The $260 Million* Box-Office Smash Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Comes to DVD and VHS
Loaded
DVD Includes Never-Before-Seen Footage, Exclusive Interviews and Much More!
"Outmatches even its own predecessor with more
action, humor and thrills." - Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
January 2003 (Newstream) -- On April
11, unlock the magic as Warner Home Video (WHV) releases the $260 million*
smash, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on an extra
features-loaded double disc DVD and on VHS. Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets, the second installment in the Harry Potter series, follows
Harry, Ron and Hermione through their second year at Hogwarts School. The DVD
delivers another adventure with more magic, more laughs and more thrills and
with 19 additional/extended scenes, self-guided tours including background
characters, an exclusive interview with author J.K. Rowling and screenwriter
Steve Kloves and all-new interactive challenges.
"The home video release of Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets extends the movie experience with more
exciting DVD features than ever before," said Mike Saksa, WHV head of U.S.
Marketing. "With special features such as crystal-clear, self-guided tours
and One VoiceDVD technology that allows users to magically control their
computers with their voices, the DVD offers fans the ultimate Harry Potter
experience."
Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets will also be released
on DVD and VHS in key territories such as the United Kingdom, Germany and
Australia on April 11, 2003.
The Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets loaded, two-disc DVD will cast a spell on fans everywhere with
magical features including the following:
The DVD-ROM has more
than 15 special features including the following:
Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets grossed more
than $88 million in its opening weekend, the third largest opening 3-day
weekend of all time just behind Spider-Man and Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone.
Price
Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets is releasing on DVD in
both widescreen and full-frame DVD formats for $29.95 SRP and for $24.99 SRP on
VHS.
A Charmed Franchise
Harry Potter is the world's biggest family franchise. In
2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone shattered a number of box
office records at the time of its release and became the sixth highest grossing
film of all time domestically and the second largest film worldwide. The film
garnered three Academy AwardŽ nominations and seven prestigious BAFTA
nominations, including Outstanding British Film of the Year. The launch of the Harry
Potter franchise on home video proved to be a tremendous success, with Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as one of the top selling video releases of
2002. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has grossed more than $255
million domestically with its theatrical release, making it the #1 family movie
of 2002. The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets novel has sold more
than 50 million copies in more than 200 countries worldwide, and has received
honors such as the Winner (1999) of the British Books Awards (Nibbies),
Children's Book of the Year, Gold Winner (1998) of the Nestle Smarties Book
Prize, Winner of the (1999) FCBG Children's Book Award and debuted at number
one on the adult list of the New York Times bestseller list. J.K.
Rowling's Harry Potter book series has sold more than 195 million copies
worldwide.
Synopsis
Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious
elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing
journey into the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk,
letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his
friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of
adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of
Secrets has been opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and
Hermione's magical abilities and courage in this spellbinding adaptation of
J.K. Rowling's second book. Get ready to be amused and petrified as Harry
Potter shows he's more than a wizard, he's a hero!
The Credits
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday
Films/1492 Pictures production of a Chris Columbus film, Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets, starring DANIEL RADCLIFFE, RUPERT GRINT, EMMA
WATSON, KENNETH BRANAGH, JOHN CLEESE, ROBBIE COLTRANE, WARWICK DAVIS, RICHARD
GRIFFITHS, RICHARD HARRIS, JASON ISAACS, ALAN RICKMAN, FIONA SHAW, MAGGIE SMITH
and JULIE WALTERS.
Directed by CHRIS COLUMBUS from a
screenplay by STEVE KLOVES, based on the acclaimed novel by J.K. ROWLING, the
film is produced by DAVID HEYMAN. CHRIS COLUMBUS, MARK RADCLIFFE, MICHAEL
BARNATHAN and DAVID BARRON are the executive producers.
ROGER PRATT, B.S.C. is the director of
photography; STUART CRAIG is the production designer; PETER HONESS, A.C.E. is
the editor; JOHN WILLIAMS is the composer; and the music was adapted by WILLIAM
ROSS.
With operations in 78 international
territories - more than the video division of any other studio - Warner Home
Video commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video
marketplace. WHV'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 Company, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home
Video and New Line Home Entertainment.
Harry Potter Publishing
Rights (c) J.K.Rowling. HARRY POTTER, characters, names and related indicia are
trademarks of and (c) Warner Bros. All rights reserved.
For more information on
these and other titles distributed by Warner Home Video, visit www.whvdirect.com.
Artwork is downloadable
at www.whvdirect.com.
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