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Cast & crew. User reviews. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Awards. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Jump to. 17 wins & 56 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2005 Nominee Oscar. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score. John Williams. 2005 Nominee Oscar. Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Tim Burke.
Jun 4, 2004 · With Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Griffiths, Pam Ferris, Fiona Shaw. Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
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- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Alfonso Cuarón
- 2004-06-04
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban received two Academy Award nominations: Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score for John Williams. The film was also nominated for four BAFTA Awards : Best British Film , Best Production Design , Best Makeup & Hair , and Best Visual Effects , and won public-voted Orange Film of the Year award. [117]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Nominated Nestlé Smarties Book Prize: 1997 Gold Medal: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Won 1998 Gold Medal: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Won 1999 Gold Medal: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Won Scottish Arts Council Award: 1998 Children's Book of the Year
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While Harry is living with the Dursleys, Aunt Marge comes to visit. When he and his late parents are insulted by Marge, an angry Harry accidentally inflates her. Harry packs up his stuff and leaves the house, choosing to spend the last weeks of summer at the Leaky Cauldron inn in London. While there, Harry is warned that a former follower of Voldem...
Pre-release history
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997 and the second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published on 2 July 1998. Rowling started to write the Prisoner of Azkaban the day after she finished The Chamber of Secrets. Rowling said in 2004 that Prisoner of Azkabanwas "the best writing experience I ever had...I was in a very comfortable place w...
Critical reception
The book received generally positive reviews. The Guardian reported an average rating of 9 out of 10 for the book based on reviews from multiple British newspapers. Gregory Maguire wrote a review in The New York Times for Prisoner of Azkaban: in it he said, "So far, in terms of plot, the books do nothing new, but they do it brilliantly...so far, so good." In a newspaper review in The New York Times, it was said that "'The Prisoner of Azkaban' may be the best 'Harry Potter' book yet". A review...
Awards
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban won several awards, including the 1999 Booklist Editors' Choice Award, the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers, the 1999 FCBG Children's Book Award, the 1999 Whitbread Book of the Year for children's books, and the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. It was also nominated for the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the first in the series nominated, but lost to A Deepness in the Sky. Prisoner of Azkaban additionally won the 2004 Ind...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in hardcover in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September. The British paperback edition was released on 1 April 2000,while the US paperback was released 1 October 2001. Bloomsbury additionally released an adult edition with a different cover design to the original, in paperback on 10 J...
Film
The film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in 2004 and was directed by Alfonso Cuarón from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film débuted at number one at the box office and held that position for two weeks. It made a total of $796.7 million worldwide, which made it the second highest-grossing film of 2004 behind Shrek 2. However, among all eight entries in the Harry Potter franchise, Prisoner of Azkaban grossed the lowest; yet among critics and fans, the film i...
Video games
Three unique video games by different developers were released in 2004 by Electronic Arts, loosely based on the book:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database- J. K. Rowling, Klaus Fritz
- 1999
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world. Director Chris Columbus Stars Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson. 17 wins & 68 nominations. 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 2002 2h 41m PG.
The film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released on 31 May, 2004 (UK) and on 4 June, 2004 (US). It was directed by Alfonso Cuarón and the trio was starred by Daniel Radcliffe , Rupert Grint and Emma Watson .
