MoPix Update from WGBH

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MoPix Update from WGBH- May 14 (a day early, so really May 13...)

1. MoPix Films Opening this Week

2. Described Movies - Good News - New Resources

3. Movie Theater Access Goes to Court

4. Captions and Description for Digital Cinema

5. MoPix Films Now Playing

6. MoPix Films Coming Soon

7. Credits

1. MoPix Films Opening This Week

Just from Fox Searchlight Films

(cc dvs) (rated PG)

A physical therapist (Queen Latifah) falls for the basketball player she is

helping recover from a career-threatening injury.

Letters to t from Summit Pictures

(cc only) (rated PG)

An American girl ( Seyfried) on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered

" letter to t " --one of thousands of missives left at the fictional

lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the " secretaries

of t " --and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the

letter.

Robin Hood from Universal Pictures

(cc dvs) (rated PG-13)

The story of an archer in the army of Coeur de Lion who fights

against the Norman invaders and becomes the legendary hero known as Robin

Hood. Starring Crowe and Cate Blanchette.

2. Described Movies - Good News - New Resources

We've created two new resources for fans of described movies. Both can be

reached via a new, easy-to-remember Web site address:

www.describedmovies.org

A. DVS on DVD

This page of our Web site now lists DVD and Blu-ray discs available with

audio description AND provides a Amazon click through option which takes you

directly to the page of amazon.com to order the disc. While you can purchase

these discs at all the known retail outlets, clicking through this page

means the Media Access Group earns a modest share of the revenue, while

you're not charged a dime more. Help support our work while enjoying

described movies at home.

B. Full List of DVS Movies

This page lists every movie we've described for television, cable, DVS Home

Video and DVS Theatrical since DVS debuted as a service in 1990. We're at

nearly 800 films. The list is sortable by movie title or distributor (the

company for which we originally described the film). Let television

networks, cable companies, movies-by-mail, movie download and streaming

sites, etc. know there's a market for these described films... ask

(persistently) and you shall receive (now we all have a list to point to,

one we'll keep adding to each week...)

3. Movie Theater Access Goes to Court

The provision of captioning and description in movie theaters was is in the

news as judges have recently ruled on two separate legal cases under state

antidiscrimination laws in Arizona and Washington. The Attorney General in

Arizona brought suit against a theater chain on behalf of two individuals,

one who is deaf and one who is blind. The state court ruled previously for

the chain, and the court of appeals overturned the ruling and found for the

plaintiff. In Washington state, a lawyer who is hard of hearing brought

action against several chains to provide access via captioning to movies.

We include links below should you wish to learn more.

Arizona: http://tinyurl.com/37ztw9e

Washington: http://www.hearinglosslaw.com/

4. Captions and Description for Digital Cinema

Will captioning and description, and MoPix systems specifically, continue to

work with digital cinema equipment? Can Rear Window work with 3D movies?

The answers are yes and yes. The Media Access Group has been working with

film industry standards groups for over two years to ensure captioning (open

and closed) and description remain available to theaters and their patrons.

We'll keep this item, and a link to the latest information on the subject on

our Web site, in future weekly MoPix Updates.

Access to Digital Cinema Systems/Frequently Asked Questions:

<http://tinyurl.com/y9h2k9p>

5. MoPix Films Now Playing

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