Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy film based on the 2005 bestselling novel of the same name by English author Joanne K. Rowling and directed by Mike Newell . The world premiere was on November 6, 2005 in London . It started in Germany and Austria on November 16, 2005. This fourth part of the Harry Potter series grossed over 895.9 million US dollars worldwide and ranks 62nd (as of August 8, 2020) on the list of the world's most successful Films and, with over 8 million viewers, 44th place on the list of the most successful films in Germany (as of September 22, 2017).
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The film begins with Harry's recurring nightmare , in which a caretaker goes into an abandoned house at night. There he overhears a conversation between Lord Voldemort , his servant Wormtail and another, previously unknown Death Eater . The snake Nagini betrays the listener, whereupon Voldemort kills him.
Hermione wakes Harry up and he wakes up in the Burrow , the Weasley's home . Together they set off with the Weasley family for the final of the Quidditch World Cup , where Harry meets seventh grader Cedric Diggory . After the World Cup, the spectators staying in tents are attacked by Death Eaters. The pendant of Voldemort that Harry had seen in his dream conjures up the Dark Mark, Voldemort's mark, in the night sky.
A short time later, Harry begins fourth year at Hogwarts . During the annual opening ceremony, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore announces that this year the Triwizard Tournament will take place at Hogwarts, a competition between the three European schools of magic Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. Each school provides a champion who represents it in the competition and has to fulfill three tasks. In addition, the Auror Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody appears as the new teacher for the subject "Defense Against the Dark Arts".
Due to the dangerous nature of the planned tasks, only students aged 17 and over are allowed to apply for the Triwizard Tournament. To do this, the person has to throw a note with his name into the goblet of fire around which Dumbledore has conjured an age limit. The Goblet of Fire then selects the three champions: Viktor Krum for Durmstrang from Bulgaria, Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons from France and Cedric Diggory for Hogwarts. Although Harry is only 14 years old and claims not to have applied, the Goblet of Fire spits out a fourth piece of paper with his name on it. Barty Crouch , the ministry commissioner for the tournament, insists on Harry's participation as the Goblet of Fire decision is binding. Most students see Cedric as the real champion and Harry as the cheat. Even his best friend Ron stopped speaking to Harry for a while. With the secret help of Professor Moody, Hagrid and the support of his friends, Harry succeeds in completing the first two tasks.
Meanwhile, Harry falls in love with the shy Cho Chang , but dares too late to invite her to a dance ball. This has already been arranged with Cedric Diggory. It is also implied that Hermione has more than just friendly feelings for Ron, as she shows herself hurt that Ron just wanted to invite her to the same ball out of necessity.
When Barty Crouch Sr. When he meets the supposed teacher "Mad Eye" Moody, his facial expressions remind him of his son. While walking with Hagrid, Ron and Hermione, Harry later finds Crouch's body in the Forbidden Forest. When Harry wants to pay his headmaster Professor Dumbledore a visit, he first leaves his office for a short time, and Harry learns through Dumbledore's Pensieve that Crouch's son Barty Crouch Jr. was exposed as a Death Eater and died years later in the wizarding prison of Azkaban . Professor Snape was also a Death Eater, but later defected to Dumbledore and acted as his spy.
The final task for the four school champions is to find the Triwizard Cup inside a maze. Harry and Cedric reach the trophy at the same time and they decide to touch it together and become joint winners for Hogwarts. When they touch him, the cup turns out to be a portkey that teleports them to a cemetery. Harry recognizes the cemetery from his dream. Wormtail appears, kills Cedric and creates a new body for Voldemort with a magic ritual. In the ensuing magic duel between Harry and Voldemort, Voldemort's killing curse and Harry's disarming spell meet in the air. The ghosts of those who murdered Voldemort appear. They hold Voldemort up briefly so that Harry can escape with Cedric's corpse with the help of the portkey.
Back at Hogwarts, Moody brings the troubled Harry into his office and confesses to throwing Harry's name into the goblet of fire and helping him with the chores to deliver him to Voldemort. Dumbledore, McGonagall and Snape come to the office just in time to overcome the supposed Moody. You discover the real Moody in a chest. The doppelganger slowly turns into Barty Crouch Jr., who was believed to be dead.
In the end, Cedric is mourned at the Hogwarts graduation ceremony; the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang say goodbye and start their journey home.
music
The score for this film was no longer recorded by John Williams , who wrote the music for the first three films, but by Patrick Doyle . This was based on Williams' templates. The soundtrack, however, lacks parts of Williams' catchy theme, which has become one of the most iconic movie themes. The director of the following film ( Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ), David Yates , messed up with John Williams, who then terminated his contract with Warner Brothers. Since this happened before Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , Williams did not contribute the music.
The fictional wizard rock band Weird Sisters , who played at the Christmas ball, was cast with Jarvis Cocker , the front man of Pulp , and Phil Selway and Jonny Greenwood , drummers and guitarists from Radiohead . The appearance of the band was approved by Rowling. The sequence that remains in the film is significantly shorter. An uncut, approximately three-minute version of 'Do The Hippogriff' with a better reconciliation of the waltz pairs and the involuntary Stagediving Professor Flitwick ( Warwick Davis ) to the rock gig is as unused scene on the two-disc edition and the HD DVD and Blu-ray output included. In addition, all three of the Weird Sisters ' titles written for the film ('Do The Hippogriff', 'This Is The Night' and 'Magic Works') are included in full on the soundtrack CD.
synchronization
The German dubbing was done at FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron in Munich and Berlin . Frank Schaff wrote the dialogue book .
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Reviews
The film received mostly positive reviews, earning an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 246 reviews. At Metacritic , a Metascore of 81, based on 38 reviews, could be achieved.
- “'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' is not just a horror film, it also tells a different story: that of the suffering, pubescent teenagers. The rare moments that deal with the relationship between the protagonists are loving and hilarious. Dance lessons are torture for boys, and then with the old teacher - it couldn't be worse. First love is awkward, exciting and somehow ridiculous - director Newell knows how to implement this state of affairs. Loyal Potter film fans also take great pleasure in the physical changes of the main actors - the broad crosses, the muscles and the beginning of the beard are clearly visible. After all, Daniel Radcliffe and Co. have had five years to grow since the first film. ” - Stern
- “During his fourth year at Hogwarts Wizarding School, Harry has to endure some life-threatening tests. Sometimes it is shown so drastically that children have absolutely nothing to do with this film. ” - Cinema
- “Magical goblets, fire-breathing dragons, evil wizards - all well and good. But what could be more bewitched than puberty? In Mike Newell's adaptation of the fourth Harry Potter volume, the young magician fights for love and recognition - and against his image. ” - Der Spiegel
- “Even if Newell is not quite as inspired as Cuarón, it remains a drinkable film that brings a real boarding school feeling into the magical world for the first time and the characters are more rooted in reality than in a fantasy world. The implementation of the quests as well as the final confrontation are solidly implemented and with Fiennes as Voldemort it is also heavily occupied. ” - Moviepilot
Awards
Prices:
- 2006: BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan
- 2006: Empire Award for the entire Harry Potter film series
- 2006: DIVA-Award - The German Cinema Award (audience award)
Nominations:
- 2006: Oscar nomination for Best Production Design for Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan
- 2006: BAFTA Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for Jim Mitchell , John Richardson , Tim Webber and Tim Alexander
- 2006: BAFTA Award nomination for Best Mask for Nick Dudman , Amanda Knight, and Eithne Fennel
- 2006: Empire Award nomination for Best British Film and Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film
The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the rating “valuable”.
Others
The film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the largest film in the Harry Potter series to date. The idea of making two films from the book was strictly rejected by director Mike Newell. In order not to go beyond the scope of a feature film, some characters and scenes have been deleted from the plot.
Radcliffe for extensive diving scenes had Daniel learn to dive and about a month those scenes deep in a six-meter blue screen -Tauchbox filming. At the end of this separate filming, the diving instructors gave him a diving log book in which the 42 hours of dives were neatly recorded.
The special effects come from ILM (Industrial Light and Magic).
There were difficulties with the pronunciation of the word "Durmstrang". While Rufus Beck prefers English pronunciation in his audio book versions, Dumbledore's voice actor uses German in the films. Similar is the case with the pronunciation of Professor Snape's first name "Severus". Dumbledore emphasizes the first syllable in the film, while Rufus Beck emphasizes the second syllable in the audio books. The latter, however, seems logical, as it fits the pronunciation of the English word "severe", which translated means severe, rough or serious; but it could also refer to the Latin word "severus", which is pronounced exactly and means the same as severe .
In the credits - in addition to the seal "No animals were harmed ..." which is normally used at the end of the film - it is jokingly pointed out that no dragon was harmed during the shooting.
After the credits, the words " Mary Selway 1936-2004" can be seen briefly , which is an obituary for the casting director of the film who died of cancer during the shooting.
The free TV premiere on German television took place on January 2, 2009 on ZDF .
Differences to the novel
As noted, some characters and storylines from the novel are missing from the film. There are also contradictions between film and book:
- The backstory of the Riddle House and Frank Bryce are missing from the film. In the book it is implied that Voldemort murdered his father and grandparents. Also, Barty Crouch Jr. is. in the book not in the Riddle house.
- In the book, Harry still has his nightmare in Privet Drive, where he is later picked up by the Weasleys. In the film he's already in the burrow. He also notifies Sirius in the book on the same day instead of on the way to Hogwarts as in the film.
- Some characters from the book are missing, including Bill and Charlie Weasley (Hagrid only mentions that Charlie helped bring the dragons to Hogwarts for the first task), Dobby, Draco's mother Narcissa Malfoy and Winky, the house-elf of the Crouch family. Percy Weasley is also missing, although at the time he was still living with the Weasleys and working for Mr. Crouch. But the Gryffindor student Nigel does not appear in the book.
- Ludo Bagman, head of the department for magical games and sports, is also missing, although he was planned for the film. This also eliminates the fact that he cheated on Fred out of George at the world championship and how he wants to support Harry at the tournament because he had made a bet with goblins to settle his gambling debts that Harry would win. After Harry's and Cedric's double victory, he goes into hiding and Harry gives Fred and George the prize money from the tournament as compensation. Fudge and Dumbledore take over his duties as commentator in the film.
- Berta Jorkins, a witch who is very important for the plot, is not mentioned. She disappeared during her vacation in Albania. In fact, she was brought to Voldemort by Wormtail. From her he learned that Barty Crouch, Jr. is still alive and from the trimagic tournament and that Alastor Moody would be teaching at Hogwarts for the next year. She was then killed by Voldemort. In the film, it remains unanswered where Voldemort got his information from.
- In the film the ministerial box of the stadium of the Quidditch World Cup is on the middle floor, in the book on the top floor, where Harry, Hermione, the Weasleys, Bagman, Winky and (invisible) Barty Crouch Jr. sit. In the book, this one steals Harry's wand and, while the Death Eaters rage, summons the dark mark with this one. Winky is later caught with a magic wand and accused of the act. In the movie, Crouch doesn't appear until the campsite is empty and uses another (his?) Wand to conjure.
- The uproar in the ministry after the World Cup is only briefly hinted at in the film and is no longer discussed after the start of the school year.
- The attack on Moddy's house does not occur and is not mentioned until the end.
- The loud-rumped toads, an animal created by Hagrid, omitted the film.
- In the book, the delegations from the other schools don't arrive until October 30, in the film at the start of the school year.
- In the film, the delegation from Beauxbatons consists only of schoolgirls, that of Durmstrang only consists of schoolchildren. In the book, both schools send students of both sexes. In addition, Durmstrang's uniforms are red in the book (like their robes in the film), but brown in the film.
- The calibration of the wands is missing in the film.
- Harry's conversation with Sirius in the Gryffindor common room is their only encounter in the movie. Their meeting at Hogsmeade and Sirius' visit to Harry's bedside do not occur.
- In the book, Ron doesn't know anything about the first task, instead Harry meets "Moody" and Hagrid in Hogsmeade, who tells Harry that he wants to show him something important. In addition, it is not shown in the film that Karkaroff also knew about the dragons before the first assignment.
- The fact that the dragon breaks free from the chain and the subsequent chase in which the dragon injures himself on the bridge and falls into the moat only occurs in the film.
- The film doesn't openly state that Hagrid is a half-giant. The article about him by Rita Kimmkorn and his representative Wilhelmina Raue-Pritsche do not appear. The conversation with Madam Maxim, which Harry, Ron and Rita overhear, does not degenerate into an argument in the film, but proceeds peacefully.
- The article about Hermione's alleged relationship with Harry and Viktor Krum is only mentioned shortly (before the Christmas ball!) In the film and has no further influence on the plot. Unlike the book, Hermione doesn't have to face any consequences.
- Professor Flitwick's orchestra does not appear in the entire book series. The musical entertainment during the Christmas ball is entirely up to the Sisters of Fate.
- The conversation between Snape and Karkaroff at the Christmas ball was shot but cut out of the film.
- In the book, Harry receives Cedric's advice at the Christmas ball, and only postpones it out of convenience, whereas in the film he only gets it two days before the second task. So his visit to the prefect's bathroom takes place closer to the task than in the book.
- In addition, in the book, after leaving the bathroom, he sees the map of the marauder "Bartemius Crouch" (whom he takes to be Barty Crouch Sr.) in Snape's office. On the way there he gets stuck in a staircase and is saved from Filch and Snape by Moody, to whom Harry then lends the card. The scene is missing in the film.
- While Harry receives the dianthus for the second task from Neville in the film, in the book he gets it from Dobby, who stole it from Snape's pantry. Nevertheless, Snape mentions the theft of the dianthus herb in the film as well. However, it was also in the book Barty Crouch's Plan that Neville gave Harry the idea of using dianthus with his aquatic plant dictionary.
- While in the book Barty Crouch senior does not appear after the first task until his escape to Hogwarts, where he was picked up by Harry and Viktor Krum, he can be seen in the film until after the second task. Here he recognizes his camouflaged son, who betrays himself by clicking his tongue (which does not appear in the book). Harry later finds the body of Barty Crouch Sr. In the book, Harry gets Dumbledore, in the meantime Viktor has been drugged and Crouch has disappeared.
- Harry's second nightmare about Voldemort does not occur.
- In the film, Harry only sees Karkaroff's interrogation in the pensieve scene, which Rita Skeeter logs and during which, in addition to Augustus Rookwood, he also sees Barty Crouch Jr., who is present as a free man. as a Death Eater reveals. In the book, Harry sees three trials: the interrogation of Karkaroff, the trial of Ludo Bagman (this is the one that is being recorded by Rita), and the trial in which Barty Crouch, Jr. and the three Lestranges sit in the dock.
- Neville's story is only hinted at in the film and not addressed as strongly as in the book.
- In the book, the families of the champions travel to Hogwarts for the third task, with Molly and Bill Weasley (who meets Fleur, his future wife, on the occasion). This does not appear in the film, instead Arthur Weasley is part of the third task.
- The last Skeeter article about Harry, which in the following volume lays the foundations for the Ministry's agitation against him, is missing in the film. The film leaves unanswered whether Rita Skeeter is an animagus as in the book.
- That the hedges of the maze are "alive" and that, according to Dumbledore, the champions there can lose themselves only occurs in the film. In the book, beasts and spells are the obstacles, and Harry doesn't realize (unlike in the film) that Viktor is under the Imperius Curse.
- Although Nagini is introduced in the first scene, she is not seen during the events in the cemetery (unlike in the book).
- The film does not tell how Dumbledore realized in time that it was not the real Moody who had taken Harry with him.
- In the book, Barty Crouch Jr. explains that he and his terminally ill mother swapped roles using polyjuice potions and smuggled him out of Azkaban, and how he was then held captive in the house by his father with the Imperius Curse (where Berta Jorkins discovered, but Crouch Sr. erased her memory). How he escaped from Azkaban is not mentioned in the film, but it probably happened differently than in the book. The fact that he is later robbed of his soul by the kiss of the dementor does not appear in the film.
- The rift between Dumbledore and Fudge at Harry's bedside and Dumbledore's immediate activation of the Order of Resistance is omitted, as is Hagrid and Madama Maxim's assignment for the summer vacation.
Movie attendance numbers
| country | Visitors 2005 | Visitors 2006 | Overall 2005/2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43.226.701 | 1,974,027 | 45.200.728 |
| Great Britain | 10,035,788 | 370.117 | 10,405,905 |
| Germany | 7,312,059 | 636.294 | 7,948,353 |
| France | 6,730,000 | 631,678 | 7,361,678 |
| Spain | 3,604,492 | 274.833 | 3,879,325 |
| Italy | 3,577,799 | 152 011 | 3,729,810 |
| Poland | 1,373,747 | 121.283 | 1,495,030 |
| Netherlands | 1,016,097 | 336.919 | 1,353,016 |
| Belgium | 1,106,322 | - | 1,106,322 |
| Sweden | 753.039 | 108.221 | 861.260 |
| Turkey | 749.704 | - | 749.704 |
| Austria | 699.372 | 43,776 | 743.148 |
| Czech Republic | 467.182 | 239,675 | 706.857 |
| Switzerland | 612.090 | 79,935 | 692.025 |
| Denmark | 623.656 | 58,783 | 682,439 |
literature
- Joanne K. Rowling : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Carlsen, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 978-3-551-55193-1 .
- Sabine-Michaela Duttler: The cinematic implementation of the Harry Potter novels. Kovač, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8300-3314-1 .
Web links
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in the online movie database
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Study and article on the film ( Memento from December 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Illustrated review of the corresponding double DVD edition
- Comparison of the cut versions ZDF from 12 p.m. - FSK 12 , RTL afternoon - FSK 12 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2005 (PDF; test number: 104 139 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Top Lifetime big things. Box Office Mojo, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at Metacritic (English)
- ↑ Stern: Be afraid, you magic children
- ↑ Cinema: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ Spiegel: The Burden of the Chosen One
- ↑ moviepilot.de: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - film review