Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
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Directed by | David Yates |
Screenplay by | Steve Kloves |
Based on | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Bruno Delbonnel |
Edited by | Mark Day |
Music by | Nicholas Hooper |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 153 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $250 million[3] |
Box office | $934.5 million[3] |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter film series. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively. The story follows Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts as he receives a mysterious textbook, falls in love, and attempts to retrieve a memory that holds the key to Lord Voldemort's downfall.
Filming began on 24 September 2007, leading to the film's worldwide cinematic release on 15 July 2009. With an estimated budget of $250 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made and the most expensive film in the Harry Potter film series.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in 2D cinemas and
It was followed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in 2010.
Plot
Harry discovers that his used Potions textbook is filled with helpful notes and spells added by the "Half-Blood Prince". Using it, Harry excels in class, annoying Hermione and impressing Slughorn, who awards him a
At Hogwarts, Dumbledore asks Harry to retrieve Slughorn's memory of a young Voldemort. Slughorn has resisted giving an accurate memory. After Ron accidentally ingests a
In Hagrid's hut, Harry uses his Liquid Luck potion to convince the reluctant Slughorn to surrender the memory Dumbledore needs. Viewing it in the Pensieve, Dumbledore and Harry learn Voldemort sought information about
A weakened Dumbledore defends them from
As Hogwarts students and staff mourn Dumbledore's death, Harry tells Ron and Hermione that the locket is fake and contains a message from "
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: A 16-year-old British wizard who now enters his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley: One of Harry's two best friends
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger: One of Harry's two best friends
- Death Eatersand Draco Malfoy's aunt
- Horace Slughorn: The newly appointed Potions master who had held the position before Severus Snape
- Care of Magical Creaturesteacher at Hogwarts
- Filius Flitwick: The Charms master and head of Ravenclaw
- Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy: Harry's rival and recipient of Voldemort's secret mission
- Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore: The headmaster of Hogwarts
- Alan Rickman as Severus Snape: The former Potions master, current Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and head of Slytherin
- Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall: The Hogwarts Transfiguration teacher, deputy headmistress and head of Gryffindor
- Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew: The Death Eater who betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort; Pettigrew has no lines in this film, but appears as a servant at Snape's house
- David Thewlis as Remus Lupin: A member of the Order of the Phoenix and Harry's ex-Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher
- Molly Weasley: The Weasley matriarch and a mother figure to Harry
Production
Development and casting
Before David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, many directors had expressed an interest in taking the helm. Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the third film, stated he "would love to have the opportunity" to return.[4][5] Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell declined a spot to direct the fifth film, and was not approached for this film.[6] Guillermo del Toro turned down the chance to direct the film in order to direct Hellboy II: The Golden Army.[7] Terry Gilliam was Rowling's personal choice to direct Philosopher's Stone. When asked whether he would consider directing a later film, Gilliam said, "Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it."[8] Yates was still working on Order of the Phoenix when he was approached to direct Half-Blood Prince. The producers were happy with his direction, and was asked to start pre-production during the former's marketing.[9]
Radcliffe and Grint were initially hesitant to continue, but agreed to reprise their roles.
Both
Sets
Stuart Craig, the production designer of the first five films, stayed on to design all the sets in Half-Blood Prince.[35] Several new sets were introduced, including Tom Riddle's orphanage, the Astronomy Tower, and the cave. Craig noted that the film used several CGI sets, noticeably the interior of the cave where Harry and Dumbledore both go to hunt Horcruxes. The exterior of the scene was filmed at the Cliffs of Moher in the west of Ireland, the only location to be filmed outside of the United Kingdom throughout the film series.[36] The interior of the cave is made up of geometric crystal formations. Radcliffe said that the scene took three-to-four months to prepare.[37] Some of the Hogwarts sets were taken down after the filming, as they would not be used for the following film.[38]
Filming
Before filming began, there was belief that filming might move from the UK, where all previous films were shot. The crew also scouted around Cape Wrath in Scotland, for use in the cave scene.[39] Filming returned to Glen Coe and Glenfinnan, both of which have appeared in the previous films, to preserve the continuity of the landscape.[40]
Following a week of rehearsals, principal photography began on 24 September 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008.[41][42][43] Radcliffe, Gambon and Broadbent started shooting in late September 2007.[44] Other cast members started much later: Grint did not begin until November 2007; Watson started in December 2007, Rickman and Leung in January 2008, and Bonham Carter in February 2008.[45]
On the weekend of 6 October 2007, the crew shot scenes involving the
In the previous films, the scenes showing Hogwarts Express on its way to the wizarding school were typically shot in
Cinematography
Due to cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel's use of de-focussing and soft wipes in the digital grade, Warner Bros. asked director David Yates to add more colours to the film. Yates did not want to lose the "very European look" of the film, but after retouching the picture, he said, "It's not what you wanted, but we're happy with it." After five minutes of watching the film, the studio were pleased with the changes.[54][55] In an interview with Total Film, Yates said that the choice of angles, the extreme close-ups, and the pacing of the scenes made the film "incredibly rich".[56]
One of the major challenges for Delbonnel was the lighting of the film. In an interview with the Academy, Delbonnel said that he did not want to change the lighting effects used in the previous films, and finally decided to give it a darker, moody variation of grey. Yates and the other producers supported this new effect, and he went ahead with it. In reference to the cave scene, Delbonnel said, "I wanted to have some kind of 'dynamism' with the light. I thought it could be interesting and more dramatic if the light was floating, circling above the characters faces: sometimes lighting them, sometimes hiding them in a very random and unpredictable way."[57]
Visual effects
The opening scenes of the Death Eaters' attack on Diagon Alley and London was created by Double Negative, led by VFX supervisor Paul Franklin. Double Negative spent six months surveying and documenting the environment around the River Thames and Trafalgar Square to create the swooping views of the city. Double Negative also contributed to the Pensieve sequences, developing complex directed fluid simulations to realise the swirling world of memory and the past.[58]
On Dumbledore's ring of fire to combat the Inferi, he added that research was done on molten volcanoes, among other references. He said, "The visual effects team emulated these six fire parameters: heat ripples, smoke, buoyancy, viscosity, opacity, and brightness." Since the scene was very time-consuming, computer-graphics artist Chris Horvath spent eight months finding a faster way to conjure the flames.[60] Eventually, the final effect would look as though someone sprayed propane and then lit it.[60]
Music
The film's score was composed by Nicholas Hooper, who also composed the music for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The soundtrack was released on an Audio CD format on 14 July 2009, a day before the film was released in cinemas.[61]
The album debuted at number twenty-nine on the
Differences from the book
Half-Blood Prince added or changed several events in the literary canon. The book begins with a scene involving the
Distribution
Marketing
Warner Bros. spent an estimated $155 million to market and distribute the film.
As with the previous films,
Theatrical release
The film was released in many countries
The date change was met with a heavily negative reaction by Harry Potter fans, as the Los Angeles Times noted: "Petitions were circulating, rumors were flying and angry screeds were being posted on Internet sites within minutes of the Thursday announcement."
The sixth film was simultaneously released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3D everywhere but the United States, due to a conflicting agreement in which Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was given a four-week window by itself in IMAX in that country. Therefore, the IMAX 3D version of the film was released on 29 July 2009 there.[96] The film had been chosen to be screened at the 2008 Royal Film Performance on 17 November but was not shown.[97] Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund chief executive Peter Hore noted he was "very disappointed" with Warner Bros' decision.[88]
With a runtime of 153 minutes, Half-Blood Prince is the third-longest film in the series, behind Chamber of Secrets (161 minutes) and Goblet of Fire (157 minutes).[98][99][100]
Home media
Like the previous films, a 1-disc and 2-disc special edition for the film was released on
Reception
Box office
With an estimated budget of $250 million, it is one of
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince broke the then-record for biggest midnight showings, making $22.8 million in 3,000 cinemas; The Twilight Saga: New Moon bested this with $26.3 million in November.[114][115] Half-Blood Prince opened in the same Wednesday slot that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix did in 2007.[116] The film's box office run finished on 17 December 2009.[3]
The film opened in 4,325 cinemas (rising to 4,455 three weeks later, becoming the largest number of cinemas until The Twilight Saga: Eclipse surpassed it with the 4,468 cinemas in 2010);[117] and grossed $58.2 million on its opening day at the top of the United States and Canadian box office, the third-highest Wednesday opening of all time behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.[118] It is also the nineteenth-highest single-day gross of all time and the third-highest for a film in the Harry Potter franchise behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's $91.1 million[119] and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, which made $61.1 million.[120] It earned an additional $46 million overseas for a worldwide total of $104 million, breaking the record for highest single-day worldwide gross, previously held by The Dark Knight.[121]
By 20 July, the film had taken in $158.7 million in the US and $236 million from 85 other markets, for a worldwide tally of $394.7 million.
In South Africa, the film opened with the number-one position, grossing $789,176;[131] it maintained the number-one position during the second week, with a total of $242,336.[132] In Australia, the film broke records with a debut of $11.5 million. Opening at number one, it maintained a second week at number one with a total of $5.3 million (down 54%), and grossed a total of $24.2 million.[133] In France, the film debuted at $20.5 million from 949 cinemas.[134] In Japan, the film held the top spot in the box office rankings until the release of Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, which took the top spot in its first weekend.[135]
Critical response
On review aggregator
The first review of the film came three weeks before the official release: Paul Dergarabedian of
Andrew Pulver of
However, Dave Golder of
Accolades
The film was nominated for
Award | Category | Result | Recipient | Source |
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2009 Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | Bruno Delbonnel | [152] |
2009 Art Directors Guild Award | Excellence in Production Design For a Feature Film | Nominated | Stuart Craig | [154] |
2010 BAFTA Awards | Best Production Design | Nominated | Stuart Craig Stephenie McMillan |
[150] |
Best Special Visual Effects | Nominated | John Richardson Tim Burke Tim Alexander Nicolas Aithadi | ||
Artistic Excellence in Directing | Won | David Yates (for Harry Potter films 5–8) | [155] | |
31st BAFTA Kids' Vote | Best Film | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [156] |
2009 Digital Spy Movie Award | Best Family Film | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [157] |
2010 Golden Reel Award | Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Foreign Feature Film | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [158] |
Grammy Award
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Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture | Nominated | Nicholas Hooper | [63] |
2010 IFTA Award
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Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | Michael Gambon | [159] |
2009 IGN | Best Fantasy Movie | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [160] |
2010 MTV Movie Awards | Best Movie | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [161] |
Best Female Performance | Nominated | Emma Watson | ||
Best Male Performance | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe | ||
Best Villain | Won | Tom Felton | ||
Best Global Superstar | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe | ||
2010 National Movie Awards | Best Family Movie | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [162] |
Best Performance | Nominated | Rupert Grint | ||
Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe | |||
Nominated | Emma Watson | |||
2010 People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [163] |
Favourite Franchise | Nominated | Harry Potter | ||
Best On-Screen Team | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson | ||
2009 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Live Action Family Film | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [164] |
2010 RAAM Awards | Film of the Year | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [165] |
2010 RAFA Awards | Alan Titchmarsh Show British Film of the Year Award | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [166] |
Classic FM Film Music of the Year Award | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
Best Use of UK Locations in a Film | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
Film of the Year sponsored by The List | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
2009 Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [167] |
2010 Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Film | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [168] |
Best Costume | Nominated | Jany Temime | ||
Best Production Design | Nominated | Stuart Craig | ||
Best Special Effects | Nominated | Tim Burke John Richardson Nicholas Aithadi Tim Alexander | ||
2009 Scream Award | Best Fantasy Film | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [169] |
Best Fantasy Actress | Nominated | Emma Watson | ||
Best Fantasy Actor | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | Rupert Grint | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | Evanna Lynch | ||
Best Villain | Nominated | Helena Bonham Carter | ||
Best F/X | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
Best Sequel | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
Holy Shit! Scene of the Year | Won | "Death Eaters Attack London" Scene | ||
Best Ensemble | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | ||
2010 SFX Awards | Best Film | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [170] |
2009 Switch Live Award | Favourite Flick | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [171] |
2009 Teen Choice Awards
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Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure | Won | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [172] |
2010 Teen Choice Awards
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Choice Movie: Fantasy | Nominated | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | [173] |
Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy | Nominated | Emma Watson | [173] | |
2009 VES Awards
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Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture | Nominated | David Basalla Emily Cobb Tania Richard |
[174] |
2010 Young Artist Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | Evanna Lynch | [175] |
Notes
- ^ The list of countries in which the film released include the United Kingdom, United States, France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand, India, Brazil, Spain, Mexico and Japan
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External links
- Official website for the film
- Official website for the film series
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at IMDb
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at AllMovie
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at Box Office Mojo