Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

THE BOOK

SYNOPSIS:

J.K.Rowlings fourth Harry Potter adventure

The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter can't wait for the start of the school year. It is his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) Potions and Divination lessons to be attended. But Harry can't know that the atmosphere is darkening all around him, and his worst enemy is preparing a fate that it seems may be inescapable. With characteristic wit, fast-paced humour and marvellous emotional depth, JK Rowling has proved herself yet again to be a master story-teller. Here are some reviews: "Somewhere in this enchanting mixture is a formula so brilliant it eludes analysis. Rich and demanding stuff." - "Mail on Sunday". ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has finally been unleashed. And is it good? You bet it is. Harry's - and our - fourth year at Hogwarts is funny, full of delicious parodies of our own world, and wildly action-packed." - "Times".

Jacket review
No introduction is necessary... 3m copies of the hardback edition; 18m copies sold of the Harry Potter titles; children brought back to the habit of reading, and so forth. The Potter phenomenon seems to be absolutely unstoppable, and despite certain nannyish objections to the use of witchcraft, whole generations may owe a love for books to this astonishingly successful series.

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THE MOVIE

Directed by: Mike Newell

Screenplay: Steve Kloves

Music: Patrick Doyle

Released on 18 November 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Cast List:

Eric Sykes ... Frank Bryce
Timothy Spall ... Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew)
David Tennant ... Barty Crouch Junior
Daniel Radcliffe ... Harry Potter
Emma Watson ... Hermione Granger
Rupert Grint ... Ron Weasley
Mark Williams ... Arthur Weasley
James Phelps ... Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps ... George Weasley
Bonnie Wright ... Ginny Weasley
Jeff Rawle ... Amos Diggory
Robert Pattinson ... Cedric Diggory
Jason Isaacs ... Lucius Malfoy
Tom Felton ... Draco Malfoy
Stanislav Ianevski ... Viktor Krum
Robert Hardy ... Cornelius Fudge
Philip Rham ... Death Eater
Olivia Higginbottom ... Death Eater
Ashley Artus ... Death Eater
Alex Palmer ... Death Eater
Paschal Friel ... Death Eater
Richard Rosson ... Death Eater (as Richard Rosson 'Rubber Ritchie')
Roger Lloyd-Pack ... Barty Crouch (as Roger Lloyd Pack)
Sheila Allen ... Ministry Witch
Su Elliot ... Ministry Witch
Anne Lacy ... Ministry Witch
Flip Webster ... Ministry Witch
David Sterne ... Ministry Wizard
Christopher Whittingham ... Ministry Wizard
Liam McKenna ... Ministry Wizard
Campbell Graham ... Ministry Wizard
Margery Mason ... Food Trolley Lady
Katie Leung ... Cho Chang
Matthew Lewis ... Neville Longbottom
Robbie Coltrane ... Rubeus Hagrid
William Melling ... Nigel
Michael Gambon ... Albus Dumbledore
David Bradley ... Argus Filch
Devon Murray ... Seamus Finnigan
Afshan Azad ... Padma Patil
Warwick Davis ... Filius Flitwick
Frances de la Tour ... Madame Olympe Maxime
Shefali Chowdhury ... Parvati Patil
Angelica Mandy ... Gabrielle Delacour
Clémence Poésy ... Fleur Delacour
Maggie Smith ... Minerva McGonagall
Alan Rickman ... Severus Snape
Predrag Bjelac ... Igor Karkaroff (as Pedja Bjelac)
Tolga Safer ... Karkaroff's Aide
Brendan Gleeson ... Professor Alastor 'Mad­Eye' Moody
Alfie Enoch ... Dean Thomas
Louis Doyle ... Ernie MacMillan
Jamie Waylett ... Vincent Crabbe
Josh Herdman ... Gregory Goyle
Charlotte Skeoch ... Hannah Abbott
Miranda Richardson ... Rita Skeeter
Robert Wilfort ... Photographer
Gary Oldman ... Sirius Black
Tiana Benjamin ... Angelina Johnson
Henry Lloyd-Hughes ... Roger Davies (as Henry Lloyd Hughes)
Jarvis Cocker ... Band Lead Singer
Jonny Greenwood ... Band Lead Guitar
Phil Selway ... Band Drums (as Philip Selway)
Steve Mackey ... Band Bass Guitar
Jason Buckle ... Band Rhythm Guitar
Steve Claydon ... Band Keyboards
Shirley Henderson ... Moaning Myrtle
Alan Watts ... Assistant Judge
Ralph Fiennes ... Lord Voldemort
Adrian Rawlins ... James Potter
Geraldine Somerville ... Lily Potter

rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Bagley ... Class Member/Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Natalie Hallam ... Wizard Teacher (uncredited)
Ian Whyte ... Madame Olympe Maxime (uncredited)

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Interesting Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fact no 1:

Alfonso Cuarón was offered the chance to direct this installment in the series, but declined as he would still be working on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). Mike Newell decided against the studio's original idea of adapting the extremely long book into two separate films to be released several months apart, figuring that he could cut enough of the book's bulky subplots to make a workable film. It was Alfonso Cuarón who convinced him. Mike Newell turned down directing The Constant Gardener (2005) to direct this film. Mike is the first British director the film series has had.

Interesting Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fact no 2:

Features one of the largest underwater set ever constructed. It has the capacity of up to 500,000 liters or 132,000 gallons of water. The largest underwater set constructed was for "The Abyss" reaching 7 million gallons. Safety divers swam in with scuba regulators to allow them to breathe without having to surface. These scenes were shot in a huge purpose-built tank with a blue-screen background. Daniel Radcliffe alone logged around 41 hours 38 minutes underwater during the course of filming. At one point during training he inadvertently signaled that he was drowning, sending the crew into a huge panic to bring him back up to surface. During the underwater filming Daniel Radcliffe, a couple of the cast members, and all of the underwater crew posed for a photo which he later sent out as a Christmas card with Rudolph noses and antlers Photoshopped on everyone's faces.