Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Adventure Fantasy

PG-13

United Kingdom, United States

English

July 12, 2007

2hr 18min

Status: released

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie Details:

Based on	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, Adventure
Release date	June 28, 2007 (Tokyo) July 11, 2007 (United States) July 12, 2007 (United Kingdom)
Running time	2hr 18min
Age rating	PG-13
Starring	Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Helena Bonham Carter Robbie Coltrane Warwick Davis Ralph Fiennes Michael Gambon Brendan Gleeson Richard Griffiths Jason Isaacs Gary Oldman
Directed by	David Yates
Screenplay by	Michael Goldenberg
Produced by	David Heyman David Barron
Cinematography by	Sławomir Idziak
Edited by	Mark Day
Music by	Nicholas Hooper
Production Companies	Warner Bros. Pictures Heyday Films
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie Cast & Characters:

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, a 15-year-old British wizard famous for surviving his parents’ murder at the hands of Voldemort as an infant, who now enters his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, Harry’s best friend at Hogwarts.
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Harry’s Muggle-born best friend and the brains of the trio.
Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, one of Voldemort’s most loyal Death Eaters and the cousin of Sirius Black.
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant Gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort, leader of the Death Eaters, a Dark wizard intent on conquering the wizarding world.
Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore, the legendary Hogwarts headmaster, and leader of the Order of the Phoenix.
Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody, Ex-Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley, Harry’s Muggle uncle.
Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley, Harry’s Muggle aunt.
Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy, a falsely pardoned senior Death Eater.
Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, Harry’s godfather and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, the Potions teacher at Hogwarts and the Head of Slytherin.
Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall, the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and a plant from the corrupt Ministry of Magic.
David Thewlis as Remus Lupin, Harry’s ex-Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney, the Divination teacher at Hogwarts.
Julie Walters as Molly Weasley, the Weasley matriarch and a mother figure to Harry, also a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Storyline:

With their warning about Lord Voldemort’s return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

About Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Movie:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy adventure film directed by David Yates, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and Heyday Films.

It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and the fifth installment in the Harry Potter film series. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, and Michael Gambon.

Principal photography began on February 7, 2006, and wrapped in November 2006. Filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations and at Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations, with a one-month break in June. Post-production on the film continued for several months afterward to add in visual effects.

The most expensive set was the two-hundred-foot-long hallway in the Ministry of Magic. Over thirty thousand individually placed tiles were used to create the Ministry of Magic sets. As real ceramic tiles would have been far too expensive to produce, they were instead made out of heavily-painted cardboard.

Helen McCrory was originally cast as Bellatrix Lestrange, but due to her pregnancy, she had to be replaced by Helena Bonham Carter. McCrory was later invited back and cast as Narcissa Malfoy, Bellatrix’s sister, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).

Emma Watson considered not returning for the remaining movies in the franchise after this installment. However, she decided to stay, realizing it would be uncomfortable to watch them being made with someone else as Hermione. In Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022), she explained that she often felt lonely on set, as Hermione was an outsider both in her class and within her close group of friends, where she was the only girl. Watson also struggled with the instant fame and attention from fans.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released in 2D cinemas and IMAX formats in the United States on July 11, 2007, and in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2007, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.

This movie was released ten days before the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

The film was nominated for many awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design and Special Visual Effects. One of only two Harry Potter movies not to be nominated for an Academy Award in some category. The other one was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).

With a worldwide five-day opening of $333 million and a total gross of $942 million, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2007, the film was noted as a case of Hollywood accounting, as Warner Bros. claimed that it lost $167 million despite the total gross.

A sequel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in 2009.