Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 2005 | 157 mins | Fantasy, Adventure | Colour

The Production Team

Director: Mike Newell.
Producer: David Heyman.
Script: Steven Kloves. (based on the novel by J.K. Rowling)
Cinematography: Roger Pratt.
Editing: Mick Audsley.
Production Design: Stuart Craig
Art Direction: Mark Bartholomew, Alastair Bullock, Alan Gilmore, Neil Lamont and Gary Tomkins
Costume Design: Jany Temime.
Makeup Department: Sarah Downes, Nick Dudman, Eithne Fennel, Betty Glasow, Belinda Hodson, Jan Jamison, Amanda Knight and Sharon Nicholas.
Sound Department: David Crozier, Steve Hancock, Dennis Leonard, Jon Olive, Daniel Stevens, Graham Sutton and Randy Thom.
Original Music: Patrick Doyle and John Williams.

The Cast

Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
Emma Watson - Hermione Granger
Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley
David Tennant - Barty Crouch Junior
Eric Sykes - Frank Bryce
Timothy Spall - Wormtail
Jason Isaacs - Lucius Malfoy
Robert Hardy - Cornelius Fudge
David Bradley - Argus Filch
Frances de la Tour - Madame Olympe Maxime
Miranda Richardson - Rita Skeeter
Shirley Henderson - Moaning Myrtle
Ralph Fiennes - Lord Voldemort
Robbie Coltrane - Hagrid
Alan Rickman - Professor Severus Snape
Maggie Smith - Professor Minerva McGonagall
Gary Oldman - Sirius Black
Michael Gambon - Albus Dumbledore

Plot Synopsis

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire welcomes back stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson for the pivotal fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's novel in the popular seven-part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age. The Mike Newell directed Goblet of Fire truly finishes the transition began with the stylish Prisoner of Azkaban and becomes both the best Harry Potter film so far and one that stands on it’s own as cinematic entertainment. The first in the series to carry a PG-13 rating, Goblet of Fire is a far more mature adventure than the proceeding instalments and one that should please Potter purists.

The story starts during the summer holidays before Harry's (Daniel Radcliffe) fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Weasley family invites Harry to stay with them for the last two weeks of the holidays and accompany them to the crowning event of the summer: The Quidditch World Cup Final between Ireland and Bulgaria. Everything would be so great if it weren't for the mysterious Dark Mark scorching the sky, foreshadowing the comeback of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

Meanwhile Hogwarts is looking forward to another great event: The Tri-Wizard Tournament, an international magic competition between Hogwarts and two foreign schools: the chic French girls from Beauxbatons and the nimble Cossacks from Durmstrang. All students over 17 are allowed to apply, and a goblet of fire picks a advocate from each school that will fight the hazardous competition. The goblet picks four champions: Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons, Viktor Krum for Durmstrang, Cedric Diggory for Hogwarts and, to everyone's surprise, Harry Potter!

Harry must contend with being mysteriously selected to compete in the prestigious tournament that pits him against older and more experienced students from Hogwarts and the two rival schools. But for Harry, this is not the only harrowing news causing him anxiety - he still has yet to find a date for Hogwarts Yule Ball dance on Christmas Eve. Facing his new, unpleasant popularity, a bad discussion with Ron (Rupert Grint), his first love, and many dangers, Harry takes the challenge and stands up to fight - for his school, against the evil, and always with parent’s murderer, Lord Voldemort in mind.