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For Immediate Release
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Casts a Spell on DVD & VHS November 23rd
Available on a 2-Disc DVD
Loaded with Mesmerizing Special Features
Burbank, CA, July 28, 2004 -- The third time is a charm
with the holiday release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
on DVD and VHS on November 23 from Warner Home Video. The most
recent installment of the Harry Potter series from director Alfonso
Cuaron (Y tu mama Tambien) and screenwriter Steve Kloves, based
on J.K. Rowling's award-winning novels, takes audiences
on another adventure with more mystery and magic than ever before.
The $242 million dollar box office smash features the returning
Harry Potter cast of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Emma Watson
as Hermione Granger, and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, joined by
Hogwarts professors including Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid),
Alan Rickman (Professor Severus Snape), Maggie Smith (Professor
Minerva McGonagall), Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore), David
Thewlis (Professor Lupin) and Gary Oldman as Sirius Black.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will be available at
$29.95 SRP in a two-disc DVD in both widescreen and full frame
formats and VHS will be priced at $22.99 SRP.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban enchanted critics across
the nation, garnering high praise for Alfonso Cuarón's
innovative direction and for capturing the world that is Harry
Potter. The Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan) stated "Azkaban
captur[es] the enormously pleasing essence of the Potter books"
and Entertainment Weekly called the film "genuinely fun."
USA Today (Claudia Puig) praised Alfonso Cuarón as "a
dazzling storyteller with a keen eye for whimsical detail"
and thought "the film [was] a visual delight."
"Fans can expect great things from the home video release
of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," said Jim Wuthrich,
Vice-President, Marketing for Warner Home Video. "The two-disc
DVD will provide viewers with a full, interactive Harry Potter
experience and add a new dimension to the film. It offers never-before-seen
footage and interactive material that allows audiences to really
participate in the magic of Harry Potter. Children of all ages
will have fun exploring what the DVD has to offer."
Jump aboard the Hogwarts Express and join Harry Potter in his
third year of magic and mystery. From never-before-seen footage,
classroom tours and challenges, audiences will become well acquainted
with secrets of the wizard world.
The two-disc edition DVD will include these spellbinding special
features:
- A selection of mystifying exclusive never-before-seen footage.
- Creating the Vision - a revealing interview with J.K.
Rowling and the filmmakers.
- Three great interactive challenges! Test your memory with
"Magic You May Have Missed", help Crookshanks "Catch
Scabbers", and go on an unexpected quest with Sir Cadogan.
- Self-guided iPIX tours into Honeydukes and Professor Lupin's
Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
- Raucous interviews with the cast lead by Johnny Vaughan and
the Shrunken Head.
- Meet the animal trainers from the movie in Care of Magical
Creatures.
- Choir Practice - sing-along with the Hogwarts choir.
- Hogwarts Portrait Gallery - get a closer look at the various
portraits lining the walls of Hogwarts castle.
- Conjuring a Scene - an in-depth look at the making of
key scenes from the film.
- Theatrical trailers of all three Harry Potter films.
- Electronic Arts game preview.
DVD-ROM PC capable features include:
- Wizard Trading Cards
- Hogwarts Timeline
Synopsis
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry, Ron and Hermione,
now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts, where
they are forced to face escaped prisoner, Sirius Black, who poses
a great threat to Harry. Harry and his friends spend their third
year learning how to handle a half-horse half-eagle Hippogriff,
repel shape-shifting Boggarts and master the art of Divination.
They also visit the wizarding village of Hogsmeade and the Shrieking
Shack, which is considered the most haunted building in Britain.
In addition to these new experiences, Harry must overcome the
threats of the soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a dangerous werewolf
and finally deal with the truth about Sirius Black and his relationship
to Harry and his parents. With his best friends, Harry masters
advanced magic, crosses the barriers of time and changes the course
of more than one life. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and based
on J.K. Rowling 's third book, this wondrous spellbinder soars
with laughs, and the kind of breathless surprise only found in
a Harry Potter adventure.
Retail Information
DVD: $29.95
VHS: $22.95
Street Date: November 23, 2004
Languages: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Running time: 142 mins
Rating: PG (frightening moments, creature violence and mild language)
End Of Release
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