Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The rebellion begins.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Production
Budget
$150 000 000
Revenue
$939 288 805
Director
Scenario
J.K. Rowling
Author
Composer
Nicholas Hooper
Producer
Lorne Orleans
Actors
Daniel Radcliffe
Harry Potter
Rupert Grint
Ron Weasley
Emma Watson
Hermione Granger
Imelda Staunton
Dolores Umbridge
Helena Bonham Carter
Bellatrix Lestrange
Robbie Coltrane
Rubeus Hagrid
Gary Oldman
Sirius Black
Ralph Fiennes
Lord Voldemort
Short description
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year, still shaken by the events of the Triwizard Tournament. Much of the wizarding community refuses to accept that Lord Voldemort has returned, and the Ministry of Magic appoints Dolores Umbridge as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Her classroom approach leaves students unprepared for the dangers gathering outside the school, so Harry begins teaching a group of classmates practical defensive magic in secret.
The film is directed by David Yates, his first in the series and the earliest entry in his directing filmography. It was written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman, David Barron and Lorne Orleans for Warner Bros. Pictures and Heyday Films, with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Imelda Staunton, Helena Bonham Carter and Robbie Coltrane among the cast.
Released in 2007, the film runs 138 minutes. It was made for about 150 million dollars and took roughly 939 million dollars worldwide, a substantial return on its budget. Audiences rate it 7.5 out of 10 on IMDb from some 696,000 votes and 7.7 out of 10 on TMDB from about 21,000 votes. A critics' rating of 7.1 out of 10 from 257 reviews puts professional assessments close to the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- When Arthur Weasley takes Harry to the Ministry of Magic, they must first enter a secret code on the telephone keypad. He enters the numbers 62442. The letters under these numbers on a standard mobile phone keyboard spell the word "magic".
- Some scenes in "The Order of the Phoenix" were filmed in Scandinavia, as there was simply not enough snow in Scotland.
- Simultaneously with the release of the fifth film in standard format, it also appeared in IMAX theaters.
- A total of 11 studios worked on the special effects. They created over 1400 shots with visual effects for the film, including duels with wands, fantastic Patronuses, kittens meowing in paintings, unforgettable fireworks, and fire-breathing monsters such as a dragon and a serpent. The giant fiery serpent created by Voldemort during the battle, and the fire-breathing dragon, were made by the MPC studio, which used animated digital objects and programs in combination with lighting, pyrotechnic, and smoke effects.
- The scene of Harry Potter and Cho kissing was filmed in only 24 takes.
- Daniel Radcliffe visited a psychologist to prepare for filming, in order to understand how someone who survived feels after losing a loved one.
- Contrary to producer David Heyman's statements, the role of the giant Grawp was not played by a computer-generated character, but by a real person, Tony Modsley.
- The film is based on J.K. Rowling's novel "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2003).
- The 127-page script for 'Order of the Phoenix' was found in a rather dubious location by the side of the road. Warner Bros. tracked down the negligent employee.
- To combat film piracy, the film was distributed to cinemas under the false title "The Raven".
- A special effects group from the Double Negative film company was invited to remove (using computers) pimples and stubble from the faces of the main characters in the fifth Potter film.
- Actress Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout, as well as Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) did not appear in "The Order of the Phoenix".
- Also, for the first time in a Harry Potter film, a set entirely modeled on a computer appeared. This is the Hall of Prophecy, in which thousands of glass spheres containing the prophecies themselves stand on shelves stretching into infinity. Initially, the filmmakers seriously discussed commissioning 15,000 glass spheres to be placed on glass shelves.
- J.K. Rowling herself firmly insisted that the house-elf Kreacher be kept, as he is important for the further storyline.
- The wizard Voldemort shatters the windows of the Ministry of Magic with a powerful burst of his destructive energy. Glass shards rain down on the atrium. John Richardson's team from Special Effects worked on this scene. To create the desired effect, hundreds of panes of glass had to be broken. The shards falling directly on the actor playing Voldemort were made of silicone, not glass, to avoid injury. Specialists from the MPC studio supplemented the episode with digital rain of falling shards and bursting windowpanes, intensifying the picture of the nightmarish explosion.
- At the Entrepreneurial Exchange charity gala, director David Yates auctioned off a small role in the fifth film, with all proceeds from the event going to a fund to help struggling African countries.
- Evanna Lynch was chosen for the role of Luna Lovegood from 15,000 applicants.
- In mid-2006, filming of the fifth film was interrupted for a month because Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson needed to take exams. This break cost Warner Bros. $4.8 million.
- In mid-October 2006, the film crew was supposed to work in Italy, but Warner Bros. denied this information, stating that the filming location had become known to all 'Harry Potter' fans, which would interfere with the actors' normal work.
- Albus Dumbledore appeared in a new robe.
- Three-time Oscar winner Stuart Craig based the design on early 20th-century London Underground stations. Craig liked how the designers of the old stations imitated classical architecture while using ceramic tiles to face the walls. This technique was borrowed when working on the film's sets; over 30,000 tiles were used to cover the walls of the atrium. Building the entire set took about 20 weeks. It was over 60m long, 36m wide, and almost 10m high.
- Towards the end of the scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione discuss Harry's kiss with Cho, the actors start to break character and giggle. They really botched the take, but the director left their laughter in the film, deeming it very fitting for the situation.
- The first trailer for the film appeared in US cinemas on November 17th, during the premiere of the animated film "Happy Feet".
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