| | | The Rebellion Begins.
Features: DVD, English, Spanish, French, Subtitled
Lord Voldemort has returned, but few want to believe it. In fact, the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth - including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. When Professor Umbridge refuses to train her students in practical defensive magic, a select group of students decides to learn on their own. With Harry Potter as their leader, these students (who call themselves "Dumbledore's Army") meet secretly in a hidden room at Hogwarts to hone their wizarding skills in preparation for battle with the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters. New adventure - more dangerous, more thrilling than ever - is yours in this enthralling film version of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. A terrifying showdown between good and evil awaits. Prepare for battle!
"Sleek, swift and exciting." A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"It's action-packed, darker, more epic and thankfully schmaltz-free...the best "Harry Potter" film yet." Colin Bertram, New York Daily News
"This is the best Harry Potter picture yet." David Edelstein, New York Magazine
"Miraculous! A feast for the eyes...magical movie-making!" Larry King, CNN
"Once you see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix you'll want to see it again and again." NewsDay 'KidsDay'
"The most successful film series since James Bond continues with another rousing winner...a wild ride all the way." Pete Hammond, Maxim
"...the best of the series so far...has the laughs, the jitters and the juice to make even nonbelievers wild about Harry." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Editor's Note
Samuel Fuller (THE BIG RED ONE) directs this action-packed war movie about a group of grunts fighting the Japanese and building the Burma Road.
| Features | In Movie Experience: Join The Cast From Dumbledore's Army As They Come Together To Share Memorable Moments & Personal Perspectives On What They Learned This Year | | Additional Scenes - 17 Minutes Of Never Before Seen Footage! | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo Music Only Track | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French | | HD-DVD & DVD Combo! Both Standard & HD-DVD Versions On One Disc | | Featurettes: Trailing Tonks - We Spend A Day With Nat Tena (Tonks) & Receive A Very Personal Often Wacky Tour Of The Harry Potter Stages, Harry Potter - The Magic Of Editing - Director David Yates & Editor Mark Day Show Us What A Difference A Good Edit Makes & Allows You To Edit A Scene, & Focus Points - Enjoy These Fun & Fascinating Making-Of Featurettes To Discover Just What Is Involved To Create Those Amazing Scenes & Characters | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Web Enabled Features: Pick Your Favorite Scene - Assemble Your Favorite Clips From The Movie, Create Your Own Montage & Post Them Online; Live Community Screening - Create, Organize & Invite Buddies To Your Very Own Screening; & Mobile Downloads - Scan & Select Cool Images & Ring Tones That Can Be Sent Directly To Your Mobile Phone |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 12/11/2007 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1962 | | Catalog ID: 11569 | | UPC: 00085391156963 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (2007) | | | MTV Award, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet |
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| | Professional Reviews | ReelViews 9 of 10
With its fifth cinematic outing, the Harry Potter film series has ascended to another level. In addition to providing a self-contained, well-paced adventure, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix also begins to coalesce the epic ether that has been building over the past four films (especially the last two). With this movie, we sense that we're on the brink of something big, dark, and ominous...For a franchise that began under the lightweight guardianship of director Chris Columbus, these pictures have gotten progressively darker. The Order of the Phoenix is easily the gloomiest yet. The movie is not suitable for young children...With The Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter has truly come into his own, fulfilling the promise of The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Goblet of Fire. These are no longer cute stories of wizards and magic and things that go bump in the night. They are dark tales where the themes and creatures become increasingly distorted as the frames whiz by. The Order of the Phoenix is the best on offer to-date from the Harry Potter cinematic franchise, and one of the few reasons during the summer of 2007 to venture out to a multiplex. - James Berardinelli
Variety 8 of 10
The students at Hogwarts leave youthful hijinks behind once and for all in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Considerably grimmer and grittier than the previous pictures in the phenomenally successful series, new entry finds the young charges' head-on collision with adolescence taking a backseat to their sober confrontation with unvarnished evil...Extravagantly produced in the expected manner, pic nevertheless marks a notable departure in tone from those that preceded it. From the opening scene, portents of bad tidings ahead hang over everyone and everything connected to the wizarding world, even as the magical establishment insists there is no threat at large in the land...Concentrated focus results in an unsettling mood and dramatic scenes of unusual intensity. But condensing the book, which at 870 pages is the longest J.K. Rowling has written, into the shortest film in the series has come at a price. Many viewers won't at all mind that this is the first "Potter" picture without a Quidditch match, nor that house elves and cutesy ghosts are largely absent as well. - Todd McCarthy
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