[Electronics-talk] Fwd: New DVD Releases with DVS®/Descriptive Video Service® & PBS Programs with DVS in June, July and August

[David Andrews]

>From: Mary Watkins <mary_watkins at wgbh.org>
>To: "dvsconsumers" <dvsconsumers at mail4.wgbh.org>
>Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:13:47 -0400
>Subject: New DVD Releases with DVS®/Descriptive Video Service®
>  & PBS Programs with DVS in June, July and August



>New DVDs with Descriptive Video Service (DVS)
>
>The Media Access Group at WGBH is thrilled to 
>announce that the list of mainstream movies 
>released on DVD and Blu-ray with optional 
>description tracks continues to grow.  This week 
>Alice in Wonderland (rated PG, from Walt Disney 
>Studios, starring Johnny Depp and directed by 
>Tim Burton) and The Wolfman (rated R, from 
>Universal Home Entertainment, starring Anthony 
>Hopkins and Benicio del Toro) debuted in stores and via online retailers.
>
>The list of available titles with DVS is kept up 
>to date at this easy to remember Web site:
>
><http://www.describedmovies.org>http://www.describedmovies.org
>
>Here are some additional DVD and Blu-ray 
>releases that debuted recently with an optional 
>DVS track. For plot synopses and a link to order 
>discs from amazon.com, please visit describedmovies.org
>
>Dear John (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, rated PG-13)
>It's Complicated (Universal Home Entertainment, rated R)
>Leap Year (Universal Home Entertainment, rated PG)
>Love Happens (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, rated PG-13)
>The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney Studios, rated G)
>The Tooth Fairy (Twentieth Century Fox Video, rated PG)
>Toy Story (2010 rerelease, Walt Disney Studios, rated G)
>Toy Story 2 (2010 rerelease, Walt Disney Studios, rated G)
>The Wolfman (Universal Home Entertainment, rated 
>R) Please note, The Wolfman DVD and Blu-ray 
>releases each contain 2 versions of the 
>movie:  The rated version that played in movie 
>theaters and an unrated director's cut which 
>includes scenes not in the theatrical 
>version.  The rated version of the movie has the 
>optional DVS track, the unrated version does not.
>
>A note about Legion (from Sony Pictures Home 
>Entertainment).  This title was among those that 
>were to be released on DVD an Blu-ray with an 
>optional DVS track.  Unfortunately, the track 
>was not, in fact, included on the discs.  Sony 
>apologizes to customers who purchased the disc 
>and expected to enjoy the film with 
>description.  The studio is reduplicating the 
>disc with the DVS track, and asks that people 
>who purchased Legion write to this email address for a replacement copy:
>
><consumer at SPHECustomerSupport.sony.htm>consumer at SPHECustomerSupport.sony.com
>
>We will add this title back onto the list of 
>DVDs with DVS when we learn from Sony how 
>customers can purchase the version with the DVS 
>track.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.
>
>PBS Programs Airing with DVS in June, July and August
>
>We've updated the schedule of PBS programs that 
>will air with DVS this summer. Lots of great 
>shows from NOVA, Masterpiece Mystery!, Frontline 
>and more.  Here's the link to the specific page of our Web site:
>
><http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/services/description/ontv/pbs-schedule.html>http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/mag/services/description/ontv/pbs-schedule.html
>
>Best.
>Mary
>
>
>--
>Mary Watkins
>Director of Communications
>   and Outreach
>Media Access Group at WGBH
>One Guest Street
>Boston, MA  02135
>617 300-3700
><mary_watkins at wgbh.htm>mary_watkins at wgbh.org
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