Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Directed by	Alfonso Cuarón
Written by	J.K. Rowling (novel) Steven Kloves (screenplay)
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson
Produced by	Michael Barnathan et al.
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	June 4, 2004
Runtime	141 min.
Language	English
Budget	$130,000,000
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) was directed by Alfonso Cuarón and stars the actors from the preceding films in the series, except for the role of Albus Dumbledore, which saw Michael Gambon taking over from the late Richard Harris. Download high resolution version (550x811, 133 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie) ... Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born November 28, 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican film director. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... Daniel Radcliffe Radcliffe (left) as Harry Potter Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born July 23, 1989), from Fulham, London, is a British actor who is best known for playing Harry Potter, the main character of the film Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and its sequels. ... Rupert Grint in the New Harry Potter Movie, Goblet of Fire. ... Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ... Warner Bros. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born November 28, 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican film director. ... // About Dumbledore Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (c. ... Sir Michael Gambon (born October 19, 1940) is one of Britains foremost actors, knighted for his services to the theatre. ... Richard Harris (October 1, 1930 - October 25, 2002) was an Irish actor. ...

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Synopsis

For a brief synopsis see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, for a complete synopsis see Harry Potter (plot) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series of childrens books by J. K. Rowling. ... This page contains a detailed synopsis of all the books released so far in the Harry Potter series. ...

A mysterious convict, Sirius Black, escapes from Azkaban and sets his sights on Hogwarts, where dementors are stationed to protect Harry and his peers. Sirius Black (c. ... Azkaban is the wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series. ... A dementor is an utterly foul fictional being, the worst creature J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter book series has to offer. ... Harry James Potter (born July 31, 1980)[1], the only son of James Potter and Lily Potter, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Harry Potter series. ...

Cast

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Locations

Some of the sets for the film were built in Glen Coe, Scotland, near to the Clachaig Inn. The indoor sets, including sets built for the previous two films, are mainly in Leavesden Film Studios. The Hogwarts lake was filmed from Loch Shiel in the Highlands of Scotland. Incedentally, the train bridge which was also featured in the Chamber of Secrets movie is opposite Loch Shiel, and was used to film the sequences when the Dementor arrived on the train. Glen Coe is a glen in the Highlands of Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... The Clachaig Inn is a famous hotel and pub in Glen Coe, Scotland. ... Leavesden Film Studios is a film and media complex constructed on the site of the former Rolls Royce factory at Leavesden Aerodrome, which was an important centre of aircraft production during World War II. It situated approximately 20 miles northwest of central London near the town of Watford. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ...

Trivia

• Musician Ian Brown makes a cameo appearance as a wizard in The Leaky Cauldron reading A Brief History of Time.
• The soundtrack was composed and conducted by John Williams and released on CD on May 25, 2004. It received the Soundtrack Award.
• The set of Honeydukes seen in this film is a redress of the set of Flourish and Blotts seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which, in turn, was a redress of the set of Ollivander's from the first film. This means the same set was used in all three films, but it was used as a different location in each.
• The film broke several opening records around the world upon its release, including the top grossing film in UK film history, and made approximately $US 35.1m in its first 3 days, totalling $US 158.1m in ten days. As of September 28, the film had grossed $US 785m worldwide.
• In the Netherlands the film was given a special rating of 9.

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Deviations from the book

• The backstory involving Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs is not explained, though hinted through out the movie.
• Harry receives his Firebolt at the end of his third year rather than at Christmas.
• A choir of Hogwarts students is added.
• The dementors float and fly rather than glide.
• A shrunken head, voiced by Lenny Henry, is added to the Knight Bus as, according to Cuarón, a "wizarding equivalent to radio"
• Harry is caught with the Marauder's Map by Snape while wondering around at night trying to find Peter Pettigrew rather than after visiting Hogsmeade a second time.
• "Moony" is spelled "Mooney" as an in-joke referring to Karl Mooney, one of the visual effects supervisors. In the DVD subtitles, it is spelled "Moony" as it was in the book.
• The Quidditch Cup is left out altogether.
• Romantic tension between Ron Weasely and Hermione Granger is implied.
• A close relationship is implied between Remus Lupin and Harry's mother, Lily Potter. There has been much debate over whether the director intended to to imply a romantic past between the two chracters or simply a deep friendship.
• Ron confronts the boggart spider by giving it roller skates rather than removing its legs. The boggarts of other characters were changed as well. For example, Parvati Patil's boggart is a snake in the film, whereas it was a mummy in the book.
• While in the Shrieking Shack, only Harry attacks and knocks out Snape, as opposed to Harry, Ron, and Hermione together.
• Professor Trelawney is depicted as an eccentric and cheer lunatic, not as a oddly misterious and obscure lady.
• All of Professor Trelawney's predictions except the ones about Harry's death and Voldemort returning are left out. Also, the prediction about Harry's death is only mentioned in one scene of the film.
• The Patronus is shown as a protective shield, rather than a shining animal (in Harry's case, a stag). One criticism of the movie is that Harry viewing the white stag across the lake doesn't make sense with this version of the Patronus.
• In the book, Hermione experienced a small mental breakdown due to the fullness of her schedule and complexities of time travel. In the film, this was replaced by running gag, where Hermione appears seemingly out of nowhere to which Ron exclaims "Where did she come from?!"

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Common criticisms

Although the darker tone of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was applauded by fans and critics alike, there were two major criticisms many fans have of the film.

Continuity issues

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban contradicts the previous films in several ways, including the landscaping and layout of Hogwarts. For example, in the first two films, Hagrid's hut is a short distance from the castle, but in the third film it is much farther away and, in the first two films no mountains surround Hogwarts, but in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Hogwarts is featured in an enclosed mountainous valley, which is closer to the actual description in the books. Despite the fact the Harry Potter films are not considered canon, many fans found the lack of continuity irksome. In the context of fiction, the canon of a fictional universe comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ...

"Murky" plotting

The other problem often cited is that the actual development of the storyline appears to have changed deeply, creating a plotline Roger Ebert described as "a little murky" in his largely positive print review. In contrast to the smooth and detailed rendition of the previous films and of the book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban features a hasty and fragmented succession of often unconnected events. Entire patches of the original plot have been either left out or significantly altered, differently from the painstaking adherence of the former movies to it. This is mainly due to the necessity of reducing a vast and ever-growing quantity of facts in a relatively short length of time. Roger Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a film critic who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times; his reviews are syndicated to over 200 newspaper in the U.S. and abroad. ...

External links

• Official site
• UK official site
• Official trailer
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at the Internet Movie Database