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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 is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series .
- $798 million
- John Williams
- $130 million
Harry Potter's (Daniel Radcliffe) third year at Hogwarts starts off badly when he learns deranged killer Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban prison and is bent on...
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- Alfonso Cuarón
- PG
- Daniel Radcliffe
The infamous Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban Prison and all sources believe he's after Harry Potter's (Daniel Radcliffe's) life. What connection could there be between Harry's past and this crazed murderer?
- Overview
- Plot
- Cast
- Differences from the book
- Differences from earlier films in the series
- Chapters
- Mistakes
"Everything will change."
— Official tagline
is a British-American fantasy film based on the third novel by J. K. Rowling, released on 31 May 2004 in the UK, and 4 June 2004 in North America. Alfonso Cuarón made his directorial debut for the series, while Steve Kloves returned from the first two films to write, as did David Heyman to produce. Chris Columbus (the director of the first two films) also joined the production team, as did Mark Radcliffe. Reprising their roles from the previous films are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Griffiths, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, David Bradley, Tom Felton, Robert Hardy and Mark Williams, while Julie Christie, Gary Oldman, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Pam Ferris, and Dawn French make their debut for the series.
This is also the first appearance for Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore, after Richard Harris' passing. Gambon would go on to reprise the role in all subsequent films in the series.
In 1993, shortly after the end of his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the second film, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) spends another dissatisfying summer at the Dursleys' house studying magic at night without being caught, while family vacations to Egypt and France respectively are being spent by his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), both of whom he is determined to join in visits to village of Hogsmeade if he has either his Aunt Petunia (Fiona Shaw) or Uncle Vernon (Richard Griffiths) sign his Hogsmeade permission form. On 31 August, he gets the opportunity to do so, as long as he hides his abilities while Vernon's sister Marge arrives for a visit. However, at dinnertime, Marge viciously insults Harry and his parents, calling James Potter "a drunk" and Lily Potter "a bitch", which in turn triggers Harry's anger and his unconscious magical powers cause her to inflate and float away. A livid Vernon orders Harry to put her right, but Harry says that she deserved it. Vernon then lunges at him, but Harry retaliates by pointing his wand at him. Vernon exclaims that Harry would not be allowed back at Hogwarts for using magic outside of school. Harry flees, expecting to have been expelled for using magic outside of school anyway.
After seeing a shaggy black dog, the Knight Bus appears and takes Harry to the Leaky Cauldron. There, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge (Robert Hardy) tells Harry he will not be expelled. Harry learns that Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), who is said to be a supporter of Lord Voldemort, has escaped from Azkaban. The next day, Harry comes out of his room and finds a cat chasing a rat. Harry enters the pub and is reunited with his best friends Ron and Hermione (the rat being Ron's pet rat, Scabbers and the cat is Hermione's new pet cat, Crookshanks). He is also informed by Arthur Weasley (Mark Williams) that Black will likely come after him and warns Harry not to go after him no matter what. Harry is confused as to why he would look for someone who is apparently looking to kill him.
Harry and his friends journey to school on the Hogwarts Express, where they share a compartment with their new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Remus Lupin (David Thewlis), who is asleep when they enter. Abruptly, the Hogwarts Express is stopped halfway to Hogwarts to let aboard Dementor sent by the Ministry, in search of Black. The creature has a profound effect on Harry and causes him to faint, forcing Lupin to awaken and repel it with a Patronus Charm. At school, famed Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) informs the Hogwarts students that because Black has escaped, Dementors have been set up around the school as a protection. The trio begin also a new class, Divination, taught by Sybill Trelawney. When they read their tea leaves, Trelawney tells Harry that he has the Grim. In addition to Lupin's appointment, Hagrid is announced as the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher. As lessons begin, Hermione frequently arrives at their various classes, seemingly appearing out of nowhere. Lupin's lessons prove enjoyable, as he teaches useful spells and helps less confident students like Neville Longbottom. However Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class does not go as planned, as on the first day, Draco Malfoy deliberately provokes the Hippogriff Buckbeak into attacking him. His father, Lucius Malfoy successfully has Buckbeak sentenced to death. Later, third year students are allowed to go to Hogsmeade, but since Harry's uncle, Vernon, did not sign his letter of permission, he cannot go. He instead stays behind, talking with Lupin on the Wooden Bridge, who says that he knew Harry's parents and that they were two great individuals.
Returning to the Gryffindor Tower, they find the Fat Lady's portrait empty, having been attacked. Dumbledore and the school Caretaker Argus Filch find the Fat Lady in another portrait, completely scared. She says that Sirius Black has entered the castle, and wanted to enter Gryffindor Tower. Dumbledore sends all the students to sleep in the Great Hall, in which Professor Snape says to Dumbledore that the appointment of a teacher may had been dangerous. Dumbledore denies this, though both think that Harry may be in danger. Later in a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Snape substitutes for Lupin, saying that he is "incapable of teaching". He teaches them about werewolves and animagi. An Animagus is a human who can turn into another animal and back into human form when they choose. They can turn into only one animal.
During a Quidditch match, several Dementors approach Harry, causing him to fall off his broomstick; Dumbledore slows his descent. Harry wakes up to find that his broomstick flew into the Whomping Willow and got torn apart. Harry then decides to learn how to fight the Dementors. Lupin says he will teach him, but after the holidays, since he is not feeling well. Near Christmas, Harry attempts to sneak to Hogsmeade without permission, but is caught by Fred and George Weasley, who give him the Marauder's Map so that he can enter the village through a secret passage. At Hogsmeade, Harry overhears that Sirius Black was his godfather and his parents' best friend. Black is said to have divulged the Potters' secret whereabouts to Voldemort and murdered their mutual friend Peter Pettigrew. An enraged Harry tells his friends that is looking forward to Black finding him so that he can kill him.
The holidays pass, and Lupin teaches Harry the spell to conjure a Patronus, a 'shield' or 'force' that can repel a Dementor. A Patronus is the opposite of a Dementor which breeds on unhappy thoughts and bad memories. The happier the thought used to cast the spell, the more powerful the Patronus. After a few attempts, Harry manages to create a Patronus. One night, Harry is using the Marauder's Map, and he sees Pettigrew's name. However when following his name, he finds no one, but is caught by Snape. Lupin appears and sees the map. He takes it from Snape and then gets Harry away. In his classroom, he tells Harry that it was irresponsible of him to wander around with the map. Before leaving, Harry says that the map may not be working properly - he had seen Pettigrew's name on it, despite the fact that he's supposed to be dead. Lupin says that it's not possible, and stays looking at the map, quietly.
The trio
•Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter •Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley •Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Hogwarts staff
•Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore •Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall •Alan Rickman as Severus Snape •Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid •Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney •David Thewlis as Remus Lupin •Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick •Paul Bannon as Hogwarts employee (uncredited) •David Bradley as Argus Filch •Unknown as Hogwarts Healer (uncredited) •Unknown as Hogwarts Healer (uncredited)
Other Hogwarts denizens
•Dawn French as the Fat Lady •Paul Whitehouse as Sir Cadogan •Violet Columbus as Girl with Flowers •Annalisa Bugliani as Mother in Portrait •Tess Bu Cuarón as Baby in Portrait •Freddie Davis as Old Man in Portrait •Caridad Angus as Female in Portrait (uncredited)
1. Owl Post
•The film starts with Harry performing Lumos Maxima, well aware of the Restrictions of Underage Wizards and did not receive any warnings; every time he does it, Uncle Vernon would come to see what was happening and Harry would hide under the covers. In the book, Harry uses a simple torch. Lumos Maxima is later used in the sixth film. •Harry does not receive birthday presents from his friends and Harry does not find out about the Weasley's visit to Egypt until he gets to the Leaky Cauldron. •The film does not mention Ron receiving a new wand to replace his old broken one. However, Ron actually does have a new wand, since there is no spello-tape on his wand and no malfunctions happen.
2. Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
•In the book, Harry asks Uncle Vernon to sign his Hogsmeade permission slip before Vernon goes to the train station to get Marge, while in the film he asks him after he gets back from getting Marge. •In the book, at the dinner party, Aunt Marge allows Ripper to drink tea off a saucer. In the film, she allows him a drink of brandy from her glass. •In the book, Aunt Marge stays for a week before she gets blown up. In the film, Aunt Marge blows up the same day she visits. •In the book, Harry sat at the table with Aunt Marge and the Dursleys, but in the film, he is just busy at the kitchen counter serving the Dursleys and Aunt Marge. •Also in the book, Marge only floats up to the ceiling, while in the film she uncontrollably floats out of the house, later to be found circling a chimney in Sheffield as Harry is leaving. The same scene also has a humorous segment where Vernon tries to save Marge and cling to her to get her back down, only to end up bitten in the leg by Ripper, causing Marge to demand that Vernon not release his grip on her, only for Vernon to reluctantly do so due to being unable to hang on for much longer thanks to Ripper, apologising just before doing so.
3. The Knight Bus
•In the book, Harry pretends to be Neville Longbottom while on the Knight Bus, running from the Ministry of Magic. In the film, Harry doesn't pretend to be Neville; however, his identity is still kept secret. •The film makers added Shrunken heads that have the ability to talk, probably to add humour. So far these creatures have been unique to this film only. In an interview on the DVD release, J.K. Rowling said the addition of the shrunken heads had her full support, and she only wished she'd thought of them herself. •Harry asking Cornelius Fudge to sign his Hogsmeade permission form is taken out. •In the book, Harry still has only two weeks of vacation remaining left before returning to Hogwarts, following the incident of blowing up Aunt Marge as mentioned by Cornelius Fudge, but in the film, Harry returns to Hogwarts the next day after having arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. •In the book, Harry reunites with Hedwig in his room at the Leaky Cauldron with Tom telling Harry that Hedwig arrived five minutes after he did, but in the film, Harry reunites with Hedwig with Tom telling Harry that Hedwig arrived five minutes before Harry did.
•Most wands have taken different shapes. This is marked as the first film to start making the wands for each character uniquely decorated.
•Whenever a spell is cast in the film, a faint whistling can be heard. This is the only film in which spells make this noise and are mostly used to signal when simple waves of the wand are actually some kind of spell.
•This is the first film to feature hand-gesture magic, with Dumbledore igniting a candle with a wave of his hand, Lupin opening a chest with just passing his hand over the lock, and Dumbledore's cast of "Aresto Momentum" to stop Harry from falling after the Dementors caused his fall off his broom.
•The Spell Expelliarmus was changed in effect and appearance. In the previous film, it was a bright, golden beam that propelled the user several feet backwards, from this film and onwards, it became a fast, bright spark that can accurately hit the opponent's wand and send it flying away.
•The Harry Potter logo itself has changed. The tail of the "y" is longer and extends further to the left. The "P" lightning bolt is longer. The logo has an overall silver colour whereas the logos of the two previous films were gold. This reflects the darker tone of the film, and on subsequent films, the darker the tone, the darker (and decaying) is the logo.
•This is the first and only film not to feature the title in clouds.
1.Under Covers Prologue
2.Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
3.The Knight Bus
4.The Leaky Cauldron
5.The Monster Book of Monsters
6.In Grave Danger
•The scene where Harry greets the Weasley family in the restaurant portion of the Leaky Cauldron, Arthur Weasley takes Harry aside to speak with him for a moment. He asks Harry if he is looking forward to the new term, which Harry replies that it “should be great.” Now, if you watch very carefully, just after Mr Weasley restates Harry’s name, if you look just under the wanted poster of Sirius Black, the number 301 will flash for a split second under the lower right corner of the poster, across the brick.
•In the scene where Harry encounters Snape while using the Marauder's Map to try to locate Pettigrew, the strings on Harry's sweatshirt alternate between being crossed and uncrossed.
•In the scene where Harry, Ron and Hermione go to Hagrid to talk about Buckbeak's fate, Harry is sitting. As Hagrid says he's been put to death, Harry stands up and walks to the others. However, in the next shot, he is sitting down again.
•After Buckbeak is released, a crow lands on Cornelius Fudge's top-hat. The Minister raises a hand to scare it off, but in the next shot, Fudge seems unaware of the crow, as both his arms are to his side.
•The first time Hermione throws the fossil at the pot in Hagrid's hut it breaks differently to the second time she throws it.
•Lupin's school-time nickname of 'Moony' is misspelt on the Marauders Map as 'Mooney.' This is an inside joke from visual effects supervisor, Karl Mooney. Also, Albus Dumbledore's name is spelled 'Albvs Dvmbledore' when he is seen pacing in his study on the map. This is clearly an influence from Latin, where "u" is replaced by "v", but other names on the map do not use "v" in place of "u".
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Film. Video games. References. External links. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is the third in the Harry Potter series. The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Jun 3, 2004 · The film centers on the escape of the sinister Sirius Black ( Gary Oldman) from Azkaban Prison; Sirius was convicted in Voldemort's plot to murder Harry's parents, and now it's suspected he must finish the job by killing Harry.
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