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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 is a 2010 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.[5] It is the first of two cinematic parts based on J. K. Rowling’s 2007 novel of the same name and the seventh instalment in the Harry Potter film series.[6] It was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman, David Barron, and Rowling and features an ensemble cast.
The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, respectively, reprising roles as Harry’s best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) and is followed by the concluding entry, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).
The story follows Harry Potter, who has been asked by Dumbledore to find and destroy Lord Voldemort’s secret to immortality – the Horcruxes. Filming began on 19 February 2009 and was completed on 12 June 2010.[7] Part 1 was released in 2D cinemas and IMAX formats worldwide on 19 November 2010.[8][9][10][11] The film received positive reviews with critics praising its performances, cinematography, visual effects and musical score.
In the film’s worldwide opening weekend, Part 1 grossed $330 million, the third-highest in the series, and the highest opening of 2010, as well as the eighth-highest of all time.[17] With a worldwide gross of $977 million, Part 1 is the third-highest-grossing film of 2010, behind Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland,[18] and the third-highest-grossing Harry Potter film in terms of worldwide totals, behind Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Philosopher’s Stone (2001).
Additionally, it received two nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards: Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) Trailer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) Reviews
Setting aside actors from earlier films who have passed away (Richard Harris) or are no longer needed (Emma Thompson), let me just cite a list for those who know their actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Rhys Ifans, Jason Isaacs, Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Toby Jones, Simon McBurney, Peter Mullan and Julie Walters. Rather awesome.I make it a custom to avoid becoming expert on the endless characters and plot strands of series movies. Life is too short to become an authority on all of the movies about James Bond, “The Lord of the Rings” and so on. I’m sure students of Harry Potter will comprehend “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” better than I was able to. They’ll see a character and recall scenes from a movie made seven years ago. For me, its more about the immediate experience. The important thing is that the characters know what’s happening. At least by the end, anyway.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) Credits
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
146 minutes
Cast
Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour
John Hurt as Ollivander
Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape
Helena Bonham-Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
Rhys Ifans as Xenophilius Lovegood
Timothy Spall as Wormtail
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge
Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
Based on the novel by
- J.K. Rowling
Directed by
- David Yates
Screenplay by
- Steve Kloves
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) Plot
At Malfoy Manor, Severus Snape meets with Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. He reports that the Order of the Phoenix will move Harry Potter, no longer under his mother’s protective spell, to a safe location. Voldemort confiscates Lucius Malfoy’s wand; his own is powerless against Harry because it and Harry’s wand are “brothers” by sharing the same phoenix feather core. During the move, Harry survives Voldemort’s attack but Mad-Eye Moody and Hedwig are killed.
During preparations for Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour’s wedding, the new Minister for Magic arrives. He informs Harry, Ron, and Hermione that Albus Dumbledore left each a bequest: Ron a Deluminator, Hermione a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and Harry the Golden Snitch he caught in his first Quidditch match. Dumbledore had also bequeathed the Sword of Gryffindor to Harry, but it has gone missing.
News arrives during the wedding that the Ministry has fallen and the Minister is dead. Death Eaters attack and Harry, Ron, and Hermione escape to Number 12, Grimmauld Place. While there, Ron realizes that Sirius’ brother, Regulus Black, is the R.A.B. who stole Salazar Slytherin’s locket from Voldemort.
Local thief Mundungus Fletcher later sold it to Dolores Umbridge. Harry, Ron and Hermione infiltrate the Ministry and recover the locket but they are chased by Death Eaters in a chaotic exit. Hermione disapparates them to a forest. Meanwhile, Ron is injured. The trio decide to start their journey to discover and destroy all of Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes, starting from the locket.
Attempts to destroy the locket fail. Hermione deduces that Gryffindor’s sword can destroy Horcruxes because it is impregnated with basilisk venom. Ron, affected by the dark locket, is frustrated with their slow progress and irrationally jealous of Harry and Hermione. He argues with Harry, then disapparates, leaving Harry and Hermione to continue their journey. When Harry touches the Snitch to his lips, it reveals a cryptic message: “I open at the close.” Hermione notices a strange symbol drawn in Beedle the Bard that is identical to one Luna Lovegood’s father Xenophilius wears.
Harry and Hermione search for the sword in Godric’s Hollow and encounter the same strange symbol in a cemetery. Elderly historian Bathilda Bagshot invites them in her cottage, where they find a photo of the young man in Harry’s dream who stole a wand from wandmaker Gregorovitch. Bathilda morphs into Voldemort’s snake Nagini and attacks Harry. Hermione disapparates them to safety, but her rebounding spell accidentally destroys Harry’s wand. Hermione identifies the man in the photo as dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
That night, a doe patronus leads Harry to a frozen pond where Gryffindor’s sword lies on the bottom. Harry dives into the frigid water, but the locket around his neck tightens, strangling him. Ron appears, retrieves the sword, and saves Harry. They destroy the locket Horcrux with the sword. Ron explains that the Deluminator led him to their location.
Harry, Ron and Hermione visits Xenophilius Lovegood and learn the symbol represents the Deathly Hallows. Many years before, three brothers each received a prize that evades Death: the Resurrection Stone, the Cloak of Invisibility, and the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand known. Possessing all three makes one the Master of Death. Xenophilius secretly summons the Death Eaters, hoping to exchange Harry for a kidnapped Luna. The three escape, but Snatchers capture them. During a vision, Harry sees an elderly Grindelwald telling Voldemort that the Elder Wand is buried with Dumbledore.
At Malfoy Manor, Bellatrix Lestrange sees a Snatcher has Gryffindor’s sword that she believed was in her Gringotts vault. Harry and Ron are locked into the cellar where they encounter Luna, Ollivander, and Griphook. Upstairs, Bellatrix tortures Hermione.
Harry begs for help using a mirror shard in which he believes he glimpsed Dumbledore; Dobby appears in response and helps save everyone while Harry grabs their captured wands from Draco Malfoy. As they disapparate, Bellatrix throws a knife, killing Dobby. Harry buries him near Bill and Fleur’s seaside cottage, an Order safe house. Meanwhile, Voldemort retrieves the Elder Wand from Dumbledore’s tomb.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) Box office
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 grossed $24 million in North America during its midnight showing, beating the record for the highest midnight gross of the series, previously held by Half Blood Prince, at $22.2 million.[65] The film also had the third-highest midnight gross of all time, behind The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which grossed $30 million and $26.3 million, respectively.
The film broke the record for the highest midnight gross in IMAX, with $1.4 million in box office sales, surpassing Eclipse, which grossed $1 million.[67] All of these records were later topped in 2011 by the film’s sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.[68]
In North America, the film grossed $61.7 million on its opening day, marking the sixth highest single day gross ever at the time.[69] It became the highest opening day for a Harry Potter film in the series, a record previously held by Half-Blood Prince with $58.2 million,[70] until it was broken by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 with $92.1 million.
The film grossed a total of $125 million in its opening weekend, marking the largest opening for the franchise, previously held by Goblet of Fire[69] and later topped by its sequel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. It also was the second biggest November opening ever at the time, behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon‘s $142.8 million,[72] the ninth biggest weekend opening for a film of all time at the North American box office,[73] and the second biggest opening weekend for a 2010 film in the United States and Canada behind Iron Man 2‘s $128.1 million.
The film stayed at the top of the box office for two weeks, grossing $75 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, bringing its total to $219.1 million.[75]
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Malta, the film broke records for the highest Friday gross (£5.9 million), Saturday gross (£6.6 million), and Sunday gross (£5.7 million). Additionally, the film set the largest single day gross (£6.6 million) and the largest opening three-day gross (£18,319,721), a record previously held by Quantum of Solace, which grossed £15.4 million.[76] As of 13 February 2011, Part 1 has grossed £52,404,464 ($86,020,929),[77] becoming the second highest-grossing 2010 release in the country, behind Toy Story 3 (£73,405,113).
Outside North America, the film grossed an estimated $205 million in its opening weekend, becoming the sixth highest of all time, the highest for a 2010 release, and the second highest for a Harry Potter movie, behind only Half-Blood Prince.[79] Globally, the film grossed $330 million in its opening weekend, ranking seventh on the all-time chart.
It was the highest grossing 2010 film
in Indonesia ($6,149,448), Singapore ($4,546,240), Thailand ($4,933,136), Belgium and Luxembourg ($8,944,329), France and the Maghreb region ($51,104,397), Germany ($61,430,098), the Netherlands ($13,790,585), Norway ($7,144,020), Sweden ($11,209,387), and Australia ($41,350,865).[81] In total overseas earnings, it surpassed Philosopher’s Stone ($657.2 million) to become the highest grossing Harry Potter film overseas.[82]
Part 1 ended its run with $296.4 million in the United States and Canada, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of 2010 in these regions,[83] and $680.7 million from other countries around the world, for a worldwide total of $977.1 million,[5] making it the third highest-grossing film of 2010 worldwide behind Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland,[84] as well as the third highest grossing Harry Potter film in the series behind The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and The Philosopher’s Stone.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) Critical reception
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 77% based on 288 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The site’s critics consensus reads, “It can’t help but feel like the prelude it is, but Deathly Hallows: Part I is a beautifully filmed, emotionally satisfying penultimate installment for the Harry Potter series.”[86] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating “generally favourable reviews”.[87] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale.[88]
The UK’s Daily Telegraph also gave the film a positive review, remarking, “For the most part the action romps along, spurred by some impressive special effects,” adding, “It’s just slightly disappointing that, with the momentum having been established so effectively, we now have to wait until next year to enjoy the rest of the ride.”[89] Roger Ebert awarded the first part three out of four stars, praising the cast and calling it “a handsome and sometimes harrowing film . . . completely unintelligible for anyone coming to the series for the first time”.
Scott Bowles of USA Today called it, “Menacing and meditative, Hallows is arguably the best instalment of the planned eight-film franchise, though audiences who haven’t kept up with previous chapters will be hopelessly lost”,[91] while Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly likewise praised the film as “the most cinematically rewarding chapter yet.”
In a review for the Orlando Sentinel, Roger Moore proclaimed Part I as “Alternately funny and touching, it’s the best film in the series, an Empire Strikes Back for these wizards and their wizarding world. And those effects? They’re so special you don’t notice them.”
Ramin Setoodeh of Newsweek gave a negative review, writing, “They’ve taken one of the most enchanting series in contemporary fiction and sucked out all the magic . . . while Rowling’s stories are endlessly inventive, Potter onscreen just gives you a headache.”[94] Lou Lumenick of The New York Post found the film to be “Beautifully shot but a soulless cash machine… [that] delivers no dramatic payoff, no resolution and not much fun.”[95]
Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York named Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 the seventh-best film of 2010, calling it an “elatingly downbeat blockbuster”.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) Accolades
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 was nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects at the 83rd Academy Awards.[97] It is the second film in the Harry Potter film series to be nominated for a Visual Effects Oscar (the previous one being Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). The film was long-listed for eight different categories, including Best Cinematography, Production Design, and Original Score, at the 64th BAFTA awards, and ultimately was nominated for Best Special Visual Effects and Make-up.
Award | Category | Result | Recipient | |
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83rd Academy Awards | Best Art Direction | Nominated | Stuart Craig Stephenie McMillan |
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Best Visual Effects | Nominated | Tim Burke John Richardson Christian Manz Nicolas Aithadi |
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64th BAFTA Awards | Special Visual Effects | Nominated | ||
Best Makeup and Hair | Nominated | Amanda Knight Lisa Tomblin |
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BAFTA Britannia Awards | Artistic Excellence in Directing | Won | David Yates (for Harry Potter films 5–8) | |
37th Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Film | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Nominated | David Yates | ||
Best Special Effects | Nominated | Tim Burke John Richardson Nicolas Ait’Hadi Christian Manz |
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Best Make-Up | Nominated | Mark Coulier Nick Dudman Amanda Knight |
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Best Costume | Nominated | Jany Temime | ||
2011 Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) | Nominated | David Yates, Steve Kloves | |
2011 MTV Movie Awards | Best Movie | Nominated | ||
Best Male Performance | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe | ||
Best Female Performance | Nominated | Emma Watson | ||
Best Villain | Won | Tom Felton | ||
Best Kiss | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson | ||
Best Fight | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint | ||
Satellite Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography | Nominated | Eduardo Serra | |
Best Original Score | Nominated | Alexandre Desplat | ||
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Art Direction | Nominated | Stuart Craig | |
Art Directors Guild Awards 2010 | Best Art Direction in a Fantasy Film | Nominated | ||
Golden Reel Awards 2011 | Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film | Nominated | Gerard McCann Peter Clarke Stuart Morton Allan Jenkins Kirsty Whalley Rob Houston |
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Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Nominated | James Harley Mather Bjorn Ole Schroeder Dan Laurie Jon Olive |
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Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography | Nominated | Eduardo Serra | |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||
Best Production Design | Nominated | Stuart Craig | ||
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2010 | Best Cinematography | Nominated | Eduardo Serra | |
Best Visual Effects | Nominated | |||
Visual Effects Society Awards 2011 | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture | Nominated | Tim Burke Emma Norton John Richardson |
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture (Dobby) |
Won | Mathieu Vig Ben Lambert Laurie Brugger Marine Poirson |
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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture (Kreacher) |
Nominated | |||
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010 | Best Visual Effects | Nominated | ||
Best Makeup | Nominated | |||
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2010 | Best Visual Effects | Nominated | ||
Special Merit (Obliviate Scene) | Nominated | |||
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Visual Effects | Nominated | ||
International Film Music Critics Association | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | Nominated | Alexandre Desplat | |
2011 Kids’ Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | Nominated | ||
Favorite Movie Actress | Nominated | Emma Watson | ||
Empire Awards 2011 | Best Actress | Nominated | ||
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy | Won | |||
2011 National Movie Awards | Best Fantasy Film | Won | ||
Performance of the Year | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe | ||
Nominated | Emma Watson | |||
Nominated | Rupert Grint | |||
2011 Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Won | ||
Choice Movie: Actor Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominated | Daniel Radcliffe | ||
Choice Movie: Actress Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Won | Emma Watson | ||
Choice Movie: Villain | Won | Tom Felton | ||
Choice Movie: Liplock | Won | Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson | ||
2011 British Academy Children’s Awards (BAFTA) | Favorite Film | Nominated | ||
BAFTA Kids’ Vote (Film Category) | Nominated |
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