What I want to share, though, is that the movie had open captions...same as closed captioning available on t.v.s. I had never been to a movie before where that was offered and wondered if anyone else has come across this feature?
As I said, it was at a multiplex (18 theatres) and only one theatre was offering open captioning and we were warned when we got our tickets about it...so I am thinking it is something new.
Haven;t seen that yet but it is on "the list".. friends who have seen it say it is fun & light.
I have never even heard of open captions. It is like subtitles?
I've never heard of it for English-language movies. Was it superimposed on the main screen, or was there another screen? I've heard about some opera companies that offer English subtitles on a small horizontal screen adjacent to the stage.
Is this in a neighborhood with a large deaf population, maybe a school or college nearby? Or is this a shiny new digital theater? I would imagine that it would be easier to embed captions in a digital movie (like on a DVD) and turn them on by flipping a switch than to order a special print.