Harry Potter 8-Film Collection Steelbooks
These Limited Edition Steelbooks was sold by HVM in the UK and Best Buy in the US. They were released as Blu-rays in 2016. Each movie comes with a Creating the World of Harry Potter documentary focusing on different aspects behind the filmmaking.
A must-have for any Harry Potter fan, this definitive SteelBook collection comes in a gorgeous steel library case. Each of the eight SteelBook cases has been adorned with detailed illustrations and finished with our exquisite satin varnish. The steelbooks were also sold individually.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Harry Potter, the bespectacled boy wizard, has his first feature film outing in this blockbuster box office hit. Newly enrolled at Hogwarts School, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his chums Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) have a surprise encounter with a three-headed dog guarding a secret trapdoor. They then begin to suspect that something important might be hidden beneath the school, and when they investigate it leads to an encounter with the evil wizard Voldemort (Ian Hart). Will Harry be able to keep up with his studies, lead his team to victory in the school sport Quidditch, and still triumph over the dreaded Voldemort?
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 1: The Magic Begins
The choices, the breakthroughs and the early decisions are explored here via rare footage, cast and crew reminiscences and more. Learn about the extensive search by producer David Heyman and director Chris Columbus for the perfect actors to portray Harry, Ron and Hermione, and see the earliest meeting of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in this fascinating portal into Harry’s world.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chris Columbus directs this fantasy film based on the second instalment in J.K. Rowling's popular series of novels. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) are back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their second year. Vain author Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) joins the staff as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and Harry, Hermione and Ron soon find that, once again, all is not right at the school...
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 2: Characters
A decade-spanning exploration of how the actors brought beloved characters to life. Discover which parts of the books helped Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and more stars make their roles leap from page to screen. See rare screen tests and learn why so many of Britain’s acting greats wanted to be part of Harry Potter’s world...and which ones became mentors to the young stars.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Third instalment in the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) have returned to Hogwarts for their third year, but there is a shadow hanging over Harry: dangerous serial killer Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from the Wizards' prison, the Azkaban Fortress - and he wants revenge for the death of his master, Voldemort, who Harry defeated 13 years earlier. For Harry's protection, Azkaban has sent an army of soul-sucking Dementors to guard Hogwarts from a possible attack by Black - but they turn out to be as much of a threat to Harry as Black himself. As myth, magic and teenage hormones combine to weave their dark spell, Harry uncovers a few more crucial secrets about his mysterious past. The supporting cast includes Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Julie Walters, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, David Thewlis and Timothy Spall.
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 3: Creatures
Experience the Harry Potter world of creatures with this look at a different group of wizards: the artists who create the monsters and marvels. Roam the Creature Shop, where actors turn into beasts and sketches become animatronic wonders, then hear stories from the cast about acting opposite everything from tiny computer-generated pixies to a four-ton mechanical spider.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth instalment of the hugely popular series sees Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) board the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education. Shortly after his reunion with his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), Harry is introduced to yet another Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher: the grizzled Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson). Of course, Harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard community.
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 4: Sound & Music
Share the vision of composers, sound experts and others who make the Harry Potter films enchantment for the ears as well as the eyes as sound and music transport viewers on an emotional journey alongside the characters on-screen. Learn how specially created musical motifs identify individual characters and places, and watch as Foley artists use unusual techniques to replicate everyday sounds.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The fifth instalment of the hugely popular franchise based on J.K. Rowling's novels. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about his recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable headmaster, Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge (Robert Hardy), appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton)'s Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community. So, at the prompting of his friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint), Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves 'Dumbledore's Army', Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards and witches for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 5: Evolution
As Harry changes from innocent schoolboy to selfless hero, the series undergoes a transformation. Join the four directors, the crew and the cast as they explore how the films maintained the increasing intensity of J.K. Rowling’s literary series, from the expanding landscape of the wizarding world to the darkening palette of each successive film to the young actors maturing along with their characters.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The sixth in the sequence of films based on the phenomenally successful books by J.K Rowling. As Lord Voldemort exerts his power over both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts no longer provides the safe haven it once did. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), suspecting that new dangers lie within the castle ramparts, discovers a mysterious old book marked 'property of the Half-Blood Prince' and begins to unlock the secrets of Voldemort's dark past, aided by Hermione (Emma Watson), Ron (Rupert Grint) and new teacher Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent). Meanwhile, the sixth-formers grapple with teenage hormones as various romantic liaisons unfold between them, some more dignified than others.
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 6: Magical Effects
In Harry Potter’s world, portraits come to life, potions transform, time reverses, Quidditch players soar, dragons attack and magic is everywhere. Now, fascinating insights, interviews and watch-it-happen footage let you experience the triumphs of technical wizards who conjured up an awe-inspiring alternate reality.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
First slice of the two-part final instalment in the fantasy adventure film series based on the bestselling books by J.K. Rowling. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reprise their roles as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, who set out on a dangerous quest to uncover and destroy the lost Horcruxes, the secret behind Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes)'s immortality. Voldemort's power has now grown to unprecedented proportions, with the Death Eaters in control of the Ministry of Magic and under orders to find Harry and bring him to Voldemort - alive. Away from the protection of Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and Hogwarts, Harry draws ever closer to the moment for which he has been preparing since boyhood: the ultimate showdown with the Dark Lord.
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 7: Story
J.K. Rowling and screenwriter Steve Kloves sit down for an intimate, free-flowing conversation on their decade of collaboration and the challenges of transforming Rowling’s novels into films. Gain new insight into Rowling’s own conceptions of her beloved characters through candid interviews, and hear how Kloves was able to adapt them faithfully for the screen.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The final instalment in the fantasy adventure film series based on the bestselling books by J.K. Rowling. With Voldemort's domination almost complete, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) face a race against time to find and destroy the Horcruxes, thereby extinguishing the Dark Lord's power. Returning to Hogwarts, where the last Horcrux is to be found, Harry, his school friends and the tutors soon find themselves preparing for the final, desperate battle with Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), with Harry realising that in order for him to win the day, he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
DISC 2: CREATING THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER PART 8: Growing Up
Interviews featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and other cast and crew give a glimpse at what it was like for the young stars of the films to grow up in front of the camera. From early interviews to the poignant final day of filming, watch how their ideas of acting, their characters and themselves changed through four directors, eight films and ten years.
