Accessible DVD releases for November 2012

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Wednesday, 28 November 2012 14:40pm

There have been 21 movies released on DVD in the last two months with closed captions and audio description. Of the 69 titles we researched, 53 were captioned (or 77 per cent) and 21 described (or 30 per cent).

Distributors 20th Century Fox, Eagle, Paramount, Pinnacle, Rialto and Sony Universal all had titles released internationally with either captions or subtitles that were not released in Region 4, a market which includes Australia, New Zealand, South America and Oceania.

The titles with both audio description and captions are:

  • The Amazing Spiderman
  • Arthur Christmas
  • The Awakening
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • The Cold Light of Day (no CC logo on packaging)
  • The Dictator
  • Friends with Kids
  • Howzat
  • Katy Perry, the Movie: Part of Me
  • Life Happens
  • Men in Black 3
  • Pirates: Band of Misfits
  • Piranha 3DD
  • Prometheus
  • Rock of Ages (no CC logo on packaging)
  • Santa’s Apprentice
  • Seeking Justice
  • Snow White and the Huntsman
  • That’s My Boy
  • The Three Stooges
  • What to Expect When You’re Expecting

These titles and more can be found in our audio described DVD database.

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