Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Director: David Yates David Yates

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:	03/28/2017
UPC:	0883929564095
Original Release:	2007
Source:	Warner Home Video
Format:	Blu-ray

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
Harry Melling	Dudley Dursley
Jason Boyd	Piers
Richard Macklin	Malcolm
Kathryn Hunter	Mrs. Arabella Figg
Miles Jupp	TV Weatherman
Fiona Shaw	Petunia Dursley
Richard Griffiths	Vernon Dursley
Jessica Stevenson	Mafalda Hopkirk
Adrian Rawlins	James Potter
Geraldine Somerville	Lily Potter
Robert Pattinson	Cedric Diggory
Nick Shrim	Zacharias Smith
Natalia Tena	Nymphadora Tonks
Brendan Gleeson	Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
George Harris	Kingsley Shacklebolt
Peter Cartwright	Elphias Doge
Bridgette Millar	Emmeline Vance
Mark Williams	Arthur Weasley
Maggie Smith	Minerva McGonagall
Julie Walters	Mrs. Weasley
Timothy Bateson	Kreacher
James Phelps	Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps	George Weasley
Bonnie Wright	Ginny Weasley
Jamie Wolpert	Newspaper Vendor
Nicholas Blane	Bob
Daisy Haggard	Lift
Robert Hardy	Cornelius Fudge
Chris Rankin	Percy Weasley
Imelda Staunton	Dolores Umbridge
Sian Thomas	Amelia Bones
Tom Felton	Draco Malfoy
Jamie Waylett	Vincent Crabbe
Joshua Herdman	Gregory Goyle
Katie Leung	Cho Chang
Matthew Lewis	Neville Longbottom
Evanna Lynch	Luna Lovegood
Ryan Nelson	Slightly Creepy Boy
David Bradley	Argus Filch
Devon Murray	Seamus Finnigan
William Melling	Nigel 2nd Year
Apple Brook	Professor Grubbly-Plank
Alfred Enoch	Dean Thomas
Afshan Azad	Padma Patil
Shefali Chowdhury	Parvati Patil
Warwick Davis	Filius Flitwick
Jim McManus	Barman
Sam Beazley	Everard
John Atterbury	Phineas
Arben Bajraktaraj	Azkaban Death Eater
Richard Leaf	Dawlish
Tony Maudsley	Grawp
Alec Hopkins	Young Severus Snape
Robert Jarvis	Young James Potter
James Walters	Young Sirius Black
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

David Yates	Director
Lucy Allen	Stunts
Rob Andrews	Animator
Mark Archer	Stunts
Lynda Armstrong	Makeup
Stewart Ash	Animator
Kelly Attfield	Stunts
David Barron	Producer
Mark Bartholomew	Art Director
Martin Bayfield	Stunts
Charlie Billson	Stunts
Nic Birmingham	Animator
Jane Bogunovic	Costumes/Costume Designer
James Boyle	Sound/Sound Designer
Sue Bradbear	Costumes/Costume Designer
Scott Brady	Stunts
Nicola Brodie	Animator
Alastair Bullock	Art Director
Jon Capleton	Animator
Mauricio Carneiro	Costumes/Costume Designer
Paul Charisse	Animator
Georgios Cherouvim	Animator
Nick Chopping	Stunts
Evangelos Christopoulos	Animator
Derek Clark	Costumes/Costume Designer
Peter Cobbin	Sound Mixer
Rosy Coppola	Costumes/Costume Designer
George Cottle	Stunts
Stuart Craig	Production Designer
Craig Crane	Animator
Nicholas Daines	Stunts
Christophe Damiano	Animator
David Holmes	Stunts
Mark Day	Editor
Rachel Dixon	Costumes/Costume Designer
Nick Dudman	Makeup Special Effects
Simon Emanuel	Production Manager
Ricky English	Stunts
Joe Eveleigh	Animator
Bradley Farmer	Stunts
Jane Flanagan	Costumes/Costume Designer
Francoise Fourcade	Costumes/Costume Designer
Sarah Franzl	Stunts
Andy Fraser	Animator
Michael Gaiser	Animator
Christoph Gaudl	Animator
Michelle Gisonda	Costumes/Costume Designer
Miles Glyn	Animator
Michael Goldenberg	Screenwriter
Richard Gomes	Animator
Elizabeth Gray	Animator
James Grogan	Stunts
Shelly Hazell	Costumes/Costume Designer
Rhys Henson	Stunts
David Heyman	Producer
Jeremy Hiles	Camera Operator
Belinda Hodson	Makeup
Steve Hoogendyk	Animator
Nicholas Hooper	Score Composer
Lee Hornblower	Stunts
Michael Hull	Animator
Slawomir Idziak	Cinematographer
Rob Inch	Stunts
Industrial Light & Magic	Animator
Rowley Irlam	Stunts
Henryk Jedynak	Camera Operator
Peng Ke	Animator
Tolga Kenan	Stunts
Andy Kennedy	Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Kill	Costumes/Costume Designer
Gregory King	Animator
Claire Kitchener	Costumes/Costume Designer
Anthony Knight	Stunts
Amanda Knight	Makeup
Alec Knox	Animator
Mike Lambert	Stunts
Cliff Lanning	Asst. Director
Stafford Lawrence	Animator
Maurice Lee	Stunts
Simon Lewis	Animator
Timothy T. Lewis	Associate Producer
Cat Lovett	Costumes/Costume Designer
Paul Lowe	Stunts
David Lowry	Animator
Susan MacKenzie	Costumes/Costume Designer
Aysha Madina	Animator
Marc Mailley	Stunts
Tina Maskell	Stunts
Sharon Mccormack	Costumes/Costume Designer
Kim McGarrity	Stunts
Nakita McGlynn	Animator
David McLaughlin	Costumes/Costume Designer
Martin McShane	Costumes/Costume Designer
Karen Mitchell	Costumes/Costume Designer
Stephen Murphy	Animator
Daniel Naprous	Stunts
Shirley Nevin	Costumes/Costume Designer
Ryan Newberry	Stunts
Mark Newport	Animator
Sharon Nicholas	Makeup
Nick Symons	Animator
Tom O'Flaherty	Animator
Yvonne Otzen	Costumes/Costume Designer
Gary Page	Costumes/Costume Designer
Luis Pages	Animator
Clare Pakeman	Animator
Christian Paradis	Animator
Maurizio Parimbelli	Animator
Tom Phillips	Animator
George Plakides	Animator
Angela Pledge	Costumes/Costume Designer
Rudy Raijmakers	Animator
Christina Rex	Costumes/Costume Designer
John Richardson	Special Effects Supervisor
Nick Roche-Gordon	Costumes/Costume Designer
Florian Salanova	Animator
Martin Schadler	Art Director
Kim Seber	Camera Operator
Gordon Seed	Stunts
Tim Shanahan	Costumes/Costume Designer
Bruno Simoes	Animator
Frank Simon	Costumes/Costume Designer
Andy Smart	Stunts
Karen Smith	Animator
Daniel Smollan	Animator
Wojciech Staron	Camera Operator
Matthew Stirling	Stunts
David Stopford	Animator
Roy Taylor	Stunts
Jany Temime	Costumes/Costume Designer
Gary Tomkins	Art Director
John Trehy	Co-producer
Jochien Vanschuppen	Costumes/Costume Designer
Alexis Wajsbrot	Animator
Emma Walker	Costumes/Costume Designer
Alexandra Walker	Art Director
Thomas Ward	Animator
Fiona Weir	Casting
Jason Wen	Animator
Jo Whitney	Stunts
Lionel Wigram	Executive Producer
Clare Williams	Animator
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.

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