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January 23, 2003

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From: subtitles @ your local cinema, UK - 23 Jan 2003

Coming soon ... Chicago!

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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The Two Towers, Star Trek subtitled
Not many shows yet - please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen it!
(locations below).
More shows added to the website as they are announced -
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com

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Subtitled versions of Lord of the Rings II - The Two Towers and Star Trek
Nemesis are available to cinemas NOW, but only in the new 'digital subtitle'
format (*D). This means that less than 20 UK cinemas can screen them. They
are not available in an 'open subtitled/captioned' form - the format that
every UK cinema can screen (like Potter and Bond).

Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen them!
(locations and many more available films below).

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Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (12a) subtitled

LONDON - LEICESTER SQUARE, Odeon (*D)
Sat 25th January at 11.40am

LONDON - UXBRIDGE, Odeon (*D)
Thurs 23rd Jan at 7pm

BELFAST, NI, Moviehouse (*D)
Moviehouse Cinema, Yorkgate Shopping Complex,
100-150 York Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Thurs 23rd Jan at 7.30pm

CARDIFF, Wales, UCI (*D)
Sat Jan 25th at 11.10am
Mon Jan 27th at 7.30pm

GATESHEAD, Tyne & Wear, UCI (*D)
Sat 18th and Sun 19th Jan at 1.10pm - CANCELLED!
Will now be shown on Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th Jan at 11.15am
also
Thurs 23rd Jan at 8.40pm

LEICESTER, Odeon (*D)
Mon 27th January at 2.15pm
Tue 28th January at 6.15pm

WOLVERHAMPTON, Cineworld (*D)
From Fri 24th Jan to Tue 28th Jan at 5.10pm daily

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Star Trek Nemesis (12a) *D*
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Not many shows yet - please ask your nearest accessible cinema
to screen available, accessible films!

BELFAST, NI, Moviehouse
Yorkgate Shopping Complex, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Thurs 30th Jan at 7pm

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Road to Perdition (15)

UCI Trafford Centre Manchester
Sunday 2 February 10.30am and Thursday 6 February 7pm

also DUBLIN, Ireland, Tallaght, UCI
Jan 27th at 8.10pm

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (PG)

UCI Trafford Centre Manchester
Sunday 16 February 10.30am and Thursday 20 February 7pm

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Monsters Inc. (U)

UCI Trafford Centre Manchester
Sunday 16 March 10.30am and Thursday 20 March 7pm

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Minority Report (12a)

UCI Trafford Centre Manchester
Sunday 6 April 10.30am and Thursday 10 April 7pm

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Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

DUBLIN, Tallaght, UCI
Exact dates and times to be confirmed - please enquire at the cinema
Week commencing 7th Feb

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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (PG) subtitled
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As this is an 'open subtitled' version, every cinema in the UK can screen
it.
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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Odeon
Colchester (*D*)
Thurs 23rd Jan at 7.30pm

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UCI
Manchester Trafford Centre (*D*)
Thursday 23 January 7pm
Sunday 20 April 10.30am
Thursday 24 April 7pm

DUBLIN, Tallaght
Week commencing 31st Jan
Exact dates and times to be confirmed - please enquire at the cinema

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GFT - Glasgow Film Theatre, Scotland (*D*)
Sat 25 Jan at 11.15am

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Hailsham Pavilion,
George Street, Hailsham, East Sussex
Mon 10th Feb at 7pm

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The Harlequin Theatre
Warwick Quadrant, REDHILL, Surrey RH1
Wednesday 19th February at 2pm & 7.30pm

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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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Odeon cinemas

Colchester Tue 28th January at 8.15pm (*D*)

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Warner Village cinemas

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we CANNOT guarantee times below -
You MUST check these shows with the actual cinema - they MAY be rescheduled!

Belfast Thurs 23 Jan at 1.45pm and 4.45pm

CANCELLATION:
Bolton - 26th Jan show cancelled (was previously shown Dec 10th 2002)

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UCI cinemas:

Times may change - watch website for updates.

Clydebank Wednesday 29 Jan 7pm
Edinburgh Mon Jan 27th at 7pm
East Kilbride Friday 31 Jan 7pm
Hull Thursday 23 Jan 7pm
Manchester Trafford Centre
Sunday 2 March 10.30am
Thursday 6 March 7pm
Tyne & Wear, Wallsend, Silverlink Saturday 25 Jan 11.30am

DUBLIN, Tallaght, UCI
Exact dates and times to be confirmed - please enquire at the cinema
Week commencing 14th Feb

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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" and
cinemas cannot be responsible for information published on external
websites. Sometimes a subtitled film is not delivered to the cinema on time.
Sometimes there is confusion whether or not the film is on.

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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Subtitled versions of Lord of the Rings II - The Two Towers and Star Trek
Nemesis are available to cinemas NOW, but only in the new 'digital subtitle'
format (*D). This means that less than 20 UK cinemas can screen them. They
are not available in an 'open subtitled/captioned' form - the format that
every UK cinema can screen (like Potter and Bond).

Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen them! (locations and
many more available films below).

As soon as cinemas schedules are announced for these films, they will be
listed on our website - please DON'T wait for the next weekly email - CHECK
the website often!

We are hoping that many more accessible cinemas and films will come in 2003
- Read 'The Times' newspaper article on the subject here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-89-510522,00.html

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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. Over 50 films are expected next year
with subtitles and description. 75 more cinemas will enable many more people
to enjoy these films.

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

Please ask your nearest accessible cinema to screen available, accessible
films! (locations below). Films available include: The Lord of the Rings I &
II, Spiderman, Men in Black II, Goldmember, Red Dragon, Lilo & Stitch,
Triple X, Powerpuff Girls, Santa Clause 2, The Quiet American, Blood Work
and Star Trek Nemesis.

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

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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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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.

Catherine Zeta Jones and Richard Gere in Chicago!
Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Reloaded
Disney's Treasure Planet
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can
George Clooney in James Cameron's Solaris
Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan
Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love
Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal in Analyze That.
Eddie Murphy in I Spy
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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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 & II, 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,
Star Trek Nemesis.

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. One more has been fitted with audio description
only. Two more accessible cinemas are on the way soon (see below).

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

Odeon Colchester
Head Street, Colchester

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

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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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Audio Described shows
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These films (and more) are available to cinemas with digital
subtitle/description facilities

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Audio Described Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (12a)

Cardiff Bay, UCI.
Thurs 23rd Jan at 4.25pm and 8.30pm.
Fri 24th Jan at 3.15pm and 7.30pm and 11.20pm.
Sat 25th Jan at 3.15pm and 7.30pm and 11.20pm.
Sun 26th Jan at 11.10am and 3.15pm and 7.30pm.
Mon 27th Jan at 3.15pm.
Wed 29th Jan at at 3.15pm and 7.30pm.

Leicester, Odeon.
Fri 24th until Tue 28th January at 2.15pm 6.15pm

London, Leicester Square, Odeon.
From Friday 24th to Thursday 30th Jan daily at 11.40am 3.40pm 7.40pm.

Guildford, Odeon.
Sun 19th until Thu 23rd January at 12 noon 4pm 8pm

BELFAST, Moviehouse Cinema, Northern Ireland.
Thurs 23rd Jan at 7.30pm.

Wolverhampton, Cineworld.
From Fri 24th Jan to Tue 28th Jan at 1.40pm, 5.10, 8.40pm

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

Colchester Odeon.
Fri 24th & Sat 25th January at 9.15pm
Sun 26th & Tue 28th January at 8.15pm

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

Leicester, Odeon
Sunday 12th January at 12.00 noon & 3.30pm.

Colchester, Odeon
From Friday 17th to Thursday 23rd Jan daily
(except Monday) at 12.15pm 3.45pm 7.30pm

Cardiff Bay UCI
Fri 10th - Thurs 16th Jan at 4.15pm & 8.05pm.
Sat 11th Jan and Sun 12th Jan at 12.05pm.

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Amendment!

We recently stated that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was playing
audio described in Moviehouse cinema, Belfast, on Thursday 30th January.
That was an error. That date had already been assigned to Star Trek Nemesis.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Audio Described Star Trek Nemesis (12a)
BELFAST, NI, Moviehouse, Northern Ireland
Thurs 30th Jan at 7pm

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The Two Towers, Star Trek subtitled

Coming soon ... Chicago!