Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

 

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt, Warwick Davis, Ciaran Hinds, Jason Issacs, Matthew Lewis, David Thewlis

Director: David Yates

Screenwriter: Steve Kloves

Producers: David Heyman, David Barron, J.K. Rowling

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: PG 13 for some sequences of intense action, violence and frightening images

Running Time: 131 min.

Release date: July 15, 2011

Country United Kingdom

United States

Language English

Budget $250 million

(Shared with Part 2)

Gross revenue $955,417,476

List of Harry Potter cast members

* Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, the film's main protagonist.

* Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, Harry's best friend and Hermione's romantic interest.

* Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Harry's other best friend and Ron's romantic interest.

* Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, a Death Eater, the film's secondary antagonist and Sirius.

* Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid, Harry's half-giant friend and a teacher at Hogwarts.

* Warwick Davis as Griphook, a goblin and former employee at Gringotts Bank. Davis replaced Verne

* Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, a Death Eater and son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.

* Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort, the primary antagonist

* Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore, former headmaster of Hogwarts killed by Severus Snape

* Brendan Gleeson as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody, a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

* Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley, Harry's Muggle uncle.

* John Hurt as Ollivander, a wandmaker abducted by the Death Eaters.

* Rhys Ifans as Xenophilius Lovegood, the eccentric father of the trio's friend Luna.

* Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy's father and a disgraced Death Eater.

* Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour, the new Minister for Magic.

* Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, a spy to the Death Eaters and the new headmaster of Hogwarts.

* Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley, Harry's Muggle aunt.

* Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew, the Death Eater who betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort.

* Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge

* David Thewlis as Remus Lupin, a member of the Order of the Phoenix and a former teacher at Hogwarts.

* Julie Walters as Molly Weasley, the Weasley matriarch and a mother figure to Harry

Plot;

Minister Rufus Scrimgeour addresses the wizarding media stating that the Ministry of Magic will remain strong as Lord Voldemort gains power throughout the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. Meanwhile Harry is seen when the Dursleys go into hiding and Hermione, using a spell, blanks her parents' minds, erasing everything they know about her. Later on Severus Snape arrives at Malfoy Manor to inform Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters of Harry's departure from No. 4 Privet Drive. Voldemort commandeers Lucius Malfoy's wand, as Voldemort's own wand cannot be used to kill Harry. Meanwhile, the Order of the Phoenix arrive at Privet Drive and escort Harry to safety using Polyjuice Potion to create six decoy Harrys. During their flight to the Burrow they are ambushed by Death Eaters, resulting in the deaths of Mad-Eye Moody and Hedwig. Voldemort attempts to kill Harry with Malfoy's wand, but fails. At the Burrow, Harry has a vision of Ollivander being tormented by Voldemort, who claims that the wand-maker had lied to him by informing him of the only way to kill Harry: obtaining another's wand.

Scrimgeour arrives at the Burrow and distributes items from Albus Dumbledore's will to Ron, Hermione and Harry. Ron receives Dumbledore's Deluminator; Hermione, The Tales of Beedle the Bard; and Harry is given the first Golden Snitch he caught at his first Quidditch game at Hogwarts. It's revealed that Harry was also willed to receive the Sword of Godric Gryffindor. However, Scrimgeour states that the sword is an important historical artifact, is not eligible to be given away, and that it had disappeared.

Later, the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour is disrupted by Death Eaters, who have infiltrated the Ministry and are using its authority to persecute Muggle-born witches and wizards. Before the disruption, Harry speaks to Elphias Doge and Ron's great-aunt Muriel about what Doge wrote in The Daily Prophet about Dumbledore, and Harry learns that Dumbledore has a brother named Aberforth and a sister named Ariana. Muriel informs Harry of Bathilda Bagshot (who currently lives in Godric's Hollow), a celebrated magical historian who knew the Dumbledores well and may have known about Sword of Godric Gryffindor. The trio disapparate to London and find sanctuary at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. There they discover that the "R.A.B." from the false Horcrux locket is Regulus Arcturus Black, the younger brother of Sirius Black. From Kreacher, the Black's house-elf, they learn that Mundungus Fletcher stole the real locket. Kreacher and Dobby apprehend Fletcher, who reveals that the locket is in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. Under the disguise of Polyjuice Potion, the trio infiltrate the Ministry and successfully retrieve the locket, narrowly escaping into the Forest of Dean, but revealing it to Yaxley and thus losing 12 Grimmauld Place.

Unable to destroy the Horcrux, they take turns wearing it in order to dilute its negative psychological effects. Harry sees a vision of Voldemort interrogating Gregorovitch, a renowned wand-maker who claims that a teenage boy had once stolen the legendary Elder Wand from his shop. Voldemort then begins a search for the thief. While Ron wears the locket, he is overcome with the suspicion that Harry and Hermione are forming a romantic relationship. As a result, under the mistaken assumption that Hermione has rejected him, he abandons them in anger. Harry and Hermione then visit Godric's Hollow where they seek Bathilda Bagshot, the historian who may have the Sword of Gryffindor, which they believe will destroy Horcruxes. However, they are instead cornered by Voldemort's snake, Nagini, and barely escape. Harry's wand is broken. Hermione identifies the mysterious thief seen in Harry's vision as Gellert Grindelwald.

When evening falls, Harry sees a doe patronus which leads him to a frozen pond. Gryffindor's sword is beneath the ice. Harry enters the pool through the ice to reach the sword. The locket around his neck attempts to strangle him, but Ron returns to rescue him. Ron eventually overcomes the locket's power, smashing it with the sword.

The trio then visit Xenophilius Lovegood to learn about a symbol seen several times on their journey. As explained in The Tales of Beedle the Bard, they learn that the symbol represents the quest for the Deathly Hallows: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility. With these three items in one's possession, one is virtually invincible. Lovegood betrays them to the Death Eaters in an effort to have his kidnapped daughter returned. At the Forest of Dean, Harry envisions Voldemort learning from Grindelwald that the Elder Wand lies with Dumbledore. The trio are captured by Snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor. Bellatrix Lestrange imprisons Harry and Ron in a cellar in which they discover Luna, Ollivander, and Griphook the goblin. She tortures Hermione for information on how they found the sword of Gryffindor, which was supposedly in her vault at Gringotts (she uses a knife to carve "Mudblood" on Hermione's arm). After Dobby apparates to save them, a short battle ensues, and Harry duels with Draco and defeats him. Dobby is killed by Bellatrix as the protagonists escape to Shell Cottage. As Harry mourns the loss of his friend, Voldemort breaks into Dumbledore's tomb and takes the Elder Wand.

Soundtrack;
Composer Nicholas Hooper, who scored Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince, did not return for Deathly Hallows. Instead, Alexandre Desplat was hired to compose the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows − Part 1. Desplat composed throughout the summer of 2010 and the recording sessions began on 14 August with the London Symphony Orchestra. The supervising orchestrator on Deathly Hallows, Conrad Pope, (also one of the orchestrators on the first three Potter films) collaborated with Desplat and commented that the music is "exciting and vigorous" and "those who love melodies, harmonies and emotions in their film scores should be pleased. Reminds one of the old days."
Part 1 featured the song "O Children" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, one of only two songs in a Harry Potter film not specifically written for it (the other being "Boys Will Be Boys" by The Ordinary Boys, used in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ).

Release;
On 26 August 2010, director David Yates, producers David Heyman and David Barron along with Warner Bros. president Alan F. Horn, attended a test screening for Part 1 of Deathly Hallows in Chicago.
The world premiere for Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was held in Leicester Square in London on 11 November 2010, with fans from across the world turning up – some of whom had camped for days in the square. This was followed by the Belgian avant-premiere on 12 November and the U.S. premiere in New York City on 15 November.
In Australia, the film had its premiere on 13 November at Warner Bros. Movie World, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Three hundred people attended the viewing, which was the second official showing in the world, behind the UK premiere. The film premiered in Kuwait's release on 16 November. In Israel, Estonia and New Zealand, the film was released on 18 November.