Clapham, London SW4
Monday 30th December at 1pm, 6.40pm

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Subtitles @ Your Local Cinema can take NO responsibility for postponed or
cancelled shows. If cinemas inform us of changes, we will tell you (via the
website). Many cinemas schedules are "SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT
NOTIFICATION" and cinemas insist that they cannot be responsible for
incorrect information published on external websites. Sometimes a subtitled
film is not delivered to the cinema on time. The only way to be 100% sure is
to ALWAYS check with the ACTUAL cinema before you plan a visit

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Tell us your views on accessible cinema!

Were you one of the 1,100 people that attended the free subtitled screening
of Monster's Inc in central London last October? Or one of the 5,000 that
attended the open air screening of the same film in Cambridge last summer?
Or maybe you were one of the thousands who experienced subtitled Harry
Potter last year (there were over 550 shows).

Please feel free to air your views. Maybe your experience of a subtitled
show, your disappointment because there were no shows in your area, your
views on equal access, or to be notified regularly of up coming shows. Just
reply to this email.

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Imagine for a moment being a deaf or hard of hearing person (maybe you are).
Wouldn't you be very upset when you realised you have missed your once in a
lifetime chance to experience these films in a form that you can enjoy?
Don't let that happen - spread the word - if you know of anyone who would
appreciate subtitled or audio described shows, please let them know. Inform
them of our information service website or forward this email to them if you
can.

Know someone who would appreciate this service? Forward this mail to them
now!

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Contact Us

Subtitled and audio described cinema enables people with less than perfect
hearing or vision to enjoy film, presented in it's original and best form -
the cinema.

We campaign for and publicise accessible screenings nationwide, increasing
audience figures for these shows, and reminding the cinema industry that
there are many people out there who will visit a cinema, when it is
accessible to them.

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On the website:

Every subtitled film: now showing, on the way & previous
Accessible digital subtitle cinema locations.
Hundreds of responses and views on cinema subtitling.
Video game, Theatre and DVD extra feature subtitles
and much more...

http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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Coming soon subtitled and/or audio described in selected cinemas.
Some are yet to be confirmed.
Watch the website for the latest info: locations, dates & times.

Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers
Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan
Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love
Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal in Analyze That.
Disney's Treasure Planet
Eddie Murphy in I Spy
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can
The crew are back in Star Trek: Nemisis
Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Reloaded
George Clooney in James Cameron's Solaris
Kenneth Branagh and lots of Aboriginies in Rabbit Proof Fence
and many more!

New films, locations, dates and times added regularly to the website:
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com
Only 2 clicks to find every accessible show in the UK.


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Audio Described shows
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James Bond - Die Another Day (12a) Audio Described

Odeon Uxbridge (*D*)
Thu 26th until Mon 30th December
and Wed 1st & Thu 2nd January
at 11.30am 2.30pm 5.45pm 8.45pm
Tue 24th December at 11.30am 2.30pm

Odeon Guildford (*D*)
Fri 27th & Sat 28th December at 1.00pm 4.00pm 7.00pm 10.00pm
Sun 29th, Mon 30th December
& Wed 1st, Thu 2nd January at 12.00noon 2.55pm 6.00pm 8.45pm
Tue 31st December at 12.00noon 2.55pm

Odeon Leicester (*D*)
Sun 29th, Mon 30th December & Wed 1st, Thu 2nd Jan at 6pm 9pm

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PG) Audio Described

Moviehouse, Belfast (*D*)
Sat 25 Jan at 11.15am

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Subtitles @ Your Local Cinema can take NO responsibility for postponed or
cancelled shows. If cinemas inform us of changes, we will tell you (via the
website). Many cinemas schedules are "SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT
NOTIFICATION" and cinemas insist that they cannot be responsible for
incorrect information published on external websites. Sometimes a subtitled
film is not delivered to the cinema on time. The only way to be 100% sure is
to ALWAYS check with the ACTUAL cinema before you plan a visit

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