[nfbwatlk] Audio described movies

[Mike Freeman]

Will wonders never cease!

Mike

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Noel Nightingale wrote:

>
>
> Yes, the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardtrobe movie was fairly true to the
> book, which I have read twice this year already so am quite familiar
> with.  There were a few strays from the book but nothing too annoying.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:55 AM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Audio described movies
>
>
> 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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