Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths, Pam Ferris
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  1333 reviews
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 141 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 1000026111
UPC: 085391173687
EAN: 0085391173687
ASIN: B000W796OM
Theatrical Release Date: June 4, 2004
Release Date: December 11, 2007
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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 |
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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 Mamá También, director Alfonso Cuarón 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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Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 11-DEC-2007
Media Type: DVD
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 The least of the 6 movies so far February 5, 2010
Charles E. Brown Jr.
I found this the least satisfactory of the films. The new director apparently took it for granted that the audience had read the books and didn't find it important to explain things. Not only that, he sabotaged the screenwriter's plot exposition: when Fudge is explaining the resolution of the Aunt Marge plot the director tries to distract the audience with a dancing hunchback; later when McGonagall explains Black's (supposed) crimes to Rosmerta, the director has Fudge blocking the view of the women talking. Then Hermione just happens to have a time-travel charm on her necklace -- no explanation of how she got it, or why she didn't use it earlier.
Some good ideas: having the choir sing Shakespeare's "Someone wicked this way comes"; the talking head; the idea of having the students dress in normal clothes instead of robes during their off hours (presumably Rowling agreed, and the subsequent movies followed it up); Thewlis, with that sickly look, was the perfect choice for Lupin. But the central story ought to make sense.
 Best Potter. Ever. January 12, 2010
S.G.R. Black (Denton, Texas)
I was surprised to discover that the third Harry Potter film was to be directed by none other than art-house favorite Mr. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" himself, Alfonso Cuaron. While I rejoiced Chris Columbus' departure, I was a bit hesitant if Cuaron could take Harry in the direction he so desperately needed to go. However, choosing Cuaron as director of "Azkaban" wasn't necessarily a complete shot in the dark. In 1995, Cuaron directed the very under-appreciated but very enchanting, "A Little Princess," an adaptation of the classic children's story. It's interesting that in nearly ten years, Cuaron had not attached himself to another children's story. That was until 2004's "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the very best Potter film to date (though they are all quite consistently good). Something amazing happens in "Azkaban." Yes, the film is "darker" and obviously more intelligent than its two previous predecessors, but most importantly, "Azkaban" feels like a valid piece of filmmaking! The bar has been raised with this particular entry. It's hard to imagine what kind of films the current three successors would be had Cuaron not directed "Azkaban."
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban January 10, 2010
geok (MA USA)
Alfonso Cuarón comes on as the new director of this series and adds the magic that was missing from the earlier films.
The cast is still fun and the blue ray dvd is an improvement on the regular dvd
The best of the Harry Potter films January 1, 2010
D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is easily the best of the Harry Potter films. It has an emotional richness that rises above some of the silliness of the other films. Prof. Lupen as the new teacher and Sirius Black are both strong and complex characters, both with their inner demons and hidden strengths. Lupen and Potter's talks are amongst the most moving moments in the entire series - talks about finding a mentor and retaining one's confidence in the face of fear. John Williams' soundtrack is excellent and really sets the mood. Even if you're not a Harry Potter fan, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is still worth checking out.
 Harry Potter finally stumbles in apparation! November 21, 2009
E. Dambrosio (So. Cal.)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
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