September accessible DVD releases

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Wednesday, 3 October 2012 11:25am

The month of September has seen at least 23 new movies released to the DVD market with both access features of closed captions and audio description. 76 titles were researched by Media Access Australia, of which 31 per cent were audio described and 63 per cent captioned.

The distributors of Anchor Bay, Bounty, Eagle, Paramount, Pinnacle and Reel all had titles released internationally with either captions or subtitles that were not released in Region 4 (Australia). Paramount released the movie Shame to the Australian market without audio description, where this feature appeared on the Region 2 release.

The titles with audio description:

  • The Hunger Games
  • Act of Valour
  • The Avengers (Marvel’s)
  • Battleship
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  • The Five-Year Engagement
  • Jeff Who Lives at Home
  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
  • Bel Ami
  • A Dangerous Method
  • The Lady
  • The Lucky One
  • Mirror Mirror
  • Margin Call
  • Rampart
  • Streetdance 2
  • W.E.
  • The Woman in Black
  • Dark Shadows
  • American Pie Reunion
  • Titanic (2012 20th anniversary edition)
  • Big Miracle
  • First Night

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

Find out how to identify a DVD that has access features.


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