| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | |
|---|---|
 Part 1 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | David Yates |
| Produced by | David Heyman David Barron J. K. Rowling [1] |
| Screenplay by | Steve Kloves |
| Based on | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling |
| Starring | Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson |
| Music by | Part 1: Alexandre Desplat [2] Part 2: TBC Orchestrator: Conrad Pope Themes: John Williams |
| Cinematography | Eduardo Serra |
| Editing by | Mark Day |
| Studio | Heyday Films |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | Part 1: 18 November 2010 (international[3]) 19 November 2010 (United Kingdom) (United States[4]) Part 2: 15 July 2011 |
| Running time | Part 1: 146 minutes [5] |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $250 million[6] |
| Preceded by | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an upcoming 2010/2011 two-part epic fantasy-adventure film directed by David Yates, written by Steve Kloves and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film is produced by Rowling along with David Heyman and David Barron. The two parts form the seventh and final instalment in the Harry Potter film series, with the story following Harry Potter on a quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's secret to immortality - the Horcruxes. The films stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Principal photography for both parts was completed on 12 June 2010.[7] Part 1 will be released in 2D and IMAX formats on 19 November 2010 and Part 2 in 2D, 3D, and IMAX formats on 15 July 2011.[4][8][9] The film will also be released with D-BOX motion code in select theaters.
Plot introduction
Harry Potter and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger are on a journey to destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes. On the way they must triumph and emerge victorious to defeat Voldemort.Throughout the six previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the inherent difficulties of adolescence along with being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Lord Voldemort, a powerful evil wizard, murdered Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after attempting to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.Harry re-enters the wizarding world at age 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is soon confronted by Lord Voldemort, who is trying to regain power (and a body). Returning to school after summer break, there are several attacks on students after the legendary "Chamber of Secrets" is thought to be opened. Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating Lord Voldemort's "memory" stored in an enchanted diary. The following year, Harry hears that he has been targeted by escaped murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Black at the end of his third year of schooling and Harry learns that Black was framed and is his godfather. Harry's fourth year of school sees him entered in a dangerous magical competition called the Triwizard Tournament. At the conclusion of the Tournament, Harry witnesses the return of Lord Voldemort to full strength. When the next school year begins, the Ministry of Magic appoints Dolores Umbridge as the new High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. After forming an underground student group in opposition to Umbridge, Harry and several of his friends face off against Voldemort's Death Eaters, a group of Dark witches and wizards, and narrowly defeat them. In Harry's sixth year of school, he learns that Voldemort has been using Horcruxes to become immortal. Horcruxes are fragments of the soul that are placed within an object so that when the body dies, a part of the soul remains and the person can be regenerated or resurrected.[8] However, the destruction of the creator's body leaves the wizard or witch in a state of half-life, without corporeal form.[9] When returning from a mission to discover a Horcrux, Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster of the school and Harry's mentor, is murdered by Severus Snape, a teacher at the school with whom Harry is consistently at odds and who Harry has suspected of being a Death Eater. At the conclusion of the book, Harry pledges not to return to school the following year and to search for Horcruxes instead.
Plot summary
Following Dumbledore's death, Voldemort has completed his ascension to power and gains control of the Ministry of Magic. Harry, Ron, and Hermione drop out of school to find and destroy Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. They isolate themselves to ensure the safety of their family and friends. They do not have much knowledge about the remaining Horcruxes except the possibility that two of them are objects that belonged to Hogwarts founders Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff, and that the third is Nagini, Voldemort's snake familiar. The locations of the two founders' objects are unknown, and Nagini is presumed to be with Voldemort himself. As they search for the Horcruxes, the trio learn details about Dumbledore's past, as well as Snape's true motives.The trio recovers the first of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Salazar Slytherin's locket, by infiltrating the Ministry of Magic. They recover the Sword of Godric Gryffindor; it is one of a few objects that can be used to destroy Horcruxes (being dipped in Basilisk venom), and they use it to destroy the locket. In their travels the trio comes across a strange symbol, which an eccentric wizard named Xenophilius Lovegood (father of Luna) tells them represents the mythical Deathly Hallows. The Hallows are revealed to be three sacred objects: the Resurrection Stone, a stone with the power to recall the dead to the world of the living; the Elder Wand, an unbeatable wand; and an infallible Invisibility Cloak. Harry learns that Voldemort is seeking the Elder Wand, but is unaware of the Hallows and their significance. The trio decides that discovering Voldemort's Horcruxes is more important than procuring the Hallows for themselves. They break into Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at the Wizarding Bank Gringotts to recover another Horcrux, the cup of Helga Hufflepuff. Harry learns that another Horcrux is hidden in Hogwarts, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the school. They find this Horcrux, the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and successfully destroy the cup and the diadem.
The book culminates in the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, in conjunction with students and members of the wizarding world opposed to the rise of Voldemort, defend Hogwarts from Voldemort, his Death Eaters, and various magical creatures. Several major characters are killed in the first wave of the battle. Harry discovers that Voldemort inadvertently made Harry a Horcrux when he attacked him as a baby, and that he will have to die to destroy Voldemort. Harry surrenders himself to Voldemort, who attacks Harry with the Killing Curse, sending Harry to a sort of Limbo between life and death. There, Harry meets Dumbledore who explains that because Voldemort used Harry's blood to regain his full strength, Harry is protected from any harm that Voldemort could commit against him, meaning that the Horcrux inside Harry is destroyed, but Harry can return to his body despite being hit by the Killing Curse. Harry then returns to his body, the battle resumes, and after the last remaining Horcrux is destroyed, Harry is able to defeat Voldemort.
Epilogue
Nineteen years later, Harry and Ginny Weasley are married and have three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. Ron married Hermione and has two children, Rose and Hugo. The families meet at King's Cross station, where a nervous Albus is departing for his first year at Hogwarts. Harry's godson, Teddy Lupin, is found kissing Victoire Weasley (Bill and Fleur's daughter) in a train carriage. Harry sees Draco Malfoy and his wife Astoria Greengrass (revealed on Rowling's website behind the door) with their son, Scorpius. Neville Longbottom is now the Hogwarts Herbology professor and remains friends with the two families. Harry comforts Albus, who is worried he will be sorted into Slytherin, and tells his son that one of his two namesakes, Severus Snape, was a Slytherin and the bravest man he had ever met. He adds that the Sorting Hat takes one's choice into account, like it did for Harry. The book ends with these final words: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."Cast
Jason Isaacs considered not returning for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows before the book was released, as he was worried that the senior Malfoy would have very little screen time due to the character's imprisonment in the previous story. Meeting J. K. Rowling at an awards dinner he fell to his knees and said "Get me out of prison, I beg you." Rowling reassured Isaacs by looking over her shoulder and mouthing "You're out. Chapter One." Isaacs signed onto the film immediately afterward.[68]
Joshua Herdman announced on 9 August 2009 that Jamie Waylett would not be reprising his role as Vincent Crabbe for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Waylett's character would instead be written out and his role in the plot taken over by Herdman's character, Gregory Goyle.[99]
Director David Yates has announced that, for the final scene in the film which is set nineteen years after the film's main story, older actors will not be cast to play the main characters. Special effects will be used to depict the cast members as adults.
Marketing
At the 2010s ShoWest convention, Alan Horn premiered unfinished footage from both Part 1 and Part 2 of the upcoming film.[103] The 2010 MTV Movie Awards premiered more footage from both parts of Deathly Hallows.[104] At the Cinema Expo event in Amsterdam on 23 June 2010, a trailer was shown along with a five minute preview of selected scenes.[105] On 28 June 2010, the first official trailer for both parts was released on the internet and also was previewed before The Twilight Saga: Eclipse when it was released on 30 June 2010.[106] During ABC Family's premiere of Huge, the 2½ minute trailer for Deathly Hallows was shown. Following the release of the official teaser poster,[107] ABC Family broadcast interviews and additional scenes from both parts during their Harry Potter weekend, which began on 8 July 2010.[108] Another trailer can be seen from Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4.[109]
Deathly Hallows was represented at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International event. Several props from the film, including the Elder Wand and Slytherin's Locket, were on display.[110] Tom Felton was in attendance and introduced new clips from the film.[111] Warner Bros. International announced that a Harry Potter Movie Marathon would be held in various cities of Japan, accompanied by new exclusive Deathly Hallows footage on 11 August 2010.[112] It was later found that there was no new trailer or footage from the film at the August 11, Japanese event, but rather the featurettes which had been aired outside of Japan.[113]
During the season premiere of The Vampire Diaries on The CW, the first TV spot aired for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. It featured new dialogue from Voldemort, scenes of the Lovegoods' home under attack from the Death Eaters and footage of the ghostly Dumbledore hallucination.[114] Furthermore, a new trailer for solely Part 1 was approved in the UK.[115] The trailer was released on 22 September and is about 2 minutes and 25 seconds long, featuring several new scenes.[116]
On 29 September 2010, three character posters for Part 1 of Harry, Ron and Hermione were released via Yahoo! Movies.[117] The following day, a Part 1 theatrical poster was released online featuring the trio on the run in a forest.[118] Various other character posters for Part 1 were released on 6 October 2010, featuring Harry, Ron, Hermione, Lord Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange, Severus Snape and Fenrir Greyback.[119]
On 12 of October, 4 new character posters were released, featuring, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Bellatrix, Lucius Malfoy, Fenrir Greyback and a snatcher.[120] The posters are set to the theme of "Don't Get Caught", "Trust No One" and "The Hunt Begins".
On 15 October 2010, tickets began selling on Fandango for Part 1, and on 19 October, a 50-second clip featuring never-before-seen footage was aired at the 2010 Scream Awards. On 16 October, the second TV spot was released on Cartoon Network during a premiere of Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster.[121] On 18 October 2010, seven new TV spots were released through the Warner Bros. YouTube channel featuring new footage.[122] On 25 October 2010, Yahoo! Movies released an exclusive featurette on the film featuring new shots. The trailer for this film was released 26 October 2010 and can be viewed at the Warner Brothers website. [123] On 30 October 2010 EW released two new featurettes, titled "Horcruxes" and "The Story" respectively, featuring huge amounts of never-before-seen footage. On the same day, the Warner Bros. Harry Potter website was updated to reveal twelve miniature clips from the film.
Release
On 21 August 2010, director David Yates, producers David Heyman and David Barron along with Warner Bros. president Alan F. Horn, attended a test screening for Part 1 of Deathly Hallows in Chicago.[124][125] The unfinished film gained rave reviews from test screeners, some of which labelled it "amazing and dark" and "the most perfect Harry Potter film". Others expressed that the film faithfully adapted the novel, which led to an inheritance of the "book's own problems" with a long runtime of about 200 minutes.[126]Warner Bros. Pictures was originally going to release Part 1 of Deathly Hallows in 2D and 3D formats. However on 8 October 2010, it was announced that plans for a 3D version of Part 1 had been scrapped. "Warner Bros Pictures has made the decision to release “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” in 2D, in both conventional and IMAX theaters, as we will not have a completed 3D version of the film within our release date window. Despite everyone’s best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality." Part 2, however, will still be released in 2D, 3D and IMAX formats.[127]
After much speculation, Part 1 received a PG-13 rating from MPAA for "some sequences of intense action violence, frightening images and brief sensuality." [128] The film also received a 12A from the BBFC for "moderate fantasy violence and threat." [129]
The world premiere for Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will be held in London's Leicester Square on 11 November 2010.[130] The U.S. premiere for Deathly Hallows: Part 1 will be held in New York City on 15 November.[131]
The first part will debut in cinemas worldwide on 19 November 2010, while the second part will be released worldwide on 15 July 2011, eight months after Part 1.
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