Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (UMD, 2008)

David Barron, David Heyman

5060146917056

72561653

Imelda Staunton, Maggie Smith, Evanna Lynch, Gary Oldman, Tom Felton, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, James Phelps, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Emma Watson, Robbie Jarvis, Emma Thompson, Richard Griffiths, Chris Rankin, Fiona Shaw, Julie Walters, Matthew Lewis, Katie Leung, Mark Williams, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Radcliffe, Natalie Tena, Helena Bonham-Carter, Jason Isaacs, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon

David Yates

2008

Fantasy

1

UMD

English

United Kingdom

Slawomir Idziak

Stuart Craig

Sunday Mirror - Moody and magical... PHOENIX brims with sizzling entertainment and action... a dark and delicious delight, TIME Magazine - Potter 5 [is] not just a ripping yarn but a powerful, poignant coming-of-age story., USA Today - The special effects continue to be masterful, but villains are given a new twist, and Order of the Phoenix is all the more fun because of it., Newsday - Once you see HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX you'll want to see it again and again, The Guardian - Handsomely designed as always, atmospherically lit and confidently performed, Time Out - Performances are more mature, the soundtrack less grandiose, and Yates executes some thrilling set-pieces, Empire - As Potter movies go, this is the most filmic of the lot, suspenseful and action-packed, The Times - With Harry's age comes a new complexity... Daniel Radcliffe has brought a raw-nerved intensity to the role that was absent before, Maxim - The most successful film series since James Bond continues with another rousing winner. Darker and more complex than any of the previous films, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX takes these beloved characters in unexpected new directions and it's a wild ride all the way, Guardian UK - And so the Harry Potter saga continues. It's essentially deeply conservative, with battles, and crashes, and giants and explosions and is shaping up to be an extraordinary real-time experiment for Daniel Radcliffe., BBC - Fans will be rewarded with an action-packed final third full of duelling wizards, portentous prophecies and Helena Bonham Carter giving plenty of loony as Bellatrix Lestrange, Rolling Stone - Order of the Phoenix, the best of the series so far, has the laughs, the jitters and the juice to make even nonbelievers wild about Harry., Larry King - Miraculous! A feast for the eyes... magical movie-making!

J.K. Rowling

12A/12

Contains moderate fantasy violence and horror

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 instalment of the popular fantasy film series based on the best-selling books by author J.K. Rowling. Rumour 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 fuelling the rumours regarding Voldemort's return in order to undermine his authority and lay claim to his job, Fudge entrusts newly arrived Defence 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.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Nicholas Hooper

Dolby Digital

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Michael Goldenberg

133 mins

Mark Day