Snow Angel Nine Ball: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire Movie

The first teaser poster for the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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The 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is being directed by Mike Newell and will be released on November 18 2005.

Tagline: Difficult times lie ahead, Harry.

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Directed by Mike Newell
Written by J.K. Rowling (novel)
Steve Kloves (screenplay)

Starring Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson

Produced by David Heyman
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release date November 18, 2005
Runtime 150 min (estimated)
Language English
Budget $130,000,000
(estimated)

Plot overview

The Quidditch World Cup

In this movie, Harry Potter spends the end of his summer with the Weasleys in anticipation of the Quidditch World Cup. During the World Cup, a group of Death Eaters attack a number of Muggle bystanders, but flee when the Dark Mark - Voldemort's sign - mysteriously appears above them. The sign is found to have been made by a wand found with Winky, the House-Elf of Barty Crouch, a respected official at the Ministry of Magic. Winky is fired by her master at once. Crouch's treatment of Winky prompts Hermione to start campaigning for elves' rights.

The Tri-Wizard Tournament

When Harry arrives at Hogwarts, he finds that the Triwizard Tournament - which had been banned since many participants died during it - was to be restarted, and to be held at Hogwarts. The names of all intending participants would be put into a goblet - known as the Goblet of Fire - which would shoot out one name from each of the three competing wizarding schools (Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang). After choosing Viktor Krum from Durmstrang, Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons, and Cedric Diggory from Hogwarts, the Goblet spits out Harry's name - although he was too young to have added his name to the Goblet. Harry is forced to participate, to the outrage of many.

With help from his friends and teachers, Harry manages to make it through the first two parts of the Triwizard Tournament. During this time, his relationship with his best friend, Ron Weasley, is temporarily strained by Harry's sudden explosion of fame. This fame soon backfires, as Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter begins to dig deep to find anything which will tarnish Harry's reputation. Harry's friendship with Ron is saved once Ron realises just how perilous the Tournament will be for Harry.

In the last part of the Tournament - in which the four competitors have to run through a maze populated by many dangerous creatures - Harry and Cedric arrive at the trophy (placed in the centre of the maze) first and decide, because of the help they provided to each other, to grab the trophy at the same time, since it will be a Hogwarts victory anyway.

Confrontation in the Graveyard

The trophy turns out to be a Portkey, a magical object which transports them to a graveyard - where they find Peter Pettigrew (also known as Wormtail) and Lord Voldemort. Peter kills Cedric using the unstoppable Avada Kedavra curse, then uses Harry's blood as part of a macabre ritual which results in Voldemort being reborn, more powerful than before, and immune to the charm which had prevented him from harming Harry twice before. Voldemort then summons the Death Eaters and attempts to kill Harry, to prove that "the boy who lived" will not be his undoing again. However, because Harry's and Voldemort's wands are formed from the same core - a feather from Dumbledore's pet phoenix Fawkes - a freak phenomenon known as Priori Incantatem occurs, in which Voldemort's wand begins to produce ghostly echoes of its past victims - including Harry's parents. The echoes hold off Voldemort while Harry manages to escape to the trophy which transports him and Cedric's body back to Hogwarts.

Barty Crouch, Jr. Revealed

On reaching Hogwarts again, Harry lands in the centre of the confusion caused by his disappearance. He is led up to the castle by his Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and Auror (Dark-wizard-catcher), Professor Moody. Moody reveals himself as a Death Eater, saying that it was he who put Harry's name into the Goblet, and who ensured that Harry made it through the three rounds of the tournament so that he would be delivered to Voldemort. As Moody is about to attack Harry, Dumbledore, Snape and McGonagall barge into the room, and stop Moody. After Dumbledore's interrogation of "Prof. Moody", it is revealed that "Moody" was Barty Crouch's son in disguise. The real Professor Moody had been kept imprisoned in a magical trunk for the entire year.

Having learned that Voldemort had risen again, Dumbledore began proceedings to restart the Order of the Phoenix. Snape and the Durmstrang Headmaster are revealed as ex-Death Eaters. Barty Crouch Jr. has his soul sucked out by a Dementor before he can repeat his story to The Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge. The Minister refuses to believe that Voldemort has risen again on the word of Dumbledore and Harry, which results in Dumbledore being removed from several important posts within the wizard community, and the reputation of Harry Potter being trampled judiciously in the next movie.

Cast

Role Actor
Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe
Ron Weasley - Rupert Grint
Hermione Granger - Emma Watson
Professor Snape - Alan Rickman
Professor Dumbledore - Michael Gambon
Rubeus Hagrid - Robbie Coltrane
Draco Malfoy - Tom Felton
Ginny Weasley - Bonnie Wright
Rita Skeeter - Miranda Richardson
Mad-Eye Moody - Brendan Gleeson
Cedric Diggory - Robert Pattinson
Viktor Krum - Stanislav Ianevski
Fleur Delacour - Clémence Poésy
Cho Chang - Katie Leung
Sirius Black - Gary Oldman
Peter Pettigrew - Timothy Spall
Lord Voldemort - Ralph Fiennes

Locations
The film was mainly shot in Leavesden Film Studios.

Alterations from the book
At the Yule Ball, Hermione is seen wearing a pink dress while in the book she is wearing a blue dress.
The "third task" does not take place on the Quidditch pitch.
The whole "S.P.E.W." story has been cut.
The Dursleys, Percy Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, Ludo Bagman, Winky and Dobby the House-Elf have been cut from the film entirely.
Harry is helped by Neville instead of Dobby for the "second task".
The only scene featuring Sirius Black is when his head appears in the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room.

Trivia
This film might be the first Harry Potter movie to receive a PG-13 from the MPAA; all previous HP movies were rated PG.
This film might get the rating 6 again in the Netherlands, after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban had the rating 9.
Early internet rumours suggested that the film had an astronomical budget of well over $300 million, making it easily the most expensive movie of all time. However, this proved to be false, as the final budget is now estimated to be $130 million.
Recently, certain fans had been complaining about the casting of an Asian actor for the role of Cho Chang in the fourth Harry Potter film, even though Cho Chang is an Asian character. An anti-fan site for the character has also been used to target this particular actress.
There were initial rumors that the movie would be split into two separate films, however the director decided to release it all in one movie, which made massive cuts from the plot necessary.
Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway of Radiohead along with Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker appear in the movie as members of the band called The Weird Sisters.

Trailers
In Quicktime format

Small (3MB) http://movies.apple.com/movies/wb/harry_potter_goblet/hp_gobletoffire_m240.mov
Big (12MB) http://movies.apple.com/movies/wb/harry_potter_goblet/hp_gobletoffire_m480.mov

caps from 4th movie:

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