Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Widescreen Edition)
by Alfonso Cuar?n
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Actor: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Pam Ferris, Richard Griffiths, Rupert GrintDirector: Alfonso Cuar?n
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Callum McDougall
Producer: Chris Carreras
Producer: Chris Columbus
Producer: David Heyman
Producer: Lorne Orleans
Writer: J.K. Rowling
Writer: Steve Kloves
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 141 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- 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
Movie Reviews of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Harry Potter finally stumbles in apparation!
Summary: 1 Stars
Oh my goodness gracious. I cannot believe how bad this is. How can you go from excellent to TERRIBLE in one movie? This movie was terrible and i found myself lost and unable to figure out what was happening until I read the book. They take out so many needed scenes from the book and replace them with what, people eating candy that makes their ears smoke! It's obvious that the director wanted to show off the special effects rather than the story. But Daniel Radcliffe and his comrades are as good as ever in their acting and I commend them for their performance despite thee terrible story and choppy dialogue. It seems like one day Harry and Lupin are student and teacher and the next day their best of friends skipping around the Hogwarts grounds. The viewers are basically put in a speeding cart whereas you are speeded from one book point to the other and along the way seeing some badly made adaptations that should have been kept out of the movie and only served to push away the needed dialogue. Don't get me started on the firebolt, my gosh. There is no reference to him having a firebolt from his godfather until after the movie when he flys away into the sunset. The Marauder's map was hardly used and, like someone mentioned before, no reference as to who made the map it's just here Harry use it well. Now let me get started on Dumbledore. It seems that when Richard Harris died Dumbledore died with him but this was rctified by putting in the very unqualified Michael Gambeon who makes Dumbledore sound mad all the time and did a terrible job of delivering words of consolation and what not. If they had chosen someone better (Christopher Lee for example) this might ave been alright. But it seems that the series needs to be babied for when Chris Columbas leaves BAM! the series starts to suck!!! The only class Harry Potter gets here is Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Attire. I'm serious throughout most of the movie he was in Muggle attire in a wizard school, what's with that!!! It seems like the director just said, radcliffe just bring some of your clothes and bring them to the set. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!! The CGI was as good as ever but it's really a pity everyone can't be dazzled by special effects (well some can.) Star Wars was popular for its special effects but also for its story which it kept strong through the entire trilogy, Bottom line I'm very dissapointed J.K Rowling and the screenwriter said in a commentary this was likely to be the best Harry potter movie ever but um, I don't think so. Maybe the worst! Anyways thanks for wasting two hours of my life I'll never get back please do better next time.
Summary of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Widescreen Edition)
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 Cuaron 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.Some movie-loving wizards must have cast a magic spell on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, because it's another grand slam for the Harry Potter franchise. Demonstrating remarkable versatility after the arthouse success of Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n, director Alfonso Cuar?n proves a perfect choice to guide Harry, Hermione, and Ron into treacherous puberty as the now 13-year-old students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry face a new and daunting challenge: Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban prison, and for reasons yet unknown (unless, of course, you've read J.K. Rowling's book, considered by many to be the best in the series), he's after Harry in a bid for revenge. This dark and dangerous mystery drives the action while Harry (the fast-growing Daniel Radcliffe) and his third-year Hogwarts classmates discover the flying hippogriff Buckbeak (a marvelous CGI creature), the benevolent but enigmatic Professor Lupin (David Thewlis), horrifying black-robed Dementors, sneaky Peter Pettigrew (Timothy Spall), and the wonderful advantage of having a Time-Turner just when you need one. The familiar Hogwarts staff returns in fine form (including the delightful Michael Gambon, replacing the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and Emma Thompson as the goggle-eyed Sybil Trelawney), and even Julie Christie joins this prestigious production for a brief but welcome cameo. Technically dazzling, fast-paced, and chock-full of Rowling's boundless imagination (loyally adapted by ace screenwriter Steve Kloves), The Prisoner of Azkaban is a Potter-movie classic. --Jeff Shannon
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