Forced to spend his summer holidays with his muggle relations, Harry Potter gets a real shock when he gets a surprise visitor: Dobby the house-elf, who warns Harry Potter against returning to Hogwarts, for terrible things are going to happen. Harry decides to ignore Dobby’s warning and continues with his pre-arranged schedule. But at Hogwarts, strange and terrible things are indeed happening: Harry is suddenly hearing mysterious voices from inside the walls, muggle-born students are being attacked, and a message scrawled on the wall in blood puts everyone on his/her guard – “The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies Of The Heir, Beware”
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 British-American fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. The film is the second instalment in the long-running Harry Potter film series. It was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman.
Its story follows Harry Potter’s second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a monster that petrifies the school’s denizens. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. The film is also the last film to feature Richard Harris as Professor Albus Dumbledore, due to his death that same year.
The film was released in theatres in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $879 million at the box office worldwide. It was the second highest grossing film of 2002 behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
It was nominated for many awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. It was followed by six sequels, beginning with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004 and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film’s release.
Production for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets began on 19 November 2001, just three days after the wide release of the first film. The first three weeks of shooting consisted mostly of second-unit work on special effects, primarily the flying car scene. First-unit photography then began in Surrey, England, at Number Four Privet Drive, Little Whinging, for scenes taking place at the Dursleys’ home.
Filming continued on location at the Isle of Man and in several places in Great Britain; Leavesden Film Studios in London made several scenes for Hogwarts. Other locations were shot in England, including a Hogwarts Express set in King’s Cross railway station Platform 9¾. The famous cloisters of England’s Gloucester Cathedral were used as the setting for Hogwarts School.
Originally, a scene in which Lucius Malfoy is confronted in Dumbledore’s office ended sooner but the final exchange was ad-libbed. Jason Isaacs felt his character would’ve said something after being humiliated, and Columbus asked him to try. According to Isaacs, he improvised, “Let us hope Mr.Potter will always be around to save the day.” Isaacs was impressed by Daniel Radcliffe’s maturation as an actor based on his own improvised line, “Don’t worry. I will be.” University of Cambridge linguistics professor Francis Nolan was hired to construct the Parseltongue language for the scenes where Harry Potter was talking to snakes.
Principal photography concluded in the summer of 2002, while the film spent until early October in post-production. In a change of cinematography from the first instalment, director Chris Columbus opted to handheld cameras for Chamber of Secrets to allow more freedom in movement.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets broke multiple records upon its opening. In the US and Canada, the film opened to an $88.4 million opening weekend at 3,682 cinemas, the third largest opening at the time, behind Spider-Man and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. It was also No. 1 at the box office for two non-consecutive weekends. In the United Kingdom, the film broke all opening records that were previously held by Philosopher’s Stone. It made £18.9 million during its opening including previews and £10.9 million excluding previews. It went on to make £54.8 million in the UK; at the time, the fifth biggest tally of all time in the region.
The film made a total of $879 million worldwide, which made it the fifth highest-grossing film ever at the time. It was 2002’s second highest-grossing film worldwide behind The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and the fourth highest-grossing film in the US and Canada that year with $262 million behind Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. However, it was the year’s number one film at the non-American box office, making $617 million compared to The Two Towers’ $584.5 million.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Watson, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Grint, Fiona Shaw, Harry Melling, Bonnie Wright, Jim Norton, Veronica Clifford, Mark Williams
Screenplay by: Steven Kloves
Görüntü Yönetmeni: Stuart Craig
Film Editing by: Peter Honess
Costume Design by: Michael O’Conner
Set Decoration by: Stephanie McMillan
Art Direction by: Andrew Ackland-Snow, Mark Bartholomew
Makeup Department: Waldo Mason
Music by: William Ross
MPAa Rating: PG for scary moments, some creature violence and mild language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: November 15, 2002
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