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HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN - INDIVIDUAL CARD FROM THE \"UPDATE\" BASE SET - issued by ArtBox in 2004.

HarryPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 British-Americanfantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and distributed by WarnerBros. Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K.Rowling. The film, which is the third instalment in the HarryPotter film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced byChris Columbus (director of the first two instalments), David Heyman,and Mark Radcliffe. The story follows Harry Potter\'s third year atHogwarts as he is informed that a prisoner named Sirius Black hasescaped from Azkaban intending to kill him.

The filmstars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint andEmma Watson as Harry\'s best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.It also features well-known actors in supporting roles, includingGary Oldman, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon (in his debut in the roleof Albus Dumbledore), Emma Thompson and Timothy Spall. It is thesequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and isfollowed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

The filmwas released on 31 May 2004 in the United Kingdom and on 4 June 2004in North America, as the first HarryPotterfilm released into IMAX theatres and to be using IMAX Technology. Itis also the last HarryPotterfilm to be released on VHS. The film was nominated for two AcademyAwards, Best Original Music Score and Best Visual Effects at the 77thAcademy Awards in 2005.

Prisonerof Azkaban grossed a total of $796.7 million worldwide, making itthe second highest grossing film of 2004 and received widespreadcritical acclaim, with particular praise to Cuarón\'s directing andthe performances of the leads. It marked a notable change in the filmseries\' tone and direction and is considered by some critics and fansto be the best Harry Potter film.

Plot

HarryPotter has been spending another dissatisfying summer with TheDursleys. When Uncle Vernon\'s sister, Marge, insults Harry\'s parents,Harry loses his temper and accidentally causes her to inflate andfloat away. Harry flees with his luggage, fed up with his life withthe Dursleys. The Knight Bus delivers Harry to the Leaky Cauldron,where he is forgiven by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge for usingmagic outside of Hogwarts. After reuniting with his best friends Ronand Hermione, Harry learns that Sirius Black, a convicted supporterof the dark wizard Voldemort, who murdered Harry\'s parents, hasescaped Azkaban prison, intending to kill Harry.

The trioare returning to Hogwarts for the school year on the HogwartsExpress, when dementors suddenly board the train, searching forSirius. One enters the trio\'s compartment, causing Harry to pass out.New Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Lupin repels thedementor with a Patronus Charm. At Hogwarts, headmaster AlbusDumbledore announces that dementors will be guarding the school whileSirius is at large. Hogwarts groundskeeper Hagrid is announced as thenew Care of Magical Creatures teacher; his first class goes awry whenDraco Malfoy deliberately provokes a hippogriff, Buckbeak, whoattacks him. Draco exaggerates his injury, and Draco\'s father LuciusMalfoy later has Buckbeak sentenced to death.

The FatLady\'s portrait, which guards the Gryffindor quarters, is foundruined and empty. Terrified and hiding in another painting, the FatLady tells Dumbledore that Sirius Black has entered the castle.During a stormy Quidditch match against Hufflepuff, dementors attackHarry, causing him to fall off his broomstick. At Hogsmeade, Harry isshocked to learn that not only had Sirius Black been his father\'sbest friend and apparently betrayed them to Voldemort, but thatSirius is also his godfather. Lupin privately teaches Harry to defendhimself against dementors, using the Patronus Charm.

AfterHarry, Ron and Hermione witness Buckbeak\'s execution, Ron\'s pet ratScabbers bites him and escapes. When Ron gives chase, a large dogappears and drags both Ron and Scabbers into a hole at the WhompingWillow\'s base, which leads to an underground passage to the ShriekingShack. The trio discover that the dog is actually Sirius, who is anAnimagus. Lupin arrives and embraces Sirius as an old friend. Headmits to being a werewolf, and explains that Sirius is innocent.Sirius was falsely accused of betraying the Potters to Voldemort, andmurdering twelve Muggles and their mutual friend, Peter Pettigrew. Itis revealed that Scabbers is actually Pettigrew, an Animagus whocommitted the crime for which Sirius was seemingly convicted for, andhad betrayed the Potters. After forcing him back into a human, Lupinand Sirius prepare to kill him, but Harry convinces them to turnPettigrew over to the dementors.

As thegroup departs, the full moon rises; Lupin transforms into a werewolf,and Sirius transforms into his dog form to fight him off. In thechaos, Pettigrew escapes in his rat form. Sirius and Harry areattacked by dementors and Harry sees a figure in the distance savethem by casting a powerful Patronus spell. He believes the mysteriousfigure is his deceased father, and passes out. He awakens to discoverthat Sirius has been captured and sentenced to the Dementor\'s Kiss.Acting on Dumbledore\'s advice, Harry and Hermione travel back in timewith Hermione\'s Time Turner, and watch themselves and Ron repeat thenight\'s events. They save Buckbeak from execution and witness theDementors overpower Sirius and Harry. The present Harry realises thatit was actually he who conjured the Patronus, and does so again.Harry and Hermione rescue Sirius, who escapes with Buckbeak. Lupinresigns to prevent an uproar from parents over a werewolf teachingtheir children. Sirius sends Harry a Firebolt broom, and Harryhappily takes it for 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.
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Harry\'s Muggle-born 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 the age. Gambon assumed the role after Richard Harris, who played Dumbledore in the previous two films, died on 25 October 2002. 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, instead giving his own interpretation, putting on a slight Irish accent for the role, as well as completing his scenes in three weeks. Rumours of Ian McKellen being offered the role started to spread, but when asked he rejected the rumours and stated he had played a similar character in Gandalf of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also stated it would have been inappropriate to take Harris\' role, as the late actor had called McKellen a \"dreadful\" actor. Harris\'s family had expressed an interest in seeing Harris\'s close friend Peter O\'Toole being chosen as his replacement.
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 drew inspiration from Cuarón, whom he described as having \"such enthusiasm and a joy for life,\" and compared Sirius to John Lennon. He was \"surprised by how difficult it was to pull off\", comparing the role to Shakespearean dialogue. Oldman suggested Sirius\'s hairstyle, while Cuarón designed his tattoos. He had read the first book, and his children were fans of the series. The part made Oldman a hero with his children and their schoolmates.
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 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, 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.\" Cuarón told Thewlis that he thought Lupin was gay, describing him as a \"gay junkie\", although his idea turned out to be incorrect. Thewlis had seen the first two films and had only read part of the first book, although after taking the role he read the third. He was excited about the prospect of making a children\'s film, and enjoyed its filming.
Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney, the Divination teacher at Hogwarts.

JulieChristie plays Madam Rosmerta in the film. Lee Ingleby portrays StanShunpike, the conductor of the Knight Bus. Also Pam Ferris appears inthis film as Marge Dursley, Harry\'s aunt who is a lush. Jimmy Gardnerplays the driver of the Knight Bus, Ernest \"Ernie\" Prang(also called \"Ern\"). Lenny Henry provides the voice for theshrunken head that accompanies Ernie Prang on the Knight Azkaban,production of the HarryPotterfilms switched to an eighteen-month cycle, which producer DavidHeyman explained was \"to give each [film] the time it required.\"Chris Columbus, the director of the previous two films, decided notto return to helm the third instalment as he \"hadn\'t seen [his]own kids for supper in the week for about two and a half years.\"Even so, he remained on as a producer alongside Heyman. Guillermo delToro was approached to direct, but considered the film \"sobright and happy and full of light, that [he] wasn\'t interested.\"Marc Forster turned down the film because he had made FindingNeverlandand did not want to direct child actors again. M. Night Shyamalan wasconsidered to direct but turned it down because he was working on hisown film, TheVillage.Warner Bros. then composed a three-name short list for Columbus\'sreplacement, which comprised Callie Khouri, Kenneth Branagh (whoplayed Gilderoy Lockhart in Chamberof Secrets)and eventual selection Alfonso Cuarón. Cuarón was initially nervousabout accepting as he had not read any of the books, or seen thefilms. After reading the series, he changed his mind and signed on todirect, as he had immediately connected to the story. Cuarón\'sappointment pleased J. K. Rowling who loved his film YTu Mamá Tambiénand was impressed with his adaptation of ALittle Princess.Heyman found that \"tonally and stylistically, Cuarón was theperfect fit.\" As his first exercise with the actors who portraythe central trio, Cuarón assigned Radcliffe, Grint and Watson towrite an autobiographical essay about their character, written in thefirst person, spanning birth to the discovery of the magical world,and including the character\'s emotional experience. Of Rupert Grint\'sessay, Cuarón recalls, \"Rupert didn\'t deliver the essay. When Iquestioned why he didn\'t do it, he said, \'I\'m Ron; Ron wouldn\'t doit.\' So I said, \'Okay, you do understand your character.\' That wasthe most important piece of acting work that we did on Prisonerof Azkaban,because it was very clear that everything they put in those essayswas going to be the pillars they were going to hold on to for therest of the process.\"