[il-talk] AMC Theaters

[Jenny Keller]

Amy and all,

I called the AMC theater in Rockford shortly after the announcement was made and the person I spoke to had no clue what I was talking about.  

If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could someone tell me the site name or how to find it for the AMC in Rockford, and what I need to look for to know about this option and whether it is available here?

also, I think I understood that you can call to find out whether movies are described.  If so, is that information on the standard recorded messages that tells about movie times and such, or do I have to call another number to actually speak to a person?

Any help would be appreciated in this matter.

Jennifer L. Keller
On Jul 19, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Pattichang at att.net wrote:

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>> Date: July 19, 2012 10:41:50 AM CDT
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>> Subject: AMC Theaters
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>> Hello all.  As you know, AMC Theaters entered into a Settlement Agreement with the Illinois Attorney General's Office in April 2012, agreeing to provide audio description and captioning in virtually all of their theaters over a two year period.  Part of that agreement includes AMC's responsibility to advertise the availability of captioning and audio description for each movie at its locations consistent with its advertisement of other amenities.  We learned that the River East theater was not advertising this information on their website, and it appears that problem has been corrected and the information is now available.  
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>> I am writing to ask if anyone has experienced any difficulty with any of the other AMC theater websites not advertising that a film is audio described or captioned.  Since not all theaters are yet accessible, this provision only applies at locations that show audio described or captioned films.  You may have learned of such a problem, for example, if you called the theater and learned that a film would be audio described, but when you looked on the theater's website, that information was not available.   Please share any specific information you may have so that we can ask the Attorney General's Office to enforce this important mandate.  Thanks for your help with this.
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>> Amy
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