Harry Potter DVD Details


Paul Hemstreet, vice president special features/DVD for Warner Brothers, spoke with SCI FI Wire and told them that the upcoming 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' special-edition DVD will turn the extra features into an experience that puts viewers in the world of Hogwarts. For example, instead of just putting preproduction sketches in a menu, the viewer will find those sketches in books at the Hogwarts library. Hemstreet said in an interview that this was a logical way to present material in the context of the Harry Potter movie.

"Rather than coming right out and laying it all out, it's still within the world of Harry, in that it's a book that would be in Hogwarts' library," Hemstreet said. As another example, he said, "you can go into each one of the professors' classrooms, and there are different features in there. 'Harry Potter Throughout the World' features listening to a scene in many different world languages. The Potions Game is there, which features potions that are mentioned in the book or the film, and it's a fun experience where you have to put the combinations together right or your potion could explode and send you to the hospital."

The Harry Potter DVD is expected to be released on May 28, and can be pre-order now!

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