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Hugh Laurie, J.K. Rowling, Gavin Scott

Author J.K. Rowling captured the world's imagination with her series of books featuring the adventures of young wizard Harry Potter. With this release from Questar, fans of the books are given the opp... read more read more...ortunity to learn about the factual information and locations featured in the stories as well as the literary and mythological influences. Narrated by actor Hugh Laurie, Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter: The Magic Behind the Young Wizard discusses such topics as the origins of the Philosopher's Stone, King Arthur, and a real school like the Hogwarts Academy. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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Unrated, 48 min.

Directed by: Shaun Trevisick

Release Date: December 10, 2001

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DVD Release Date: May 28, 2002

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  • August 14, 2011
    Cool
  • November 19, 2009
    It's a sub-par documentary and goes over the same information that fans already know. It was a poor excuse to make money off the Harry Potter series and serves no purpose. It looks terrible and amatueristic, not worth anyone's time.
  • December 2, 2011
    Cool
  • August 15, 2008
    This video really taught me a lot of things both about Harry Potter and things that it is based on. This was very interesting to watch.
  • August 6, 2007
    Most of it has been denied by J.K.Rowling and all rumors are started in truth or jealousy, do people honestly think J.k. plucked EVERYTHING from thin air?
  • March 29, 2007
    It was interesting to learn about the world of Harry, but learning it made the fun spoiled a little.
  • February 5, 2007
    I liked it because I got to learn about how somethings in the 1st book are taken from real life. Like how there really was an alchemist named nicholas flemel and how he tried to make the elixer of life.
  • January 11, 2007
    It didn't seem very well put together and all the swooping camera movement made me want to throw up. But Hugh Laurie narrarated it so that made everything better!

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