Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

A young wizard finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.

Director:

Mike Newell

Writers:

Steve Kloves (screenplay), J.K. Rowling (novel)

Stars:

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 42 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Sykes	...	Frank Bryce
Timothy Spall	...	Wormtail
David Tennant	...	Barty Crouch Junior
Daniel Radcliffe	...	Harry Potter
Emma Watson	...	Hermione Granger
Rupert Grint	...	Ron Weasley
Mark Williams	...	Arthur Weasley
James Phelps	...	Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps	...	George Weasley
Bonnie Wright	...	Ginny Weasley
Jeff Rawle	...	Amos Diggory
Robert Pattinson	...	Cedric Diggory
Jason Isaacs	...	Lucius Malfoy
Tom Felton	...	Draco Malfoy
Stanislav Yanevski	...	Viktor Krum (as Stanislav Ianevski)

Storyline

Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends. They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final but after the match is over, people dressed like Lord Voldemort's 'Death Eaters' set a fire to all the visitors' tents, coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the 'Dark Mark' in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting 'The Triwizard Tournament', a magical tournament between three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age of 17, and are chosen by a magical object called Goblet of Fire. On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion. Since the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks.

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Plot Keywords:

tournament | wizard | magic | school of magic | heroism | 

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Taglines:

Dark and difficult times lie ahead.

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

18 November 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The IMAX Experience

Filming Locations:

UK

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£14,933,901 (United Kingdom), 20 November 2005, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$102,335,066, 20 November 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$290,013,036

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$896,911,078

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Heyday Films, Patalex IV Productions Limited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

157 min 166 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Victor Krum and his fellow Drumstrang students wear red during the Yule ball. Red is of course one of the colors of Gryffindor.

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Goofs

(at around 2h) When Wormtail uses a knife to rip Harry's shirt to get his blood, you can see the shirt is already torn and the blood and wound are already there even though he hasn't cut him.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Frank Bryce: Bloody kids!

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Crazy Credits

The end credits appear on parchment paper that is burning around the edges, similar to the names taken from the Goblet of Fire.

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Alternate Versions

DVD includes several deleted scenes:

• Dumbledore asks his pupils to welcome Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students. All the Hogwarts students then start to sing the school song.
• A Durmstrang student asks a girl to go with him to the Yule Ball. She says yes, and two of their friends make gestures in the background.
• Harry tries to speak with Cho Chang, but as she is constantly surrounded by friends, he doesn't get the opportunity.
• Flitwick introduces the Weird Sisters at the Yule Ball. The lead singer speaks with the audience and then starts the first song.
• Karkaroff tells Snape about the mark of his arm. Snape ignores him and removes house points from Fawcet and Stebbins, who briefly appear in the scene. Snape doesn't care about what Karkaroff has to say.
• Mr. Crouch and Harry are speaking. Mad-Eye appears and Barty quickly leaves.
• The trio speak about the death of Mr. Crouch. Ron thinks that Fudge will prevent the story from leaking out to the public. Hermione believes his death, Harry's scar burning, and the Dark Mark at the Quidditch World Cup are related. She recommends Harry goes to visit Dumbledore.
• The trio speak about what Karkaroff was showing Snape on his arm. Hermione asks Harry which potion ingredients Snape accused him of stealing and realizes they are the ingredients needed for the Polyjuice Potion.

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Connections

Featured in Everything Wrong with...: Everything Wrong With Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire (2014)

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Soundtracks

Do the Hippogriff
Written by Jarvis Cocker & Jason Buckle
Produced by Mike Hedges
Performed by Jason Buckle, Steve Claydon, Jarvis Cocker, Jonny Greenwood, Steve Mackey, Phil Selway
Steve Claydon appears courtesy of Mute Records Limited

User Reviews

See the movie for action, read the book for story

It's unfortunate that so much of the book needed to be cut for time and the movie is still nearly 2 1/2 hours long. The rule of movie editing is when you must trim for time you remove the sub-plots. A lot of story and character development isn't there.

But what is there is a great visual treat. If the movie leaves you with questions just read the book or get the audio version on CD. It would have taken a minimum of another half hour to flesh the movie out and that simply wasn't going to be done by a studio whose primary target is a younger audience. (Note how no studio wants to release an animated film longer than 90 minutes for this reason.) Perhaps Alphonso Curon would have done a better job of cohesion but there really isn't much more that could have been done in the time and the script would have been essentially the same. This movie begs for an extended Lord of the Rings type DVD, another 30 to 60 minutes to give you what was left out for theatrical release.

See it and spend the bucks to see it on the big screen.