New Release: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Prisoner of Azkaban Ultimate Editions DVD and Blu-ray

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie scene

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Warner Home Video continued to release Ultimate Editions of its Harry Potter movies in October 2010, with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Ultimate Edition and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Ultimate Edition on DVD and Blu-ray on Oct. 19.

Ultimate Editions of the first two movies in the fantasy series, based on the novels by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, bowed in December 2009.

The new Ultimate Editions will debuted a month before the latest movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I, arrived in theaters. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince were released in Ultimate Editions on DVD and Blu-ray on June 14, 20111.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Ultimate Edition Blu-ray boxThe three-DVD sets of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Ultimate Edition and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Ultimate Edition, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, were priced at $39.92 and the three-disc Blu-ray sets at $49.99.

The sets both contain two character cards (Ron Weasley and Mad Eye Moody in Goblet of Fire and Hermione Granger and Sirius Black in Prizoner of Azkaban), a photo book and a lenticular card. Plus, each set includes the same special features as the movies’ originally released discs as well as new ones.

Each set also continues the eight-part evolving making-of documentaries that were started on the first two Ultimate Editions. Prisoner of Azkaban has Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 3: Magical Creatures. Goblet of Fire‘s Part 4 explores the films’ Sound and Music.

Prisoner of Azkaban also offers:

  • featurette “Tour Nick Dudman’s Creature Shop”
  • interview in Spanish with director Alfonso Cuarón
  • three vintage TV specials: The Magic Touch of Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Something Wicked This Way Comes and The Making of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Goblet of Fire has:

  • five vintage TV specials: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Behind the Magic; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Dark Matters, New Masters; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Some Animal Magic; and Inside Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

The Goblet of Fire Blu-ray also includes Warner’s interactive In-Movie Experience, with which viewers can watch cast and filmmaker interviews and more during the film.

About S. Clark

Sam Clark is the former Managing Editor/Online Editor of Video Business magazine. With 19 years experience in journalism, 12 in the home entertainment industry, Sam has been hooked on movies on since she saw E.T. then stared into the sky waiting to meet her own friendly alien. Thanks to her husband’s shared love of movies, Sam reviews Blu-ray discs in a true home theater, with a 118-inch screen, projector and cushy recliners with cup holders.