Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | |
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Directed by | Chris Columbus |
Screenplay by | Steve Kloves |
Based on | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling |
Produced by | David Heyman |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
Edited by | Peter Honess |
Music by | John Williams |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures[2] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 161 minutes[3] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $100 million[2] |
Box office | $878 million[2] |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002
The film was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002, by
Plot
Spending the summer with
In
In detention, Harry hears a strange voice and later finds caretaker
During a
A book page in Hermione's hand identifies the monster as a
Harry enters the Chamber alone and finds Ginny unconscious, guarded by Riddle, who turns out to be Slytherin's heir and Voldemort's younger self, and he used the diary to manipulate Ginny into reopening the Chamber. After Harry expresses his loyalty to Dumbledore, the latter's pet
Despite his injury, Harry stabs the diary with the basilisk fang, destroying Riddle and reviving Ginny. Fawkes' tears heal Harry, who returns to Hogwarts with his friends and a baffled Lockhart, earning Dumbledore's praise and Hagrid's release. Harry accuses Lucius, Dobby's master, of planting the diary in Ginny's cauldron, and tricks him into freeing Dobby. The basilisk's victims are healed, Hermione reunites with Harry and Ron, and Hagrid is released from Azkaban.
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: A 12-year-old British wizard famous for surviving his parents' murder at the hands of the evil wizard Lord Voldemort as an infant, who now enters his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[5]
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley: Harry's best friend at Hogwarts and one of the youngest members of the Weasley family.[5]
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger: Harry's other best friend and the trio's brains.[5]
- Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.[6]
- Gryffindor House.[7]
- gamekeeper at Hogwarts who is framed for opening the Chamber of Secrets and is sent to Azkaban on Lucius Malfoy's orders.[5] Martin Bayfield portrays a young Hagrid.[8]
- Ravenclaw House.[7]
- Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore: The headmaster of Hogwarts and one of the greatest wizards of the age.[5] This was Harris' final live-action film; he died shortly before it was released. The role of Dumbledore was played by Michael Gambon from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban onwards.[9]
- Slytherin House who now works as a school governor at Hogwarts.[10] Isaacs gave Lucius a whiny tone of voice based on that of the Child Catcher of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, whose voice had resonated with Isaacs throughout his childhood for the character scaring him.[11]
- Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts and head of Gryffindor House.[5]
- nurse.[10]
- Slytherin House.[7]
- Petunia Dursley: Harry's Muggle aunt.[7]
- Molly Weasley: Ron's mother.[7]
Several actors from Philosopher's Stone reprise their roles in this film.
Production
Costume and set design
Production designer
Filming
Sound design
Due to the events that take place in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the film's sound effects were much more expansive than in the previous instalment. Sound designer and supervising sound editor Randy Thom returned for the sequel using Pro Tools to complete the job, which included initial conceptions done at Skywalker Sound in California and primary work done at Shepperton Studios in England.[54]
Thom wanted to give the
Thom described the
Special and visual effects
Visual effects took nine months to make,
The visual effects team worked alongside creature effects supervisor
The Whomping Willow sequence required a combination of practical and visual effects. Special effects supervisor John Richardson and his team created mechanically operated branches to hit the flying car.[62] A 1:3 scale set was built on stage at Shepperton Studios, which featured the fully-sized top third of the tree with a forced perspective to appear a height of over 100 feet (30 m) high. The courtyard and the tree were built in 3D. Some shots ended up being entirely digital.[59][63] Jarret identified the rendering as "the biggest challenge" of the scene, because "there was just so much going on in [it] ... It was simply massive."[63]
Music
John Williams, who composed the previous film's score, returned to score Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Composing the film proved to be a difficult task, as Williams had just completed scoring Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Minority Report when work was to begin on Catch Me If You Can. Because of this, William Ross was brought in to arrange themes from the Philosopher's Stone into the new material that Williams was composing whenever he had the chance. Ross also conducted the scoring sessions with the London Symphony Orchestra.[64] The soundtrack album was released on 12 November 2002.[65]
Distribution
Marketing
Footage for the film began appearing online in the summer of 2002, with a teaser trailer debuting in cinemas with the release of Scooby-Doo that June.[66] A video game based on the film was released in early November 2002 by Electronic Arts for several consoles, including GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.[67] The film also continued the merchandising success set by its predecessor, with reports of shortages on Lego's Chamber of Secrets tie-ins.[68]
Home media
The film was originally released in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada on 11 April 2003 on both VHS tape and in a two-disc special edition fullscreen/widescreen DVD digipack, which included extended and deleted scenes and interviews.[69] On 11 December 2007, the film's Blu-ray version was released.[70] An Ultimate Edition of the film was released on 8 December 2009, featuring new footage, TV spots, an extended version of the film with deleted scenes edited in, and a feature-length special Creating the World of Harry Potter Part 2: Characters.[71] The film's extended version has a running time of about 174 minutes, which has previously been shown during certain television airings.[72]
Reception
Box office
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets held its
Internationally, the film earned $59.5 million during its opening weekend.[82] The film earned $3.7 million in Japan, making it the highest opening of any film in the country until it was surpassed a year later by The Matrix Reloaded.[83] In Malaysia, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets made a total of $474,000, breaking Eraser's record for having the country's biggest opening for any Warner Bros. film. It would go on to generate a total of $1.03 million in Singapore, becoming the second-highest film opening in the country, after The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Meanwhile, the film earned $3.1 million in Taiwan, surpassing The Mummy Returns by 16%. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets would then gross over $1.15 million in the Philippines, ranking as an industry high in the country only 5% bigger than Godzilla.[84] The film made a total of $879.8 million worldwide in its original release and $926.2 million after re-releases.[2][85] It was the second-highest-grossing film of 2002 worldwide behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,[86] and the fourth highest-grossing film in the US and Canada that year with $262.6 million behind Spider-Man, The Two Towers, and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.[87] However, it was the year's number one film outside of America, making $617.2 million compared to The Two Towers' $584.5 million.[88]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 237 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Though perhaps more enchanting for younger audiences, Chamber of Secrets is nevertheless both darker and livelier than its predecessor, expanding and improving upon the first film's universe."[89] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[90] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+", the only film in the Harry Potter series to receive such grade.[75][91]
Roger Ebert gave The Chamber of Secrets 4 out of 4 stars, especially praising the set design.[92] Entertainment Weekly commended the film for being better and darker than its predecessor: "And among the things this Harry Potter does very well indeed is deepen the darker, more frightening atmosphere for audiences. This is as it should be: Harry's story is supposed to get darker".[93] Richard Roeper praised Columbus' direction and the film's faithfulness to the book, saying: "Chris Columbus, the director, does a real wonderful job of being faithful to the story but also taking it into a cinematic era".[94] Variety said the film was excessively long, but praised it for being darker and more dramatic, saying that its confidence and intermittent flair to give it a life of its own apart from the books was something The Philosopher's Stone never achieved.[95] The Guardian praised the darker storyline, but said that the acting could have been better.[96]
A. O. Scott from The New York Times said: "instead of feeling stirred you may feel battered and worn down, but not, in the end, too terribly disappointed".[7] Peter Travers from Rolling Stone condemned the film for being over-long and too faithful to the book: "Once again, director Chris Columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to Rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours".[97] Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times called the film a cliché which is "deja vu all over again, it's likely that whatever you thought of the first production – pro or con – you'll likely think of this one".[98]
Accolades
Chamber of Secrets was nominated for three
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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Amanda Awards | 22 August 2003 | Best Foreign Feature Film | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nominated | [104] |
Bogey Awards | 2002 | Bogey Award in Platinum | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Won | [105] |
British Academy Film Awards | 23 February 2003 | Best Production Design | Stuart Craig | Nominated | [99] |
Best Sound | Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard, John Midgley, Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel and Rick Kline | Nominated | |||
Best Special Visual Effects | Jim Mitchell, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Bill George and Nick Dudman | Nominated | |||
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award
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17 January 2003 | Best Family Film | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Won | [102] |
Best Composer | John Williams | Won | |||
Best Digital Acting Performance | Toby Jones | Nominated | [103] | ||
Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards
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14 May 2003 | BMI Film Music Award | John Williams | Won | [106] |
Golden Reel Awards | 22 March 2003 | Best Sound Editing – Foreign Film
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Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard, Derek Trigg, Martin Cantwell, Andy Kennedy, Colin Ritchie, Nick Lowe | Nominated | [107] |
GoldSpirit Awards | 2003 | Best Recording Edition | John Williams | bronze | [108] |
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Theme | bronze | ||||
Grammy Awards | 8 February 2004
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Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
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John Williams | Nominated | [109] |
Hugo Awards
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28 August–1 September 2003 | Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nominated | [110] |
Japan Academy Film Prize | 7 March 2003 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nominated | [111] |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | 12 April 2003 | Favorite Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nominated | [112] |
London Film Critics Circle
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12 February 2003 | British Supporting Actor of the Year | Kenneth Branagh | Won | [113] |
MTV Movie Awards
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31 May 2003 | Best Virtual Performance | Toby Jones | Nominated | [114] |
Online Film Critics Society | 6 January 2003 | Best Visual Effects
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John Richardson | Nominated | [115] |
Saturn Awards | 18 May 2003 | Best Fantasy Film | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nominated | [100] |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Daniel Radcliffe | Nominated | |||
Best Direction
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Chris Columbus | Nominated | |||
Best Costume
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Lindy Hemming | Nominated | |||
Best Make-up | Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight | Nominated | |||
Best Special Effects | John Mitchell, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Bill George | Nominated | |||
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | 16 March 2003 | Most Annoying Non-Human Character | Dobby the House Elf
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Nominated | [116] |
Visual Effects Society | 19 February 2003 | Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture | "Dobby's Face" – David Andrews, Steve Rawlins, Frank Gravatt, Douglas Smythe | Nominated | [101] |
Best Compositing in a Motion Picture | "Quidditch Match" – Dorne Huebler, Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook | Nominated |
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