[nfbwatlk] Audio described movies

[Mike Freeman]

You've stumped me. Guess you'll have to ask someone at WGBH's National 
Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) about it.

Incidentally, did the movie follow the C.S. Lewis book fairly closely? 
(grin)

Mike

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Noel Nightingale wrote:

>
>
> I saw Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in the theater earlier this year.
> I was surprised to learn that it was audio described upon getting to the
> theater and thoroughly enjoyed the additional description.  When I
> rented the movie a week or so ago, however, there was no indication that
> the movie included audio description.
>
> I thought that if the movie was audio described while in in the
> theaters, the same movie on DVD would include the audio description.
>
> Please enlighten me.
>
> Noel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:31 AM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] DVD released with description (fwd)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:41:18 -0700
> From: Cindy Van Winkle <cindy.vw at msn.com>
> To: WCB-L <wcb-l at wcbinfo.org>, Pcb-l at wcbinfo.org
> Subject: [Wcb-l] DVD released with description
>
> Taken from the current MOPIX newsletter.
>
> THE INSIDE MAN NOW AVAILABLE WITH DESCRIPTIONS ON DVD
>
> The DVD of The Inside Man , starring Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and
>
> Clive Owen (both full screen and wide-screen editions) debuted on August
>
> 8 in stores and online shopping sites such as Amazon.com and Walmart.com
>
> with a description track.  Thanks so much to NBC-Universal who continues
>
> to provide leadership in the area of access via description to
> mainstream DVD titles.  Next out the gate?  United 93 which has its DVD
> debut in stores on September 5.
>
>
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