"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" coming 4/15
 

From The Digital Bits:

This marks the first time the DVD version of a Harry Potter movie has gotten the short end of the stick with regard to special features.

--THX

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Who would ever bother buying a box set when there's only one film left?

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You'd be surprised at the number of people coming into my store this Christmas asking for a Harry Potter box set...

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People have been buying these box sets all along, the 1-5 set, the 1-6 set, and they'll surely buy the 1-7.1 set. People are idiots. If you buy one of these sets, and you complain later, you're an idiot. Plain and simple. If you buy it and don't complain, more power to you.

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Do you remember how Paramount released the Star Trek movies as single disc editions, then went back and started doing them in two disc editions? Every couple of movies they would release a box set of all the Trek movies, but half would be the 2 disc versions and half would be the old single disc versions (which weren't always 16x9). Never underestimate the buying power of stupid people in large numbers.

Still haven't watched the last movie, I even bought the combo pack with the digital download and everything.

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Amazon has listed two different cover arts for Harry Potter.

Combo Pack
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...edigitalbit-20

Single disc
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...edigitalbit-20

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I hope they eventually release deathly hollows as one entire film. Or is this doomed to be like Kill Bill?

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I think they knew going into pre-production on Deathly Hallows that it would need to be two films. Kill Bill was originally conceived as one film but split for marketing/cost amortizing reasons. So I think you would just be causing yourself undue stress trying to wait for single film release of HP7.

To be honest, they should have started this with Goblet of Fire, which is when the books started getting really massive and sprawling. All the movies since then have suffered from the cuts.

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This has to be some sort of record for a Digital Copy: The DC with "Deathly Hallows" expires in less than five months.

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Wow, every Warner I've seen has been consistently one year since release date.

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I went to BB to get the 1 disc for $17, then decided to get the DVD/DC one, then found another one that had a lenticular cover and a bonus disc. I didn't even know about that one, it was the same price as the regular BD/DVD/DC one, so I got that one instead.

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The bonus disc includes two documentaries:

- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Behind the Magic
A host takes a tour of the sets while conducting brief interviews with members of the cast and crew. The host makes a lot of jokes and "rides" a broomstick. approx 44 min.

- On the Road
This feature centers around the locations instead of sets. They basically explore most of the locations and the actors and production people talk about experiences working on location. They talk about Piccadilly Circus being closed down and how the forest chase was shot among other tidbits. Approximately 22 min.

They also have another version that has the 3-disc combo pack and a making-of book for "The Tale of the Three Brothers". I think it's $27.99.

pics from blu-ray.com:

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(Posted this in the wrong thread. More appropriate here.)

Have to say, quality control at Warner seems to have sunk with regard to DVD. The picture for Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is marred with mosquito noise. Looks terrible. Haven't looked at the films prior to those to see how far back the damage goes. They're not even trying anymore. For new releases-- maybe even re-releases-- you almost have to go Blu-ray now if you want decent video.

--THX

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This is nothing like Kill Bill being split into two movies.
It was decided well before pre production started that they were going to split the book into two films. kill bill was split into two films because the weinstiens are dumb and got scared that the long running time of the original cut of kill bill would be detrimental to Kill Bills box office take.

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Actually, it was Quentin Tarantino's idea to have two volumes in the first place. He had so much footage and it was never supposed to be two films (according to the production from the studio). I'm sure Tarantino spent a lot of time working on the film envisioning it as an incredibly long epic but when it came to finishing the film(s) from a production standpoint Kill Bill had already gone over-budget, and it was his idea to end volume one on the note it reaches. Volume 2 wasn't even entirely finished until several months following the release of the first Volume. It was something that Tarantino continued to work on. I think this show's itself clearly in the two volumes. They work well when viewed together but each film stands apart individually as well.

It was smart for Kill Bill to be split between two volumes. Releasing the film as one incredibly long epic WOULD have hurt the box office revenue. This was an expensive production and not a lot of people like to sit through a four hour plus experience.... look at the theatrical revenue Grindhouse received. It was underwhelming. There is also the factor that theaters wouldn't have had anywhere near as many showtimes. It would have doomed Kill Bill from a financial standpoint.

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That had more to do with the fact the movie wasn't very good than it did the running time.

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Do digital copies really expire? I know Disney movies say they have an expiration date on them, but I had several Disney movies that should have long since expired and when I recently found out that the digital copies expire I decided to go through my collection and put them all on my computer. Surprisingly all the digital copies worked. Even Disney uses Nightmare Before Christmas as an example to expire on August 26, 2009, but it still worked when I used it a few months ago. I haven't tried WB, however, so maybe they actually do expire. But I can tell you that Disney movies continue to still work, at least as of a few months ago.

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Disney has extended the expiration dates of their digital copies to 24 months after release (at least for the movies listed on this site): http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/di...le/movies.html. Though, that website claims that the DC for Nightmare Before Christmas is no longer available (it came out in August of 2008, so it should have expired in August of 2010).

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I recently went through my collection to make sure I had redeemed all my digital copies. Like you say, Disney honored expired codes, and so did Paramount. But Warner Bros. did not. I had a couple of Warner titles that expired in December and they would not work. I sent an email to Warner's DC tech support and got an immediate automated response that basically said "tough luck."

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According to a member on blu-ray.com, the combo pack is supposed to be on a temporary price cut at Target starting tomorrow through May 21st for $14.99. FYI

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That was quick.

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Nice. Similar to how A-Team and the Expendables dropped to 12.99 in week 2 (and suckered me into buying them).

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Amazon also has the $14.99 price today.

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Anybody know when Prince Caspian expired? I ask because I had a DC and loaded it onto my computer on April 10 with no problems. Figured it should be expired but had no trouble redeeming it.

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Yep and I had to do a triple take to make sure the price did match the set before adding to the cart. That's a heck of a deal. I'd be surprised that last for two days.