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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth film in the popular Harry Potter series, begun with the novel by J.K. Rowling. It was directed by Mike Newell and was released on November 18, 2005. It is rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images in the US, and 12A for cinema and 12 on DVD in the UK. This is the first Harry Potter film to receive a "PG-13" rating, the preceding films having been PG.

The film concerns Harry Potter's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hogwarts has been selected to hold the recently returning wizard competition known as the Triwizard Tournament. Though Harry does not apply, the Goblet of Fire mysteriously selects him as a second representative of Hogwarts in the tournament.

Three days after its release, the film had grossed approximately USD102 million at the North American box office, the highest first-week tally for a Harry Potter film, and enjoyed an immensely successful run at the box office, earning over $892 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing film of 2005 worldwide and the 8th highest grossing worldwide film of all time. It is currently the second highest grossing Harry Potter film, behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, but lost to Memoirs of a Geisha while the DVD set the Guinness World Record for being the fastest selling DVD of all time.

Synopsis

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The fourth year of Hogwarts rolls around after an attack on the 422nd Quidditch World Cup by Death Eaters.

Hogwarts will be hosting the Triwizard Tournament, a traditional tournament which pits three schools against each other. When Beuxbatons and Durmstrang, the rival schools, arrive, the rules are announced. All seventh years interested must insert their name into the Goblet of Fire, and those chosen will be the Champions of their respective school. But Harry, a fourth year, has his name appear out of the Goblet of Fire, even though Harry never entered and isn't even allowed to. Harry soon finds himslef thrown into a brutal test of strength and mind only to ultimately find himself in the middle of Lord Voldemort's trap as he plans to return. Now Harry has to face the greatest challenge yet: defeat a revived Lord Voldemort.

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Cast

Locations

The film was mainly shot in Leavesden Film Studios. Other locations used in filming are as follows:

• Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (including the Yule Ball Staircase scene)
• Black Park, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
• Divinity School, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
• Beachy Head, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK
• Glenfinnan Viaduct, Fort William, Highlands, Scotland, UK (Hogwarts Express)
• New College, Holywell Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (Cloister, Ferret Scene)
• Steall Falls, Scotland, UK
• Virginia Water, Surrey, England, UK
• Beckley Park, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to this film was composed and scored by Patrick DoyleTemplate:Fn. The track listing is as follows:

1. The Story Continues
2. Frank Dies
3. The Quidditch World Cup
4. The Dark Mark
5. Foreign Visitors Arrive
6. The Goblet Of Fire
7. Rita Skeeter
8. Sirius Fires
9. Harry Sees Dragons
10. Golden Egg
11. Neville's Waltz
12. Harry in Winter
13. Potter Waltz
14. Underwater Secrets
15. The Black Lake
16. Hogwart's March
17. The Maze
18. Voldemort
19. Death of Cedric
20. Another Year Ends
21. Hogwart's Hymn
22. Do The HippogriffTemplate:Fn
23. This Is The NightTemplate:Fn
24. Magic WorksTemplate:Fn

Template:Fnb The Harry Potter themes, which are very prevalent in the first three films, were composed by John Williams. For the fourth film's score, Patrick Doyle briefly reused the most well-known (and thus, mentally associated with the Harry Potter films) theme ("Hedwig's Theme") in the first track, "The Story Continues," while altering the notes slightly to make the tune sound more off-balance and eerie, so that it better suits the mood of the opening of the movie. Doyle also references "Hedwig's Theme" in the fifth track, "Foreign Visitors Arrive", however none of the other tracks contain any of John Williams' themes. Some indignant fans were not happy to learn that Williams would not be composing the score for the fourth film, since he had done so for the first three. The counter-argument is that Doyle has provided a more "mature" soundtrack, which coincides well with the concept that the Goblet of Fire ushers in the development of a mature Harry. In truth, however, Williams was simply too busy and chose to work on his other projects rather than Goblet of Fire.
Template:Fnb Tracks 22-24 Not composed by Patrick Doyle

Alterations from the book

Trivia

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• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the top grossing film worldwide of 2005, making $892.2 Million to date , making it the eighth top grossing movie of all time worldwide .
• The face of Moody's pocket watch has a picture of a biohazard symbol, an homage to Gleeson's role as Frank in 28 Days Later. (In promotional posters and dvd box art, the zombies are shown with the biohazard symbol in their eyes).
• The producers first talked about filming the movie in two parts with a six month separation between them such as The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. This idea was later overthrown as the first part would have ended in the middle of the excitement.
• Characters cut from the movie include Ludo Bagman, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Bertha Jorkins, Dobby, Winky, Narcissa Malfoy, Peeves the Poltergeist, Bill Weasley, Molly Weasley, Charlie Weasley and Percy Weasley.
• This film is the first Harry Potter film to be rated PG-13 by the MPAA. It was rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images due mainly to the disturbing images of Voldemort's return and the violence in the Triwizard Tasks. It was also the first Harry Potter movie to be rated 12A by the BBFC, due to reasons such as lots of spiders, Fleur being pulled underground by plant roots in the third task, and the instance in which Ron says "piss off" and Harry saying damn. In the Netherlands, it is the same: 12, violence and fear. However, in the Philippines, the movie was rated G (General Patronage). In Australia, the film was rated M - for mature audiences (recommended for Mature Audiences, similar to the "PG-13" rating in the U.S. and the "12A" rating in the U.K.), and PG (General admission, but "parental guidance advised") in Canada. In the province of Quebec however, it was rated G because the province has its own rating system.
• The fake Mad-Eye Moody and the real Barty Crouch Jr. always licks his lips. This is a hint that they are the same person. In one scene, after fake Moody licks his lips, Barty Crouch Sr. stares at him, realising that this is his son, so Barty Crouch Jr. kills him shortly after his discovery.
• Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway of Radiohead, along with Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, bass player Steve Mackey, Jason Buckle(of All Seeing I) and Steve Claydon (of Add N to (X)) appear in the movie as members of the band called The Weird Sisters.
• An official picture released by Warner Bros. featuring Harry standing in front of Riddle's tombstone shows Voldemort's father named as "Tom Marvolo Riddle," which is The Dark Lord's real name, and both his birth and death years inaccurate. According to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Marvolo Gaunt was Voldemort's maternal grandfather, so it's highly unlikely that the Dark Lord's Muggle father could have had the very same name as his middle name, which additionally was Voldemort's. Plus, Voldemort was born in 1926, which makes 1915, as shown in the picture, an unlikely birth year for his father. However, a picture has been released that shows the misinformation digitally altered so that it is now accurate.
• The "spider" Mad-Eye Moody demonstrates the curses on is a Tailless Whip Scorpion.
• British contortionist Richard Rosson was hired to play the Death Eater named Avery. He shot scenes in which Avery suffers torture, but they were cut from the final cinematic edit.
• The song Hermione and Hagrid sing as Harry finds Crouch's body is the Hogwarts school song.
• The names on the graves in the graveyard scene are of the crew of the movie, in order to avoid legal issues with other names.
• In the original posters for the movie, the tagline on the posters read Difficult times lie ahead Harry, which lacks a comma. After a few months, the newer posters corrected this mistake to read Difficult times lie ahead, Harry.
• Before being offered this film, Mike Newell was set to direct The Constant Gardener. Coincidentally, that film also stars Ralph Fiennes.
• Mike Newell is the first British director in the film series.
• Gary Oldman and Ralph Fiennes have both played villains in the Hannibal Lecter films. Oldman played Mason Verger in Hannibal, and Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon.
• The band playing in the Maze grandstand scenes is composed of young musicians from the Aylesbury Music Centre in the UK. However, the music itself is dubbed, as the band were playing "magical" instruments. Despite a drum being played on the screen, percussion is notably absent from the audio track.
• At the end of the credits you can read the sentence "No dragons were harmed in the making of this movie".
• To play Voldemort, a large majority of Ralph Fiennes' facial features (more often than not his rather prominent nose) were digitally altered in post production. To help the visual effects team, Fiennes had colored dots painted onto his face during principal photography.
• When Harry and the others are at the Quidditch World Cup, when Amos and Cedric Diggory split from Mr. Weasley and the others, Amos Diggory tells Mr. Weasley that it is "the parting of the ways", the title of chapter thirty-six in the book.
• During the graveyard scene, a Death Eater can be seen clapping in the background.
• During the graveyard scene, a female death eater can be seen in the background as Voldemort approaches Harry. There is a possibility that this might have been Bellatrix Lestrange, except for the fact that Bellatrix escapes from Azkaban during the events of book five.
• This film went through a total of 12 script drafts

Memorable quotes

Barty Crouch Jr to Harry showing him the Dark Mark brand on his left arm: "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours."

Continued changes to Hogwarts Castle and surrounding landscape

Many fans have been somewhat angered and annoyed because of the constant (and confusing) changes of Hogwarts Castle and its landscape in the film adaptations. The following are the new changes made to Hogwarts Castle in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film adaptation.

• The Entrance Hall has been changed. There is now a courtyard in its place with a Clock Tower which leads to the Entrance Hall.
• The Entrance Hall has been extended further from the Marble Staircase separating the Great Hall from the Main Tower.
• The Owlery has been added to the grounds as a tall tower with many levels set atop a stone hill.
• Two new valleys have been added.
  • One is were the Dragon Arena is found in the first task. This valley is found vertically from the Owlery Tower. Further on in that new valley is a waterfall.
  • The other is where the vast Triwizard Maze located. This valley is behind the Great Hall past Hagrid's Hut (when Harry shouts "Periculum" and we see outside the front of the maze as light coming from the stands is seen, the Owlery Tower is seen to the left and the Main Tower with Dumbledore's Tower is seen to the right).
• Some scenes in the film take place within a courtyard whose location is unknown. It is definitely not the Clock Tower Courtyard, the Entrance Courtyard, nor the courtyard by the Dark Tower (where Sirius is imprisoned in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban).
• The design of the three Bell Towers (it is shown in the film that they contain bells) has been changed yet again.

Weird Sisters lawsuit

In the runup to the movie, a Canadian folk group called the Wyrd Sisters filed a US$40-million lawsuit against Warner Brothers, the North American distributor of the film, Jarvis Cocker from Pulp, and Jonny Greenwood and Phil Selway of Radiohead for the use of their group's name. In the book, the band is called the "Weird Sisters" after the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth but was reportedly renamed the "Wyrd Sisters" for the film. Before the film was released, however, Warner Brothers removed all references to either name for the band. Nevertheless, the Wyrd Sisters moved for an injunction in a Canadian court to prevent distribution of the film in Canada. This motion was dismissed by an Ontario judge.

• "'Wyrd' lawsuit against new 'Harry Potter' movie". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• "'Wyrd Sisters' cannot stop Harry Potter". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Reaction

The film was received very positively by critics, garnering an 89% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. The film was praised for being smarter and much wittier than its predecessors, and the young actors were credited with some of the most human performances in all of the movies so far. Ralph Fiennes in particular was greeted enthusiastically for his sinister and quietly evil portrayal of Lord Voldemort, Harry's arch-nemesis. Brendan Gleeson was also much-loved as the slightly off-kilter Mad-Eye Moody, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Miranda Richardson was praised for her comedic stint as journalist Rita Skeeter.

However, there were some complaints. The movie was deemed to be too clunky and jerky in its making by some (in the lack of build up for the Third Task, for example). While most greeted Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort with applause, some believed he was not giving off the air of someone to be feared. While fans enjoy Alan Rickman's portrayal as Snape, there are complaints that he didn't have enough screen time, along with Gary Oldman, Jason Isaacs, Miranda Richardson and Maggie Smith, who also found themselves with less than adequate screen time. Furthermore, Michael Gambon's more aggressive portrayal of quirky yet endearing Albus Dumbledore has been greeted with disappointment by people who did not wish to see anything reminiscent of Gandalf the Grey. It is often said that those familiar with the books are annoyed by how much is left out, while those unfamiliar are left confused by the plot-holes. It should be noted that these same complaints were given about the third movie as well.

Much of what has been left out of the fourth movie are elements key to the plot of the fifth book, most notably the heated dialogue between Cornelius Fudge and Albus Dumbledore which would serve as the basis for the Ministry of Magic's vendetta on Harry Potter in the fifth book, and mention of Rita Skeeter's infamous article of Harry Potter which depicted him as an attention-seeking liar, another important cause of the events in book five. It is thus unclear how the director of the fifth movie will be able to fix these plot holes.

It should be noted that Mike Newell had not read the Harry Potter series prior to the film's production and had relied on the given script instead, which might account for the number of dangling plots.

Academy Awards

Box office

After an opening day of $40m at the North American box office, Goblet of Fire enjoyed a successful run at the box office, running for 20 weeks in theaters and closing on April 6, 2006. The film set numerous records including the highest non-May opening weekend in the US and the most successful opening ever in the UK, earning £14.9m in its opening weekend. Goblet of Fire then drew $102.7 million from 3,858 locations its opening weekend at the North American box office, setting a new opening high for the franchise and selling about as many tickets as the first movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, did out of the gate. The debut marked the fifth $100 million weekend in history, behind Spider-Man 's $114.8 million, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 's $108.4 million, Shrek 2 's $108 million and X-Men: The Last Stand 's $102.8 million.

As of April 6, 2006, Goblet of Fire has earned $892.2 million worldwide according to Boxofficemojo, making it not only the highest grossing international and worldwide release of 2005, but one of the few films to have ever passed $600 million in international box office receipts. It has joined four other titles that have passed the $600 million mark, including Titanic, Return of the King, and the first two Harry Potter films. Its worldwide total includes $290 million from the U.S. and Canada.

The film was also released in IMAX theaters and grossed a total of $20,033,758 million worldwide for a cumulative per screen average of $188,998 thus setting a new record and a new milestone for a digitally re-mastered 2D IMAX release (Source: YahooFinance).

In January 2006, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire surpassed the box office takings of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, to become the eighth-highest grossing film of all time, and the second-highest grossing film in the Harry Potter series so far, behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

The film ranks third in the North American box office (domestic) behind Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for 2005 though both films rank far lower than Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Worldwide terms.

DVD

The film was released on DVD in North America on March 7 2006. It was available in one- and two-disc editions, as well as part of an 8-disc boxset that includes all four films to date. The bonus disc features three interactive games, as well as seven behind the scenes featurettes. The film was also released in UMD format for PSP.

Wal-Mart had a special bonus disc available for purchase alongside the single-disc editions that features extra features and a sample of the Harry Potter edition of the Scene It? DVD game.

On its first day of release in North America, over 5 million copies were sold, recording a franchise high for first-day sales. Within its first week it sold over a total of 9 million units of combined sales of both the widescreen and full screen versions of the DVD.

The UK edition was released on DVD on March 20 2006 and became the fastest selling UK DVD ever, selling six copies per second on its first day of release. According to the Official Charts Company, the DVD sold 1.4 million copies in its first week alone. It is also available in a two-disc edition with special features similar to the North American two-disc edition.,

The DVD currently holds the Guinness World Record for being the fastest selling DVD of all time. The achievement will be added to the 2007 edition of The Guinness World Records book which will be released this coming August and will include a picture of the award being presented at Leavesden Studios in April.

Future Shop has an exclusive promotion including a holographic cover for the two-disc edition.

Warner Home Video announced the HD DVD edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was to be released on April 11 2006; however, due to the delayed release of Toshiba's HD-DVD player, the HD DVD edition of Goblet of Fire was pushed back to April 18 2006 .

The Chinese DVD edition was released 2 weeks before the North American release as an effort to combat DVD piracy in the country of China. The DVD was sold at a low price of $2.73 USD.

More DVD release dates

• Brazil: March 23 2006
• Denmark: March 26 2006
• France: May 31 2006
• Italy: March 22 2006
• Norway: March 26 2006
• Spain: March 29 2006
• Sweden: March 29 2006
• Australia: March 29 2006

References

• "Pottermania in London". (8 November 2005). New Straits Times, p. 30.

External links

Movie stills

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire pictures
• Goblet of Fire Pictures at Cinema.com

Movie sites

• Official Goblet of Fire site
• Official movie series site
• Official UK site
• Box Office Totals
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• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at IMDb

Reviews

• Movie Review - Mark Sells, The Oregon Herald
• musicOMH.com Review
• Mugglenet Press Screening Fan Review
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at IMDb
• Harry Potter Movie Pictures
• Movie Review Xdafied.com.au
• Full Effect: The Movie vs. the Book

Trailers

• Theatrical Trailer released September 15 2005
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• International Trailer released August 24 2005
  • Real Media (15 MB)
  • Quicktime (17.5 MB)
  • Windows Media (16.1 MB)

• Teaser Trailer released May 7 2005
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