Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Review

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Release Date: 1st December 2005 - Australia

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)

Heyday Films

Distribution

Roadshow Films

Genre: Fantasy/Family

Rating: M

Runtime: 157 minutes

                166 minutes
                (extended)

Budget: $150,000,000

Box Office Gross: $897,468,399 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
When Harry Potter's name
suddenly appears in the

Goblet of Fire, he has to
compete in the gruelling
battle for glory among
three wizarding schools -
the Triwizard Tournament.
But if Harry didn't
submit his name for the
Tournament, who did?
Harry has to undergo what

he has to face, including

a deadly dragon, fierce
water demons and an
enchanted maze. Only to
find himself in a cruel
twist of fate when he comes

face-to-face with He Who

Must Not Be Named.

Cast

Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter

Emma Watson - Hermione
Granger

Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley

Ralph Fiennes - Lord
Voldemort 

Robbie Coltrane - Ruebus
Hagrid

Gary Oldman - Sirius Black

Michael Gambon - Albus
Dumbledore

Maggie Smith - Minerva
McGonagall

Alan Rickman - Severus
Snape

Brendan Gleeson - Alastor

'Mad Eye' Moody
Tom Felton - Draco Malfoy

Jason Isaacs - Lucius Malfoy

Warwick Davis - Filius Flitwick

David Bradley - Argus Filch

Devon Murray - Seamus
Finnigan

Jamie Waylett - Vincent Crabbe

Joshua Herdman - Gregory

Goyle

Mark Williams - Arthur Weasley

Bonnie Wright - Ginny Weasley

James & Oliver Phelps - Fred
and George Weasley

Robert Hardy - Cornelius Fudge

Roger Lloyd-Pack - Barty

Crouch

Jeff Rowle - Amos Diggory

Robert Pattinson - Cedric
Diggory

Timothy Spall - Wormtail

David Tennant - Barty Crouch Jr.

Shefali Chowdhury - Parvati

Patil

Afshan Azad - Padma Patil

Alfred Enoch - Dean Thomas

William Melling - Nigel

Katie Leung - Cho Chang

Louis Doyle - Ernie MacMillan

Charlotte Skeoch - Hannah

Abbott

Tiana Benjamin - Angelina

Johnson

Henry Lloyd-Hughes - Roger

Davies

Adrian Rawlins - James Potter

Geraldine Somerville - Lily

Potter

Miranda Richardson - Rita

Skeeter
Stanislav Ianevski - Victor Krum

Clémence Poésy - Fleur

Delacour

Angelica Mandy - Gabrielle

Delacour

Eric Sykes - Frank Bryce

Bredrag Bjelac - Igor Karkaroff

Frances de la Tour - Madame Maxime

Shirley Henderson - Moaning Myrtle

Crew

Director - Mike Newell
Based on the Novel "Harry

Potter and the Goblet of Fire" -

J.K. Rowling

Screenplay - Steve Kloves

Associate Producer/First

Assistant Director - Chris Carreras

Executive Producers - David
Barron and Tanya Seghatchian
Producers - David Heyman

and Lorne Orleans (IMAX 

Version)
Co-Producer/Second Unit
Director - Peter MacDonald
Casting Directors - Mary
Selway and Fiona Weir

Animals Supervisor - Gary Gero

Head Animal Trainers - David Sousa and Julie Tottman
Production Designer - Stuart
Craig

Creature Designers - Adam

Brockbank and Paul Catling

Conceptual Artists - Wayne D. Barlowe,

Ben Dennett, Geoffrey Huband, Iain McCaig,

Andrew Williamson and Dermot Power (Uncredited)

Supervising Art Director - Neil Lamont

Senior Art Director - Andrew Ackland-Snow

Art Directors - Mark Bartholomew,
Alastair Bullock, Alan Gilmore,
Gary Tomkins and Alexandra Walker

Standby Art Director - Martin Foley

Construction Manager - Paul J. Hayes

Supervising Modeller - Pierre Bohanna
Set Decorator - Stephenie McMillan

Co-Set Decorator - Lee Sandales

Property Master - Barry Wilkinson

Assistant Property Master - Jamie Wilkinson
Costume Designer - Jany Temime

Costume Supervisors - David Crossman

and Charlotte Finlay

Creature & Makeup Effects Designer -

Nick Dudman
Makeup Designer - Amanda Knight

Key Prosthetic Makeup Artists - Mark Coulier

and Shaune Harrison

Chief Hairdresser & Designer - Eithne Fennel

Director of Photography - Roger Pratt

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Mike Brewster

"B" Camera Operators - Trevor Coop

and Gary Spratling

Location Manager - Sue Quinn

Unit Location Managers - Michael Harm,

Steve Harvey, Joseph Jayawardena and

Mark Somner

Unit Production Manager - Tim Lewis

First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Jamie Christopher

Second Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Sallie Hard

Third Assistant Directors - Tom Brewster,

Phillippa Hunt and Michael Michael

Third Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Lyndsay Bullock

Choreographer - Wayne McGregor
Stunt Coordinator - Greg Powell

Aerial Coordinator: Second Unit - Marc Wolff
Diving Coordinator: Second Unit - Dave Shaw

Special Effects Supervisor - John Richardson
Special Effects Coordinator - Rosie Richardson

Supervising Animatronic Designers - Guy Stevens

and Chris Barton

Performance Systems Supervisor - Matthew Denton

Visual Effects Supervisor - Jim Mitchell

Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Tim Alexander
Visual Effects Supervisor: Framestore CFC -

Tim Webber
Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Ben Shepherd
Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite - Simon Stanley-Clamp

Additional Visual Effects Supervisors - Tim Burke

and Richard Stammers
Visual Effects Producers - Theresa Corrao and
Emma Norton

Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Jill Brooks

Animation Supervisors: Framestore CFC -

Pablo Grillo and Max Solomon
Animation Supervisor: Dragon, Ship and

World Cup, ILM - Steve Rawlins
Computer Graphics Supervisors: ILM -

Douglas Smythe and Robert Weaver

CG Supervisor: Framestore CFC - David Lomax

CG Supervisor: Cinesite - Ivor Middleton

CGI Modelling Supervisor: ILM - Ken Bryan
Model Unit Supervisor: Cinesite - José Granell

Model Workshop Supervisor: Cinesite -

Nigel Trevessey

Model Director of Photography: ILM -

Pat Sweeney
Supervisors: MPC - Nicolas Aithadi,

Caine Dickinson, Ferran Domenech,

Clwyd Edwards, Charley Henley and

Uel Hormann

CG Sequence Supervisors: Framestore CFC -

Andy Kind, Rob Allman, Justin Martin

and Andrew Rawling
Character Rigging Supervisor: ILM - Eric Wong

Motion Control Supervisor - Chris Shaw

Compositing Supervisor: ILM - Patrick Tubach

Compositing Supervisors: Framestore CFC -

Adrian De Wet, Areito Echevarria,

Christian Manz, Ivan Moran and Pedro Sabrosa

Editor - Mick Audsley

Sound Designer & Supervising Sound Editor -

Randy Thom

Supervising Sound Editor - Dennis Leonard

Sound Effects Editors - Andy Kennedy

and Douglas Murray

Re-Recording Mixers - Tom Johnson

and Mike Prestwood Smith

Foley Artists - Peter Burgis,

Andie Derrick and Nicolas Becker

Music - Patrick Doyle

Composer: "Hedwig's Theme" - John Williams

Awards

2006 Academy Awards

Best Art Direction - Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan (Nominated)

Review

The Harry Potter film series continues its magic with THE GOBLET OF FIRE. While The Prisoner of Azkaban was a step up, GOBLET is the darkest movie of the franchise. The series has increased its shift and is only appealing to some ages. The later instalments appealed to younger teens and adults and focused on the characters now facing adult situations. Mike Newell takes Alfonso Cuaron's position as the director, and it's incredible how he pulls off a simple task in this movie. The visuals are significant, and the film has shown no signs of slowing down. But enough said, let's talk about the acting.

I praise Ralph Fiennes for doing an extraordinary job of portraying Lord Voldemort. He knows how to introduce a dark wizard who is already a villain. Brendan Gleeson takes the 'Mad Eye' Moody role by making his character look strange. I came here for this movie because of its supporting actors, David Tennant and Robert Pattinson. Incredibly, Tennant plays a Death Eater rather than a doctor who wanders through time and space in the television series Doctor Who. Also, it is worth mentioning that Pattinson, who plays the ill-fated Cedric Diggory, also plays a vampire in the infamous Twilight movies and Batman in an upcoming titular film. The music by Patrick Doyle is good but has the same notes that John Williams composed in the previous instalments. 

GOBLET OF FIRE remains fresh but is still a gripping chapter of a film series that helps everyone believe in magic. I encourage all fans of J. K. Rowling and the franchise to see it.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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