This film is directed by Mike Newell and adapted from J.K. Rowling's novel, written by Steve Clovis and produced by david heyman. David brown and Tanya Segqin are executive producers, Roger Blatter is photography director, and Stuart Crego is production designer, Mike. Odesley is the editor, Peter MacDonald is the co-producer, Jenny Taiming is the fashion designer, the theme song is john williams, and the music is Patrick Doyle.
The beginning of a new journey
Directed by acclaimed director Mike Newill (who directed four weddings and a funeral, Mona Lisa's smile and other films), Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth film adapted from J.K. Rowling's famous Harry Potter series novels.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the magician Harry Potter, who is 14 years old, faces the biggest challenge he has ever encountered: he not only has to compete with his older and experienced classmates in a dangerous international championship, but also faces his old enemy, the evil Voldemort, who has recovered his magic and human form! But the news of Voldemort's return pales in comparison with Harry Potter's anxiety about finding a partner for the Hogwarts Christmas ball.
David Heiman, the producer of Harry Potter films, thinks that Newill is an excellent director who can balance suspense, humor, action and drama. "People ask us if we will find an English director, but that's not a problem," Hyman explained. "What we need is the most suitable person for this job, and Mike Newill has all the qualities to direct this film. In many ways, this film is the most challenging in the Harry Potter series. We need a director who can not only direct dark suspense thrillers, but also control exciting action plots and be sensitive to teenagers' anxiety and troubles. Just look at other films directed by Mike Newell, such as Dancing with Strangers, Donnie blasco and Four Weddings and a Funeral, and you will find that few directors are as skilled and versatile as Mike Newell.
Harry Potter: New Members and Old Faces
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, aged 65,438+05, Emma Charlotte Toure Watson, aged 65,438+04, and Rupert Grint, aged 65,438+06, played Harry Potter, hermione granger and Ron Weasley respectively.
Other young actors who appeared again included Tom Felton and Draco Malfoy, who played Harry's opponent at Slytherin College, and Matthew Lewis, who played neville longbottom. Dai Wen Murray plays seamus finnigan; James Wielaert plays Vincent Crabbe; Joshua Herman plays Greg Goyle; Alfie enoch plays dean thomas; Oliver and james phelps play Fred Weasly and George Weasly; Bonnie wright plays Ginny Weasley and chris rankin plays Percy Weasley.
New young actors include Robert Pattison, who plays cedric diggory (who once appeared in the American version of The Ring of the Midnight); Bulgarian stanislav Ivaneski who plays Quidditch star Victor krum (this is his first professional performance); Fleur Delacour's Clemence Boyce, a beautiful player who played Bass Barton (who played Rouses and Sister); Katie Liu, who plays Zhang Qiu, beat 5000 other candidates in the audition and got the chance to play the girl Harry Potter likes. This is really a good result for a girl who has never participated in any performance-there is no school performance! )
The new adult actor, led by Ralph Fiennes, plays the evil Voldemort (the Manhattan Maid, The Red Dragon and The English Patient). Fiennes was the first actor to play Harry's sworn enemy on the screen, because in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort first appeared in the Harry Potter series in human form.
Besides Fiennes, other new actors include Brandon Gleason, who plays Mad-Eye Moody, and Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts (who has appeared in Troy, Cold Mountain, Brave Heart, etc.). ); Miranda richardson plays rita skeeter, a journalist who loves to search for scandals (she has appeared in The Hours, April Day, Destruction and so on). ), and frans Della Doukhi, who plays Mrs. Maxim, the headmistress of Bathbarton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (who has appeared in cherry orchard and Windfall); Roger Lloyd Palmer plays barty crouch, director of the International Magic Cooperation Department.
Dick (who appeared in Vanity Fair and BBC TV program Only Fools and Horses); Pedega Belak, who plays Professor Iger Karkaroff, Dean of Demstrang College (who played in A Journey to Europe); Jeff Rolle, who plays Amos Diggory (who has appeared in House of Sin, Barr and the British Channel 4 program Dead Lazy Donkey); There is also david tennant, who plays Bartmius Crouch Jr. (who once appeared in Don't worry about young people's ambitions).
The all-star cast that continues to participate also includes robbie coltrane, who plays the key of Hogwarts, and Hagrid, the gamekeeper; Michael gambon, who plays Hogwarts President albus dumbledore; Robert Hardy, as the Minister of Magic Connelly Fudge; Shirley henderson who plays Myrtle; Jason isaacs, who plays Slytherin College student Draco Malfoy; Gary Oldman, playing Sirius Black, the godfather of Harry Potter; Alan rickman, who plays the mysterious professor severus snape; Mrs. maggie smith who plays Professor Mileva McGonagall; Timothy Spauer, who plays peter pettigrew; Mark williams plays the writer Weasley.
About shooting
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire started shooting in the late spring of 2004 at the Leavis Studio in Hertfordshire, England. After filming in Leavis, Oxford University, Virginia Water in Surrey, Ashridge in Hertfordshire and Nevis Canyon in Scotland, the filming was completed in March 2005.
The film crew was lucky enough to invite special effects director John Richardson, creative special effects directors Nick Dudman and Stuart Craig (The English Patient, Dangerous Contact, Gandhi, etc.). ), won the production designer award three times, and was nominated for an Oscar for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as a production designer. Screenwriters Steve Crofts, Craig, Richardson and Dudman have participated in the production of all four Harry Potter films so far. In addition, photographer Roger Blatter (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), fashion designer Jenny Taiming (Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban) and visual effects director jim mitchell (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) will continue to participate in the production of the Harry Potter series this time.
The two biggest shooting challenges are how to put Hogwarts' grand Christmas celebration ball on the screen, and how to vividly show the three dangerous and exciting stages of the triwizard tournament.
In order to finish the game, let alone win it, Harry and other more experienced opponents can only rely on two weapons: wands and wisdom. The first event of the competition is Harry's confrontation with a huge fire-breathing Hungarian horntail dragon. For this scene, the special effects department made a 30-foot-tall dragon with a flame thrower. The second competition requires young magicians to dive into the bottom of the lake and fight a water monster named Grindillo to save their friends. The crew of Goblet of Fire built the deepest underwater shooting box in Europe. Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, Robert Pattison, stanislav Ivaneski and Clemens Boyce spent a lot of time learning to dive. In addition, Radcliffe has to master how to hold his breath without the aid of diving equipment, and wear flippers on his hands and feet when swimming and performing.
Before filming the grand scene of dance, all the young actors took dance lessons collectively. For this play, the art department transformed the huge auditorium into a winter wonderland with silver ice and snow. The fashion design department produced a series of gorgeous evening dresses-including Ron's old-fashioned robes-to highlight the embarrassment and excitement of the students at this nerve-racking adult dance.