subtitles: It's Thursday, around lunchtime, so it must be...

From: Subtitles @ your local cinema - Dec 4, 2003

It's Thursday, around lunchtime, so it must be...
The Weekly Subtitled Cinema Listings! Dec 4th, 2003.

S.W.A.T., Master & Commander, Love Actually and more below...

But first ... It's time to do your bit ...
Have you ever tried to lip-read Spiderman? Or an animated fish? It's not easy. Not everyone has perfect hearing and many people need subtitles to enjoy a film.

Subtitles are usually produced before a film is released in the cinema. The same basic subtitle 'text files' are later used for the DVD, video and TV release. But cinema films are rarely screened with subtitles. Cinemas need to catch up with other film media, and become more accessible. They need to cater for the needs of EVERYONE in their communities; not just those with perfect hearing.

You can help. A phone call, a letter, or a visit is all it takes. Please contact your local cinema manager and request that subtitle equipment be installed. Systems are available from DTS and Dolby.

More info on the website: http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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If you require audio description listings only, please email us at: ad@yourlocalcinema.com

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S.W.A.T. subtitled (12a)

Explosive action. Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell are part of a S.W.A.T. team transporting an international drug lord to jail - who offers $100 million to anyone who will free him!

Gateshead, Newcastle UCI, Metro Centre
Sun Dec 7th at 12.30pm, Wed Dec 10th at 12.30pm, Thurs Dec 11th at 9.30pm

Kingston, Surrey Odeon The Rotunda, Kingston Upon Thames
Fri 5th & Thu 11th Dec at 1.30pm

Wolverhampton Cineworld Bentley Bridge Leisure Park, Wednesfield
Fri Dec 5th at 2.15pm. Also from Mon Dec 8th until Thurs Dec 11th at 2.15pm daily

That's it! Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen available subtitled films. Most popular films are available with subtitles to the 27 UK cinemas with digital subtitle facilities.

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Master and Commander subtitled (12a)

Russell Crowe wages war on water in this rousing, old-fashioned adventure!

LONDON - Leicester Square Odeon 22 - 24 Leicester Square, London, WC2 (the big famous one!)
Sat 6th & Tue 9th Dec at 2.10pm

LONDON - West End Odeon 40 Leicester Square, London, WC2 (the smaller one on Leicester Square)
Thu 11th Dec at 2.10pm

Gateshead, Newcastle UCI UCI, Metro Centre
Thurs 4th Dec at 8.15pm

Leicester Odeon Freemans Park, 90 Aylestone Road, Leicester
Fri 5th, Sun 7th, Tue 9th Dec at 12.30pm 3.30pm

Newcastle Odeon Newgate Street, Newcastle
Tues Dec 9th at 12.45pm, 3.40pm, 6.30pm, 9.20pm

That's it! Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen available subtitled films. Most popular films are available with subtitles to the 27 UK cinemas with digital subtitle facilities.

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Love Actually subtitled (15)

London - Wimbledon Odeon The Crescent, 39 The Broadway, SW19
Fri 5th & Sun 7th Dec at 11.45am, Mon 8th Dec at 2.45pm Tue 9th Dec at 5.45pm, Wed 10th Dec at 8.45pm

Colchester Odeon Head Street, Colchester
Thu 11th Dec at 7.30pm

Edinburgh Odeon 118 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 8BG
Sun 7th Dec at 2.20pm, Tue 9th Dec at 5.20pm

Guildford, Surrey Odeon Bedford Road
Fri 5th Dec at 1.30pm, Tue 9th Dec at 2.15pm

Kingston, Surrey Odeon The Rotunda, Kingston Upon Thames
Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec at 11.30am, Mon 8th Dec at 12.30pm
Tue 9th & Wed 10th Dec at 9.25pm

Leicester Odeon Freemans Park, 90 Aylestone Road, Leicester
Thurs 4th Dec at 11am 5pm

Woking, Surrey, Ambassadors Cinemas Peacocks Centre
Fri Dec 5th at 2.15pm, Sun Dec 7th at 2.15pm
Wed Dec 10th at 2.15pm

Wolverhampton Cineworld Bentley Bridge Leisure Park, Wednesfield
Thurs 4th Dec at 3.30pm

That's it! Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen available subtitled films. Most popular films are available with subtitles to the 27 UK cinemas with digital subtitle facilities.

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Finding Nemo subtitled (U) Disney/Pixar
London - West End Odeon 40 Leicester Square, London, WC2 (the smaller one on Leicester Square)Thu 4th Dec at 1.05pm

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Kill Bill subtitled (18)
Colchester Odeon Head Street, Colchester Thu 4th Dec at 8.30pm

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Subtitled Matrix Revolutions (15):

Shows up to Dec 14th below.
Many more shows on the website: http://www.yourlocalcinema.com Over 150 cinemas are screening this film with subtitles!

LONDON - Holloway Odeon Thu 4 Dec at 3.10pm
LONDON - South Woodford Odeon Sat 6 Dec at 9.15pm
LONDON - Uxbridge Odeon Wed 3rd Dec at 5.05pm
LONDON - Whiteleys Bayswater UCI Sun 7th Dec 11.30am

Aberdeen UGC Sun 7th Dec at 3pm, 6.30pm
Aylesbury Odeon Thurs 11th Dec at 2.30pm 5.40pm 8.40pm

Basingstoke Warner Thurs 4th Dec at 12.10pm, 6pm
Belfast Warner 13th/14th Dec - times to come
Birmingham Midlands Warner 9th Dec - please contact cinema for times
Bolton Manchester Warner Thurs 4th Dec at 2.40pm, 5.50pm
Bradford Thornbury, Leeds, Yorkshire Odeon Tue 9 Dec at 5.50pm 8.40pm
Bristol Cribbs Avon Warner 9th Dec at 6.10pm

Cheshire Oaks Warner Sat 6th, Sun 7th Dec at 5.45pm
Clydebank UCI Fri 5th Dec 7pm

Dundee UGC Thurs 4th Dec at 11.40am, 2.25pm, 5.25pm
East Kilbride UCI Sun 7th Dec 11.30am
Edinburgh Wester Hailes Odeon Westside Plaza, 120 Wester Hailes Rd. Sat 13 Dec - times to come
Falkirk Scotland Cineworld Fri 5th Dec - please contact cinema for times

Hemel Hempstead Odeon Tue 9th Dec at 12 noon 2.30pm 5.30pm 8.15pm
Hull Humberside Odeon Thurs 11th Dec at 1pm
Kingston, Surrey Odeon Thu 4th Dec at 5.50pm
Leeds Thornbury Bradford Odeon Tues 9th Dec at 5.50pm, 8.40pm
Lincoln Odeon Thu 4 Dec at 12 noon 6pm
Luton Bedfordshire Cineworld Fri 5th Dec at 6.30pm

Manchester thefilmworks UCI
*CANCELLED! UCI Filmworks plan to screen subtitled movies every Sun and Mon from December - contact them!

Oxford George Street Odeon Sat 13 Dec - times to come
Plymouth Devon Warner 11th Dec at 2.20pm, 5.30pm
Portsmouth Hampshire Warner Sat 6th Dec at 11.10am, 5.05pm. May also play Sun 7th - contact cinema!
Sheffield Yorkshire Odeon Sat 6 Dec at 8pm
St. Helier Jersey Cineworld Wed 10th Dec at 6.30pm
West Thurrock Essex UCI Fri 5th Dec 7pm

A subtitled version of Matrix Revolutions is available to cinemas, in the 'open subtitled' format. This means that every cinema in the UK can screen it - the subtitles are 'etched' onto the actual print. A limited number of prints are produced and 'toured' around cinemas.

All other films on this list are available in the 'digital subtitle' format only. This means that only 27 UK cinemas can screen them. Cinemas can screen them as often as they like from release date, because the digital subtitles are projected over a 'normal' print of the film. Locations of the 27 'digital' equipped cinemas on the website http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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PLEASE READ THIS!
Subtitles @ Your Local Cinema receive subtitled listings information directly from cinema head offices, but we can take NO responsibility for postponed or cancelled shows. If cinemas inform us of changes, we will tell you via the website. If they don't inform us, we can't inform you.

Many cinemas schedules are "SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION". Sometimes a subtitled film is not delivered to the cinema on time and cannot be screened.

The only way to be 100% sure is to ALWAYS check with the ACTUAL cinema before you plan a visit. But DOUBLE check, preferably with a manager. NEVER turn up without getting confirmation that a show is definitely on.

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Coming soon!
The cinemas below are in the process of installing digital subtitle and audio description systems:
Dublin UGC, Leeds Ster Century, Stevenage Cineworld

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Return of the King:
In response to the numerous enquiries regarding the third and final part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy: The first two films were available in the 'digital format only', so expect this one to be too. The latest news from the people responsible is that it's "more than highly likely that the third part of the trilogy will also be subtitled". But it's highly probable that the subtitled version will NOT be available until after Christmas. Watch the website for the latest info...

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Free Odeon cinema tickets!
For your chance to win guest passes to any subtitled show at any Odeon cinema, just click here: http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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Now available to accessible cinemas: S.W.A.T., Master and Commander, Love Actually, Seabiscuit, Holes, Mystic River and more. Coming soon with subtitles: The Last Samurai, Scary Movie 3, Brother Bear and more

Over 100 films are available with subtitles, but only 27 UK cinemas can screen them. UK accessible cinemas are located here: Basingstoke, Belfast, Cardiff, Clevedon, Colchester, Edinburgh (2), Glasgow, Guildford, High Wycombe, Kingston, Leicester, London (8), Manchester, Newcastle (2), Stirling, Woking, Wolverhampton and York. Coming very soon: Dublin, Leeds and Stevenage.

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Don't forget to sign the Petition for English Subtitles on ALL DVDs!
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?amandam

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Have you ever tried to lip read Spiderman? Or an animated fish?

Millions of people in the UK use subtitles on TV, DVD and video to enjoy movies. Now cinema has become accessible too. Subtitled and audio described cinema enables people with less than perfect hearing or vision to enjoy film, presented in its original, and best form - the cinema. It's the accessible cinema experience - SEE the dialogue! HEAR the action! FEEL the rumbling!

Our service can be found wherever there is internet access - at home, the workplace, school, a library, an internet cafe, the numerous BT internet kiosks throughout the UK etc. Around half of UK households have internet access now so there's really no excuse for not knowing what subtitled movies are out there! But to be notified of new subtitled films, dates & times in your area every week, just reply to this email and say "Tell ME!"

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As soon as cinemas schedules are announced for new films, they will be listed on our website - please DON'T wait for the next weekly email - CHECK the website often! Important reschedules, time changes etc. are posted on there as soon as they are announced.

On the website:
Every subtitled film: previous, now showing and on the way
New films, locations, dates and times added regularly.
Accessible digital subtitle cinema locations
- more added as they become available.
Video game, Theatre and DVD extra feature subtitles.
The National Online Petition and much more...

http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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Many people have been enquiring as to what exactly is going on with UK subtitled cinema:

"Why do we have to travel 50 miles to catch one?"
"Why are some available films never screened?"
"Why can't my local cinema screen the latest subtitled releases?"

Let us explain...
An estimated 5 million people in the UK use subtitles to enjoy films and although subtitles are the norm on TV, DVD and video, silent movies are still the norm at the cinema, but without the old captions that helped to explain the plot. Deaf people are generally excluded from the popular social activity of cinemagoing... Read more: http://www.yourlocalcinema.com/news

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Engage your Senses! - SEE the dialogue! HEAR the action! FEEL the rumbling!
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Email: subtitles@yourlocalcinema.com

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Remember:
It is not tragic to have a disability.
Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things one needs to lead one's life.
(Anonymous)

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