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``Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' Arrives on DVD March 7 from Warner Home Video.


BURBANK, Calif. -- Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. :

--The $282 Million(a) Record-Breaking Box Office Hit, from Director Mike Newell, Features the Spellbinding spell·bind  
tr.v. spell·bound , spell·bind·ing, spell·binds
To hold under or as if under a spell; enchant or fascinate.



[Back-formation from spellbound.
 Harry Potter Cast of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson

--Available on a 2-Disc DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 Loaded with Fun Interactive Challenges, Breathtaking Making-of Featurettes, Behind-the-Scenes Footage and Exhilarating DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc.


A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc.
 Features

Experience the magic this spring when the mesmerizing mes·mer·ize  
tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es
1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" 
 film "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" debuts on DVD March 7 from Warner Home Video. Director Mike Newell (Mona Lisa Smile) and screenwriter Steve Kloves take audiences on a journey from the Quidditch World Cup to Hogwarts and into the thrilling competition of the Triwizard Tournament. Based on J.K. Rowling's award-winning fourth novel, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" takes Harry and his friends on an adventure filled with more danger and action than ever before. This $282 million(a) box office smash features great performances from the returning cast of Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger). Fresh new faces in the magical Triwizard Tournament include Clemence Poesy (Fleur Delacour), Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) and Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum). Veteran actor Brendan Gleeson (Alastor Alastor (əlăs`tər), in Greek mythology, spirit of vengeance. It is an epithet applied to Zeus or any other god in his aspect as avenger and is also sometimes applied to an evildoer who is subject to vengeance.  "Mad-Eye" Moody) joins the renowned cast of Hogwarts professors including Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid), Alan Rickman (Severus Snape), Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall) and Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) in this suspenseful latest installment of the Harry Potter film series.

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" will be available on a Single-Disc DVD for $28.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol.  in full frame and widescreen formats. The 2-Disc Special Edition DVD will be available at $30.97 SRP and the Harry Potter Special Edition 4-pack at $73.92 SRP; both in widescreen format only. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" will also be available in UMD (Universal Media Disc) The optical disc used in Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP). Officially the ECMA-365 standard, a UMD is a read-only medium for games and movies. Video is encoded in H.264, and audio is encoded in ATRAC3plus. See PlayStation.  format for PSP (PlayStation Portable) See PlayStation. .

SYNOPSIS

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools -- the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons Demons
See also devil; evil; ghosts; hell; spirits and spiritualism.

ademonist

one who denies the existence of the devil or demons.

bogyism, bogeyism

recognition of the existence of demons and goblins.
 and an enchanted en·chant  
tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants
1. To cast a spell over; bewitch.

2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm.
 maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named. In this fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, everything changes as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave childhood forever and take on challenges greater than anything they could have imagined.

DVD ELEMENTS

2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION includes never-before-seen footage, conversations with the cast, interactive challenges, making-of featurettes and an exclusive look at the film from behind-the-scenes. The "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" 2-Disc Special Edition will thrill audiences with these exhilarating bonus features.

DISC 1:

Feature Film only

DISC 2:

Exciting Additional Scenes available

Conversations with the Cast -- an interview with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson

Fun Interactive Challenges Including:

--Triwizard Tournament: Dragon Challenge

--Triwizard Tournament: Lake Challenge

--Triwizard Tournament: Maze Challenge

--To the Graveyard and Back Challenge

Breathtaking Making-of Featurettes and Behind-the-Scenes Including:

--Harry vs. the Horntail horn·tail  
n.
Any of various sawflies of the family Siricidae, the female of which has a long stout ovipositor.
: The First Task

--In Too Deep: The Second Task

--The Maze: The Third Task

--Meet the Champions

--He Who Must Not Be Named

--Preparing for the Yule Ball

Exhilarating DVD-ROM Features Including:

--EA Game Demo

--Magical Trading Cards

--Hogwarts Timeline

--Web interactivity
BASICS

                      Single-Disc DVD: $28.98 SRP
                2-Disc Special Edition DVD: $30.97 SRP
            Harry Potter Special Edition 4-Pack: $73.92 SRP
                        UMD for PSP: $22.95 SRP
                      Street Date: March 7, 2006
                      Languages: English, Spanish
                  Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
                       Running time: 157 minutes
         Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of fantasy violence and
                          frightening images)
                       DLBY/SURR DLBY/DGTL (CC)


THE CREDITS

With operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
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 Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.

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(C)2006 Warner Bros. Ent.

Harry Potter Publishing Rights (C)J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and (C)Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved.

(a) box office figure as of 1/12/06
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