The Amazon.com pre-order page for

The Amazon.com pre-order page for the DVD has a bunch of interesting facts about the movie on it (thanks MuggleNet for the heads up). Including:

Among the portraits on the shifting staircase, you can clearly see a painting of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Anne Boleyn was popularly believed to be a witch.

The hut used during the filming as Hagrid’s hut has since been demolished in case fans of the film swamped it.

Harry Potter’s birthday is reported in the books as being “somewhen in July”. Author J.K. Rowling, and actors Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Griffiths, Richard (I) (Uncle Vernon) were all reported to have their birthdays on 31 July. It was later revealed that Radcliffe’s birthday is, in fact, 23rd July and that the claim that his birthday was the same as Harry Potter’s was merely a publicity stunt. (I thought it was pretty clear that July 31 was his birthday in the books?)

On the Quidditch trophy that has Harry’s father’s name on it, there are additional inscriptions for M. McGonagall and R.J.H. King.(Hmm…RJH King, that’s new. Plus, the M.McGonagall inscription is in the 70s, FAR too late for it to be the professor… )