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'''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''' is the second fantasy adventure film in the popular Harry Potter films series, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The film was released on November 15, 2002 and was directed by returning director, Chris Columbus. The screenplay was adapted by returning screenwriter, Steven Kloves.
Most of the major cast and crew from ''Philosopher's Stone'' (also known as ''Sorcerer's Stone'') returned for ''Chamber of Secrets'', including child stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint and director Chris Columbus. However, it was the last appearance by Richard Harris as Dumbledore and currently the last ''Harry Potter'' film directed by Columbus. New key actors included Kenneth Branagh as Lockhart and Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy. It remains the only film in the franchise that has not been nominated for an Academy Award.
The film was very well received at the box office, having one of the largest opening weekend grosses of its time ($88.4M USD) and eventually grossing more than $878 million USD worldwide.[1]
| Contents |
| Plot |
| Cast |
| Production |
| Marketing |
| Mistakes |
| Response |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Plot
The film opens with Harry Potter and his caged owl Hedwig staying with the Dursleys on summer break. An elf named Dobby appears in Harry’s room and warns Harry not to return to Hogwarts this fall because of terrible danger. Dobby’s disruptions result in Uncle Vernon locking Harry in his room until Harry is rescued by the Weasley brothers. Harry and Hedwig escape in the Weasleys’ flying car, and Harry finishes summer vacation at the Weasleys’ home, the Burrow. After buying their new schoolbooks, Harry and the Weasleys go to trainstation Platform 9 3/4, but the gateway closes on Ron and Harry before they can board the Hogwarts express. Harry and Ron use the flying car to get to Hogwarts, but the car breaks down and crashes into the sentient, angry willow tree on the school’s grounds.
New professor and celebrity wizard author Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) now teaches at Hogwarts. Harry resumes quidditch practice with team Gryffindor. This year, Slytherin’s seeker is Harry’s rival Draco Malfoy, who sports a Nimbus 2001 broomstick.
The ominous Chamber of Secrets (secretly located beneath the sink in the ladies’ restroom) has opened, and Professor McGonagall reveals to the students how Hogwarts' founder Salazar Slytherin built the chamber long ago. Salazar disliked muggles (non-wizard humans) and muggleborn wizards, and emerges as something of a racial supremacist. Salazar had sealed the chamber until his heir had returned to school. Professor McGonagall also reveals that the chamber is guarded by a monster.
The plot becomes somewhat convoluted at this point in the movie. Harry and Ron temporarily take on the form of two Slytherins to gain information from Draco Malfoy. Meanwhile, the same potion turns Hermione into a large cat, and she is unable to turn back. The inevitable Quidditch match between Slytherin and Gryffindor results in a Gryffindor victory after Harry captures the snitch , but is attacked by a rogue bludger that breaks his arm. The pompous Professor Lockhart tries to heal Harry's arm, but instead removes Harry’s arm bones. Harry's arm recovers quickly.
Odd events occur: a muggle-born student is petrified, and young Ginny Weasley starts losing her memory. Hagrid is arrested and sent to Azkaban prison for harboring Aragog, a giant spider mistakenly believed to be the Chamber monster, and Dumbledore is removed as headmaster in the wake of all the problems. A ladies’ restroom ghost named Moaning Myrtle, an original victim of the Chamber of Secrets, provides Harry and Ron with Tom Marvolo Riddle’s talking diary.
The massive spider Aragog aids Harry and Ron in learning that the chamber is guarded by a monstrous snake called the Basilisk, which kills with its gaze. Harry and Ron learn that Professor Lockhart is not the great wizard he has appeared to be, and deceives people using a memory charm. After Ginny Weasley is taking into the Chamber of Secrets, with a message left on the wall that "her skeleton will lie in the Chamber forever", Harry, Ron, and Lockhart enter the ladies room to rescue Ginny from the Chamber under the sink. Harry descends a long tunnel, and with aid from the Sorting Hat and Dumbledore’s Phoenix bird, Harry battles the Basilisk and Tom Marvolo Riddle. Riddle’s name is an anagram for “I am Lord Voldemort,” and Riddle is, in fact, the sixteen-year-old soul of Lord Voldemort, preserved in the diary. Harry defeats the Basilisk and Riddle, and rescues Ginny.
The petrified students and Hermione are cured. Hagrid is freed from Azkaban, elf Dobby is freed from service to the Malfoys, and Dumbledore is restored as Hogwarts’ headmaster. The film ends with Hogwarts lit up from the Great Hall.
Cast
Production
Production for ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' began on November 19, 2001, just three days after the widespread release of the first Harry Potter film. It was shot on location in several places in Great Britain and at Leavesden Film Studios in London. Filming finished in the summer of 2002.[2]
The rapid production and quick turnaround on the second movie led fans to speculate that perhaps all of the films would be released annually (finishing in 2007, the same year as the final book). This turned out not to be the case as the third film, ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', was released more than a year after ''Chamber of Secrets''.
As was revealed during production, ''Chamber of Secrets'' was the second and currently last Harry Potter movie directed by Chris Columbus. However, he has expressed interest to return for ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' film.
This movie was also the last to feature Richard Harris (Albus Dumbledore), who died on October 25, 2002.
Marketing
The film's soundtrack was released on November 12, 2002. The film's scores were composed by John Williams, with some new material written by composer William Ross from adaptations of Williams' score, when he was unavailable due to time constraints. The soundtrack was conducted by William Ross. A video game based on the film was released in 2002.
Mistakes
★ In the scene where Harry and Hagrid meet up with Hermione in Diagon Alley, Hermione uses magic to repair Harry's glasses, despite the fact that she is not allowed to use magic outside school. However, she is not in any way punished as other characters have been seen to for using magic outside school, but not in the presence of muggles. However this is explained (in one of the later books) when Dumbledore tells Harry that although the ministry can detect magic it can't detect the perpetrator.
★ In the scene where Professor McGonagall tells the class about the legend of The Chamber of Secrets the writing on the blackboard is mirror image.
★ At the dueling club Snape disarms Lockhart, we see him flying through the air with his wand flying out of his hand, the angle changes and he lands with it in his hand, he gets up without it, and walks back to Snape with it in his hand with no time for him to have recovered it.
★ In the scene where Lockhart lets out the cornish pixies, Hermione uses a spell to stop them and one is seen going through her back. When the angle turns there is no pixie in front of her.
Response
The film ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' premiered in the UK on November 3, 2002 and in USA on November 14, 2002 before its widespread release on November 15, one year after the ''Philosopher's Stone'' film (November 16, 2001). It earned over $88 million USD in the US during its first weekend, which was then third place all-time behind ''Spider-Man'' and the first ''Harry Potter'' movie. It went on to gross $878,988,482 USD worldwide; while less than the first movie's take, it still ranks as one of the highest grossing movies of all-time.
The film was the second highest grossing film of 2002 behind '' worldwide. However, it was the number one film of the year at the non-American box office making about $617 million compared to ''The Two Towers' $583 million. It became the 5th highest grossing film of all time. To this day it remains as one of the highest grossing films of all time, at number 13.
Reviews were generally positive according to Rotten Tomatoes (82%) and Metacritic.com (63). On January 14 2003, ''Chamber of Secrets'' won the award for "Best Live Action Family Film" in the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards. However, currently it is the only Harry Potter film that was not nominated for any Academy Awards.
See also
★ Differences between book and film versions of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
References
1. ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)''
2. "''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' -- Greg's Preview. Yahoo! Movies.
External links
★ Harry Potter Movie Trailers
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