Spotlight On: HARRY POTTER

As Deathly Hallows Part II's release approaches, I thought it would be a grand idea to take a look back at the other Harry Potter films, first released a decade ago...

YEAR ONE: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

**+

Directed by: Chris Columbus

Screenplay by: Steve Kloves

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, and Richard Harris

Cinematography by: John Seale

Music Composed by: John Williams

Academy Awards:   Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Nominated)

                             Best Costume Design (Nominated)

                             Best Music, Original Score (John Williams) (Nominated)

YEAR TWO: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

 

**+

Directed by: Chris Columbus

Screenplay by: Steve Kloves

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, and Maggie Smith

Cinematography by: Roger Pratt

Music Composed by: John Williams

YEAR THREE: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

 

***

Directed by: Alfonso Cuaron

Screenplay by: Steve Kloves

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, and Timothy Spall

Cinematography by: Michael Seresin

Music Composed by: John Williams

 

Academy Awards:   Best Music, Original Score (John Williams) (Nominated)

                             Best Visual Effects (Nominated)

YEAR FOUR: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

**+

Directed by: Mike Newell

Screenplay by: Steve Kloves

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson, and Gary Oldman

Cinematography by: Roger Pratt

Music Composed by: Patrick Doyle with themes originally composed by John Williams

 

Academy Awards: Best Art Direction/Set Design (Nominated)

YEAR FIVE: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

 

***+

Directed by: David Yates

Screenplay by: Michael Goldenberg

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Imelda Staunton, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, and Alan Rickman

Cinematography by: Slawomir Idziak

Music Composed by: Nicholas Hooper with themes originally composed by John Williams

YEAR SIX: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

 

****

Directed by: David Yates

Screenplay by: Steve Kloves

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, and Jim Broadbent

Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel

Music Composed by: Nicholas Hooper with themes originally composed by John Williams

 

Academy Awards: Best Cinematography (Nominated)

YEAR SEVEN: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)

  

***+

Directed by: David Yates

Screenplay by:  Steve Kloves

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham-Carter, and Alan Rickman

Cinematography: Eduardo Serra

Music Composed by: Alexandre Desplat with themes originally composed by John Williams

Academy Awards:    Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Nominated)

                             Best Visual Effects (Nominated) 

Top Ten Friday: Silent Films

10. Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari (1920)

Directed by: Robert Wiene
Written by: Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Viedt, Friedrich Feher, and Lil Dagover
Cinematography by: Willy Hameister

9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Directed by: Rupert Julian
Written by: Elliott J. Clawson, Raymond L. Schrock, Bernard McConville, Jasper Spearing, Richard Wallace, Walter Anthony, Tom Reed, and Frank M. McCormick
Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, and Gibson Gowland
Cinematography by: Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller, and Charles Van Enger

8. Modern Times (1936)

Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Written by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, and Stanley Sandford
Cinematography by: Ira H. Morgan and Roland Totheroh

7. Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Directed by: Sergei Eisenstein
Written by: Nina Agadzhanova, Nikolai Aseyev, Sergei Eisenstein, and Sergei Tretyakov
Starring: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, and Ivan Bobrov
Cinematography by: Eduard Tisse

6. The Gold Rush (1925)

Directed by: Charles Chaplin
Written by: Charles Chaplin
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, and Tom Murray
Cinematography by: Roland Totheroh

5. The General (1926)

Directed by: Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton
Written by: Al Boasberg, Clyde Bruckman, and Buster Keaton
Starring: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, and Jim Farley
Cinematography: Bert Haines and Devereaux Jennings

4. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Written by: Carl Mayer
Starring: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, and Bodil Rosing
Cinematography by: Charles Rosher and Karl Struss

3. Metropolis (1927)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
Written by: Thea von Harbou
Starring: Alfred Abel, Bridgitte Helm, Gustav Froehlich, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Cinematography by: Karl Freund, Guenther Rittau, and Walter Ruttmann

2. Nosferatu; eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

Directed by: F.W. Murnau
Written by: Henrik Galeen
Starring: Gustav van Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder, Alexander Granach, and Max Schreck
Cinematography by: Fritz Arno Wagner and Guenther Krampf

1. City Lights (1931)

 

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Written by: Charles Chaplin

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, and Harry Myers

Cinematography by: Roland Totheroh and Gordon Pollock