Product Description

The Harry Potter Years 1-4 includes each of the four 2-disc sets of Harry Potter 1, Harry Potter 2, Harry Potter 3 and Harry Potter 4 (all widescreen versions).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31185 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-03-07
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, THX, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 8
• Running time: 612 minutes

Customer Reviews

Well worth it for those who don't own the Widescreen Special Editions yet
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!

great movies but.........
The movies themselves are absolutely perfect. They contain every element you would want or even consider in a well produced movie. My review is on this box set however. I bought the first box set, and it was nothing more than a collection of the first two movies in the set that are already out and placing the two "boxed" editions in with the brand new "plastic case" 2 disc set. Would it have been too hard to ask to get a unique version of these movies, such as the special editions found on TV. The set just seems off with a plastic case sitting next to the two boxes. If they return to the "box" set then the set would look even more uneven. I plea to the ones in charge of this marketing to give us at least something we can be proud to display without always trying to make money off of us. If they continue this marketing scam, and then finally give us an organized set I can only ask one thing. Every true Harry Potter fan shouls boycott that set.

For the ages---and all ages!

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.