Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort’s formidable skills.
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Film Cast:
- Harry Potter: Daniel Radcliffe
- Ron Weasley: Rupert Grint
- Hermione Granger: Emma Watson
- Lord Voldemort: Ralph Fiennes
- Bellatrix Lestrange: Helena Bonham Carter
- Severus Snape: Alan Rickman
- Minerva McGonagall: Maggie Smith
- Rubeus Hagrid: Robbie Coltrane
- Albus Dumbledore: Michael Gambon
- Warrick Ollivander: John Hurt
- Lucius Malfoy: Jason Isaacs
- Helena Ravenclaw: Kelly Macdonald
- Sirius Black: Gary Oldman
- Remus Lupin: David Thewlis
- Argus Filch: David Bradley
- Griphook / Filius Flitwick: Warwick Davis
- Draco Malfoy: Tom Felton
- Aberforth Dumbledore: Ciarán Hinds
- Poppy Pomfrey: Gemma Jones
- Fenrir Greyback: Dave Legeno
- Pomona Sprout: Miriam Margolyes
- Narcissa Malfoy: Helen McCrory
- Scabior: Nick Moran
- Fred Weasley: James Phelps
- George Weasley: Oliver Phelps
- Fleur Delacour: Clémence Poésy
- Nymphadora Tonks: Natalia Tena
- Molly Weasley: Julie Walters
- Arthur Weasley: Mark Williams
- Ginny Weasley: Bonnie Wright
- Luna Lovegood: Evanna Lynch
- Bill Weasley: Domhnall Gleeson
- Death Eater: Graham Duff
- Gringotts Guard: Anthony Allgood
- Aged Gringotts Goblin: Rusty Goffe
- Bogrod: Jon Key
- Hogsmeade Death Eater: Ian Peck
- Hogsmeade Death Eater: Benn Northover
- Ariana Dumbledore: Hebe Beardsall
- Neville Longbottom: Matthew Lewis
- Seamus Finnigan: Devon Murray
- Lavender Brown: Jessie Cave
- Padma Patil: Afshan Azad
- Leanne: Isabella Laughland
- Romilda Vane: Anna Shaffer
- Katie Bell: Georgina Leonidas
- Cormac McLaggen: Freddie Stroma
- Dean Thomas: Alfred Enoch
- Cho Chang: Katie Leung
- Nigel Wolpert: William Melling
- Screaming Girl: Sian Grace Phillips
- Amycus Carrow: Ralph Ineson
- Alecto Carrow: Suzie Toase
- Horace Slughorn: Jim Broadbent
- Pansy Parkinson: Scarlett Hefner
- Gregory Goyle: Josh Herdman
- Blaise Zabini: Louis Cordice
- Twin Girl 1: Amber Evans
- Twin Girl 2: Ruby Evans
- Kingsley Shacklebolt: George Harris
- Percy Weasley: Chris Rankin
- Pius Thicknesse: Guy Henry
- Giant: Phil Wright
- Giant: Gary Sayer
- Giant: Tony Adkins
- Death Eater: Penelope McGhie
- Sybill Trelawney: Emma Thompson
- Young Lily Potter: Ellie Darcey-Alden
- Young Petunia Dursley: Ariella Paradise
- Young Severus Snape: Benedict Clarke
- The Sorting Hat (voice): Leslie Phillips
- Young James Potter: Alfie McIlwain
- Young Sirius Black: Rohan Gotobed
- Lily Potter: Geraldine Somerville
- James Potter: Adrian Rawlins
- Baby Harry Potter: Toby Papworth
- Peter Pettigrew: Timothy Spall
- Death Eater: Peter G. Reed
- Death Eater: Judith Sharp
- Death Eater: Emil Hoștină
- Death Eater: Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar
- Death Eater: Granville Saxton
- Death Eater: Tony Kirwood
- Death Eater: Ashley McGuire
- Albus Severus Potter (19 Years Later): Arthur Bowen
- Lily Luna Potter (19 Years Later): Daphne de Beistegui
- James Sirius Potter (19 Years Later): Will Dunn
- Astoria Malfoy (19 Years Later): Jade Gordon
- Scorpius Malfoy (19 Years Later): Bertie Gilbert
- Rose Weasley (19 Years Later): Helena Barlow
- Hugo Weasley (19 Years Later): Ryan Turner
- Gryffindor Student (uncredited): Paul Bailey
- Oliver Wood (uncredited): Sean Biggerstaff
- Gryffindor Student (uncredited): Vinnie Clarke
- Dining Wizard in Painting (uncredited): David Heyman
- Student (uncredited): Charlie Hobbs
- Teddy Lupin (uncredited): Luke Newberry
- Gringotts Goblin (uncredited): Keijo J. Salmela
- Nurse Wainscott (uncredited): Pauline Stone
- Knight of Hogwarts (uncredited): Spencer Wilding
Film Crew:
- Original Music Composer: Alexandre Desplat
- Production Design: Stuart Craig
- Novel: J.K. Rowling
- Screenplay: Steve Kloves
- Producer: David Heyman
- Art Direction: Andrew Ackland-Snow
- Stunt Coordinator: Greg Powell
- Art Direction: Mark Bartholomew
- Makeup Effects Designer: Nick Dudman
- Art Direction: Gary Tomkins
- Costume Design: Jany Temime
- Makeup Artist: Elizabeth Lewis
- Casting: Fiona Weir
- Art Direction: Alastair Bullock
- Makeup Designer: Amanda Knight
- Director: David Yates
- Editor: Mark Day
- Supervising Sound Editor: James Mather
- Producer: David Barron
- Co-Producer: Tim Lewis
- Executive Producer: Lionel Wigram
- Art Direction: Molly Hughes
- Art Direction: Hattie Storey
- Director of Photography: Eduardo Serra
- Associate Producer: Roy Button
- Hair Designer: Lisa Tomblin
- Sound Effects Editor: Samir Foco
- Production Manager: Simon Emanuel
- Second Unit Director: Stephen Woolfenden
- Costume Supervisor: Charlotte Finlay
- Supervising Art Director: Neil Lamont
- Art Direction: Kate Grimble
- Sound Designer: Michael Fentum
- Sound Designer: Dominic Gibbs
- Sound Effects Editor: Jed Loughran
- Sound Effects Editor: Alistair Hawkins
- Art Direction: Ashley Winter
- Visual Effects Producer: Oliver Money
- Art Direction: Christian Huband
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Clark Parkhurst
- Art Direction: Peter Dorme
- Script Supervisor: Anna Worley
- Stereoscopic Supervisor: Ray McIntyre Jr.
- Visual Effects Producer: Dominic Sidoli
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Tim Burke
- Visual Effects Supervisor: David Vickery
- Visual Effects Producer: Chloe Grysole
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Dowson
- Stunts: Greg Burridge
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Stuart Hilliker
- Makeup Artist: Charlotte Hayward
- Makeup Artist: Amy Byrne
- Animation: Yannick Honore
- Animation: Stewart Alves
- Animation: Andy Hass
- Lighting Artist: Howard R. Campbell
- Visual Effects Producer: Charlotte Loughnane
- Visual Effects Producer: Emma Norton
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Adam Scrivener
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Greg Butler
- Art Direction: Martin Foley
- First Assistant Director: Jamie Christopher
- Special Effects Supervisor: John Richardson
- Co-Producer: John Trehy
- Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- Assistant Costume Designer: Vivienne Jones
- Assistant Costume Designer: Richard Davies
- Production Sound Mixer: Stuart Wilson
- Makeup Artist: Sarah Downes
- Makeup Artist: Jessica Needham
- Assistant Costume Designer: Chloe Aubry
- Visual Effects Supervisor: John Moffatt
- Makeup Artist: Belinda Hodgson
- Makeup Artist: Sharon Nicholas
- Makeup Artist: Ken Lintott
- Visual Effects Producer: Aimee Dadswell
- Second Assistant Director: Matthew Sharp
- Assistant Costume Designer: Michelle Philo
- Visual Effects Producer: Courtney Vanderslice
- Art Direction: Nicholas Henderson
- Stunts: Annabel Canaven
- Assistant Costume Designer: Yvonne Otzen
- Props: Buddie Wilkinson
- Makeup Artist: Amanda Burns
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Chris Shaw
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Andrew Kind
Movie Reviews:
- John Chard: It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.
So here it is, the 8th and final instalment of a film franchise that has lasted 10 years and runs at just under 20 hours in total. Following straight on from the frustratingly incomplete scene setter that was Deathly Hallows Part 1, we continue to track Harry, Hermione and Ron as they search for the remaining Horcruxes that will render the evil Lord Voldermort as a mere mortal. This narrative thread is run concurrently with the Voldermort movements, where he now has in his possession The Elder Wand (the wand to rule them all) and has gathered a vast army to descend upon Hogwarts and achieve his ultimate goal of killing Harry. Meanwhile vital character story arcs are filled in and secrets will out…
David Yates directs and Steve Kloves adapts to the screen, both of whom were perfect choices given their considerable input to the series. Smartly the pic has been kept to a 2 hour and 10 minute run time, and thankfully it flows nicely and the pace never stalls. Being one of those who has never read the books I can’t say what has been left out or if anything has been tampered with for dramatic licence? What I know for sure is that the emotional investment garnered from being with this story for so long, to be part of these characters lives, watching them grow, ensures that this closure piece pounds the senses. Sitting down to watch it you realise that we are going to lose people we care for, and Hogwarts, the wonderful place we fist glimpsed across the night time water, is going to be attacked and reduced to a battle scarred place of war.
As the effects work dazzles and the one time child actors come shining through as mature actors who have casted off previous wooden traits, the story filling strands show just what wonderful work Rowling achieved on the page. Some of the characters never stood a chance in life, some carried deep emotional scars, and others held secrets so crucial to the whole Potter universe. For a series of such fantastical genre sparkle, the Harry Potter world eventually reveals itself to be a deep and fortified humanist drama, and engaging it most certainly is. That this is achieved as battlefield carnage is raised, with wand wars booming up on the screen, it means credit is due to all involved the making of such a cherished and intensely followed Octalogy.
Is it the earth shattering finale one hoped for? Well not quite. Story wise for sure that is the case, but with the whole story driving towards the final battle between Harry and Voldermort, it’s disappointing to find it’s rather brief and in truth anti climatic. Harry the boy now burgeoning into a man versus the snake faced despot surely should have been a crowning glory, but sadly not so. To compound this irritating disappointment, we then get the epilogue that is bogged down by aging make-up design that is almost laughable. But these are just annoyances, not film killers, for this has been a magical ride for 10 years. Fans will feel a gap in the heart now it’s over, maybe even shed a Snape like tear as well? Yet ultimately it has been a triumph and the rewatchable factor for the whole series will always remain high. 8/10
- John Chard: It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.
So here it is, the 8th and final instalment of a film franchise that has lasted 10 years and runs at just under 20 hours in total. Following straight on from the frustratingly incomplete scene setter that was Deathly Hallows Part 1, we continue to track Harry, Hermione and Ron as they search for the remaining Horcruxes that will render the evil Lord Voldermort as a mere mortal. This narrative thread is run concurrently with the Voldermort movements, where he now has in his possession The Elder Wand (the wand to rule them all) and has gathered a vast army to descend upon Hogwarts and achieve his ultimate goal of killing Harry. Meanwhile vital character story arcs are filled in and secrets will out…
David Yates directs and Steve Kloves adapts to the screen, both of whom were perfect choices given their considerable input to the series. Smartly the pic has been kept to a 2 hour and 10 minute run time, and thankfully it flows nicely and the pace never stalls. Being one of those who has never read the books I can’t say what has been left out or if anything has been tampered with for dramatic licence? What I know for sure is that the emotional investment garnered from being with this story for so long, to be part of these characters lives, watching them grow, ensures that this closure piece pounds the senses. Sitting down to watch it you realise that we are going to lose people we care for, and Hogwarts, the wonderful place we fist glimpsed across the night time water, is going to be attacked and reduced to a battle scarred place of war.
As the effects work dazzles and the one time child actors come shining through as mature actors who have casted off previous wooden traits, the story filling strands show just what wonderful work Rowling achieved on the page. Some of the characters never stood a chance in life, some carried deep emotional scars, and others held secrets so crucial to the whole Potter universe. For a series of such fantastical genre sparkle, the Harry Potter world eventually reveals itself to be a deep and fortified humanist drama, and engaging it most certainly is. That this is achieved as battlefield carnage is raised, with wand wars booming up on the screen, it means credit is due to all involved in the making of such a cherished and intensely followed Octalogy.
Is it the earth shattering finale one hoped for? Well not quite. Story wise for sure that is the case, but with the whole story driving towards the final battle between Harry and Voldermort, it’s disappointing to find it’s rather brief and in truth anti climatic. Harry the boy now burgeoning into a man versus the snake faced despot surely should have been a crowning glory, but sadly not so. To compound this irritating disappointment, we then get the epilogue that is bogged down by aging make-up design that is almost laughable. But these are just annoyances, not film killers, for this has been a magical ride for 10 years. Fans will feel a gap in the heart now it’s over, maybe even shed a Snape like tear as well? Yet ultimately it has been a triumph and the rewatchable factor for the whole series will always remain high. 8/10