Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
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| Directed by | Chris Columbus |
| Produced by | David Heyman David Barron |
| Written by | J.K. Rowling (novel) Steve Kloves (screenplay) |
| Starring | Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
| Editing by | Peter Honess |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | November 15, 2002 |
| Running time | 161 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom(US-backed) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 Million |
| Gross revenue | Domestic: $261,988,482 Worldwide: $876,688,482 |
| Preceded by | Philosopher's Stone |
| Followed by | Prisoner of Azkaban |
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second film in the popular Harry Potter series, was released on November 15, 2002 in the United Kingdom, the United States, and elsewhere. Its screenplay was adapted by Steve Kloves from the 1998 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling.
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. New key actors included Kenneth Branagh as Lockhart and Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy. However, it was the last appearance by Richard Harris as Dumbledore and currently the last Harry Potter film directed by Columbus. It is also currently 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 $876 million USD worldwide.[1]
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[edit] Synopsis
- Further information: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Muggle's Guide to Harry Potter, Alterations from the book
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his second year, but a mysterious chamber hidden in the school is opened and Muggle-born students are petrified by an unknown agent. Harry and his friends discover the entrance of the chamber and defeat Tom Marvolo Riddle, who was actually Voldemort.
[edit] Cast
[edit] 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 wrapped 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, possibly 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 and a half 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 movie 6 or 7 if Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are still with the series. [3] The series also lost veteran Dumbledore actor Richard Harris, who died on October 25, 2002.
[edit] Reception
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). [1] 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 $876,688,482 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 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers worldwide. However, it was the number one film of the year at the non-American box office making about $614 million compared to The Two Towers' $583 million.
Reviews were generally positive according to Rotten Tomatoes (83%) and Metacritic.com (63). On 14 January 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.
[edit] Rating
Also received a PG rating for scary moments, some creature violence, and mild language.
[edit] Alterations from the book
[edit] Later releases
[edit] DVD
Chamber of Secrets was released on DVD in North America on April 11, 2003 and was available as a "full-screen edition" (1.33:1 aspect ratio) and a "widescreen edition" (2.35:1). A second disc contained extra features, including:
- 19 scenes that were not included in the theatrical release.
- Interviews with cast members.
- An interview with author J.K. Rowling and screenwriter Steve Kloves conducted by Lizo Mzimba.
- After the credits is a short scene in Diagon Alley, showing off Gilderoy Lockhart's newest release, Who Am I?, with him on the cover, giddy and in a straitjacket. This is, of course, non-canon - Lockhart had his entire memory wiped and was definitely not in any state to write a book.
[edit] Extended Disney Channel & ABC Family version
An extended version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was shown on ABC Family on October 16, 2004; the Disney Channel released the same version of the movie on August 7, 2005 in the United States. It featured scenes that had been deleted for the theatrical version. Extra scenes included:
- Harry and Ron run into the real Crabbe and Goyle after running away from Malfoy.
- Ron asks Hermione where she got the Slytherin robes at the time they are about to drink the Polyjuice Potion.
- Hermione tells Harry and Ron that the Polyjuice Potion will be ready in a few days.
- Fred and George make a joke out of Harry speaking Parseltongue.
- After Harry, Hermione and Ron talk about Harry speaking Parseltongue, Harry sits on a far mountain on the other side of Hogwarts with Hedwig (this is before Harry leaves Transfiguration class).
- After Harry leaves the library, some Hufflepuffs (Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbott) are talking about Harry being the Heir of Slytherin.
These scenes can also be found on the second disc of the DVD.
[edit] Soundtrack
See Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (soundtrack)
[edit] Cultural references
- The movie leaked on the Internet a few days before its official release. Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update spoofed by saying that "even worse, a book containing the entire story of the film came out four years ago."
[edit] Trivia
- Originally, Lucius Malfoy was to appear in a business suit. However, actor Jason Issacs came up with the idea of the cape and cane to give the character a more unique appearance.
[edit] Parodies
- The film was parodied by French & Saunders for Comic Relief 2003 in a sketch entitled "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan." The parody featured actors such as Ronnie Corbett as Hagrid, Jeremy Irons as Snape and Miranda Richardson (who later played Rita Skeeter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) as Hermione.
- Australian comedy show The Big Bite also made a parody of the movie, titling it Harry Potter and the Unbelievably Secret Chamber of Secrets, which featured Michael Jackson.
[edit] References
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| Chamber of Secrets | book | film | game | soundtrack |
| Prisoner of Azkaban | book | film | game | soundtrack |
| Goblet of Fire | book | film | game | soundtrack |
| Order of the Phoenix | book | film | game | |
| Half-Blood Prince | book | film | ||
| Deathly Hallows | book | |||
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