Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Director: David Yates, David Barron, David Heyman

Overview

Young wizard-in-training Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year of studies, only to find that the magical community seems to be in a curious state of denial about his recent encounter with the sinister Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) in the fifth installment of the popular fantasy film series based on the best-selling books by author J.K. Rowling. Rumor has it that the dreaded Lord Voldemort has returned, but Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge (Robert Hardy) isn't so sure what to make of all the hearsay currently floating around the campus of Hogwarts. Suspecting that Headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) may be fueling the rumors regarding Voldemort's return in order to undermine his authority and lay claim to his job, Fudge entrusts newly arrived Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) with the task of tracking Dumbledore and keeping a protective watch over the nervous student body. The young wizards of Hogwarts will need something much more effective than Umbridge's Ministry-approved course in defensive magic if they are to truly succeed in the extraordinary battle that lies ahead, however, and when the administration fails to provide the students with the tools that they will need to defend Hogwarts against the fearsome powers of the Dark Arts, Hermione (Emma Watson), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Harry take it upon themselves to recruit a small group of students to form "Dumbledore's Army" in preparation for the ultimate supernatural showdown.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2016
UPC:	0883929567508
Original Release:	0000
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Daniel Radcliffe	Harry Potter
Rupert Grint	Ron Weasley
Emma Watson	Hermione Granger
Michael Gambon	Albus Dumbledore
Ralph Fiennes	Lord Voldemort
Gary Oldman	Sirius Black
David Thewlis	Remus Lupin
Alan Rickman	Severus Snape
Helena Bonham Carter	Bellatrix Lestrange
Robbie Coltrane	Rubeus Hagrid
Emma Thompson	Sybil Trelawney
Jason Isaacs	Lucius Malfoy
Richard Griffiths	Vernon Dursley
Brendan Gleeson	Alastor `Madeye' Moody
Fiona Shaw	Petunia Dursley
Maggie Smith	Minerva McGonagall
Imelda Staunton	Dolores Umbridge
David Bradley	Argus Filch
Warwick Davis	Filius Flitwick
Tom Felton	Draco Malfoy
Robert Hardy	Cornelius Fudge
Julie Walters	Mrs. Weasley,Young Sirius Black
Mark Williams	Arthur Weasley,Composer
Katie Leung	Cho Chang
Matthew Lewis	Neville Longbottom
Evanna Lynch	Luna Lovegood
Robert Pattinson	Cedric Diggory
Bonnie Wright	Ginny Weasley
Jamie Waylett	Vincent Crabbe
Oliver Phelps	George Weasley,Fred Weasley
George Harris	Kingsley Shacklebolt
Shefali Chowdhury	Parvati Patil
Richard Leaf	Dawlish
Afshan Azad	Padma Patil
Chris Rankin	Percy Weasley
Devon Murray	Seamus Finnigan
Tony Maudsley	Grawp
Geraldine Somerville	Lily Potter
Adrian Rawlins	James Potter
Nick Shirm	Zacharias Smith
Kathryn Hunter	Arabella Figg
Natalia Tena	Nymphadora Tonks
Peter Cartwright	Elphias Doge
Harry Melling	Dudley Dursley,Nigel 2nd Year
Richard Macklin	Malcolm
Miles Jupp	TV Weatherman
Brigitte Millar	Emmeline Vance
Jamie Wolpert	Newspaper Vendor
Nicholas Blane	Bob
Daisy Haggard	Lift
Timothy Bateson	Voices
Jason Boyd	Piers
Jessica Hynes	Mafalda Hopkirk
Sian Thomas	Amelia Bones
Helen McCrory	Actor
Timothy Spall	Actor
David Yates	Actor
Micha?l Goldenberg	Actor
J.K. Rowling	Actor
Nicholas Hooper	Actor,Composer
Bridgette Millar	Emmeline Vance
Josh Herdman	Gregory Goyle
Ryan Nelson	Slightly Creepy Boy
Apple Brook	Professor Grubbly-Plank
Alfred Enoch	Dean Thomas
Jim McManus	Barman
Sam Beazley	Everard
John Atterbury	Phineas
Arben Bajraktaraj	Azkaban Death Eater
Alec Hopkins	Young Severus Snape
Robert Jarvis	Young James Potter
Charles Hughes	Young Peter Pettigrew
James Utechin	Young Remus Lupin
Jason Piper	Centaur
Michael Wildman	Centaur
Richard Cubison	Death Eater
Peter Best	Death Eater
Tav MacDougall	Death Eater
Richard Trinder	Death Eater
Alastair King	Conductor

Technical Credits

Michael Goldenberg

J.K. Rowling

Michael Goldenberg	Screenwriter
Fiona Weir	Casting
Tim Burke	Special Effects
Jerome Bakum	Special Effects
Keith Herft	Special Effects
Jonathon Barrass	Special Effects,Special Effects
John Richardson	Special Effects,Special Effects
Beck Veitch	Special Effects
Greg Butler	Special Effects
Matt Wood	Special Effects
Theresa Carrao	Special Effects
Lionel Wigram	Executive Producer,Producer
David Barron	Producer
David Heyman	Producer
Lorne Orleans	Producer
Lucy Allen	Stunts
J.K. Rowling	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
John Trehy	Producer
David Abbott	Special Effects
Orin Beaton	Sound Effects
James Boyle	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Browell	Sound Effects
Peter Burgis	Sound Effects
John Casali	Sound Effects
Tim Lewis	Producer
Michael Gaiser	Special Effects
Changeui Im	Special Effects
Peng Ke	Special Effects
John Kilshaw	Special Effects
Tim Kings-Lynne	Special Effects
Mark Newport	Special Effects
Simon Payne	Special Effects
Nick Pitt-Owen	Special Effects
Jamshed Soori	Special Effects
Alexis Wajsbrot	Special Effects
Helena Brackley	Special Effects
Jonathan Bullock	Special Effects
Demi Demetriou	Special Effects
Ronnie Durkan	Special Effects
Michael Fox	Special Effects
Chris Giles	Special Effects
Matthew Harlow	Special Effects
Lee Phelan	Special Effects
Ben Philips	Special Effects
John Pilgrim	Special Effects
Phoebe Tait	Special Effects
Andrew Warner	Special Effects
Kevin Wescott	Special Effects
Mark Archer	Stunts
Kelly Attfield	Stunts
Martin Bayfield	Stunts
Scott Brady	Stunts
Nick Chopping	Stunts
George Cottle Jr.	Stunts
Nicholas Daines	Stunts
Rick English	Stunts
Bradley Farmer	Stunts
Pete Ford	Stunts
Dean Forster	Stunts
Amanda Foster	Stunts
Sarah Franzl	Stunts
James Grogan	Stunts
Rhys Henson	Stunts
David Holmes	Stunts
Lee Hornblower	Stunts
Charlotte Hunter	Stunts
Rob Inch	Stunts
Rowley Irlam	Stunts
Tolga Kenan	Stunts
Anthony Knight	Stunts
Mike Lambert	Stunts
Maurice Lee	Stunts
Paul Lowe	Stunts
Emma Mac	Stunts
Marc Mailley	Stunts
Tina Maskell	Stunts
Kim McGarrity	Stunts
Gordon Seed	Stunts
Matthew Stirling	Stunts
Roy Taylor	Stunts
Charlie Billson	Stunts
Jo Whitney	Stunts
Steve Ellingworth	Key Grip
Andy Smart	Stunts
Daniel Naprous	Stunts
Ricky English	Stunts
Ryan Newberry	Stunts
Peter Cobbin	Sound Mixer
Andy Kennedy	Sound/Sound Designer
Stuart Wilson	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

With nearly 900 pages to its name, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the Harry Potter series. In the hands of director David Yates, it became the shortest film. The presence of house elves is nearly non-existent, and there was no mention of Dumbledore's (Michael Gambon) controversial selection of school prefects, Quidditch, or the betrayal of Ron's (Rupert Grint) brother, who estranged himself from his family in favor of The Ministry of Magic. The dark artifacts in Sirius' (Gary Oldman) house appear to be collecting dust on the cutting-room floor, and aside from a brief mention of their "pureblood mania," so does the Blacks' family history. Yet, despite the absence of these and various other moments from the book, Yates nonetheless admirably captured the essence of what fans refer to affectionately as "OOTP: oppression, rebellion, paranoia, denial, betrayal, and the rollercoaster that is being 15 years old. Rivaling Voldemort himself for sheer evil and his followers for unerring sycophantism, Imelda Staunton is superb as Dolores Umbridge, the Ministry-appointed Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a honey voice, pink wardrobe, and very little qualms regarding child torture. While Staunton darkens the palette considerably, Order was already a dark film; the first scene depicts a grimy, graffiti-ridden alleyway in the "muggle" world, and for the first time, the wizard community is hardly an improvement. The world is a generally unfair place in Order. Just a few months after witnessing the murder of a classmate, an already traumatized Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is subjected not only to the disdain of his peers (a hazard of celebrity which he somewhat regularly endures), but also gets the cold shoulder from the community at large, which has been swayed by propaganda touting Harry as a spoiled egomaniac. Whereas Harry is none too pleased with his treatment, fellow outcast Luna (aka "Looney") Lovegood handles her own pariah status with a dreamy grace peppered by crackpot theories and genuine insight alike; soft-spoken newcomer Evanna Lynch seems custom-designed for the role. The infamous trio (Grint, Radcliffe, and Emma Watson as Hermione) deserve no small amount of credit for their own performances -- they've grown up with these characters and it shows. Still, the elder British cast couldn't help but steal the show once again. Gambon makes a believably impressive Dumbledore alongside Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) in the film's riveting final battle, while Helena Bonham Carter's relentlessly unhinged take on the über-loyal, prison-hardened Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange made for an interesting contrast to Staunton's infuriatingly restrained brand of cruelty. Overall, despite the lack of several key book elements and the addition of several not-so-key others, Order of the Phoenix is a rousing, effectively streamlined addition to the Potter series, and set the tone well for the next installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.