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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, David Yates

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Movie propaganda

The rebellion begins.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that Voldemort has returned.

Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge (Robert Hardy), appoints a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students.

But Professor Dolores Umbridge's (Imelda Staunton) Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint), Harry takes matters into his own hands.

Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore's Army," Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film adventure fantasy wizard magic Hogwarts witch Sirius Black romance Voldemort Harry Potter Hermione Weasley Malfoy wand school

Persons of interest

Daniel Radcliffe .... Harry Potter
Rupert Grint .... Ron Weasley
Emma Watson .... Hermione Granger
Helena Bonham Carter .... Bellatrix Lestrange
Robbie Coltrane .... Rubeus Hagrid
Ralph Fiennes .... Lord Voldemort
Michael Gambon .... Albus Dumbledore
Brendan Gleeson .... Alastor 'MadEye' Moody
Richard Griffiths .... Uncle Vernon
Jason Isaacs .... Lucius Malfoy
Gary Oldman .... Sirius Black
Alan Rickman .... Severus Snape
Fiona Shaw .... Aunt Petunia
Maggie Smith .... Minerva McGonagall
Imelda Staunton .... Dolores Umbridge
David Thewlis .... Remus Lupin
Emma Thompson .... Professor Sybil Trelawney
Julie Walters .... Molly Weasley
Mark Williams .... Arthur Weasley
Afshan Azad .... Padma Patil
David Bradley .... Argus Filch
Apple Brook .... Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank
Shefali Chowdhury .... Parvati Patil
Warwick Davis .... Filius Flitwick
Alfred Enoch .... Dean Thomas
Tom Felton .... Draco Malfoy
Robert Hardy .... Cornelius Fudge
George Harris .... Kingsley Shacklebolt
Joshua Herdman .... Gregory Goyle
Alec Hopkins .... Young Severus Snape
Charles Hughes .... Young Peter Pettigrew
Kathryn Hunter .... Mrs Arabella Figg
Robbie Jarvis .... Young James Potter
Richard Leaf .... Auror Dawlish
Katie Leung .... Cho Chang
Matthew Lewis .... Neville Longbottom
Evanna Lynch .... Luna Lovegood
Richard Macklin .... Malcolm
Tony Maudsley .... Grawp
Jim McManus .... Aberforth Dumbledore
Harry Melling .... Dudley Dursley
William Melling .... Nigel
Devon Murray .... Seamus Finnigan
James Phelps .... Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps .... George Weasley
JK Rowling .... Author
Michael Goldenberg .... Scriptwriter
David Yates .... Director

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix official movie sites
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Awards and film festivals:

MTV Movie Awards 2007: Nominated: Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet

See also Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the half-blood prince, Harry Potter and the deathly hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the deathly hallows: Part 2
Studios and distributors:

Warner Bros * Roadshow Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Woo hoo! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is wicked. Not only have all the kids hit puberty but Harry's story arc is really taking off, too. The darkness that has been building from the beginning is now so dark that it's nearly impenetrable. The bumbling interference of well-intentioned but badly-executed plans from the higher-ups play right into the hands of He-whose-name-must-not-be-mentioned. All in all, it sounds a bit like certain heads of state bungling their way through Gulf War II.

JK Rowling is writing a real treat for young and old and this film does a great service to her work. See it and enjoy, only three more to go!