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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) -- It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) -- It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) -- It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.
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Writers (WGA):
J.K. Rowling (novel)
Steve Kloves (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 June 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
Something wicked this way comes. more
Plot:
It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 31 nominations more
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The best of the Harry Potter films so far more (1423 total)

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
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Rated PG for frightening moments, creature violence and mild language.
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141 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Shot entirely on wide-angle lenses. The length of the lenses ranged between 14-24mm and never beyond that. Alfonso Cuarón insisted on the wide-angles because he wanted to let the audience see the foreground and the background. more
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Revealing mistakes: After Harry comes out of the pub when he finds out that Sirius is his god-father, just before Hermione takes the cloak off, you can see some snow on the green sheet used to make the cloak. more
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[first lines]
Harry: Lumos Maxima!
[five times]
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A Winter's Spell more

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Why aren't the Hogwarts students wearing robes in this movie?
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110 out of 170 people found the following comment useful.
The best of the Harry Potter films so far, 17 December 2004
8/10
Author: Colette Corr from Melbourne, Australia

This third Harry Potter film is the best one yet. Director Alphonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Little Princess) has taken over from Chris Columbus and has stuck less slavishly to the original JK Rowling Books.

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are back as Harry, Ron and Hermoine, with Hermoine in particular getting to do a lot more. There are less Quidditch matches, and more menace, in keeping with the improved complexity of Rowling's third novel. Hogwarts is not safe, Draco Malfoy is no longer a menace, but just a pain in the ass. And the new CGI-scripted character Buckbeak the Hippogriff (half eagle, half horse) looks fantastic and has personality.The kids are all supposed to be thirteen but look older - hey we'll forgive them. Neville Longbottom has lost so much weight he's almost unrecognisable.

Great performances from Emma Thompson hamming it up as the ditsy professor of foretelling, Prof Trelawny, Michael Gambon as the new Professor Dumbledore (not as magical but good), David Thewliss as Prof Lupin, and Gary Oldman as the Prisoner of Azkhaban.Thrilling, complex, menacing, ****/***** stars.

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