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By Marcy Magiera -- Video Business, 9/17/2007
SEPT. 17 | Warner Home Video will cast a powerful spell on retail Dec. 11, when it releases fifth series installment Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix on standard DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
A limited edition gift set will include all five Harry Potter movies in a collectible suitcase.
Warner will bring two standard DVD versions to market, a single disc in widescreen and full-frame formats, priced at $28.98, and a two-disc special edition priced at $34.99. An HD DVD Combo disc and the Blu-ray version are priced at $35.99 each. All prebook Oct. 30.
The studio also will market a limited-edition gift set, including two-disc editions of all five Harry Potter movies packed in a collectible suitcase with two bonus discs, bookmarks and trading cards for $119.97 on standard def and $149.99 on both high-def formats.
Bonus features on the two-disc special edition and high-def formats include 17 minutes of new footage; featurettes “Trailing Tonks,” with a tour of the film stage, and “Harry Potter: The Magic of Editing”; and the A&E documentary “The Hidden Secrets of Harry Potter.”
The HD DVD version also includes an In Movie Experience with the cast and Web-enabled features that allow viewers to assemble movie clips into a montage, organize a screening and select images and ringtones for mobile phones.
The Blu-ray edition has additional making-of featurettes.
The title, which has grossed $287 million in the U.S., is the latest entry in a crowded fourth quarter, which includes Spider-Man 3 (Sony), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Disney), Shrek the Third (DreamWorks/Paramount) and Transformers (Paramount).