Deaf Today: UK: Lord of the Rings II available!

January 3, 2003

UK: Lord of the Rings II available!

From: subtitles @ your local cinema - 03 Jan 2003

Happy New Year from the subtitles @ your local cinema team!

Subtitled Listings below, but first...

Lord of the Rings II is available.

A subtitled version of Lord of the Rings II - The Two Towers will be
available to cinemas from next week, but only in the new 'digital subtitle'
format. This means that less than 20 UK cinemas can screen it (locations at
the bottom of this email).

We are hoping that it will also be available in an 'open captioned' form -
the format that every UK cinema can screen. But please don't hold your
breath! It's highly unlikely - 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...

Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen available, accessible
films! (locations at the bottom of this email).

Films available include: The Lord of the Rings I & II, Harry Potter I & II,
James Bond - Die Another Day, Spiderman, Men in Black II, Goldmember, Red
Dragon, Lilo & Stitch, Triple X, Powerpuff Girls, Santa Clause 2, The Quiet
American, Blood Work.

Watch the website for news of accessible 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:

"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. 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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Star Wars: Episode II Attack Of The Clones (PG) subtitled
The Belmont Cinema, Aberdeen
11 Jan at 1.45pm

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Santa Clause 2 (U) subtitled and audio described *D*

UCI Cardiff Bay
Sun 5th Jan at 12.20pm

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Triple X (12a) subtitled and audio described *D*
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street , Glasgow
Sun 19 Jan at 6pm

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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 at 10.20am, 1.45pm
Belfast, N.I. Tues 7th, Wed 8th Jan at 3.30pm
Birmingham Star City Thurs 2nd Jan at 2.10pm, 5.40pm
Bristol Cribbs Causeway Sat 4th, Sun 5th Jan at 10.50am, 5.40pm
Worcester Sat 4th, Sun 5th Jan at 10.40am, 2.10pm

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James Bond in Die Another Day (12a) subtitled
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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 Fri 3rd January
Bridgend Glamorgan 14th January
Bristol 8th January at 5.08pm
Cheltenham 10th January
Chester Fri 3rd January at 2.50pm, 5.35pm, 8.20pm
Coventry 16th January
Guildford Surrey (*D*) Thu 2nd January at 6pm
Leicester (*D*) 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

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 - Surrey Quays Wednesday 1 Jan 7pm

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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Cineworld Wolverhampton
Wednesday 8th Jan at 8.15pm

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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 have experienced subtitled Harry
Potter?

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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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
Clint Eastwood in the thriller Blood Work
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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*D* means 'digital' version - Only fourteen UK cinemas can screen it
subtitled and/or audio described.

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

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

Odeon Uxbridge (*D*)
Wed 1st & Thu 2nd January at 11.30am 2.30pm 5.45pm 8.45pm

Odeon Guildford (*D*)
Wed 1st, Thu 2nd January at 12.00noon 2.55pm 6.00pm 8.45pm

Odeon Leicester (*D*)
Wed 1st, Thu 2nd January at 6.00pm 9.00pm

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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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UCI Cardiff Bay
Sun 5th Jan at 12.20pm

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Triple X (12a) Audio Described
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street , Glasgow (*D*)
Sun 19 Jan at 6pm

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Engage your Senses!
SEE the dialogue! HEAR the action! FEEL the rumbling!
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The films below have been released with digital subtitles only. They are
available NOW but can ONLY be screened in cinemas with digital subtitle
facilities. Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen them!
(locations below).

About a Boy, Panic Room, The Lord of the Rings I, Spiderman, Men in Black
II, The Sum of all Fears, Goldmember, Red Dragon, Lilo & Stitch, Triple X,
Powerpuff Girls, Santa Clause 2, The Quiet American, Blood Work.

Fifteen cinemas in the UK have now been fitted with a digital subtitle (and
audio description) system to enable people with less than perfect hearing or
vision to enjoy the cinema. Fourteen cinemas have been fitted with both
subtitle and audio description facilities. One more has been fitted with
audio description only. It is hoped that all will be fitted with both
subtitles & audio description facilities very soon. Three more accessible
cinemas are on the way (see below).

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The FOURTEEN cinemas below have both subtitle AND audio description
facilities.

Odeon Leicester
Freemans Park, 90 Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7LT

Odeon Guildford
Bedford Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 4SJ

Odeon Uxbridge
The Chimes Shopping Centre, 302 High Street, Uxbridge UB8

Odeon West End
40 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LP (the smaller one on the square)

Odeon Leicester Square
22 - 24 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LQ (the big famous one!)

Odeon Kingston
The Rotunda, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey

Warner West End, London
3 Cranbourne Street, London WC3 (Leicester Square)

Warner Finchley Road, London
255 Finchley Rd, Finchley, London NW3

UCI Gateshead, England
UCI, Metro Centre, Gateshead Newcastle Upon Tyne NE11 9YZ

UCI Cardiff
Atlantic Wharf, Hemingway Road, Cardiff CF 10, Wales

Cineworld Wolverhampton
Bentley Bridge Leisure Park, Wednesfield Way, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
WV11

UGC West India Quay, London
Hertsmere Road, West India Quay, London E14

Glasgow Film Theatre, Scotland
12 Rose Street , Glasgow G3 6RB

Moviehouse, Belfast
Yorkgate Shopping Complex, 100-150 York Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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The cinemas below WILL have the facilities soon - please enquire at the
actual cinema for details.

Odeon Wimbledon
Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, London

Odeon Newcastle
Newgate Street, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

Odeon Colchester
Head Street, Colchester

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The cinema below has audio description facilities only.

Showcase Pontypridd, Wales
Parc Nantgarw, Treforest Industrial Estate, Heol Y Odyn, Parc Nantgarw, Nr
Pontypridd, Wales

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Studios and distributors obviously prefer the cheaper, digital solution to
subtitling, which creates a problem - there are not yet enough cinemas with
digital subtitle facilities to cater for the many people who now expect
major releases to be subtitled.

"It's like the industry inventing the DVD, but before they produce enough
DVD players to go around, they discontinue video releases. People want to
watch new films but can't - they're only available on DVD, but there is a
shortage of DVD players to play them on!"

So although subtitled, many blockbusters are still inaccessible to 95% of
hearing or visually impaired people in the UK. It is hoped that this problem
will be rectified this year.

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Lord of the Rings II available!