[nfbwatlk] Audio described movies

[Judy Jones]

Hi,

I can't see why they couldn't devote a track to descriptive video.  The CD's 
have enough tracks for extra footage, interviews, etc.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Noel Nightingale" <nnightingale at earthlink.net>
To: "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Audio described movies


>
>
> 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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