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HALF A BILLION BOOKS SOLD… THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS OF ALL TIME… A PHENOMENON THAT INSPIRED THE WORLD… POPPY MONTGOMERY (“WITHOUT A TRACE”) STARS IN THIS LIFETIME ORIGINAL MOVIES, THE TRUE RAGS-TO-RICHES STORY OF THE MOST SUCCESFUL AUTHOR OF OUR GENERATION MAGIC BEYOND WORDS: THE J.K. ROWLING STORY Street Date: November 7, 2011 DVD SRP: $19.95 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Just before the final installment of the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, arrives on DVD (11/11), uncover the incredible real life of Harry’s creator with Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story,  the top-rated Lifetime Original Movie which chronicles the British author’s (Montgomery) struggle to bring the beloved wizard fantasy to life as a single mother on welfare and become one of the world’s wealthiest women.  Following its Lifetime Network airing this past July, the rags-to-riches tale arrives on DVD…only from A+E Networks Home Entertainment “Rowling is played with charm by Poppy Montgomery… this film adds one more sweet dollop of upbeat charm to [Rowling’s] whole story.” -- NY Daily News An inspiring look at J.K. Rowling’s rise to become one of the most influential writers ever (with more than 400 million copies of her visionary books sold across the globe resulting in a billion-dollar film franchise), MAGIC BEYOND WORDS follows her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager through the devastating loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter phenomenon in her early twenties.  The drama also follows Rowling’s tumultuous first marriage, becoming a mother, her divorce, and the dark days of living on government assistance while publisher after publisher passed on her first novel…before it became an international best-seller and solidified Rowling’s rightful place in literary and cultural history. PROGRAM INFORMATION Type:   DVD/Single Catalog #:  AAAE253880 Running Time: 90 mins. + Genre:  Drama Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo