Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Some movie-loving wizards must have cast a magic spell on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, because it's another grand slam for the Harry Potter franchise. Demonstrating remarkable versatility after the arthouse success of Y Tu Mamá También, director Alfonso Cuarón proves a perfect choice to guide Harry, Hermione, and Ron into treacherous puberty as the now 13-year-old students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry face a new and daunting challenge: Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban prison, and for reasons yet unknown (unless, of course, you've read J.K. Rowling's book, considered by many to be the best in the series), he's after Harry in a bid for revenge. This dark and dangerous mystery drives the action while Harry (the fast-growing Daniel Radcliffe) and his third-year Hogwarts classmates discover the flying hippogriff Buckbeak (a marvelous CGI creature), the benevolent but enigmatic Professor Lupin (David Thewlis), horrifying black-robed Dementors, sneaky Peter Pettigrew (Timothy Spall), and the wonderful advantage of having a Time-Turner just when you need one. The familiar Hogwarts staff returns in fine form (including the delightful Michael Gambon, replacing the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and Emma Thompson as the goggle-eyed Sybil Trelawney), and even Julie Christie joins this prestigious production for a brief but welcome cameo. Technically dazzling, fast-paced, and chock-full of Rowling's boundless imagination (loyally adapted by ace screenwriter Steve Kloves), The Prisoner of Azkaban is a Potter-movie classic. --Jeff Shannon

Director(s): Alfonso Cuarón
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 45 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
2004
142
$249,358,727
Website
7,959 Views
Something wicked this way comes
Everything will change
The time has come
Mysteries will unfold
Secrets will be revealed
Character will be tested
Darkness will descend

[Professor Snape has caught Harry in a hallway.]

Professor Snape:
Potter. What are you doing wandering the corridors at night?

Harry:
I was sleepwalking.

Snape:
How extraordinarily like your father, you are, Potter. He too was exceedingly arrogant, strutting about the castle.

Harry:
[irritated] My dad didn't strut. And nor do I. Now if you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you would lower your wand.

Snape:
[Lowers his wand, level with the pocket on the hooded sweater Harry is wearing] Turn out your pockets. [Harry just stands there] [sternly] Turn out your pockets. [Harry takes out the Marauder's Map] What's this?

Harry:
Spare bit of parchment.

Snape:
Really? Open it. [Harry opens the map; Snape puts his wand on the map] Reveal your secrets. [To Harry, as the logo seems to appear] Read it.

Harry:
[reading the map's text] "Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs... offer their compliments to Professor Snape and..."

Snape:
Go on.

Harry:
[still reading, amused] "...and request that he keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business."

Snape:
Why you insolent, little--!

Professor Lupin:
[approaching Snape from the back] Professor.

Snape:
Well, well. Lupin. Out for a little walk in the moonlight, are we?

Lupin:
[to Harry] Harry, are you all right?

Snape:
That remains to be seen. [takes the Marauder's Map] I have just now confiscated a rather curious artifact from Mr. Potter. Take a look, Lupin. Supposed to be your area of expertise. Clearly, it's full of Dark Magic.

Lupin:
I seriously doubt it, Severus. It looks to me as though it's merely a parchment designed to insult anyone who tries to read it. [chuckles] I suspect it's a Zonko product. Nevertheless, I shall investigate any hidden qualities it may possess. It is, after all, as you say, my area of expertise. [to Harry] Harry, would you come with me, please. [to Professor Snape] Professor, good night.

Harry:
Tell me about Peter Pettigrew.

Lupin:
He was at school with us. We thought he was our friend.

Harry:
No. Pettigrew's dead. [to Sirius] You killed him!

Lupin:
No he didn't. I thought so too until you mention seeing Pettigrew on the map.

Harry:
The map was lying, then.

Sirius:
The map never lies! Pettigrew's alive! And he's [points to Scabbers] right there!

Ron:
Me?! He's mental!

Sirius:
Not you! You're rat!

Ron:
Scabbers has been in my family for...

Sirius:
Twelve years? Curiously long life for a common garden rat! He's missing a toe, isn't he?

Ron:
So what?!

Harry:
All they could find left of Pettigrew was his...

Sirius:
Finger! But then the dirty coward cut it off so that everyone would think he was dead! And then he transformed into a rat!

Harry:
Show me. [Sirius tries to take the rat from Ron, but Ron holds onto it] Give it to him, Ron.

Ron:
What are you trying do to him? [Sirius finally gets a hold of the rat] Scabbers! Leave him alone! [tries to run toward Sirius, but Hermione holds him back] Get off him! What are you doing? Scabbers!

[Sirius drops the rat, which runs while Sirius finally transforms it into Peter Pettigrew; he and Remus pull him out of the hole, Ron has a shocked look on his face]

Peter Pettigrew:
[realizes he's not a rat anymore] Remus? S-Sirius? My old friends! [runs toward the door, but Lupin and Sirius block him] Harry. Look at you. [walks toward Harry] You look so much like your father. Like James! We were the best of friends...

Sirius:
How dare you speak to Harry?! [Pettigrew scowls and runs away from Sirius] How dare you talk about James in front of him?!

Lupin:
You sold James and Lily to Voldemort, didn't you?!

Pettigrew:
I didn't mean to! The Dark Lord. You have no idea the weapons he possesses! Ask yourself, Sirius! What would you've done? What would you've done?

Sirius:
I would have died! [Pettigrew crawls under piano] I would have died rather than betray my friends!

Pettigrew:
[runs over to Harry, whispering to him] Harry, James wouldn't have wanted me killed! Your dad... your dad would have spared me! He would shown me mercy...!

[Lupin and Sirius yank him off Harry]

Sirius:
Should've realized, Peter, that if Voldemort didn't kill you, then we would! [he and Lupin pull out their wands and point them and Pettigrew] Together!

Harry:
No!

Lupin:
Harry, this man is...

Harry:
I know what he is. But we'll take him up to the castle.

Pettigrew:
Bless you, boy! Bless you!

[kneels to Harry]

Harry:
Get off! I said we'll take you to the castle. After that, the dementors can have you.


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