Distributor:
Warner Certificate: Not Rated | Region 1 | NTSC Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Available to buy Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Daniel
Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Alan
Rickman, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
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.
SO
IS IT ANY GOOD?
More
than just a movie series but a part of everyone's cultural experience,
these days its pretty much Harry's world and we just live in it. This
third movie directed by Alfonso
Cuarón
(whom some picked as an unusual choice given that his previous movie was
the controversial Y Tu Mama Tambien despite thefact that
he had also made charming family movie The Little Princess) and
he has done a first rate job of imbuing a new degree of life into the
franchise.
The
scaryness level has been raised a
notch
and the fact that the main characters are now teenagers with teenage
concerns shows the series is also evolving nicely. Watch out for the
soul stealing Dementors - they really are scary.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
This
two disc special from Warner is of course jam packed with extras such as
previously unseen 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 ScenI – an in-depth look at the making of key scenes from the
film; The Theatrical
trailers of all three Harry
Potter films, a preview of the new
Electronic Arts and a few PC-CD rom elements. Fantastic and well put
together.
notch
and the fact that the main characters are now teenagers with teenage
concerns shows the series is also evolving nicely. Watch out for the
soul stealing Dementors - they really are scary. 
