Product Details

• Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith
• Directors: Alfonso Cuarón, Chris Columbus, Mike Newell
• Writers: J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves
• Producers: Chris Columbus, Callum McDougall, Chris Carreras
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 8
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Run Time: 612 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E6UZZK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,379 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Chamber of Secrets / Prisoner of Azkaban / Goblet of Fire) (Eight-Disc Gift Set)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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121 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth it for those who don't own the Widescreen Special Editions yet, March 8, 2006

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J. Ian Abbott "Rakkasan240B" (Dallas, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Chamber of Secrets / Prisoner of Azkaban / Goblet of Fire) (Eight-Disc Gift Set) (DVD)

I went out to buy the newest Harry Potter DVD (Movie 4) on it's release day, even though I don't already own the first two (I do own Movie 3, however). I knew I'd get the two I didn't own eventually, so why not get Movie 4 upon it's release? I arrived at the store and noted the price for the 2-disc Widescreen Special Edition of Movie 4 was about $23 USD. I looked around a bit and found this boxset with all four of the movies in it for $49 USD. That makes them about $12.50 USD each, and even though I'm buying one movie I own already, I'm getting three that I don't for less than I would pay buying them all seperately (Movie 4 was half the price of the boxset alone!).

The boxset contains Movies 1-4 in the 2-disc Widescreen Special Edition format. That is 8 discs total. Each one is packaged the same as it's original release, though Movies 3 and 4 don't have the cardboard slip covers that came with them originally, but they still display just as nicely. The box that the movies come in is rather weak and poorly constructed and I doubt I'll be keeping it, however I bought the set to get the movies at a bargin price and not to get a nice box to put them in.

I strongly recommend this set for anyone who wants to get the whole set for one low price, it's a great way to catch you collection up for cheap!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the ages---and all ages!, August 28, 2006

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Patricia Stringer (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Chamber of Secrets / Prisoner of Azkaban / Goblet of Fire) (Eight-Disc Gift Set) (DVD)

First things first---Harry Potter isn't just for children.
He belongs to a mythic tradition as old as King Arthur and as new as Luke Skywalker, with such notables as Oliver Twist,
Huckleberry Finn and Dorothy Gale in between--all of them orphans whose adventures teach us something about life, loyalty,
and what it means to be a hero.

This collection of four film is a fine introduction to
the mythology of Harry and Hogwarts, and gives viewers a chance to see its very young stars grow up. Not since the glory days of MGM have such novice performers and seasoned veterans worked together so seamlessly.

Sure, there's plenty of magic going on via special effects--
Buckbeak the hippogriff being a special wonder, but just as magical are the performances of the human actors--seasoned pros like Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane, plus newcomers like Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and especially Rupert Grint,
as fine a comic actor as any working today.

This eight-disc collection (one for each film, plus a disc of extras) is a tremendous bargain. If you love movie magic in any sense of the word, this is for you.

31 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great movie but the DVD set is a rip off, March 16, 2006

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Alina Vladimirova (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Chamber of Secrets / Prisoner of Azkaban / Goblet of Fire) (Eight-Disc Gift Set) (DVD)

The movie is fantastic but I want to comment on the set. It is sad that movie studios think that they don't need to put any effort in production anymore. When the movie was still new and winning its audience, they really went out of their way to make a nice DVD. It was in a letterbox format, lots of nice art, done beautifully. But the third movie the studio didn't feel like all that effort was necessary anymore - we got a plastic box with a colorful insert with information in it. And by the forth movie? The colorful insert is not even there, just a plastic box with two DVDs in it. Wow! Just because we love these movies doesn't mean the company has to treat the viewers like a money making machine. Come on! Did They just pocket all the financial difference between producing a nice DVD set and a crappy one? Very upsetting.