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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
With their warning about Lord Voldemort’s return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.[6] It is based on J. K. Rowling’s 2003 novel of the same name. The fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, it was written by Michael Goldenberg (making this the only film in the series not to be scripted by Steve Kloves) and produced by David Heyman and David Barron.
The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry’s best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Its story follows Harry’s fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort’s return. The film is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and is followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).
Live-action filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations and Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations from February to November 2006, with a one-month break in June. Post-production on the film continued for several months afterwards to add in visual effects. The film’s budget was reportedly between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million).[4][5] Warner Bros. released the film in North America on 11 July 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 12 July, both in conventional and IMAX theatres; it is the first Potter film to be released in IMAX 3D.
Order of the Phoenix opened to a worldwide five-day opening of $333 million and grossed $942 million total, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2007.[7][8] The film was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008. It has been noted as a case of Hollywood accounting, as Warner Bros. claimed the film lost $167 million, despite its total gross.
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Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) has reason to fear that playtime is long behind. As a wizard chosen in childhood for his special powers, he has reason to believe Voldemort has returned and will have to be dealt with. The Ministry of Magic, like many a government agency, is hidebound in outdated convictions and considers Harry’s warning to be heresy; at Hogwarts, a fierce new professor of the dark arts, Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), has been installed to whip Harry into line.
Her enemies include Harry’s protector Dumbledore (Michael Gambon, looking as shabby as a homeless headmaster). Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) join Harry in fomenting resistance to Umbridge (sounds like “umbrage”), and soon they are mapping clandestine schemes to defend Dumbledore. Their plots, alas, seem more serious than the mischief Harry and friends would have thought up in earlier days. Yes, I know time passes, and the actors are eight years older than when they started filming. But if a kid starts watching “Potter” movies with this film, would he guess they used to be a little more whimsical?
These things said, there is no denying that “Order of the Phoenix” is a well-crafted entry in the “Potter” series. The British have a way of keeping up production values in a series, even when the stories occasionally stumble. There have been lesser James Bond movies, but never a badly made one. And the necessary use of CGI here is justifiable, because what does magic create, anyway, other than real-life CGI without the computers?
As for the cast, the “Potter” series has turned into a work-release program for great British actors mired in respectable roles. Staunton is perfect here as the Teacher From Hell. Helena Bonham Carter looks like the double for all three of Macbeth’s witches. And then take a roll call: Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes (in the wings as Voldemort), Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Warwick Davis, Julie Walters and the incomparable Maggie Smith.
My hope, as we plow onward through “Potters” Nos. 6-7, is that the series will not grow darker still. Yet I suppose even at the beginning, with those cute little mail-owls, we knew the whimsy was too good to last. Now that Harry has experienced his first kiss, with Cho Chang (Katie Leung), we can only imagine what new opportunities lie ahead. Agent 009.75?
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
138 minutes
Cast
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge
Helena Bonham-Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
Gary Oldman as Sirius Black
Brendan Gleeson as Alastor Moody
Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy
Directed by
- David Yates
Written by
- Michael Goldenberg
Based on the novel by
- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Plot
While staying at the Dursleys, Harry Potter and Dudley are attacked by Dementors. Harry repels them using a Patronus spell. The Ministry of Magic detects the underaged Harry using magic and expel him from Hogwarts, though he is later exonerated.
The Order of the Phoenix, a secret organization founded by Albus Dumbledore, informs Harry that the Ministry of Magic is oblivious to Lord Voldemort’s return. At the Order’s headquarters, Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black, mentions that Voldemort seeks an object he previously lacked; Harry believes it to be a weapon.
Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge has appointed Dolores Umbridge as Hogwarts new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Umbridge’s refusal to teach defensive spells causes her and Harry to clash. Harry is forced to write lines for “lying” about Voldemort. A magic quill etches the words into his hand as he writes. Ron and Hermione are outraged, but Harry refuses to tell Dumbledore, who has distanced himself from Harry.
As Umbridge gains more control over the school, Ron and Hermione help Harry form “Dumbledore’s Army”, a secret group to teach students defensive spells. Umbridge recruits Slytherins for an Inquisitorial Squad to spy on the other students. Meanwhile, Harry and Cho Chang develop romantic feelings for each other.
One night, Harry envisions Arthur Weasley being attacked at the Ministry, seeing it from the attacker’s perspective. Concerned that Voldemort will exploit this connection to Harry, Dumbledore has Severus Snape teach Harry Occlumency to defend his mind from Voldemort’s influence. During a lesson, Harry sees Snape’s memories of how his father, James, bullied and tormented Snape in school. The connection between Harry and Voldemort further isolates Harry from his friends.
Meanwhile, Bellatrix Lestrange, Sirius’ deranged Death Eater cousin, escapes Azkaban prison along with nine other Death Eaters. At Hogwarts, Umbridge and her Inquisitorial Squad expose Dumbledore’s Army. Dumbledore, falsely accused of forming it, escapes as Fudge orders his arrest. Harry believes Cho betrayed Dumbledore’s Army to Umbridge, ending their budding relationship. Umbridge becomes the new Headmistress.
Harry experiences a vision that Voldemort is torturing Sirius. Harry, Ron, and Hermione rush to Umbridge’s office to alert the Order via the Floo Network. Umbridge catches them and, as she is about to severely punish Harry, Hermione claims Dumbledore has hidden a “secret weapon” in the Forbidden Forest. She and Harry lead Umbridge to where Hagrid’s giant half-brother, Grawp is kept. The centaurs confront them and kidnap Umbridge after she insults and attacks them. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Neville and Ginny fly to the Ministry of Magic on Thestrals to save Sirius.
The six enter the Department of Mysteries and recover the object that Voldemort is after, a bottled prophecy labeled with Harry’s name. Death Eaters, including Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange, ambush them. Lucius reveals that Harry’s vision of Sirius being tortured was a ruse to lure him there. Harry refuses to give Lucius the prophecy, and a fight between Dumbledore’s Army and the Death Eaters ensues.
The Death Eaters overpower the students and force Harry to surrender the prophecy. When Harry hands it to Lucius, Sirius and Remus Lupin arrive with Order members Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Mad-Eye Moody. As they attack the Death Eaters, Lucius drops the prophecy, destroying it. Just as Sirius overpowers Lucius, Bellatrix kills Sirius.
Voldemort appears, but moments before he can kill Harry, Dumbledore arrives. A violent duel erupts, destroying much of the Atrium, while Bellatrix escapes. The two wizards are evenly matched, so Voldemort possesses Harry’s body, wanting Dumbledore to sacrifice him.
The love Harry feels for his friends and family quickly drives out Voldemort. Ministry officials arrive before Voldemort disapparates; Fudge admits that Voldemort has returned and resigns in disgrace. Umbridge is dismissed and Dumbledore returns as Hogwarts headmaster. Dumbledore explains he had distanced himself from Harry to prevent Voldemort exploiting their connection. He also reveals the prophecy. As he grieves Sirius’ death, Harry tries coming to terms with the prophecy: “Neither can live while the other survives.”
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Box office
The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, the fourteenth-biggest opening of all time. In the United States, tickets for hundreds of midnight showings of the film, bought from online ticket-seller Fandango, were sold out, making up approximately 90% of the site’s weekly ticket sales.[109] In the US and Canada, midnight screenings (very early morning on 11 July) brought in $12 million[110] from 2,311 midnight exhibitions making the showings “the most successful batch of midnight exhibitions ever”.
In one-night earnings, Phoenix is behind only At World’s End, which had debuted four hours earlier on its date.[112] In studio documents leaked in July 2010, it was revealed the film “lost” Warner Bros. about $167 million.
In North America, Phoenix earned an additional $32.2 million on Wednesday, post-midnight showings, making it the biggest single-day Wednesday gross in box office history, with a total of $44.2 million from 4,285 theatres.[115][116] That amount topped Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man 2, which held the record since 2004 with its $40.4 million take on a Wednesday, until this record was broken in 2009 by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with $62 million.
It was also the fifth-biggest opening day for a movie in history, at the time, surpassing At World’s End’s $42.9 million. It earned $1.9 million from a record-breaking 91 IMAX screens, the highest opening day ever for any IMAX day of the week, beating Spider-Man 3’s $1.8 million. In the UK the result was similar. The film made £16.5 million during its opening 4-day run, breaking the UK box office record for the biggest 4-day opening weekend ever.[118]
Phoenix‘s gross was at $292.4 million in the US and Canada, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2007 in these regions,[119] and at £49.2 million,[120] or $101.4 million in the UK.[121] Internationally, it has grossed $648 million, the seventh-highest grosser ever overseas,[122] for a worldwide total of $942 million[6] making it the second-highest-grossing film of the year closely behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End‘s $960 million gross.
It became the sixth-highest-grossing film in history at the time, the second-highest-grossing Potter film worldwide,[124] and the second Potter film to break the $900 million mark,[125] as well as the fourth-highest-grossing Potter film in the franchise behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2‘s $1.341 billion,[126] Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‘s $974 million,[127] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1‘s $960 million[128] and the highest-grossing 2007 film in Australia and the UK.
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the film has made over $35 million on IMAX screens, worldwide, with an impressive per-screen average of $243,000 making it the highest-grossing live-action IMAX release in history.[131]Â In South Africa the film opened at number 1 with a total of $944,082.00, being screened at 87 theatres.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 77% based on 257 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site’s critical consensus reads, “It’s not easy to take the longest Harry Potter book and streamline it into the shortest HP movie, but director David Yates does a bang up job of it, creating an Order of the Phoenix that’s entertaining and action-packed.”[134] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 71 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating “generally favourable reviews”.[135] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A−” on an A+ to F scale.
Roger Ebert gave the film 2.5 of 4 stars saying “Harry no longer has as much joy.”[137] The review by Charles Frederick of The Telegraph was headlined “Potter film is the best and darkest yet”.[138] Colin Bertram of the New York Daily News gave the film four out of four stars, calling it the best Potter film yet and wrote that “die-hard Potter addicts will rejoice that Yates has distilled J. K. Rowling’s broad universe with care and reverence”.
Mark Adams of The Sunday Mirror, while giving the film four out of five stars, called it “a dark and delicious delight [and] a must-see movie”.[140] Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald gave the film three stars out of four and wrote that the film “is the first installment in the soon-to-be series-of-seven that doesn’t seem like just another spinoff capitalizing on the money-minting Harry Potter brand name. Instead, Phoenix feels like a real ‘movie'”.
Imelda Staunton’s performance as Dolores Umbridge and Helena Bonham Carter’s as Bellatrix Lestrange were widely acclaimed; Staunton was described as “coming close to stealing the show” by The Guardian[142] and the “perfect choice for the part” and “one of the film’s greatest pleasures” by Variety.
Bonham Carter was said to be a “shining but underused talent” by The Times.[144] Variety further praised Alan Rickman’s portrayal of Severus Snape, writing that he “may have outdone himself; seldom has an actor done more with less than he does here”.[143] Newcomer Evanna Lynch, playing Luna Lovegood, also received good word from a number of reviewers, including the New York Times, which declared her “spellbinding”.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone also lauded the three principal actors’ achievements, especially Radcliffe: “One of the joys of this film is watching Daniel Radcliffe grow so impressively into the role of Harry. He digs deep into the character and into Harry’s nightmares. It’s a sensational performance, touching all the bases from tender to fearful”.
Rolling Stone‘s review also classified the film as better than the previous four instalments in the series, by losing the “candy-ass aspect” of the first two and “raising the bar” from the “heat and resonance” of the third and fourth.[146] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called the film “the best of the series so far, [with] the laughs, the jitters and the juice to make even nonbelievers wild about Harry”.
Leo Lewis of The Times (London) expressed disappointment that the three main actors were not able to fully advance the emotional sides of their respective characters, weakening the film.[144] The San Francisco Chronicle complained about a “lousy” storyline, alleging that the first twenty minutes of the film, when Harry is put on trial for performing magic outside of school and threatened with expulsion, but is cleared of all charges, did not advance the plot.
Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Phoenix is “quite possibly the least enjoyable of the [series] so far”, and that despite “several eye-catching moments”, “the magic – movie magic, that is – is mostly missing”. The review also criticised the under use of the “cream of British acting”, noting the brief appearances of Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, David Thewlis, Richard Griffiths, and Julie Walters.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Accolades
Before it was released, Order of the Phoenix was nominated in a new category at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, Best Summer Movie You Haven’t Seen Yet.[149] On 26 August 2007, the film won the award for Choice Summer Movie – Drama/Action Adventure at the Teen Choice Awards.[150]
The film was also nominated for several awards at the 2007 Scream Awards presented by Spike TV, in the categories of The Ultimate Scream, Best Fantasy Movie, and Best Sequel. Daniel Radcliffe was nominated in the Fantasy Hero categories, respectively.[151] The film won for Best Sequel and Ralph Fiennes won for “Most Vile Villain”.[152] The film picked up three awards at the inaugural ITV National Movie Awards, taking Best Family Film, Best Actor for Radcliffe and Best Actress for Emma Watson.
The film was one of ten nominees for a 2007 Hollywood Movie of the Year.[154] It was also nominated for Best Live Action Family Film at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards[155] and won the 2007 People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Movie Drama”.[156] The production was also nominated for six awards at the 13th Empire Awards, organised by Empire, including Best Film, David Yates won Best Director.[157] Yates later received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing for his four Harry Potter films, which includes Order of the Phoenix.[158]
Nicholas Hooper received a nomination for a World Soundtrack Discovery Award for his score to the film.[159] Imelda Staunton was nominated in the “British Actress in a Supporting Role” category at the London Film Critics Circle Awards.[160] At the 2008 BAFTA Awards, the film was nominated for “Best Production Design” and “Best Special Visual Effects”.[161] Order of the Phoenix was also nominated for the awards from the Art Directors Guild and Costume Designers Guild,[162][163] and was awarded for “Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture” by the Visual Effects Society out of six nominations.
The British Academy Children’s Awards (BAFTA) nominated Order of the Phoenix for Best Feature Film in 2007[165] and the Hugo Awards nominated the film for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) in 2008.
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