Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Review

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1


Release Date: 18th November 2010 - Australia


Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
Heyday Films

Distribution
Roadshow Films


Genre: Fantasy

Rating: M

Runtime: 146 minutes


Budget: $250,000,000

Box Office Gross: $977,070,383 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
As Voldemort's power grows, he takes control of the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron and Hermione undergo a dangerous task left by Dumbledore to find and destroy the rest of the Horcruxes, which is the

secret to Voldemort's

immortality and destruction.

But everything must fall to

the Trio and the rest of the

Wizarding World, which

is why they must go

according to plan.

Cast
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley
Emma Watson - Hermione
Granger
Ralph Fiennes - Lord
Voldemort
Helena Bonham Carter -
Bellatrix Lestrange
Robbie Coltrane - Rubeus
Hagrid
Warwick Davis - Griphook
Tom Felton - Draco Malfoy
Michael Gambon - Albus
Dumbledore
Brendan Gleeson - Alastor
'Mad Eye' Moody
Richard Griffiths - Vernon
Dursley
Fiona Shaw - Petunia Dursley
Harry Melling - Dudley Dursley
John Hurt - Ollivander
Rhys Ifans - Xenophilius Lovegood
Evanna Lynch - Luna Lovegood
Jason Isaacs - Lucius Malfoy
Helen McCrory - Narcissa
Malfoy
Bill Nighy - Minister Rufus
Scrimgeour
Alan Rickman - Severus
Snape
Timothy Spall - Peter
Pettigrew
Imelda Staunton - Dolores
Umbridge
David Thewlis - Remis Lupin
Mark Williams - Arthur Weasley
Julie Walters - Molly Weasley
Bonnie Wright - Ginny
Weasley
James & Oliver Phelps - Fred
& George Weasley

Domhnall Gleeson - Bill
Weasley

Clémence Poésy - Fleur
Delacour

Matthew Lewis - Neville
Longbottom

Toby Jones - Dobby (Voice)

Joshua Herdman - Gregory Goyle

Louis Cordice - Blaise Zabini

Devon Murray - Seamus

Finnigan

Freddie Stroma - Cormac

McLaggen

Georgina Leonidas - Katie Bell

William Melling - Nigel

Scarlet Byrne - Pansy Parkinson

Guy Henry - Pius Thicknesse

Andy Linden - Mundungus

Fletcher

Simon McBurney - Kreacher
(Voice)

Jessie Cave - Lavender Brown

Hazel Douglas - Bathilda Bagshot

Warwick Davis - Griphook

George Harris - Kingsley Shacklebolt

Natalie Tena - Nymphadora Tonks

Nick Moran - Scabior

Samuel Roukin - Snatcher

Dave Legeno - Fenrir Greyback
Arben Bajraktaraj - Antonin Dolohov
Rod Hunt - Thorfinn Rowle
Suzanne Toase - Alecto Carrow
Ralph Ineson - Amycus Carrow
Peter Mullan - Death Eater Yaxley

Jamie Campbell Bower - Young
Gellert Grindelwald

Michael Byrne - Gellert Grindelwald - Old

Miranda Richardson - Rita Skeeter (Cameo)

Adrian Rawlins - James Potter

Geraldine Somerville - Lily Potter

Rade Šerbedžija - Gregorovitch
Ian Kelly - Mr. Granger
Michelle Fairley - Mrs. Granger
Carolyn Pickles - Charity Burbage
David Ryall - Elphias Doge
Matyelok Gibbs - Auntie Muriel Weasley
Frances de la Tour - Madame Maxime
David O'Hara - Albert Runcorn
Steffan Rhodri - Reg Cattermole
Sophie Thompson - Mafalda Hopkirk

Daniel Tuite - Skinny Ministry Wizard

Daisy Haggard - Ministry Lift (Voice)

George Potts - Balding Wizard

Rose Keegan - Red-Haired Witch

Ned Dennehy - Scared Man
Kate Fleetwood - Mary Cattermole
Eva Alexander - Waitress

Chris Rankin - Percy Weasley
(Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - David Yates
Based on the Novel "Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallows"/Producer - J. K. Rowling

Screenplay - Steve Kloves

Script Supervisor - Anne Worley
Executive Producer - Lionel Wigram

Producers - David Barron and
David Heyman

Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Tim Lewis
Co-Producer - John Trehy

Casting Director - Fiona Weir

Chief Animal Trainer - Gary Gero

Head Animal Trainers - Julie Tottman

and Joanna Vaughan
Production Designer - Stuart Craig

Conceptual Artists - Adam Brockbank,

Andrew Williamson, Peter McKinstry

and Paul Catling

Supervising Art Director - Neil Lamont

Senior Art Director - Andrew Ackland-Snow

Art Directors - Mark Bartholomew,

Alastair Bullock, Martin Foley,

Kate Grimble, Christian Huband,

Molly Hughes, Hattie Storey, Gary Tomkins,

Nicholas Henderson, Peter Dorme and

Ashley Winter

Construction Manager - Paul J. Hayes

Set Decorators - Stephenie McMillan

and Rosie Goodwin

Property Master - Barry Wilkinson

Assistant Property Master - Ben Wilkinson

HOD Supervising Modeller - Pierre Bohanna

Costume Designer - Jany Temime

Special Makeup Effects - Nick Dudman

Makeup Designer - Amanda Knight

Supervising Prosthetic Makeup Artists -

Mark Coulier, Katy Fray and Paul Spateri

Hair Designer - Lisa Tomblin

Director of Photography - Eduardo Serra

Underwater Director of Photography -

Tim Wooster

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Mike Brewster

B Camera Operators - David Morgan

and David Worley

Supervising Location Manager - Sue Quinn

Location Managers - Mark Somner,

Joseph Jayawardena, Michael Harm,

Lee Robertson and Steve Harvey

Production Manager - Simon Emanuel

First Assistant Director - Jamie Christopher

Key Second Assistant Director - Matthew Sharp

Second Unit Director - Stephen Woolfenden

Choreographer - Anthony Van Lasst

Stunt Coordinator - Greg Powell

Aerial Coordinator - Marc Wolff

Diving Coordinator - Dave Shaw
Special Effects Supervisor - John Richardson

Special Effects Assistant Supervisor -

Steve Hamilton

Special Effects Coordinator - Rosie Richardson

Visual Effects Supervisors - Tim Burke,

Chris Shaw and John Moffatt

Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Nicolas Aithadi

Visual Effects Supervisor: Framestore -
Christian Manz

Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative -

David Vickery

Visual Effects Supervisor: Baseblack -

Matthew Twyford

Visual Effects Producer - Emma Norton

Visual Effects Producer: MPC - Oliver Money

Animation Supervisor: Framestore - Pablo Grillo

Previs Supervisor: WB - Ferran Domenech

Animation Supervisor: "The Deathly Hallows" -

Ben Hibon

CG Supervisor: MPC - Matt Middleton

CG Supervisor: Cinesite - Holger Voss

CG Supervisor: Framestore - Andy Kind

Film Editor - Mark Day

Sound Designers - Michael Fentum

and Dominic Gibbs

Supervising Sound Editor - James Mather

Sound Effects Editor - Jed Loughran

Production Sound Mixer - Stuart Wilson

ADR Supervisor - Daniel Laurie

Re-Recording Mixers - Mike Dowson

and Stuart Hilliker

Foley Mixers - Ed Colyer and Glen Gathard

Foley Artists - Peter Burgis, Andie Derrick

and Andrea King

Music/Score Producer - Alexandre Desplat

Composer: "Hedwig's Theme" - John Williams

Music Recordist & Mixers - Peter Cobbin

and Sam Okell

Awards

2011 Academy Awards
Best Visual Effects - Tim Burke, John Richardson,
Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi (Nominated)
Best Art Direction - Stuart Craig

and Stephenie McMillan (Nominated)

Review

DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 is scary and a bit funny like the other Harry Potter films, and it has a very involved storyline, unlike the adventures set in the school of Hogwarts. The film continues where the last one left off. Each actor shows their best performance, and so do the visual effects. I'm impressed with the cliffhanger ending that involves Voldemort and the animation sequence of the Deathly Hallows story. I never knew DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 could be the next Empire Strikes Back.

For anyone who has seen the movie, try Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which is the last instalment of the film series.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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