Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a British-American fantasy film based on the fourth novel by J. K. Rowling, released on 18 November 2005. Mike Newell made his directorial debut for the series, while Steve Kloves returned from the first three films to write, as did David Heyman to produce. Reprising their roles from the previous films are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Bradley, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Robert Hardy, Shirley Henderson, and Mark Williams, while Brendan Gleeson, Miranda Richardson, Frances de la Tour, Predrag Bjelac, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Stanislav Ianevski, Clémence Poésy, Robert Pattinson, and David Tennant make their debut for the series.

This film is also the first appearance for Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort, a role which he would go on to reprise in all subsequent films in the series, except for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The film grossed $895 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2005 and the eighth highest-grossing film of all time at the time (behind Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Philosopher's Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Shrek 2, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Jurassic Park).

Plot[]

On the early morning hours of 16 August 1994, Frank Bryce is murdered by the hand of Lord Voldemort, who is apparently plotting to get to Harry Potter with the aid of Wormtail and an unidentified young man. Harry is woken up from a dream involving this by Hermione Granger.

Harry then travels by Portkey to the 422nd Quidditch World Cup with Amos and Cedric Diggory, whereby they witness the defeat of Bulgaria to Ireland. After the match, a gang of Death Eaters sparks terror among the campsite and Harry is separated from the others in the confusion and is knocked unconscious. After the destruction of the campsite, the unidentified young man from Harry's dream casts the Dark Mark into the sky, but flees when the others find Harry.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrive at Hogwarts, where they learn that the Triwizard Tournament will be taking place at the school that year. Delegations of students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrive in the school to take part in the tournament: however, during the introductions, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody enters the Great Hall and is introduced as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for that year.

The Goblet of Fire, a magical object that selects the participants for the tournament, selects Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum and Cedric Diggory. However, before the celebrations can begin, an unexpected fourth name is ejected from the goblet and is revealed to be Harry Potter. Albus Dumbledore proceeded to interrogate Harry as to how his name got into the goblet. His innocence is confirmed by Moody, but Harry is still required to compete in the tournament, as Barty Crouch Snr states that Harry is under a magical binding contract. The majority of students in the school believe Harry had cheated by entering into the tournament himself, and because of this incident, this made Ron jealous, causing him to shun Harry.

Harry soon learns that the first task is to steal a Golden egg from a dragon, after Rubeus Hagrid shows him the dragons for the task in the Forbidden Forest. He informs Cedric of the upcoming task and, with thanks from Moody, is able to capture the egg using his Firebolt broomstick. Ron realises that Harry would never knowingly put himself into such danger without knowing about it beforehand, and the two make up and begin talking once more. During the winter holidays, Hogwarts plays host to a Yule Ball, but the evening ends on a bad note, as Ron jealously learns that Hermione had a date with Viktor Krum. Harry later has a similar dream to the one he had over the summer, but from the point of view of Frank and wakes when Frank is killed by the Killing Curse. Grateful for his tip-off about the dragons, Cedric tells Harry how to solve the clue with the egg and advises him to "take a bath".

Harry listens to the Golden Egg in the Prefect's Bathroom and correctly deduces that the second task involves a trip into the Black Lake to find something that has been taken from him. Having obtained Gillyweed from Neville Longbottom before the task, he uses it to swim under the lake for an hour and rescues Ron from the Merpeople. He also frees Gabrielle Delacour, as Fleur does not arrive due to her being attacked by Grindylows. His act of saving Gabrielle, despite her not being Harry's hostage, allows him to gain second place and ties his points with Cedric, while earning him two kisses from Fleur herself.

After the task, Harry meets with Barty Crouch Snr, who congratulates him for his achievements and stating that Harry's parents would be very proud of him. Crouch's talk is cut off by Moody, who begins to make accusations that Crouch is trying to recruit Harry. As Crouch walks towards Moody, he flicks his tongue which alarms Crouch, before he leaves. While wandering the forest with Hagrid and the others, he finds Crouch's corpse and heads to Dumbledore's Office in the castle, where Cornelius Fudge argues with Dumbledore and adamantly tells Dumbledore that he will "not be seen as a coward" for cancelling the Triwizard Tournament. Dumbledore, Fudge and Moody leave the office when Harry's presence is made known to them, Dumbledore letting Harry know that he can have a Licorice Snap, but warns that they are a "wee bit sharp".

In his haste, Harry picks some of the candy up, but they start jumping around and biting his hand. He stumbles and hits a hidden floor switch, revealing the Pensieve, toward which Harry steps toward carefully and cautiously. He suddenly falls into the depths of the Pensieve after staring into the mist and falls into a courtroom, where he learns that Igor Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater and that Crouch Snr had a son by the same name. Harry suddenly recalls that Crouch's son looked very much like the unknown man in his dream. When he informs Dumbledore of this recollection, Dumbledore urges him to put it out of his mind for now.

While making his way back to Gryffindor Tower, he catches sight of Karkaroff's Dark Mark while he argues with Severus Snape in a potions store cupboard. Snape maliciously taunts Harry about the supposed thefts of Boomslang skin from his store cupboard and suggests that he and his friends are brewing Polyjuice Potion, threatening to use Veritaserum on Harry if any more ingredients go missing from his stores.

The third task consists of a maze, and the champions only need to find the Triwizard Cup in the centre, which has been placed there by Alastor Moody. The maze is later seen to be enchanted and blows gusts of wind every so often to disorient the champions. During the maze challenge, Krum stuns Fleur and attempts to do the same to Cedric, but is stunned when the latter uses the Disarming Charm against him. Harry stops Cedric from attacking Krum further and runs off, before noticing the cup. They run towards it, but Cedric is caught by roots and nearly engulfed by them, but Harry saves him. The two grab the cup themselves but are teleported to the graveyard of Little Hangleton. where Harry recalls his dreams of being in that place, but before he can explain further, Wormtail and Lord Voldemort arrive, causing Harry to clutch his scar in pain. Seeing the danger, Harry desperately tells Cedric to go back to the cup, but a cauldron standing between them activates, making Harry suffer pain in his scar even more. Cedric is killed by Wormtail and Harry is pinned to a statue of the angel of death.

Wormtail drops Voldemort into the potion, puts a bone of his father into it, cuts off his hand, and draws blood from Harry. The additions revive Voldemort. When Voldemort is fully revived, he summons the Death Eaters to the graveyard and fits Wormtail with a new hand. Voldemort admonishes them for leaving him and then spots Harry and explains to the Death Eaters about how Harry survived while he (Voldemort) was rendered powerless and disembodied, then touches Harry's scar, causing pain to Harry. Voldemort then frees an injured and weak Harry and forces him to a duel. He then tortures Harry with the torture curse. As they duel, their spell cause the effect of Priori Incantatem. The spirits of people killed by Voldemort's wand, Harry's parents, Cedric and Frank Bryce, exit out of Voldemort's wand and watch the two fight. Harry's father tells him that as soon as the connection is broken, they shall create a diversion to hold Voldemort and the Death Eaters for a few seconds so Harry can get back to the cup. Cedric asks him to bring his body back. Harry does not break contact until his mother orders him to do so. The spirits create the said diversion, giving Harry enough time to get to Cedric's body and summon the Triwizard Cup with the Accio spell and then teleport to Hogwarts. Voldemort roars with fury when his plan fails.

Upon Harry's arrival at Hogwarts, the entire community and the the two other schools express horror when they see Cedric's corpse. An exhausted Harry then tries to tell Dumbledore what happened but in the chaos Moody secretly takes Harry away from the maze and into his office, where he reveals himself to be behind all the events of the year; it was he who put Harry's name in the Goblet, suggested that Hagrid take Harry into the woods to see the dragons, informed Cedric how to discover the clue in the Golden egg, gave Neville Longbottom the book about Gillyweed, bewitched Viktor in the maze, and made the Triwizard Cup a Portkey.

Dumbledore, realising that the real Moody would not get Harry away from him, forcibly breaks into his office with Snape and McGonagall, and disarms him. After Snape forces Veritaserum upon Moody, the latter indicates a magical trunk where the professors and Harry discover the real Moody. The Polyjuice Potion wears off and the impostor is revealed to be Bartemius Crouch Jnr, who impersonated Moody to access Hogwarts, arranged events to ensure Harry made it to the third task, and also stole from Snape's stores. The professors and Harry leave the room and Snape stays to guard Bartemius, his wand pointed at the latter's face; Bartemius makes a final snake-like flick of his tongue, his trademark move.

A Memorial Feast is held at the Great Hall, in memory of Cedric, where Dumbledore announces, against the Minister's will, that Voldemort is back once more. Afterwards Harry, Ron and Hermione reflect on events knowing that Hogwarts will never be the same.

Chapters[]

1. The Riddle House
2. The Portkey
3. The Quidditch World Cup
4. The Dark Mark
5. The Triwizard Tournament
6. The Goblet of Fire
7. The Unforgivable Curses
8. The Four Champions
9. Let Events Unfold
10. Rita Skeeter
11. Sirius Conversation
12. The Hungarian Horntail
13. Transforming Malfoy
14. The First Task
15. Best Foot Forward
16. An Unexpected Challenge
17. The Yule Ball
18. The Egg’s Clue
19. The Second Task
20. Never Whole Again
21. The Pensieve
22. Dreams and Suspicions
23. The Third Task
24. Flesh, Blood, and Bone
25. The Death Eaters
26. Priori Incantatem
27. Veritaserum
28. Parting Ways
29. End Credits

Cast[]

Main cast members[]

Unidentified cast members[]

Non-notable cast members[]

Character omissions[]

• Aurora Sinistra
• Ludovic Bagman
• Molly Weasley (Mentioned only)
• Vernon Dursley
• Petunia Dursley
• Dudley Dursley
• Justin Finch-Fletchley
• Bellatrix Lestrange
• Rodolphus Lestrange
• Rabastan Lestrange
• Mrs Crouch
• Bill Weasley
• Charlie Weasley (Mentioned only)
• Percy Weasley
• Garrick Ollivander (Cut from final release)
• Narcissa Malfoy
• Bertha Jorkins
• Dobby
• Winky
• Trevor
• Professor Grubbly-Plank
• Sybill Trelawney
• Pomona Sprout (mentioned only)
• Pansy Parkinson
• Lavender Brown
• Colin Creevey
• Dennis Creevey
• Peeves
• Nearly-Headless Nick
• Oliver Wood
• Basil
• Mr Roberts
• Mrs Roberts
• Roberts children
• Archie
• Kevin
• Mrs Finnigan
• Irma Pince (possibly)
• Poppy Pomfrey
• Stan Shunpike
• Buckbeak
• Lee Jordan
• Sorting Hat

Differences from the book[]

Goblet of Fire contains arguably the most changes from the book, which led to much fan backlash.

1. The Riddle House[]

2. The Scar[]

3. The Invitation[]

4. Back to The Burrow[]

5. Weasley's Wizard Wheezes[]

6. The Portkey[]

7. Bagman and Crouch[]

8. The Quidditch World Cup[]

9. The Dark Mark[]

10. Mayhem at the Ministry[]

11. Aboard the Hogwarts Express[]

12. The Triwizard Tournament[]

• Harry & co. walking up to the Gryffindor dormitory and discussing ways to bypass the Age-line with Fred and George, along with Neville falling through the invisible step on the Grand Staircase, and later meeting with Dean and Seamus in their dormitory is omitted. Harry & Ron do discuss what it would be like to enter and win the tournament right before Fred and George attempt to enter their names, however. One can also see Dean’s West Ham football among other memorabilia in the boys’ dormitory in the later scene when Harry and Ron argue over Harry’s entry in the Triwizard Tournament.

13. Mad-Eye Moody[]

• The scene where Draco Malfoy is transfigured into a ferret is slightly altered in the film. In the book it takes place indoors whereas in the film, it takes place outdoors in the transfiguration Courtyard.
• In the book, Draco harasses Ron about an article in the Daily Prophet about his father, and Harry replies by asking Draco if his mother wears a contemptible expression when he's around. In the film, Draco harasses Harry about a bet his father and he have made about how long he'll last in the tournament, to which Harry responds by telling Draco, "I don't give a damn what your father thinks, he's vile and cruel and you're just pathetic!"
• In both cases, it ends with Draco trying to curse Harry only to be transfigured by Moody.

14. The Unforgivable Curses[]

• The only lesson seen in the film is the lesson by Mad-Eye Moody in which he explains and demonstrates the Unforgivable Curses.
• In the book, Moody tells the class that only the sixth years can learn about illegal dark curses and that Dumbledore supposedly allowed him to teach it to them, whereas in the film he states "The Ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do I say different! You need to know what you're up against! You need to be prepared!..."
• During the DADA class, Moody addresses Lavender Brown by saying "You need to put that away, Miss Brown, when I'm talking." This line is changed in the film to address Seamus Finnigan by saying "You need to find a better place to put your chewing gum besides the underside of your desk, Mr Finnigan!"
• In the film, Moody demonstrates the three Unforgivable Curses on a single spider, ultimately killing it. In the book, he uses a different spider for each one.
  • He also enlarges a spider when performing the Cruciatus Curse but in the film he enlarged the spider to demonstrate the Imperius Curse.
• In the book, when Moody asks Hermione about the last curse, she very quietly replies in fear. In the film, she's unwilling to even say what the curse is.

15. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang[]

• The scene where Moody is shown using the Imperius Curse on students - despite it being illegal to do so - in order to teach them how to overcome its effects, along with Harry being the only one succeeding is omitted.
• The film implies that Durmstrang is an all-boy school and Beauxbatons is all-girl. However, in the book, both schools are shown to be co-ed just like Hogwarts.
• There is no reference made to Fleur Delacour being a part-Veela in the film, though all the students from Beauxbatons are shown to be very attractive. Additionally, the film also depicts the Beauxbatons students being a happy group rather than sullen and unhappy, even depicting the Beuaxbatons giving suggestive sighs during their entrance.
• The students from Hogwarts greet the visitors from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang outside the front doors of the castle in the book, but in the film, the Hogwarts residents sit in the Great Hall and the guests enter the hall in dramatic style.

16. The Goblet of Fire[]

• The Goblet of Fire's appearance differs in the book, whereby it is seen as a small cup that is pulled out of a casket, whereas in the film, it's hidden behind a large frame and cannot seemingly be moved.
• Only Fred and George Weasley attempt to circumvent the Age Line that is placed around the Goblet of Fire in the film. Additionally, when the potion goes wrong, they begin fighting with a cheering crowd, whereas they simply take it in their stride and go to Madam Pomfrey in the book.

17. The Four Champions[]

• The room at the back of the hall is unnamed in the book, but in the films and video games, this is stated to be the Trophy Room.
• Dumbledore's reaction to Harry's name exiting the Goblet is completely different; In the book, he remains calm and passive towards Harry, calmly asking him whether he put his name into the Goblet. In the film, he appears much more angry and panic-stricken, running down into the Trophy Room with some of the other teachers, even grabbing Harry and pushing him into a bunch of trophies in the room to demand an answer about the boy's name being in the Goblet. This particular difference has come under scrutiny and heavy criticism from fans of the book, to the point of becoming a meme and subject of merciless ridicule. There has even been a fan-made gif of Richard Harris' portrayal of Dumbledore calmly asking Harry as he does in the book, which has been well-received.
• All of the Slytherins in the book support Cedric Diggory, but it is never brought up in the film.
• In the book, only the Gryffindors accept Harry's name being drawn from the Goblet of Fire, with the exception of Ron. However, the film additionally includes Cedric as someone accepting Harry's name.
  • On a similar note, Ron in the film is more openly hostile to Harry regarding his putting of his name in the goblet, despite Harry's denials. In the book, Ron attempts to feign congratulations with more sarcastic barbs that Harry quickly picks up on.

18. The Weighing of the Wands[]

• Harry and Draco's attempted attacks on each other with the spells Furnunculus and Densaugeo, respectively, are omitted.
• Ollivander does not appear to inspect the wands, unlike in the book.
• Harry receives the letter from Sirius in the Gryffindor Tower in the book, but in the film, he receives it in the Owlery. Additionally, the owl in the film has a tendency to bite people, which the owl in the book does not do.

19. The Hungarian Horntail[]

• The speech error by Hagrid, where he incorrectly says "Bong-sewer", is not shown in the film, as he correctly says "Bonsoir".
• Hermione struggles to deliver a message to Harry from Ron due to the length, barely saying it the first time, and ultimately cuts to the chase the second time after Harry expressed confusion from the lengthy message, and also gets angry when Harry attempts to have her relay a message to Ron that she's not an owl. This was not from the book.
• Charlie's appearance in the forest is omitted, though Hagrid mentions him. This also includes Charlie congratulating Harry after the task is completed.

20. The First Task[]

• Hermione hugs Harry just before the First Task begins, with Rita's photographer capturing the moment and trying to suggest that there is romance between them. This does not happen in the book.
• The method in which Harry completes the First Task differs substantially between the various media's. In the book, he uses a clever and skilled flying strategy, but in the film, the dragon escapes the safety of the arena and chases Harry all over Hogwarts, before Harry tricks the dragon into hitting a bridge. Additionally, Hermione has to remind Harry to use his wand in the film, but does not require this reminder in the book.
• The score by the judge's at the end of the task is completely omitted, with only a very vague reference to a leaderboard in place at the Second Task by Dumbledore.
• The scene in which Ron and Harry make up takes place in the celebration party at the Common Room, rather than outside in the Grounds. Also, while Harry instantly forgives Ron in the book he doesn't seem ready to immediately in the film.

21. The House-Elf Liberation Front[]

• There is no mention about Rita being banned from Hogwarts for her harassing stories about students of the school, due to Rita's role being severely reduced in the film. This additionally includes a scene in which Rita attempts to get an interview with Hagrid during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson.
• Additionally, there is absolutely no reference in the film series to the prejudice against house-elves or the "Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare", the society that Hermione created. The entire subplot is not acknowledged in later films, due to the removal of non-important elves.

22. The Unexpected Task[]

• Harry and Ron spend much more time trying to figure out who to ask to the Yule Ball in the book than they do in the film.

23. The Yule Ball[]

• Draco Malfoy is briefly seen with an unidentified Beauxbatons girl due to Pansy Parkinson being written out of the film.
• Hermione's hair is not in a neat bun and her dress is pink, rather than periwinkle blue. This caused a ridiculous amount of fan backlash claiming wearing pink is uncharacteristic of her.
• Ron complaints that he "smells" and "looks" like his great aunt Tessie in the film, but there is no such reference in the book.
• Harry's dress robes are black, rather than bottle green, in the film.
• Percy Weasley's lines of dialogue in the book where he takes over for Mr Crouch as a tournament judge are omitted entirely from the film, due to the omission of Percy as a character from the film adaptation.
  • As such Mr Crouch attends the Yule Ball in the film adaptation, unlike the book.
• Parvati Patil leaves Harry for a Durmstrang student, rather than a Beauxbatons student, due to the film making Beauxbatons an all-girl school.
• The scenes in which Hagrid reveals to Olympe Maxime that he is a half-giant, and Igor Karkaroff showing his Dark Mark to Severus Snape, are placed in different parts of the film, rather than being found out secretively from Harry and Ron eavesdropping on their conversations in the grounds at the time of the Ball.
  • Due to these changes, there are no mentions whatsoever to the scandal that followed when Rita revealed information about Hagrid to the public.
  • The scene where Snape and Karkaroff secretly meet regarding the Dark Mark and Harry witnessing it secretly was part of the deleted scenes, although only Harry bore witness to it. Snape also ends up busting two students who decided to become amorous to each other in one of the coaches (the same one that Harry was hiding behind) and docks points from Hufflepuff as a result in this scene.

24. Rita Skeeter's Scoop[]

• A continuity error develops in the succeeding film due to the removal of Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank from this film. In the book she took over Hagrid's teaching duties while Hagrid was hiding in his cabin out of fear after Rita Skeeter's article about Hagrid was released to the public.

25. The Egg and the Eye[]

• After helping Harry solving the clue within his Golden Egg, Myrtle, who happened to be in best mood, decided to try to lean on him, much to his discomfort for the rest of his bath. This doesn't happen in the book, as she asked him to pay a visit whenever he had the chance instead.
• Harry hiding under the Cloak to avoid Snape never happens in the final cut but was filmed.
  • As such the part of Harry giving Alastor Moody the Marauder's Map after almost getting caught by Snape, only to later take it back after learning the truth of his actual identity were omitted.

26. The Second Task[]

• In the film, Neville gives Harry the Gillyweed, having learned of its existence from a book given to him by Moody. In the novel, it had been Moody's original plan for this to happen, but since Harry failed to ask Neville for help on completing the Second Task, he was forced to have Dobby supply him with the Gillyweed instead. Also in the film, the book Moody gives Neville is titled Magical Water Plants of the Highland Lochs rather than Magical Mediterranean Water-Plants and Their Properties. Whereas in the book Dobby gives Harry the Gillyweed in the Library, in the film Neville provides Harry with the substance just before he and Harry head onto a boat.
• The champions jump into the lake from platforms built out in the middle of the Black Lake, instead of entering the lake from the shoreline. This was to make this scene look more interesting.
• Harry does not meet Moaning Myrtle in the lake during the task.
• Harry rescues Ron and Gabrielle Delacour using his wand, rather than picking up a jagged rock.
• In the book, Fleur tried to go back into the lake only to get restrained by Madame Maxime due to Fleur forfeiting the task. In the film, she stands on the edge of the platform worried with several of her fellow students comforting her. Also, Fleur helped Gabrielle to the platform, but in the book, both Harry and Ron took Gabrielle to the shore.
• In the book, Harry gets attacked by Grindylows shortly before he finds the merpeople village and rescues Ron and Gabrielle. In the film, he gets attacked by Grindylows after rescuing Ron and Gabrielle.
• Crouch Snr is erroneously depicted as being a judge of the Second Task and is also shown congratulating Harry for his efforts. These changes are due to the removal of Percy and Ludo Bagman from the film. Largely because of this, Crouch Snr has a heart-to-heart talk with Harry about lost loved ones and how life goes on, something that Crouch Snr not only didn't do in the book, but also would have been uncharacteristic of him to do.
  • Crouch Snr also has a brief encounter with Mad-Eye Moody where the latter alludes to an incident at the Department of Mysteries where one of the new recruits never came out, before making a certain facial gesture that was all too familiar to Bartemius Crouch Snr (see below) and causes Crouch Snr to become spooked.

27. Padfoot Returns[]

• Rita Skeeter's article about the love triangle between Harry, Hermione and Krum was published shortly after the first task in the film, unlike in the book which was published after the second task.
• Snape accuses Harry of stealing the Gillyweed after Harry catches sight of Karkaroff's Dark Mark, which occurs after Harry has spoken with Dumbledore about the scenes in the Pensieve, unlike in the book where the conversation took place during Potions class. Additionally, Snape's store cupboard is represented as a dingy closest off a corridor instead of being in his office.
• Due to Sirius Black not returning to the castle in the film, the secret meeting the trio had with him in a Cave near Hogsmeade where they learned about Barty Crouch Snr's background and his son was removed, although a similar scene was used in place of the film where Sirius Black contacts Harry via the fireplace and has him alluding to Barty Crouch Snr's sentencing of his son.
• The identity of Moody in the film is made clear to the viewer before the film has completed, during the scene in the Pensieve. When Crouch Jnr is brought in front of his father, he performs a tell-tale "tongue flick", which has been seen multiple times before this point by "Moody". In the book, the identity of Moody is unknown until the very end, which means that viewers will already know that Moody is actually Crouch Jnr before the reveal in the film.

28. The Madness of Mr Crouch[]

• Hermione does not receive hate mail in response to Rita's love triangle article, unlike in the book.
• There's no Care of Magical Creatures lesson on Nifflers.
• The part where Molly gives Harry and Ron Easter eggs the size of dragon's eggs and Hermione receiving an Easter egg the size of a chicken egg (due to Molly being an avid reader of Witch Weekly) is omitted.
• In the film, Dumbledore gives an overview on the Third Task to the Four Champions before the task begins, due to the omission of Ludo. In the book, Ludo gives an overview of the Third Task to the Four Champions, a month prior, as the maze was still being set up.
• Due to having low screen time, Fleur does not give Harry a friendly smile (representing a budding friendship between the two) right before the Champions were given an overview of the maze.
• Viktor does not talk to Harry about the love triangle story, as well as compliment Harry's flying, unlike in the book. He also doesn't get Stunned by Crouch Jnr.
• Crouch Snr's death is portrayed a little differently in the film. Instead of being killed simply for escaping and to be prevented from warning Dumbledore, he is killed by Moody (actually Crouch Jnr in disguise) to hide the fact that Crouch Snr had discovered who Moody actually was. Additionally, his body is found by Harry while hiking with Ron, Hermione and Hagrid, rather than being eradicated and transfigured into a bone to cover up his death.

29. The Dream[]

• There are no references to a dream Harry has whereby he sees Voldemort punishing Wormtail for failing to monitor Crouch Snr as Crouch Snr is not captured in the film version.
• In the book, Fudge's argument with Dumbledore was over the mystery of what happened to Crouch Snr. In the film however, as Crouch Snr's death was known, it was instead over whether to cancel the tournament, which Fudge was refusing to do as he was afraid people would see him as a coward.
  • Because of the different circumstances to Crouch Snr's death, Fudge's wild accusations that Olympe Maxime may have killed Crouch Snr as a result of her being "half-giant" during his argument with Dumbledore was completely omitted.

30. The Pensieve[]

• In the film, Harry stumbles upon the Pensieve by accident due to being bitten at by various Licorice Snaps (which Dumbledore had earlier warned about by stating they were "a wee bit sharp").
• The Dementors are not seen taking away anyone from the court room.
• The Pensieve memory scenes are altered significantly in the film:
  • Moody has his magical eye, with his implying that Evan Rosier took his original eye in the duel that resulted in his death, while in the book, it was his nose that got destroyed by Rosier before his death.
  • There are no references to Crouch Jnr supposedly having "died" in Azkaban.
  • Karkaroff "grasses up" Crouch Jnr for having tortured Alice and Frank Longbottom, and Crouch Jnr does not make any effort to deny the accusations, even openly showcasing his proudness for doing it as well as sarcastically "greeting" his father upon being caught.
    • Karkaroff also initially shocks the present audience when divulging the name, before clarifying that he meant his son.
  • Harry only sees the trial involving Karkaroff.
  • Crouch Snr appears to be horrified at having to send his son to Azkaban, instead of being proud at doing so.
• Dumbledore and Harry's discussion of what Harry saw in the Pensieve and his dreams is for unknown reasons cut short and Dumbledore leaves Harry with an uncharacteristic resolution (to "cast them away") instead of explaining about the dreams being a result of Voldemort cursing him with his scar and also wishing him luck on the final challenge.
  • Largely because of the aforementioned dreams explicitly including Barty Crouch Jnr in the films when he was absent in the books, Harry also proceeds to explain to Dumbledore Crouch's presence in the dreams, with it being implied that Dumbledore has an eureka moment regarding figuring out what had actually happened regarding the Triwizard Cup as a result.

31. The Third Task[]

• Largely due to the aforementioned moving of Karkaroff's interaction with Snape over their reappearing Dark Mark tattoos, Harry instead stumbles upon them in the storehouse of Snape's potions classroom. Also because of this, Snape's threat to Harry about slipping Veritaserum into his pumpkin juice should he try to steal any more ingredients for Polyjuice potion and/or Gillyweed was moved to this instance, when originally, it occurred much earlier while Harry was in the classroom.
• The Maze appears to sprawl across an entire valley, rather than being confined to the Quidditch Stadium. Additionally, the Triwizard Cup's location in the Maze is unknown in the film.
• Amos Diggory is fleetingly shown attending the final task with Arthur Weasley, which is due to Bill and Molly Weasley not being in the film. This leads to continuity problems in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, because the film did not mention how Fleur met Bill for the first time, unlike in the book where the two met for the first time right before the Third Task began.
• Cedric's mother is omitted from the film and there are no references to her, either.
• Fleur's parents and Viktor's parents don't appear to watch the Third Task, unlike in the book.
• Gabrielle does not give a friendly wave to Harry, unlike in the book.
• There are no creatures present in the Maze, so many scenes involving creatures and other such obstacles are omitted from the film. To compensate for the lack of creatures, such as Blast-Ended Skrewts and the Sphinx, the hedges themselves are the obstacle, which are bewitched to frequently change the routes available to the champions, blow large winds down pathways if certain spells are used and to tie up the champions.
• Krum uses the Cruciatus Curse on Cedric in the book, but attempts to hit Cedric what appears to be the Killing Curse or a green-colored Stunning Spell in the film. However, the Stunning Spell in the film was shown to be coloured red.
• In the third Triwizard task, the champions sent red sparks into the air to notify when someone needed help. In the film, the spell used to do so was Periculum, whereas in the books, a different red sparks spell was used.
• There is practically no argument over who should take the Cup, as both grab it before the Maze swallows them up (although it is unknown if they would have been okay or not if they'd let the Maze swallow them up).
• Barty Crouch Jnr and Peter Pettigrew call Lord Voldemort as such, which is something that never occurs in the books.

32. Flesh, Blood and Bone[]

• Cedric says "Who are you? What do you want?!" before he is killed in the film, while in the book he does not say anything.
• A large, sinister, statue of the angel of death wielding a scythe is animated to trap Harry, rather than ordinary ropes being conjured.
• In the novel, Wormtail tied Harry to Tom Riddle Snr's gravestone so tightly and gagged him that he could neither move nor speak. In the film, Wormtail levitated Harry high above the tombstone (which has a statue of the angel of death) and had the statue hold Harry with a neck-lock via the scythe, and left just enough room for Harry for him to scream.
• In both the novel and the film Wormtail cuts off his right hand. In the novel, Wormtail's right hand is the one with the missing finger; in the film it was his left hand with the missing finger, so he cuts off his hand that still has all five fingers, retaining his hand with the missing finger when Voldemort replaces the lost hand with a silver one.
• The manner in which Voldemort is reborn differs between the film and the novel. In the novel, Voldemort rises from the cauldron naked and is clothed by Wormtail. In the film, the cauldron dissolved in flame and quickly merged with Voldemort, making him appear dressed in the black robes already. This was done for censorship reasons.

33. The Death Eaters[]

• Voldemort's robes materialise from the smoke, rather than being given to him by Wormtail (as explained above). Subsequently, Voldemort asks Wormtail his wand afterwards instead of procuring it from his robe himself after being clothed. This was done for censorship reasons.
• Voldemort's eyes are blue, rather than red, due to more emotion being available from blue eyes than red.
• In the book, when Voldemort forces Wormtail to expose his Death Eater tattoo arm to summon the Death Eaters, Wormtail proceeds to beg Voldemort not to do so before screaming in agony over Voldemort jabbing his wand onto the tattoo. The film has Wormtail being silent throughout the entire sequence, although he briefly expressed non-verbal terror when realising what Voldemort was intended to do.
  • Additionally, Wormtail wasn't reduced into sobbing mess, nor was he magically slammed against a headstone near Harry by Voldemort to test his restored magic, and thus had enough strength to stand on his feet and approach Voldemort to affirm his loyalty after the latter's conversation with Lucius, while nevertheless still in pain from severing his own hand.
• Voldemort torturing Avery was removed from the final cut of the film.
• Voldemort angrily dispels the Death Eaters' masks off their faces one by one while berating them, leaving them dropped to their knees, with Lucius being the last. This doesn't happen in the book.
• Wormtail had his new silver hand conjured right at the stump where his severed arm used to be by Voldemort as opposed of being conjured in the thin air before being attached. He also didn't test it by crushing a twig, only admiring it as Harry watched.
• A large part of the "history" lesson provided by Voldemort is omitted in the final cut of the film (some of it may be in the unreleased scenes) though he does explain a small portion of what happened to him after he notices Harry.
• Additionally, he touches Cedric's face with his foot to which Harry yells "DON'T TOUCH HIM!!" causing Voldemort to notice him.
• Voldemort touches Harry's scar, rather than his cheek, presumably to cause pain to Harry.

34. Priori Incantatem[]

• Voldemort does not use the Imperius Curse on Harry the second time to make Harry answer Voldemort's question in the film, unlike in the book.
• There is no levitation of Harry and Voldemort during the effect of Priori Incantatem.
• There are a few changes in the duel between Harry and Voldemort that follow Voldemort's rebirth. In the film adaptation, Bertha Jorkins doesn't appear with the echo of James and Lily Potter, Cedric Diggory, and Frank Bryce when Harry's wand and Voldemort's connected, despite being the victim he used to convert Nagini into a living Horcrux. Bertha Jorkins's story was omitted altogether from the film, due to timing reasons.
• In the novel, the echo of Frank Bryce voices to Harry his shock that he was killed by a wizard and tells Harry to stand his ground, but doesn't say anything in the film.

35. Veritaserum[]

• When Harry returns to Hogwarts with Cedric's body, he begins crying over Cedric instead of being unable to cry like in the book.
• Harry learns about Moody being responsible for putting Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire after he drops large hints about certain events that occurred throughout the film as well as Moody being privy to key details about Voldemort's revival that he should not have any knowledge about due to Harry never mentioning it (specifically, his asking about whether the other Death Eaters made it to the graveyard), rather than being told directly by Moody that he had been responsible.
  • On a similar note, Harry in the film does not learn that the "Moody" that was at Hogwarts had been an impostor until after Dumbledore opens up the seventh chest compartment and finds him inside, while in the book, Harry learns from Dumbledore directly that the "Moody" at Hogwarts had in fact been an impostor while Harry lamented Moody's treacherous nature, citing that the real Moody would never have taken Harry away from the field without Dumbledore's permission.
  • Moreover, in the film Dumbledore doesn't notice that "Moody" took Harry away from the field. However, Fred and George were looking at "Moody" when he was walking away with Harry. This is very likely that they informed Dumbledore about it and it caused him to become suspicious.
• Dumbledore uses the Disarming Charm, instead of the Stunning Spell, to disable the impostor Moody.
• In the book, Dumbledore opens Moody's chest several times before finding the real Moody unconscious in the final chest compartment. In the film, Snape opens the chest, which reveals multiple layers (similar to a Russian nesting doll) before showing that Moody is conscious albeit in pain due to losing both his eye and artificial leg.
• The impostor Moody changes back to Barty Crouch Jnr as a result of running out of Polyjuice Potion, rather than never getting the chance to take the potion before being disarmed.
  • Likewise, how they deduced it was Polyjuice Potion he was using to pose as Moody was different: In the book, Dumbledore and Snape open the flask and dump the contents out and confirm what was inside the container. In the film, Snape, after Harry expresses confusion as to who was sitting behind them upon seeing Moody imprisoned inside his own container, briefly opens the flask and smells it before deducing its contents from its smell.
• Moody's interrogation is nearly non-existent in the film. Instead of having the disguise wear off and being forced to take Veritaserum and reveal how he got there, he is given the potion while in disguise and only asked three questions regarding his identity and the real Moody.
  • On a similar note, the original book had "Moody's" reverting back to Crouch Jnr occurring after he was knocked unconscious. The film, on the other hand, had him reverting back to his true identity while he was still conscious, leading to him suffering from extreme agony from the reversion process and even being forced to physically remove his Magical Eye due to his natural eye being restored in the process.
  • Due to the entire lack of an explanation as to how Crouch Jnr even got to Hogwarts in the first place, a quite large plot-hole is created, since previously, it was a huge deal when Sirius Black managed to escape the prison, but because the whole backstory about Crouch Snr switching his son with his dying wife with Polyjuice Potion and Mrs Crouch dying in place of her son, it is unknown how Crouch Jnr's escape went unnoticed by anyone, let alone the Dementors.
  • Additionally, Dumbledore asks McGonagall to inform Azkaban that a prisoner is missing, but he already knows that Crouch Jnr was not there due to Harry's dream.

36. The Parting of the Ways[]

• The fate of Barty Crouch Jnr is unknown, as he is last seen being held prisoner by his former comrade Severus Snape and his being Kissed was a critical part of Fudge's denial that Voldemort was back.
  • Since the Hospital Wing scene was omitted, in which Fudge is claimed to have performed the Dementor's Kiss and was doubting the story purported by Dumbledore and Harry, it creates a strange consistency error in the next film that just makes it seem like Fudge wanted to create a random smear campaign against Harry, even though he had not been told that Voldemort had returned at any point, yet he seemed to already know this during Harry's later hearing. However, the only hint of the Ministry wishing to cover up the truth was mentioned during Dumbledore's memorial speech for Cedric.
  • Additionally, this also omits the part where Fudge drops off the 1000 Galleons Triwizard Winnings on Harry's bedside table, pointing out that there should have been a presentation ceremony if not for Cedric's death.

37. The Beginning[]

• Because of the omission of the Hospital Wing, Harry does not meet with Cedric's parents again after Harry recovered.
• There is no memorial feast in the Great Hall: instead, Dumbledore hosts a gathering of the students with a speech to pay respect to Cedric Diggory. This also omits part of the speech where Dumbledore honours Harry for risking his life returning Cedric's body back to Hogwarts and showing bravery when facing and escaping Voldemort.
• Viktor Krum bids goodbye only to Hermione in the film, but in the book Krum also talks to Harry and Ron.
• In the film, Fleur and Gabrielle kiss Ron goodbye before leaving, but they do not say goodbye to Harry (though it could have happened offscreen). In the book, Fleur shook Harry's hand hoping to see him again, while revealing she plans on getting a job in England. Also, Gabrielle was not present when Fleur bids Harry goodbye.
• The train ride home on the Hogwarts Express is omitted. Therefore a scene that is omitted is where Harry gives Fred and George Weasley his Triwizard Tournament winnings so they can open up their joke shop. This causes some continuity problems with the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which begs the question as to how the twins got the money to supply their dream of opening a joke shop. However, as the Weasley twins are shown gathering money from people's bets of the Triwizard Tournament throughout the film, it is possible that they could have gotten money for their joke shop through that.
  • Owing to Ludo Bagman being cut from the film, Fred and George's admission that they were planning to blackmail him after realising he gave them leprechaun's gold during the World Cup (and also explaining his self-serving reasons for attempting to illegally help Harry throughout the Triwizard Tournament and also his abrupt departure after the third task) was also cut from the original film.
  • It is is also implied that Harry gave his Triwizard Winnings offscreen after the other schools left.
• Rita Skeeter's beetle form was omitted.
• Hermione does not kiss Harry on the cheek before he leaves.

Mistakes[]

• In the Welcoming Feast at the start of term in Hogwarts, when Mr Filch is running up to Dumbledore, he passes Ron Weasley twice.
• Also in the Welcoming Feast, Seamus Finnigan can be seen sitting next to Ron Weasley. But later in this scene he is shown sitting next to Hermione, on the other side of the table.
• During Moody's unforgivable curse lesson, when he writes down "unforgivable curses," the "o" in the word unforgivable is large, but when he has the spider under the Imperius Curse, the o is smaller.
• During the scene where the Champions are announced, one of the Weasley Twins is seen sitting two seats on to Harry, next to Seamus Finnigan. During Dumbledore's call for the students to sit, both of the Weasley Twins are seen sitting down with other students behind him. When the shot goes back to Harry, the Weasley twin is sitting there in the same place.
• In the scene when Moody is about to chase Draco Malfoy his staff is sticking out at an angle but when we next see it it is up straight. Also when he goes towards Draco after turning him into a ferret saying You stinking, cowardly, scummy." he is using his staff for support but after Draco says the line "My father will hear about this" and chases him he is chasing him without support.
• When Fred throws Ron the note about the ball that is coming up soon it is written at the top of the page with four lines but when Ron reads it, it only has three lines and is in the centre of the page.
• After the second task you can see Hermione giving up her towel to Harry, but when it cuts forth and back to Dumbledore, she has got the towel wrapped around her again. They go back to her and she just has a robe, and no towel.
• Before the four competitors enter the maze, Amos Diggory hugs Cedric and says "Good luck, that's my boy", but his lips do not move.
• During the maze challenge, Harry completely rips Cedric's shirt. However, just a second later, his shirt is seen only slightly ripped at places.
• When Voldemort and Harry duel near to the end, when Harry moves from one hand holding his wand to two, this movement is seen twice from two different camera angles, a split second apart.
• During the Priori Incantatem effect, Cedric's body is seen just a couple feet away from the Portkey. A few moments later when Harry summons it, it seems a long way off.
• Despite Percy Weasley having been omitted from the film, a person that looks very much like Percy appears briefly in the end scene where the students are saying goodbye to their guests.

Behind the scenes[]

• This is the first film to be rated PG-13 in the US^[14], 12A in the UK^[15] and M in Australia^[16] (M means the film is not recommended for under 15s, but not illegal to sell). The previous films were given a PG or lower rating in those countries.
• This is the only Harry Potter film not to feature Julie Walters as Molly Weasley.
• First appearance of Honeydukes Express lady since Philosopher's Stone.
• The Hogwarts song mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone appears in the film as a deleted scene.
• Opening credits:
  • This is the only film were the title appears without fading in. Instead the "Harry Potter" part pans in from the skies, and the "Goblet of Fire" letters appear through a blue flame like effect.
  • This is the third film that has no lightning during the title. The first one is Chamber of Secrets and the second one is Prisoner of Azkaban. This may be a result of the new director, hired after the second film.
  • This is the second of only two films in which the title is not placed in between clouds, the first being Prisoner of Azkaban.
  • The reflection of Nagini slithering by can be seen in the WB logo at the beginning of the film.
• The scene, where Harry wakes up after having a dream about Voldemort when he murders Frank Bryce, was the last scene filmed.

• In the ending credits a line reads, "No Dragons were harmed in the making of this movie". This is a reference to the First task, in which Harry caused his dragon (the Hungarian Horntail) to be greatly injured in a fall.
• In the scene when Harry warns Cedric about the dragons, Seamus can be overheard talking to Ron about how he manages to blow objects up, a running gag in other Harry Potter films.
• It is interesting to note that the majority of the main and supporting males had the longest hair of any of the eight films in this film. This is due to behind the scenes, long hair was quite popular amongst boys in the early to mid 2000s.
  • Therefore, this film is often nicknamed by fans as 'Harry Potter and the Year of No Haircuts'.
• After filming his appearance as Barty Crouch Jnr, David Tennant was cast as the tenth incarnation of The Doctor in Doctor Who. Notwithstanding a brief earlier cameo, Tennant's first solo performance as the Doctor occurred in a 7-minute mini-episode that aired during the 2005 Children in Need Appeal. This special episode was broadcast on 18 November 2005 -- the same day Goblet of Fire was released in theatres.
  • Coincidentally, the first part of the seventh film Deathly Hallows, was also released on the same day as Children in Need 2010, 5 years later.
  • The Doctor Who episode Tennant first appears in (his brief cameo) is called The Parting of The Ways, in which, the previous Doctor (played by Christopher Eccleston) changes into him. The Goblet of Fire book features a chapter with the same title as the episode; the chapter prior to it has another character (Mad-Eye Moody) change into the character Tennant portrayed.^[17]
  • The Weasley's family tent, featuring during the World Cup sequence, is shown as being bigger on the inside, just like the Doctor's TARDIS.
• The underwater scenes were shot in a huge purpose-built tank with a blue-screen background. Safety divers swam in between takes with scuba regulators to allow the actors to breathe without having to surface. Daniel Radcliffe alone logged around 41 hours 38 minutes underwater during the course of filming. At one point during training he inadvertently signalled that he was drowning, sending the crew into a huge panic to bring him back up to surface.^[18]
  • Daniel Radcliffe suffered two ear infections following the underwater filming.^[18]
• At least one full-scale dragon was constructed on set, which could even blow real fire. The dragon was created partially from the basilisk puppet seen in Chamber of Secrets.^[18]
• The elves Dobby and Winky were cut due to time constraints. However, if you watch carefully in the first campsite scene, right after Ginny points to something and says “Look!” you can see two House Elves riding on llamas. They go by very fast, so they’re hard to see.^[18]
• The books that form Dumbledore’s library are actually phone directory books, disguised.^[18]
• Scottish band Franz Ferdinand was the first choice to perform as the Weird Sisters but they declined. Due to the similarities in name, the Canadian band Wyrd Sisters attempted to stop the film’s release in Canada by filing a lawsuit, but were unsuccessful.^[18]
• It was the highest grossing film of 2005.
• Stanislav Ianevski revealed during a Q&A on his official YouTube channel, that Goblet of Fire was originally intended to be split into two parts, like what would later happen with Deathly Hallows, but that idea was eventually scrapped.^[19]

Home video release dates[]

• 7 March 2006: Canada, United States
• 10 March 2006: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
• 17 March 2006: Singapore, Thailand
• 20 March 2006: United Kingdom
• 23 March 2006: Egypt
• 25 March 2006: Iceland
• 27 March 2006: Greece, Russia
• 29 March 2006: Australia, Finland
• 31 March 2006: South Africa
• 3 April 2006: Czech Republic, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Korea, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey (VHS also available in New Zealand)^[20]
• 21 April 2006: Japan
• 14 June 2006: Belgium
• 11 December 2007: United States (HD DVD/Blu-ray)
• 19 October 2010: United States (DVD/Blu-ray Ultimate Edition Box Set)
• 1 June 2011: United States (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy Combo Pack)
• 7 September 2012: Wizard's Collection (Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet + "Creating the World of Harry Potter")

Box office performance[]

The film grossed $290 million in the USA-Canada market out of $896 million worldwide.This ranked it second behind the Stone film among the first four Harry Potter films released,and it was for a while among the top 10 worldwide all-time, but it is now 11th (the films passing it worldwide including Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix).

Gallery[]

Official posters[]

Dark and Difficult Times Lie Ahead

Everything Is About to Change

Difficult Times Lie Ahead, Harry (teaser poster)

Film poster

Harry & Mad-Eye

Cedric & Cho

Krum & Hermione

Fleur & Ron

Mad-Eye poster

Trio poster

Harry poster

Ron poster

Hermione poster

Cedric poster

Krum poster

Fleur poster

Mad-Eye poster

Harry, Cedric, Cho, Mad-Eye

Ron, Fleur, Padma

Hermione, Viktor, Rita, Karkaroff

Hagrid, Maxime

Harry close-up

Ron close-up

Hermione close-up

Cedric close-up

Viktor close-up

Fleur close-up

Ron, Harry And Hermione close up.

Ron close up

Hermione, Harry, and Ron close up

Ron and Fleur close up

Group poster

Cedric, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Viktor and Fleur close up

Goblet of Fire collage

Dark and Difficult Times lie Ahead

Close up of Ron, Hermione and Harry.

Group poster

Harry, Ron and Hermione and the rest of the competitors

Harry,Ron and Hermione close up.

Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the Internet Movie Database