Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, based on J. K. Rowling s 1999 novel of the same name. The film was written by Steve Kloves, and produced by Chris Columbus and David Heyman. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry s best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively. The film follows Harry s third year at Hogwarts and his quest to uncover the truth about his past, including the connection recently-escaped Azkaban prisoner Sirius Black has to Harry and his late parents.

With Prisoner of Azkaban, production of the Harry Potter films switched to an eighteen-month cycle. Cuarón was selected as director from a list that included Callie Khouri and Kenneth Branagh. The cast of previous instalments returned for the film, with the additions of Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, and Emma Thompson, among others. It was the first appearance of Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore, due to Richard Harris s death in 2002. Principal photography began in February 2003 at Leavesden Film Studios. It was the first in the series to extensively use real-life locations, with sets built in Scotland and scenes shot in London. Filming concluded in November 2003.

The film was released on 31 May 2004 in the United Kingdom, and on 4 June 2004 in North America. It was the first Harry Potter film using IMAX Technology and released into IMAX theatres. Prisoner of Azkaban grossed a total of $797.5 million worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 2004. The film received praise for Cuarón s direction and the lead actors performances. It is credited for marking a notable change in the franchise s tone and directorial style, and is often considered by critics and fans alike to be the best Harry Potter film. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Original Music Score and Best Visual Effects, at the 77th Academy Awards in 2004. It was followed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005.

Plot

After his second year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter spends another dissatisfying summer with the Dursleys. On his thirteenth birthday, Vernon s visiting sister Marge viciously insults Harry and his parents, and an angry Harry causes her to inflate and float away. Expecting to be expelled for using magic outside school, Harry flees with his belongings.

The Knight Bus takes Harry to the Leaky Cauldron, where Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge assures Harry that he will not be punished. Reuniting with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry learns that Sirius Black, a convicted supporter of Lord Voldemort, has escaped Azkaban Prison and intends to kill him. During the journey to Hogwarts, the Hogwarts Express is boarded by Dementors, ghostly prison guards searching for Black. One enters Harry s compartment, causing him to faint, but new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Remus Lupin repels it with a Patronus Charm. At Hogwarts, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore announces that Dementors will patrol the school until Black is captured.

Rubeus Hagrid is appointed Care of Magical Creatures teacher, but his first class goes awry when Draco Malfoy provokes a Hippogriff named Buckbeak into attacking him, and his father Lucius has Buckbeak sentenced to death. Returning to Gryffindor Tower, the students find the Fat Lady s portrait has been attacked, and the terrified Fat Lady warns Dumbledore that Black entered the castle. During a stormy Quidditch match, Dementors cause Harry to fall off his broomstick, which is destroyed by the Whomping Willow. He is caught trying to visit Hogsmeade by Fred and George, who give him The Marauder s Map.

Using the map, Harry sneaks into Hogsmeade and learns that Black is his godfather, but divulged the Potters whereabouts to Voldemort and murdered their mutual friend Peter Pettigrew. Determined to ward off the Dementors, Harry convinces Lupin to teach him the Patronus Charm. After Divination class, he witnesses Professor Trelawney enter a trance and prophesise that the Dark Lord will return. Watching Buckbeak s execution, Ron s pet rat Scabbers bites him and escapes, but a large black dog drags them both into a hole at the base of the Whomping Willow. This leads the trio through an underground passage into the Shrieking Shack, where the dog is revealed to be Black, an Animagus who can transform into an animal.

Lupin appears, embracing Black as an old friend before revealing himself to be a werewolf. Snape arrives to apprehend Black, but is knocked out by Harry’s Disarming spell. Lupin and Black reveal that Scabbers is actually the Animagus form of Pettigrew, who faked his death and framed Black for his own crimes. Turning Pettigrew back into human form, the group heads back to the castle, but the full moon causes Lupin to transform and Pettigrew escapes. As Black fights off Lupin in their animal forms, Dementors attack Black and Harry, but an unseen figure casts a powerful Patronus. Harry falls unconscious, awakening in the infirmary with Dumbledore and Hermione.

Learning that Black has been captured and sentenced to the Dementor s Kiss, Harry and Hermione act on Dumbledore s advice and use Hermione’s Time-Turner, which she was given to attend several classes at once, to go three hours back in time. They see themselves reliving the night s events, and set Buckbeak free from execution. Spotting the past Harry and Black being attacked by Dementors, Harry rescues them using a Patronus charm and realizes he was the unseen figure who saved them earlier. He and Hermione free Black, who flies away on Buckbeak, still a fugitive without proof of his innocence. Harry and Hermione return to the infirmary, rejoining their own timeline.

Exposed as a werewolf, Lupin resigns from teaching and returns the Marauder s Map to Harry. Black sends Harry a Firebolt broomstick, which he happily takes on a ride.

Cast

• Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: A 13-year-old British wizard famous for surviving his parents murder at the hands of the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort as an infant, who now enters his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
• Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley: Harry s best friend at Hogwarts and a younger member of the Weasley wizarding family.
• Emma Watson as Hermione Granger: Harry s other best friend and the trio s brains.
• Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid: The gamekeeper and new Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts.
• Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore:The headmaster of Hogwarts and one of the greatest wizards of all time. Gambon assumed the role after Richard Harris, who played Dumbledore in the previous two films, died of Hodgkin s disease on 25 October 2002, three weeks before the second film s release. Despite his illness, Harris was determined to film his part, telling a visiting David Heyman not to recast the role. Four months after Harris s death, Cuarón chose Gambon as his replacement. Gambon was unconcerned with bettering or copying Harris, giving his own interpretation instead, but putting on a slight Irish accent for the role as an homage to him. He completed his scenes in three weeks. The producers originally offered the role to Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen, but scheduling conflicts forced Lee to decline whilst McKellen turned it down as he had played a similar character Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also stated it would have been inappropriate to take Harris role, as he had called McKellen a dreadful actor. Harris family had expressed an interest in seeing Harris s close friend Peter O Toole being chosen as his replacement, but the producers felt that his age and health would become troublesome down the line.
• Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley: Harry s Muggle uncle.
• Gary Oldman as Sirius Black:Harry s infamous godfather, who escapes from the Wizarding prison Azkaban after serving twelve years there for being falsely accused of being the Death Eater who betrayed Harry s parents to Voldemort. Oldman accepted the part because he needed the money, as he had not taken on any major work in several years after deciding to spend more time with his children. He was surprised by how difficult it was to pull off , comparing the role to Shakespearean dialogue.
• Alan Rickman as Severus Snape: The Potions teacher at Hogwarts and head of Slytherin.
• Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley: Harry s Muggle aunt.
• Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall: Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts and head of Gryffindor.
• Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew: A former friend of Harry s parents said to have been killed by Sirius Black, but was later revealed to have been the real Death Eater who betrayed Harry s parents to Voldemort.
• David Thewlis as Remus Lupin:The new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts and a werewolf. Thewlis, who had previously auditioned for the role of Quirinus Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (2001), was Cuarón s first choice for the role of Professor Lupin. He accepted the role on advice from Ian Hart, who was cast as Quirrell, and had told him that Professor Lupin was the best part in the book. Thewlis had seen the first two films and had only read part of the first book, although he read the third after taking the role.
• Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney: The Divination teacher at Hogwarts.
• Julie Walters as Molly Weasley: Ron s mother.

Several actors from the previous film reprise their roles in Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry Melling appears as Dudley Dursley, Harry s cousin. James and Oliver Phelps play Fred and George Weasley, Ron s twin brothers; Chris Rankin appears as Percy Weasley, Ron s other brother and a Hogwarts head boy; and Bonnie Wright portrays their sister Ginny, while Mark Williams plays their father, Arthur Weasley. Tom Felton portrays Draco Malfoy, Harry s rival in Slytherin, while Jamie Waylett and Josh Herdman appear as Crabbe and Goyle, Draco s minions. Matthew Lewis and Devon Murray play Neville Longbottom and Seamus Finnigan respectively, two Gryffindor students in Harry s year. David Bradley appears as Argus Filch, Hogwarts caretaker, while Robert Hardy portrays Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic.

Pam Ferris portrays Aunt Marge, Vernon s sister; Lee Ingleby plays Stan Shunpike, conductor of the Knight Bus; and Jim Tavaré appears as Tom, innkeeper of The Leaky Cauldron, replacing Derek Deadman from the first film. Dawn French plays the Fat Lady, a painting at Hogwarts, replacing Elizabeth Spriggs from the first film. Julie Christie appears as Madam Rosmerta, the barmaid at the Three Broomsticks. Warwick Davis appears as the conductor of the Hogwarts choir. The role was offered to him by producer David Heyman due to Filius Flitwick, Davis original role, being absent from the script. The change in appearance for the new character later became Flitwick s look for the rest of the series.

Production

Development

With the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, production of the Harry Potter films switched to an eighteen-month cycle, which producer David Heyman explained was to give each the time it required. Chris Columbus, the director of Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), decided not to return to helm the third instalment as he wanted to spend more time with his children. Even so, Columbus remained on as a producer alongside Heyman, as Columbus felt that such capacity offered him a better work-life balance, allowing him to not be present on the set all the time and spend time with his children. Guillermo del Toro was approached to direct, but had envisioned a more Dickensian version of the stories, and was put off by the first two films which he found too bright and happy and full of light . Marc Forster turned down the film because he had made Finding Neverland (2004) and did not want to direct child actors again. M. Night Shyamalan was considered to direct but turned it down because he was working on his own film, The Village (2004). Warner Bros. then composed a three-name shortlist for Columbus s replacement, which consisted of Callie Khouri, Kenneth Branagh (who played Gilderoy Lockhart in Chamber of Secrets) and eventual selection Alfonso Cuarón in July 2002. Cuarón was initially reluctant to direct, as he had not read any of the books or seen the films. Del Toro berated him for his arrogance and told him to read the books. After reading the series, he changed his mind and signed on to direct, as he had immediately connected to the story.

Cuarón s appointment pleased J. K. Rowling, who loved his film Y tu mamá también (2001) and was impressed with his adaptation of A Little Princess (1995). Heyman found that tonally and stylistically, was the perfect fit. As his first exercise with the actors who portray the central trio, Cuarón assigned Radcliffe, Grint and Watson to write an autobiographical essay about their character, written in the first person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world, and including the character s emotional experience. Cuarón recalls, Emma s essay was 10 pages long. Daniel s was exactly two. Rupert didn t deliver the essay. When I questioned why he didn t do it, he said, I m Ron; Ron wouldn t do it. So I said, Okay, you do understand your character. That was the most important piece of acting work that we did on Prisoner of Azkaban, because it was very clear that everything they put in those essays was going to be the pillars they were going to hold on to for the rest of the process.

Costume and set design

Cuarón wanted to establish a more mature tone in the characters costumes and the sets. He explained, What I really wanted to do was to make Hogwarts more contemporary and a little more naturalistic. He studied English schools and noted, Each teenager s individuality was reflected in the way they wore their uniform. So I asked all the kids in the film to wear their uniforms as they would if their parents weren t around. Columbus considered the costumes changes as a reflection of the character development within the books themselves and their transition to teenagers. Whereas in the first two films the characters are constantly in their uniforms, in Prisoner of Azkaban the characters often wear modern street clothes. Rowling, who was consulted for this change, stated, for me the cloaks and everything makes sense for the academic time but in personal time they would be wearing their own clothes. Jany Temime joined the film as costume designer, eventually working on all of the following instalments in the series.

For Remus Lupin, Temime opted for tweeds typical of England. Cuarón stated that the character should look like an uncle who parties hard on the weekends , so Temime preserved his gown unkempt and more shabby than the other teachers’ robes. For Trelawney, Thompson made sketches of the costumes and sent them to Temime and Cuarón. Thompson saw the character as a person who hasn t looked in the mirror for a long time . In order to highlight the character s short-sightedness, Temime used material filled with mirrors and eyes, as well as oversized glasses with magnifying lenses. Cuarón wanted Dumbledore to look like an old hippie, but still very chic and with a lot of class . Temime used tie-dyed silk that would float behind him while walking, which she considered a much lighter look that gave the character more energy, in contrast with the heavy and majestic costumes designed for Harris portrayal of Dumbledore.

Cuarón s main concern was for Hogwarts to have a larger scope and be grounded in the real world. The scale model of the Hogwarts exterior designed for the first film was expanded by around 40% for Prisoner of Azkaban. Production designer Stuart Craig and art director Gary Tomkins added constructions including a clock tower and a courtyard, and the hospital wing was redesigned and rebuilt. Other sets constructed for the film included the Hogsmeade village and The Three Broomsticks public house.

The use of real-life locations significantly changed the look of Hagrid s hut. For Prisoner of Azkaban, the landscape around the set changed from being completely flat to the side of a hill. The hut doubled in size, with a separate bedroom built on the back and the addition of a large pumpkin patch and a chimney. Craig cited the Shrieking Shack as a particularly challenging set to create. It was built on a large hydraulic platform with the help of the special effects department, creaking and moving as if being continually buffeted by the wind in order to appear almost alive.

Some sets were either reused from earlier films or used for more than one space. The Defence Against the Dark Arts and Divination classrooms were filmed in the same set. The Honeydukes set was a redress of the set of Flourish & Blotts that was seen in Chamber of Secrets, which, in turn, had been redressed from the Ollivanders set from the first film.

Filming

Principal photography began on 24 February 2003, at Leavesden Film Studios, and wrapped in late November 2003.

The third film was the first to extensively use real-life locations, as much of the first two films had been shot in the studio. Three sets for the film were built in Glen Coe, Scotland, near the Clachaig Inn. Harry s ride on Buckbeak over Hogwarts Lake was filmed at the Virginia Water Lake in Surrey. The Black Lake was also filmed from Loch Shiel, Loch Eilt and Loch Morar in the Scottish Highlands. Incidentally, the Glenfinnan Viaduct railway, which was also featured in Chamber of Secrets, is opposite Loch Shiel and was used to film the sequences when the Dementor boarded the train. A small section of the Knight Bus scene, where it weaves in between traffic, was filmed in North London s Palmers Green. Some parts were also filmed in and around Borough Market and Lambeth Bridge in London.

Director of photography Michael Seresin considered the story much darker compared to its two predecessors, so he employed moody, with more shadows . He used a variety of wide-angle lenses to amplify Hogwarts prominence in the story, and only used close-ups sparingly. We prefer to observe the kids from further away, as I find body language to be very interesting , Cuarón explained.

Rowling allowed Cuarón to make minor changes to the book, on the condition that he stuck to the book s spirit. She allowed him to place a sundial on Hogwarts grounds, but rejected a graveyard, as that would play an important part in the then-unreleased sixth book. Rowling said she got goosebumps when she saw several moments in the film, as they inadvertently referred to events in the final two books, she stated, people are going to look back on the film and think that those were put in deliberately as clues. When filming concluded, Cuarón found that it had been the two sweetest years of my life, and expressed his interest in directing one of the sequels.

The Knight Bus sequence was shot over several weeks at various locations in London. In order to give the impression of the vehicle moving at 100 miles per hour (161 km/h), stunt coordinator Greg Powell explained, We drove the bus at about 30 miles per hour and the other cars were going only about 8. It took weeks of planning with stunt drivers, and even the people you see on the street are stunt men and women, who were trained to walk incredibly slow just to make the bus look faster.

Special and visual effects

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Framestore handled the key visual effects shots for the film, while The Moving Picture Company, Cinesite, and Double Negative crafted additional VFX material.

Cuarón originally wanted to move away from CGI toward puppetry. He hired master puppeteer Basil Twist and experimented with underwater puppets to figure out the movements of dementors. The tests were shot in slow motion, but ultimately the method wasn t practical. The water test footage provided creative direction for the visual effects team, adding the intangible metaphysical quality Cuarón was seeking. Visual effects supervisors Tim Burke and Roger Guyett, the Industrial Light & Magic VFX team, and Temime collaborated in the creation of dementors.

Cuarón commented on the difficulty of creating Buckbeak, which took months of research and preparation, beginning with the creature s skeletal design. Cuarón said, Once we worked out the physiology, the way his bones would actually move, we had to capture his personality, which is a mixture of regal elegance, particularly when he is flying, and the clumsy and greedy creature he becomes back on land. Creature effects supervisor Nick Dudman created several practical hippogriffs for the production, while Burke and Guyett oversaw the creation of the computer-generated version. Guyett cited the complex movement of the feathers as an achievement that had never been done before.

The inflation of Aunt Marge was achieved practically. Ferris said, I wore various prosthetic bodies, which inflated at different rates, and at my largest I was about four and a half feet wide. The 50 pounds (23 kg) costume prevented Ferris from walking and eating. Thirty-eight tweed suits of increasing size were used for the sequence.

Cinesite was in charge of the time travel shot featured in the film, which was over a minute long. The main action was filmed on a steadicam against bluescreen, and four minutes of background footage was shot separately. The background was then sped up and composited behind the main action. Two other plates of background footage were tiled together as the camera turned.

Music

When it was announced that Cuarón would direct Prisoner of Azkaban, there was initial speculation that his collaborative composer Patrick Doyle (who would score the following film) would do the music. Cuarón, however, retained John Williams, for whom it would be the third and final movie he scored in the series. The soundtrack was a significant departure from the previous two, as Cuarón wanted the score to take a different approach. One of the new themes, Double Trouble , was written during production for a children s choir to perform in Hogwarts s Great Hall in one of the film s earlier scenes. The lyrics of the song were taken from William Shakespeare s Macbeth. The soundtrack album was released by Atlantic Records on 25 May 2004.

Differences from the book

Prisoner of Azkaban was, at the time of publication, the series longest book. The increasing plot complexity necessitated a looser adaptation of the book s finer plot lines and back-story. The connection between Harry s parents and the Marauder s Map is only briefly mentioned, as is Remus Lupin s association to the map. Additionally, it was never mentioned who the Marauders were or who the nicknames Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs referred to. Some exposition was removed for dramatic effect: both the Shrieking Shack and Scabbers the rat are mentioned only very briefly in the film, while they receive a more thorough coverage in the novel. Most of Sirius Black s back story is also cut, with no mention of how he escaped from Azkaban.

On account of pace and time considerations, the film glosses over detailed descriptions of magical education. Only one Hippogriff, Buckbeak, is seen, and only Malfoy and Harry are seen interacting with the Hippogriff during Care of Magical Creatures lessons, and most other lessons, including all of Snape s Potions classes, were cut from the film. The Fidelius Charm s complicated description is removed entirely from the film, with no explanation given of exactly how Sirius is supposed to have betrayed the Potters to Lord Voldemort. Many of this scene s lines are redistributed amongst Cornelius Fudge and Minerva McGonagall; in compensation, McGonagall s exposition of the Animagus transformation is instead given by Snape.

The romantic connection between Ron and Hermione is more prominent in the film than the book; in response to criticism of the first two films for sacrificing character development for mystery and adventure, the emotional development of all three lead characters is given more attention in the third film. However, any mention of Harry s crush on Cho Chang is removed, and she first appears in the fourth film. Prisoner of Azkaban shows a darker tone and more of Harry s emotions. For instance, after learning of Black s betrayal of Harry s parents, he shouts in anger I m gonna kill him , whereas in the book he s too stunned to move .

Distribution

Marketing

As with the series previous instalments, Prisoner of Azkaban was a large merchandising opportunity. The video game version, designed by EA UK, was released on 25 May 2004. Mattel released film tie-ins that included the Harry Potter Championship Quidditch board game and character action figures. Lego also expanded on its previous merchandising for the first two films with the release of sets that included the Knight Bus, Shrieking Shack and a new Hogwarts castle.

Home media

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released on DVD and on VHS on 23 November 2004. The 2-disc Special Editions later came out on DVD and Blu-ray on 4 October 2016. The film was also released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on 7 November 2017.

Reception

Box office

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban held its New York premiere at Radio City Music Hall on 23 May 2004, followed by its London premiere at Leicester Square on 30 May 2004. The film then opened in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2004, and on 4 June 2004 in the United States. It was the first film in the series to be released in both conventional and IMAX theatres. Upon release, the film broke the record for a biggest single day in the United Kingdom s box office history making £5.3 million on a Monday. It went on to break records both with and without previews, making £23.9 million including previews and £9.3 million excluding them. The Prisoner of Azkaban had the highest-opening weekend at the UK s box office, until Spectre beat the record in 2015. It went on to make a total of £45.6 million in the UK. The film made $93.7 million during its opening weekend in the United States and Canada at 3,855 theatres, achieving, at the time, the third-biggest-opening weekend of all time. This opening also broke Hulk s record ($62.1 million) for the highest-opening weekend for a film released in June. The Prisoner of Azkaban held this record for five years until Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen topped it in 2009 with $109 million. Additionally, it surpassed The Matrix Reloaded for having the largest opening weekend for a Warner Bros. film. The film was also No. 1 at the North American box office for two consecutive weekends.

The Prisoner of Azkaban made a total of $797.5 million worldwide, which made it 2004 s second-highest-grossing film worldwide behind Shrek 2. In the U.S. and Canada, it was only the year s sixth-highest-grossing film, making $250.1 million. However, it was the year s number one film internationally, making $547.4 million compared to Shrek 2 s $487.5 million. Despite its successful box office run, The Prisoner of Azkaban is the lowest-grossing Harry Potter film, and the third lowest-grossing film of the Wizarding World series (ahead of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore).

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 259 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site s critical consensus reads, Under the assured direction of Alfonso Cuarón, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban triumphantly strikes a delicate balance between technical wizardry and complex storytelling. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating universal acclaim . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A+ to F scale.

Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle lauded the film s more mature tone and said it was darker, more complex, rooted in character. The Hollywood Reporter called the film a deeper, darker, visually arresting and more emotionally satisfying adaptation of the J.K. Rowling literary phenomenon, especially compared to the first two instalments. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars: Not only is this dazzler by far the best and most thrilling of the three Harry Potter movies to date, it s a film that can stand on its own even if you never heard of author J.K. Rowling and her young wizard hero. Stephanie Zacharek of Salon considered it one of the greatest fantasy films of all time. Nicole Arthur of The Washington Post praised the film as complex, frightening, nuanced. Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, saying that the film was not quite as good as the first two, but still called it delightful, amusing and sophisticated. Claudia Puig from USA Today found the film to be a visual delight, and added that Cuarón is not afraid to make a darker film and tackle painful emotions ; while Richard Roeper called the film a creative triumph. Sean Smith from Newsweek said: The Prisoner of Azkaban boasts a brand-new director and a bold new vision, and called the film moving, praising the performances by the three main leads. Entertainment Weekly praised the film for being more mature than its predecessors.

The Guardian gave the film 3 stars out of 5, saying, This new Harry Potter picture will cast a spell on its fanbase. But the broomstick s losing altitude. Film critic Roger Ebert praised the cast, but felt the need for a better plot. Screen Daily commented, Cuaron delivers a genuinely spooky and emotionally involving adventure which gives the world of Potter much-needed character and atmosphere . The BBC commended the sets and direction, but did not find it emotionally engrossing . Hollywood.com gave a positive review, praising the plot and storyline, despite a deviation from the first two films.

Accolades

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban received two Academy Award nominations: Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score for John Williams. The film was also nominated for four BAFTA Awards: Best British Film, Best Production Design, Best Makeup & Hair, and Best Visual Effects, and won public-voted Orange Film of the Year award. It received nine Saturn Awards nominations. It won two Visual Effects Society Awards and was nominated for three others. The Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated it for Best Family Film, Best Young Actor (for Daniel Radcliffe), and Best Young Actress (for Emma Watson).

The film ranks at No. 471 in Empire magazine s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. IGN designated Prisoner of Azkaban as the fifth best fantasy film. Additionally, Moviefone designated the film as the tenth best of the decade. In 2011, the film was voted Film of the Decade at the First Light Awards by children aged 5–15. The American Film Institute nominated it for the 2007 revision of AFI s 100 Years…100 Movies, and for AFI s 10 Top 10 in the fantasy genre.

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	27 February 2005	Best Original Score	John Williams	Nominated
		Best Visual Effects	Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson	Nominated
Amanda Awards	27 August 2004	Best Foreign Feature Film	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
Bogey Awards	2004	Bogey Award in Platinum	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Won
British Academy Film Awards	12 February 2005	Best British Film	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Stuart Craig	Nominated
		Best Makeup & Hair	Amanda Knight, Eithne Fennel, Nick Dudman	Nominated
		Best Visual Effects	Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson	Nominated
		Orange Film of the Year in 2005	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association	10 January 2005	Best Family Film	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
		Best Young Actor	Daniel Radcliffe	Nominated
		Best Young Actress	Emma Watson	Nominated
Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards	18 May 2005	BMI Film Music Award	John Williams	Won
Golden Reel Awards	26 February 2005	Best Sound Editing – Foreign Film	David Evans, Richard Beggs, Derek Trigg, Andy Kennedy, Jon Olive, Bjorn Ole Schroeder, Sam Southwick, Stefan Henrix, Tony Currie, Nick Lowe, Stuart Morton	Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards	25 May 2004	Best Animation/Family	Teaser #2	Won
		Summer 2004 Blockbuster	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
	26 May 2005	Best Music	Dark	Nominated
GoldSpirit Awards	2005	Best Original Song	Double Trouble	silver
		Best Terrifying Theme	Apparition on the Train	gold
		Best Dramatic Theme	A Window to the Past	silver
		Best Action Theme	Buckbeak s Flight	gold
		Best Comedic Theme	Aunt Marge s Waltz	silver
		Best Epic Theme	Buckbeak s Flight	gold
		Best Theme		silver
		Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Soundtrack	John Williams	gold
		Best Soundtrack		bronze
Grammy Awards	13 February 2005	Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	John Williams	Nominated
Hollywood Film Awards	18 October 2004	Production Designer of the Year	Stuart Craig	Won
Hugo Awards	4–8 August 2005	Best Dramatic Presentation	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
Kids Choice Awards	2 April 2005	Favorite Movie	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
People s Choice Awards	9 January 2005	Favorite Sequel	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
		Favorite Film Villain	Gary Oldman	Nominated
Saturn Awards	3 May 2005	Best Fantasy Film	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Nominated
		Best Director	Alfonso Cuarón	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Daniel Radcliffe	Nominated
		Best Writing	Steve Kloves	Nominated
		Best Music	John Williams	Nominated
		Best Costumes Design	Jany Temime	Nominated
		Best Make-Up	Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight	Nominated
		Best Special Effects	Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	8 August 2004	Choice Movie: Action	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Won
		Choice Summer Movie		Nominated
Visual Effects Society	16 February 2005	Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture	Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Theresa Corrao, Emma Norton	Won
		Best Single Visual Effect of the Year	Bill George, David Andrews, Sandra Scott, Dorne Huebler	Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture	Buckbeak – Michael Eames, David Lomax, Felix Balbas, Pablo Grillo	Won
		Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture	Jose Granell, Nigel Stone	Nominated
		Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture	Dorne Huebler, Jay Cooper, Patrick Brennan, Anthony Shafer	Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards	9 October 2004	Public Choice Award	John Williams	Won
		Soundtrack Composer of the Year		Nominated
		Best Original Score of the Year		Nominated

Year	2004
ReleaseDate	2004-06-04
RuntimeMins	142
RuntimeStr	2h 22min
Plot	Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
Awards	Nominated for 2 Oscars, 17 wins & 53 nominations total
Directors	Alfonso Cuarón
Writers	J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves
Stars	Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Produced by	Michael Barnathan,Chris Carreras,Chris Columbus,Paula DuPré Pesmen,David Heyman,Callum McDougall,Lorne Orleans,Mark Radcliffe,Tanya Seghatchian
Music by	John Williams
Cinematography by	Michael Seresin
Film Editing by	Steven Weisberg
Casting By	Jina Jay
Production Design by	Stuart Craig
Art Direction by	Andrew Ackland-Snow,Alan Gilmore,Neil Lamont,Steven Lawrence,Gary Tomkins,Alexandra Walker
Set Decoration by	Stephenie McMillan
Costume Design by	Jany Temime
Makeup Department	Faye Aydin,Nicola Buck,Nathaniel De’Lineadeus,Nick Dudman,Eithne Fennel,Andrea Finch,Darlene Forrester,Betty Glasow,Richard Glass,Julian Ibbitson,Amanda Knight,John Lambert,Clare Le Vesconte,Elizabeth Lewis,Chris Lyons,Kristyan Mallett,Nadine Mann,Waldo Mason,Sharon Nicholas,Lyn Nicholson,Adrian Rigby,Alex Rouse,Jane Royle,Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore,Zoe Tahir,Sarah Weatherburn,Norma Webb,Tracey Wells,Julia Wilson,Sarah Downes,Hannah Mais
Production Management	David Carrigan,Steve Harvey,Tim Lewis,Russell Lodge,Jessie Thiele Schroeder
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Iain Atkinson,Janette Boyle,Tom Brewster,Lyndsay Bullock,Jane Burgess,Chris Carreras,Jamie Christopher,William Dodds,Simon Downes,Simon Emanuel,Robert Grayson,Hanna Haffenden,Phillippa Hunt,Adam Jenkins,Peter MacDonald,Michael Michael,Ali Morris,Fiona Richards,Nick Shuttleworth,Paul Smith,Michael Stevenson
Art Department	Sara Aghdami,Alex Aitken,Douglas Allam,Gill Andrae-Reid,Christopher Arnold,Wayne D. Barlowe,Celia Barnett,Mark Bartholomew,Paul Beeson,Andrew Bennett,Rob Bliss,Pierre Bohanna,Florian Bonte,Adam Brockbank,Martin Brown,Alastair Bullock,Julian Caldow,Graham Caulfield,Bruce Cheesman,Paul Cheesman,Jane Clark,Temple Clark,Dean Coldham,Frank Collins,Matt Cooke,Bryn Court,Jordan Crockett,Gary Dawson,Peter Dorme,Sally Dray,Andrej Dugin,Olga Dugin,Frederic Evard,Jeff Finch,Darren Fitzsimons,Martin Foley,Pip Fox,Larry Gooch,Gary Handley,Paul J. Hayes,Paul Hearn,Sean Hedges-Quinn,Steve Hedinger,Terry Heggarty,David Higgs,David Hodges,Andrew Holder,Molly Hughes,Colin Jackman,Jodie Jackman,Lucy Jensen,Patricia Johnson,Tommy Jolliffe,Gary Jopling,Nicky Kaill,Laurie Kerr,Andrej Kostic,Eduardo Lima,Katie Lodge,Chris Lunney,Peter Mann,Francis Martin,Dominic Masters,Ginger McCarthy,Christian McDonald,James McGowan,Dave McKean,Duncan McNeil,Sonny Merchant,Micky Mills,Miraphora Mina,MinaLima,Joe Monks,David Packard,Nick Pelham,Chris Peters,Amanda Pettett,Ethan J. Platt,Dermot Power,Tyrone Reed,Denis Rich,Nick Richardson,Tony Roberts,Steven Sallybanks,Lee Sandales,Christian Short,Keith Short,Tamazin Simmonds,William Stickley,Deborah Stokely,Stephen Swain,Emma Vane,Julian Walker,Matt Walker,Michael Weaver,David Wescott,Paul Wescott,Terry Whitehouse,Barry Wilkinson,Ben Wilkinson,Jamie Wilkinson,Simon Wilkinson,Marcus Williams,Andrew Williamson,Ruth Winick,Will Ayres,David Chisholm,John Chisholm,Matt Chisholm,Keith Connolly,Paul Couch,Julia Dehoff,Achilleas Gatsopoulos,Barnaby Gorton,Mary Grandpré,Andrew Guyett,Kate Henderson,Robert Judd,Colette McWilliams Carrilho,Dennis Murray
Sound Department	Eleanor Beaton,Richard Beggs,Tim Blackham,Peter Burgis,Jose R. Castellon,Ed Colyer,Tony Currie,Andie Derrick,André Dias,David Evans,Nick Foley,Phil Freudenfeld,Peter Gleaves,Matthew Gough,Steve Hancock,Steve Hancock,Stefan Henrix,Alex Joseph,Andy Kennedy,Jed Loughran,Nick Lowe,Conor Mackey,John Midgley,Stuart Morton,Gemma Nicholson,Jon Olive,Mike Prestwood Smith,June Prinz,Jamie Roden,Naiki Rossell,Bjorn Ole Schroeder,Martin Seeley,Michael Semanick,Adam J. Smith,Sam Southwick,Sreejesh,Ted Swanscott,Derek Trigg,David Tyler,Alexander Beddow,Michael Brigman,Don Brown,Ryan Davis,James Harrison,Mark Kenna,Lee Kerr,Esther Smith
Special Effects by	Jonathan Abbas-Klahr,Astrig Akseralian,Phil Ashton,Peter Aston,Chris Barton,Barry Best,Elaine Best,Tom Blake,Nigel Brackley,Terry Bridle,Sarah Brunsdon,Nicola Buck,Mark Bullimore,Trevor Butterfield,David Cantwell,Viola Colditz,Mark Coulier,John Cramman,Demi Demetriou,Matthew Denton,Nick Dudman,Michael Durkan,Ronnie Durkan,Malcolm Evans,Chris Fitzgerald,Barry Fowler,Andy Fraser,Chris Giles,Joanne Glover,Barrie Gower,Darren Grassby,Frank Guiney,Steve Hamilton,Tamzine Hanks,Matthew Harlow,Shaune Harrison,Alex Harwood,Simon Hewitt,Kate Hill,Andrea Hochgatterer-Kowland,Andy Hunt,David Hunter,Mark Hunter,Claire Inglis,Magdalena Jansdotter-Nilsson,Patrick Johnson,Abbie Jones,Val Jones,Nick Joscylene,Tacy Kneale,Stephanie Leavitt,Andy Lee,Melissa Lenihan,Darren Litten,Ian Lowe,Waldo Mason,Noah Meddings,Esteban Mendoza,Brian Morrison,Day Murch,Alan Murphy,Luke Murphy,Stephen Murphy,Julian Murray,Craig Narramore,Martin Neill,Ceri Nicholls,Lyn Nicholson,John Nolan,Peter Norcliffe,Aiden O’Keefe,Stephen Onions,Harriet Parry,Alan Perez,Lee Phelan,Ben Philips,Peter Pickering,Anton Prickett,Jason Reed,John Richardson,Marcus Richardson,Andy Roberts,Grant Rogan,Jim Sandys,Joe Scott,Paul Spateri,Paul Stephenson,Guy Stevens,Nigel Stone,Henrik Svensson,Maria Swindell,Phoebe Tait,Paul Taylor,Anna Tennant,Jamie Thomas,Dominic Tuohy,Jeni Walker,Simon Webber,Kevin Welch,Kevin Wescott,Barry Whitrod,Paul Whybrow,Simon Williams,Adam Wright,Steve Wright,Chris Clarke,Jim Davey,Sander Ellers,Benjamin M. Esterson,Daniel Macarin,Simon Ryninks,Stuart Wishart
Visual Effects by	Mimi Abers,Tim Aidley,Paul Alexiou,Robert Allman,Terence Alvares,Christoph Ammann,David Andrews,Christopher Anthony,Jaume Arteman,Rosie Ashforth,Oliver Atherton,Philippe Aubry,Erika Bach,Henry Badgett,Lance Baetkey,Andrew Baggarley,Al Bailey,Katharine Baird,Chris Baker,Richard Baker,Felix Balbas,Michael Balog,Craig Bardsley,Giacomo Bargellesi,Steve Barnes,Daniel Barrow,Angela Barson,William Bartlett,Tim Baxter,Richard Bazley,Sebastien Beaulieu,Paul Beaumont,Susanne Becker,Lizi Bedford,Cory Bedwell,Judith Bell,Miles Bellas,Laurent Benhamo,John Benn,Sara Bennett,Dan Bethell,Paul Birkett,Nic Birmingham,Philip Bland,Brendan Body,Stella Bogh,Matt Bouchard,David A.T. Bowman,Steve Braggs,Will Braithwaite,Paul Brannan,James Breen,Decharne Brian,Andre Brizard,Alex Broeckel,Jon R. Brown,Ronn Brown,Dhyana Brummel,Wendell Bruno,Danny Brunton,Simon Bunker,Simon Burchell,Ross Burgess,Tim Burke,Andy Burrow,Mark Buschbacher,Astrid Busser-Casas,Scott Camera-Smith,Colin Campbell,Warwick Campbell,Huseyin Caner,Tom Carrick,Mark Casey,Frederic Cervini,Joshua Chapel,Fred Chapman,Leila Chesloff,Vanessa Cheung,Lee Chidwick,Paul Churchill,Rohan Claassen,Craig Clarke,Richard Clarke,Simon Clutterbuck,Isabel Cody,Dani Cohen,Angela Cole,Debra Coleman,Tom Conneely,Peter Connelly,Mike Connolly,Grant Connor,Andrea Conticelli,Ryan Cook,Jay Cooper,Laurent Cordier,Stephen Coren,Michelle Corney,Theresa Corrao,Gary Couto,Fran Cunningham,Emanuele D’Arrigo,Andrew Daffy,Bruce Dahl,Sean Danischevsky,Philipp Danner,Charles Darby,Marion Davey,Lorelei David,Evan Davies,Giles Davies,Martin R. Davison,Alexandra Day,Adrian De Wet,Robert Deas,Jean-Claude Deguara,Max Dennison,Stephane Deverly,Ciaran Devine,Keith Devlin,Jerome Dewhurst,Michael Di Como,Caine Dickinson,Ben Dishart,Ferran Domenech,Andrew Doucette,Sarah Dowland,Loring Doyle,Brian Ducharme,Rob Dunbar,Catherine Duncan,Robert Duncan,Wayde Duncan-Smith,David Dunsterville,Lester Dunton,Simon Dye,Mike Eames,Dave Early,Paddy Eason,C. Michael Easton,Areito Echevarria,Clwyd Edwards,Stuart M. Ellis,Chris Elson,Michael Elson,Stephen Elson,Simon Emanuel,Nick Epstein,James D. Etherington,Joe Eveleigh,Simon Eves,Brian Eyre,Oliver Faldo,Leigh Ann Fan,James Farrington,Tom Fejes,Ian Fellows,Greg Fisher,Ben Flatter,Niall Flinn,Steven Forrester,Brad Fox,Ian Frost,David Fuhrer,Pawl Fulker,Nick Gabchenko,Bradley Gabe,Juan Jesús García,Brian Gee,Richard Gentner,Bill George,Daniela Giangrande,Filippo Giansante,Tim Gibbons,Neil Glasbey,Matthew Glen,Julian Gnass,Richard Gomes,Tom Goodenough,Jeff Gordon,Barrie Gower,José Granell,Jack Greasley,Rosemarie Greer,Scott Griffin,Pablo Grillo,Thomas Guerrier,Roger Guyett,Venetia Hadley,Andy Hague,Anne Hall,Matt Hallen,Michael J. Halsted,Yan Hammond,Giles Hancock,Jason Hannen-Williams,Pete Hanson,Michael Harrison,Dan Harrod,Douglas Harsch,Peter Hartwig,Jeremy Hattingh,Kimberly Headstrom,R. James Healy,Robert Hemmings,Charley Henley,Sandro Henriques,Nicolas Hernandez,Sean Heuston,Grant Hewlett,Tim Hey,Kela Hicks,Matt Hicks,Rob Hill,Pamela Hobbs,Mark Hodgkins,Robert Holder,Matt Holland,Katja Hollmann,Jae Cheol Hong,Jason Horley,Ian House,Gill Howe,Lorea Hoye,Guy Hudson,John Hughes,Matt Hughes,Angela Hunt,Antony Hunt,Ina Hurst,Paul Huston,David Hyde,Michael Illingworth,Marco Iozzi,Alex Ireland,Zoe Izzard,Allan Torp Jensen,Merrin Jensen,Lorraine Johnson,Simon Johnson,Darren Jones,Drew Jones,Ken Mitchel Jones,Randy Jonsson,Olivier Junquet,Ilyas Kaduji,Mel Kangleon,Paul Kavanagh,Peng Ke,Lucinda Keeler,Elizabeth Maxwell Keith,Paddy Kelly,Lee Kerley,Neesha Khan,Sevendalino Khay,Steven Anthony Khoury,Greg Killmaster,John Kilshaw,Soo Kyung Kim,Tom Kimberley,Andy Kind,Angela King,Chris King,Amber Kirsch,Balazs Kiss,Joel Kittle,Katrin Klaiber,Ryan Knowles,Edmund Kolloen,Arek Komorowski,Russell Koonce,Dean Koonjul,Michael Koperwas,Antonis Kotzias,John Kozak,Robert Krupa,Robert Kuczera,Paul Lada,Zoe Lamaera,Anders Langlands,Cam Langs,Kimberly Lashbrook,Stuart Lashley,Jessica Laszlo,Nicola Lavender,Kwok Law,Ken Lawrence,Jeremy Lazare,Toan-Vinh Le,Tracey Leadbetter,Christopher Learmonth,Philippa Leathers,Tim Ledbury,Kerry Lee,Seung-Hun Lee,Sunny Lee,Philippe Leprince,Bruno Lesieur,Daniel Leung,Melissa Lin,Martin Lipmann,Richard Little,Jing Jing Liu,Patricia Llaguno,David Lloyd,Shelly Lloyd-James,Daniel Lobl,John Lockwood,David Lomax,Stuart Love,Roz Lowrie,Patrick Lowry,Anthony Lucero,Daniel Macarin,Alasdair MacCuish,Euan K. MacDonald,Natalie MacDonald,Steve MacPherson,Greg Maguire,Jay Mallet,Tony Man,Jules Mann,Julian Mann,Rebecca Manning,Virgil Manning,Christian Manz,David Marsh,Andrew Marshall,Gary Marshall,Helena Masand,Marian Mavrovic,Luca Mazzoleni,Jolene McCaffrey,Jason McCallum,Vicky McCann,Gavin McCarron,Matthew McCosker,Will McCoy,Nikki McDade,Jason McDonald,Andrew McEvoy,Colin McEvoy,Steve McGillen,Noel McGinn,Adam McInnes,Jennifer McKnew,Dan McRae,Gurel Mehmet,Jennifer Giovanna Meire,Joel Meire,Ivan Mena,Tim Mendler,Rob Menzer,Ian Menzies,Mark Michaels,Andy Middleton,Ivor Middleton,Mitch Mitchell,Todd Mitchell,Alberto Montañés,Ray Moody,Karl Mooney,Ivan Moran,Ben Morgan,Jim Morris,Mike Morrison,Michelle Motta,Catherine Mullan,Melissa Mullin,Steve Murgatroyd,Myles Murphy,Steve Murphy,Peter Muyzers,Catriona Naismith,Salima Needham,Catherine Nelson,Helen Nesbitt,Rachel Nicoll,Ken Nielsen,Charlie Noble,Donal Nolan,Jennifer Maryam Nona,Clare Norman,Paul Norris,Richard Northcroft,Emma Norton,Rich Nosworthy,Kevin O’Connor,Mike O’Neill,Paul Oakley,Michael Olague,Alfie Olivier,Mark Osborne,Kevin Page,Maurizio Parimbelli,Stephane Paris,Michael Parkin,Alex Parkinson,Martin Parsons,Simon Payne,Claire Pegorier,Martin Pengelly-Phillips,Craig Penn,Thibaut Petillon,Daniel Pettipher,Chris Petts,Kevin Phelan,David Phillips,Adrian Pinder,Stuart Pitcher,Marnie Pitts,Ian Plumb,Benjamin Porcari,Rupert Porter,Travis Porter,Tim Pounds-Cornish,Bruce Powell,Andrew Proctor,James Prosser,Howard Protheroe,Nick Provenzano,Andres Puente,Farhan Qureshi,Samy Ben Rabah,Rudy Raijmakers,Jane Ralston,Matt Redhead,Tom Reed,Saul Reid,Rob Richardson,Simon Richardson,Paul Riddle,Michael Ridgwell,Anthony Rizzo,Christian Roberton,Richard Roberts,John Roberts-Cox,Dave Robinson,Amy Robson,Massimiliano Rocchetti,Neil Roche,Darren Rodriguez,Craig Edward Rogers Jr.,Patric Roos,Thomas Rosseter,Jean-Paul Rovela,Alex Rutherford,Pedro Sabrosa,Matthew Sagar,Afonso Salcedo,Dave Salter,Sandeepchoudhary,Rex Sander,Steve Sauers,Cal Sawyer,Carlo Scaduto,Christoph Schinko,Frederic Schmidt,Paul Schneider,Petra Schwane,Michele Sciolette,Sandra Scott,Nicholas Seal,Jerry Sells,David Sewell,Anthony Shafer,Paul Sharpe,Chris Shaw,Kevan Shorey,David Short,Martyn Siddiqui,Dominic Sidoli,Matina Skouteri,Richard Smith,Ryan Smith,Wayne Smith,Udo Smutny,Jason Snyman,Drew Solodzuk,Max Solomon,Jim Soukup,Sally Spencer,Kevin Sprout,Kevin Spruce,Paul Stamp,Simon Stanley-Clamp,Jim Steel,Andy Stevens,Paul Stocker,Nigel Stone,Hayley Easton Street,Steve Street,Maria Stroka,Julien Stuart-Smith,David Sullivan,Mark Sum,Stephen Sutcliffe,Michael Talarico,Masahiko Tani,Stephanie Taubert,Ljubica Temelkoska,George Theophanous,Bill Thomas,Ben Thompson,Kim Thompson,Clare Tinsley,Jan Toensmann,Syria Toliver,Ben Toogood,Sanju Travis,Gang Trinh,Alan Trombla,Mark Tudor-Williams,Malin Tvedt,Christoph Unger,Neil Van Der King,Gert Van Dermeersch,Courtney Vanderslice,Sean Varney,Paola Varvaro,Freddie Vaziri,Pascale Ville,Lars Vinther,Eugénie von Tunzelmann,Oskar Wahlberg,Niki Wakefield,Andy Walker,Tara Walker,John Wallin,Mark Wallman,Kelly Walsh,Shawn Walsh,Karen Wand,Rachel Ward,Val Wardlaw,Chris Watts,Jason Wen,Derek Wentworth,Rus Wetherell,Wendy Whaley,Simon Wicker,Lisa Wild,Simon Wilkinson,Royston Willcocks,Stephen Willey,Barry Williams,Char Williams,Mark Williams,Robert A. Willis,Alex Wilmington,Oliver Winwood,Kathy Wise,Max Wood,Melody Woodford,Mike Woodhead,Aubrey Woodiwiss,Alison Wortman,Jeff Wozniak,Annabel Wright,Aviv Yaron,Richard Yeomans,Susumu Yukuhiro,Dean Yurke,Gabriele Zucchelli,Anthony Zwartouw,Michael Alkan,Keith Barton,Dugan Beach,Howard Berry,Mike Bryant,Kirsty Clark,Tiffany Cullum,Johanna D’Amato,Paul Davies,Vince De Quattro,Rob Delicata,Martyn Drake,Sebastien Dupuis,James Eggleton,Erik Ellefsen,Stephen Enticott,Daniel Evans,Paul Flanagan,Anna Ford,Jeremy Hall,Simon Haslett,Guy Hauldren,Trevor Hazel,Lloyd Hess,Alex Hessler,Nathan Hughes,Simon Hughes,Oliver James,Lance Johnson,Ryan Kautzman,Jeffrey Kember,Erin King,Paul Lambert,Phillip Leonhardt,Mattias Lindahl,Stuart Lowder,Steve Lynn,James McKeown,Paolo Mitton,Danielle Nadal,Ben O’Brien,Roma O’Connor,Noel O’Malley,Maggie Oh,Pete Oldroyd,Mayur Patel,Paul Poetsch,Nigel Rafter,Colin Rhodes,Martin Riedel,Amy Ryan Gunson,George Sakellariou,Mike Sanders,Florian Schuck,Jonathan Smiles,Daniel L. Smith,Nicholas Symons,Maggie Walby,Caroline Wilson,Daniel Zizmor
Stunts	Martin Bayfield,Bruce Cain,George Cottle,Zarene Dallas,Kelly Dent,Bradley Farmer,Paul Herbert,David Holmes,Rickie Hubbucks,Ian Kay,Tolga Kenan,Anthony Knight,Abigail Letchford,David Lewis,Mark Lisbon,Emma Mac,Marc Mailley,Andy Merchant,Lee Millham,Gary Powell,Greg Powell,Gordon Seed,Claire Skelton,Andy Smart,Jo Thompson,Marnix Van Den Broeke,Felicity Walker,Joanna Whitney,Spencer Wilding,Billy Worth,Bruce Cain,Marc Cass,Nick Chopping,Tony Christian,Ben Cooke,Levan Doran,Steve Emerson,Rick English,David Holmes,Rowley Irlam,Joe Livermore,Peter Pedrero,Greg Powell,Nikki Powell,Joanna Whitney
Camera and Electrical Department	Kenneth Atherfold,Marc Atherfold,Darren Bailey,Robert Binnall,Craig Bloor,Peter Bloor,Ashley Bond,Mike Brewster,Bob Bridges,Laura Bridges,Stuart Bridges,Joe Buxton,Chris Clarke,Murray Close,Ken Coles,Luke Coulter,David Cross,Chris Dale,Tim Dean,Graham Driscoll,Paul Edwards,Perry Evans,Stephen Fell,John Ferguson,Simon Finney,Raymond Flindall,Jim Folly,Dave Freeth,Clement Gharini,Alan Grayley,Tony Hair,Michael Hannan,Peter Hannan,Dan Hartley,Colin Hazell,Garry Hedges,Scott Hillier,Darren Holland,Aaron Jones,Aaron Keating,Lizzie Kelly,Philip Kenyon,Oliver Loncraine,Steve Macher,David Mackie,John Marzano,Alan McPherson,Ray Meehan,Jamie Mills,Nic Milner,Gareth Munden,Neil Munro,Ron Nicholls,Gary Nolan,Robert Palmer,Kelly Paul,Steve Petrie,Rupert Power,Miles Proudfoot,Alastair Rae,Dave Ridout,Richard B. Shean,Danny Shelmerdine,David Sinfield,Tony Skinner,Stefan Stankowski,Alex Stevenson,Andy Thomson,Alf Tramontin,Taylor Tulip-Close,Tammo van Hoorn,Derek Walker,Simon Werry,Paul Wheeldon,Michael White,Iwan Williams,Danny Espey,Steve Hideg,David Holliday,Sarah Iovino,Ian Speed,Glyn Williams
Animation Department	Rosie Ashforth,C. Michael Easton,Robert Krupa,Neil Roche,Jason Snyman,Diane Staniforth
Casting Department	Dixie Chassay,Chuck Douglas
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Marcia Bethell,Rosy Coppola,David Crossman,Peter Edmonds,David J. Evans,Jools Feedam,Charlotte Finlay,Magot Forster,Françoise Fourcade,Steve Gell,Esther St John Gray,Laurent Guinci,Tom Hornsby,Andrew Hunt,Helen Jerome,Vivienne Jones,Linda Lashley,Pernilla Lindfors,Neil Murphy,Barbara Ohren,Yvonne Otzen,Nicholas Roche-Gordon,Charlie Sadler,Guy Speranza,Rupert Steggle,William Steggle,Maggie Walsh,Ben Wilkinson,Dominic Young,Sacha Chandisingh,Joanna Weaving
Editorial Department	Victoria Bate,JC Bond,Peter Doyle,John Ensby,Emma Gaffney,Peter Hunt,Mel Kangleon,Tom Kemplen,William Kruzykowski,Grace Lan,Toby Lloyd,Patrick C Miller,Julian Pryce,Katie Reynolds,Alex Rodríguez,Mark Sale,Sandeep Sheth,Lee Twohey,Mark Wilkinson,Bill Daly,Jason Keever,Chris Thornton
Location Management	Patrick Michael Burke,Nick Daubeny,Colin Giles,Robin Higgs,Jonathan Hook,David O’Reilly,Drew Payne,Janet Riddoch,Mark Somner,Michael Stapleton,Genevieve West
Music Department	David Arch,Paul Archibald,Roger Argente,John Barclay,Jacqueline Barron,Sebastian Bell,Mark Berrow,Dave Bishop,Richard Bissill,Nigel Black,Leon Bosch,Thomas Bowes,Tom Boyd,Tom Brown,Heather Cairncross,Elin Carlson,Ben Castle,Paul Clarvis,Chris Cozens,Marcia Crayford,Eric Crees,Dermot Crehan,Andrew Crowley,Peter Davies,Sandy DeCrescent,George Doering,Michael Dore,Thomas S. Drescher,Richard Edwards,Pete Eiseman-Renyard,Simon Etchell,Rob Fardell,Andrew Findon,M.B. Gordy,Mark Graham,Richard Harvey,Andrew Hewitt,Mike Hext,Karen Jones,Skaila Kanga,Edward Karam,Boguslav Kostecki,Gabrielle Lester,Roger Linley,The London Oratory School Schola,London Voices,William Lyons,Andy Mackintosh,Steve Mair,Shawn Murphy,Peter Myles,Everton Nelson,Dan Newell,Maria Newman,Daniel Nielsen,Sam Okell,Martin Owen,Victor Pesavento,Anthony Pike,Conrad Pope,Frank Ricotti,John Rodd,Ralph Salmins,Gaby Santinelli,Steve Schaeffer,Steven L. Smith,Peter Snipp,Dave Stewart,Jamie Talbot,James Thatcher,Mike Thompson,Jonathan Tunnell,Ivo van der Worff,Lawrence Wallington,Kenneth Wannberg,Bruce White,Gerald White,John Williams,Warren Zielinski,Joe Zimmerman,Karen Bennett,Rachel Bolt,Larry Bunker,Denise Carver,Tommy Johnson,London Symphony Orchestra,Jon Olive,Mary Scully,Jonathan Williams
Script and Continuity Department	Ceri Evans,Annie Penn
Transportation Department	Jimmy Carruthers,Warren Deluce,Brian Estabrook,Chris Hammond,Ashley Hollebone,Ian ‘Fingers’ Lisi,Jason Mortlock,David Rosenbaum,Karen Russell,Harry Taylor,Bill Walker
Additional Crew	Jennifer Allen,Amanda Amphlett,Jeanne Austin,Celia Barnett,Kanta Barrios,Mark Barry-Jackson,Paul Bayfield,Vicky Bishop,Emma Brassfield,Judy Britten,Pru Bryant-Fenn,Ken Burry,Brett Carter,Chris Clarke,Marisa Clifford,David Collier,Brian Collins,Andy Colquhoun,Catrin Cooper,Matthew Cosgrove,Jon Croker,Daniel Dark,Vanessa Davies,Emily Dawson,David Decio,Jacques Dell,Stanley A. Dellimore,Robin Demetriou,Elizabeth Devereux,Enfys Dickinson,Sarah Downes,Colin Dye,Jake Edmonds,Laine Edwards,Lucy Egerton,Reshad Esmail,Karen Fayerty,Jayne Flowers,Peter Foster,Tina Foster,Birgitta Fredlund,Sandra Frieze,Kate Garbett,Sean Francis George,Gary Gero,Daniela Giangrande,Arabella Gilbert,Amy Gilliam,Natasha Gormley,Gordon Gram,Fraser Grant,Oliver Greetham,Stewart Hamilton,Esther Hegarty,Paul Hitchcock,Christian Holden,Jonathan Hopkins,Ian Hoskin,Susan Humphrey,Martin Jago,Ian Jay,Polly Johnsen,Geraint Jones,Poppy Kay,Lizzie Kelly,Tolga Kenan,Lyndsay Kenwright,Nichola Kerr,Oliver Kersey,Paul Kieve,Alex Klien,Gareth Knowles,Aleksandra Korizma,Patrick Kwok,Jen Lambert,Deborah Leakey,Sara Levy,David Lewis,Shelly Lloyd-James,Sandrine Loisy,Chris Lunney,Andy Madden,Kristyan Mallett,Nadine Mann,Donna McCormick-Smith,Sarah McKenna,Alastair McNeil,James Mellor,Christophe Meslin,Mark Miessner,Laura Miles,Cristina Ramiro Monroy,Ali Morris,Dan Morrow,Julian Murray,Gary Nixon,John Nolan,Jaesung Oh,Tom Paine,Sunita Parmar,Harriet Parry,Dilip Patel,Andrea Payne,Michelle Philo,Francis Pindar,David Pinkus,Lesley Quinn,Rebecca Rae,Pablo Ramírez Durón,Adrian Rigby,Eugene Risdon,Amy Robertson,Patrick Roddam,Jay Rosenwink,Jane Ryan,Richard Sale,Owen Sampson,Charlene Sant,Isi Sarfati,Paula Sargeant,Rick Senat,Dave Shaw,Dean Shaw,Brian Smith,David Sousa,Sally Jo Sousa,Mario Spanna,Kelly Spearman,Lorraine Sperry,Tom St. John Gray,Rachael Stevens,Karen Swallow,Celeste Talaszek,Mark Timmons,John Trehy,Emma Truman,Basil Twist,John Udall,James P. Warren,Sam Weeden,Jenny Weight,Charlie Whitaker,Toby White,Rose Wilde,Janet Willis,Marc Wolff,Sarah Woodward,Yana Yanezic,Azzedine ‘Dean’ Ziedna,Dean Ziedna,Carolyn Allen,Phil Clarke,Aron Clayton,Barnaby Gorton,Daniel Grant,Laurence Helman,Laila Khan,Sharon Milton,Ian Mitchell,Katie Purvis,Mark Sealey,Nathan Spencer,Susie Valerio,Richard Wild
Thanks	Ellie Coombes
Genres	Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Companies	Warner Bros., 1492 Pictures, Heyday Films
Countries	UK, USA
Languages	English, Latin, Old English
ContentRating	PG
ImDbRating	7.9
ImDbRatingVotes	625842
MetacriticRating	82
Keywords	werewolf,rat,magic,wizard,school of magic