Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. It is the second of two cinematic parts based on the 2007 novel by J. K. Rowling, and the eighth and final instalment of the Harry Potter film series. The story concludes Harry Potter's final quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes in order to destroy him once and for all.
The film stars an ensemble cast comprising Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, and Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis, and Julie Walters. Principal photography began on 19 February 2009, and was completed on 12 June 2010, with reshoots taking place in December 2010.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United Kingdom and United States on 15 July 2011, and is the only Harry Potter film to be released in 3D. The film was praised as a satisfying conclusion to the saga, and for the visual effects, performances, action sequences, direction, musical score, and cinematography. It grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide, becoming the third-highest-grossing film during its run, and the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter series. The National Board of Review named Deathly Hallows – Part 2 one of the top-ten films of 2011. It was nominated for three awards at the 84th Academy Awards, and received numerous other accolades.

Plot

After burying Dobby, Harry Potter asks the goblin Griphook to help him, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger break into Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at Gringotts bank, suspecting a Horcrux is there. Griphook agrees, in exchange for the Sword of Gryffindor. Wandmaker Ollivander tells Harry that two wands taken from Malfoy Manor belonged to Bellatrix and Draco Malfoy; he senses Draco's wand has changed its allegiance to Harry when he took it from Draco. A horcrux, Helga Hufflepuff's cup, is found in Bellatrix's vault, but Griphook snatches the sword and abandons them. Trapped by security, they release the dragon guardian and flee Gringotts on its back. Harry has a vision of Lord Voldemort at Gringotts, furious at the theft. Harry also realises a Horcrux connected to Rowena Ravenclaw is hidden at Hogwarts. The trio apparate into Hogsmeade and Aberforth Dumbledore helps them, revealing that he was the one who sent Dobby to Malfoy Manor. He then reveals a secret passageway into Hogwarts, where Neville Longbottom guides them.
Severus Snape threatens any staff or students aiding Harry. During a duel, Snape flees from Professor McGonagall, who then rouses Hogwarts for battle. Luna Lovegood advises Harry to consult Helena Ravenclaw's ghost. Helena reveals Voldemort used dark magic on her mother's diadem, which is hidden in the Room of Requirement. In the Chamber of Secrets, Ron and Hermione destroy the Horcrux cup with a Basilisk fang. Meanwhile, Draco, Blaise, and Goyle attack Harry, but Ron and Hermione intervene. Goyle casts an uncontrollable Fiendfyre curse that kills him, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione rescue Malfoy and Zabini and escape on brooms. Outside, Harry stabs the diadem with the Basilisk fang, and Ron kicks it into the fire. As Voldemort's army attacks, Harry realises Voldemort's snake Nagini is the final Horcrux. The trio overhears Voldemort telling Snape the Elder Wand cannot serve him until Snape dies. Nagini attacks Snape, then as he dies, he gives Harry one of his memories. Many members of the Order, students, and staff, including Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks, are then killed in the battle at Hogwarts.
Harry views Snape's memory in the Pensieve: Snape and Harry's mother Lily were childhood friends; he was also in love with her, but she fell for Harry's father James, whom Snape despised for his arrogance and for bullying him. Harry also learns Snape attempted to protect Lily by pleading with Dumbledore to hide the Potters. Following her death, Snape worked with Albus Dumbledore as a double agent among the Death Eaters, to protect Harry from Voldemort. Harry also learns that Dumbledore was dying and planned for Snape to kill him, and that Snape conjured the Patronus doe that led Harry to Gryffindor's sword. Harry also learns that he inadvertently became a Horcrux when Voldemort's curse originally failed to kill him; Voldemort must now kill Harry to destroy the soul shard within him. Using the Resurrection Stone that had been stored in the Golden Snitch bequeathed to him, Harry sees the spirits of his parents, Sirius Black, and Remus. They comfort him before he returns to Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest. Voldemort casts the Killing Curse upon Harry, who awakens in limbo. Dumbledore's spirit meets him and explains that Harry is now free of the link to Voldemort, and can choose to return to his body or move on.
Voldemort returns with Harry's apparently dead body and demands Hogwarts surrender. As Neville takes the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat, Harry reveals he is alive, and the Malfoys abandon Voldemort along with many other Death Eaters. Molly Weasley kills Bellatrix in the Great Hall, and Neville beheads Nagini, destroying the last Horcrux. Harry defeats Voldemort when his Expelliarmus deflects Voldemort's Killing Curse back at him. After the battle, Harry explains to Ron and Hermione that Voldemort never commanded the Elder Wand; it recognised him as its true master after disarming Draco, who had previously disarmed Dumbledore. Instead of claiming the Elder Wand, Harry chooses to destroy it.
Nineteen years later, Harry and Ginny Weasley, now married, watch as their youngest son leaves on the train at King's Cross to Hogwarts alongside Ron, Hermione, and their two children.

Cast

  • Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: A 17-year-old British wizard.
  • Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley: One of Harry's best friends.
  • Emma Watson as Hermione Granger: One of Harry's best friends.
  • Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid: Harry's half-giant friend and a former member of staff at Hogwarts.
  • Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick: The Charms master and Head of the Ravenclaw house at Hogwarts; and also as Griphook, a goblin and former employee at Gringotts Bank.
  • Michael Gambon as Professor Albus Dumbledore: The late headmaster of Hogwarts.
  • John Hurt as Garrick Ollivander: A wandmaker abducted by the Death Eaters.
  • Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy: Draco Malfoy's father and a disgraced Death Eater.
  • Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy: Draco's mother and Bellatrix's sister.
  • Gary Oldman as Sirius Black: Harry's late godfather.
  • Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape: Former Head of the Slytherin House and Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and the new headmaster of Hogwarts.
  • Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall: The Transfiguration teacher and the Head of the Gryffindor house at Hogwarts.
  • David Thewlis as Remus Lupin: A werewolf, member of the Order of the Phoenix and a former Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.
  • Julie Walters as Molly Weasley: The Weasley matriarch.
  • Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy: A Death Eater and son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.
  • Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley: Ron's younger sister and Harry's girlfriend.
  • Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom: A schoolfriend and strong supporter of Harry Potter.
  • Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood: A seemingly dotty schoolfriend of Harry, who provides wise counsel at key moments.
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange: A high-ranking Death Eater and Sirius Black's cousin. Bonham Carter also plays Hermione Granger disguised as Bellatrix.
  • Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort: A twisted, evil, power-hungry, powerful wizard, and the founder and supreme leader of the Death Eaters.
In the book, a significant number of characters who have not appeared since the earlier novels return to defend Hogwarts in the climactic battle. Director David Yates stated, "I want to get them all back", referring to his desire to bring back as many actors who have appeared in the franchise as possible for the battle sequence in the film. Resultantly, actors reprising their roles from previous Harry Potter films include Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood, Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan, James and Oliver Phelps as Fred and George Weasley, Clémence Poésy as
Fleur Delacour, Domhnall Gleeson as
Bill Weasley, Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown, Afshan Azad as Padma Patil, Anna Shaffer as Romilda Vane, Isabella Laughland as Leanne, Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell, Katie Leung as Cho Chang, Freddie Stroma as Cormac McLaggen, Chris Rankin as Percy Weasley, Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas, Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn, Gemma Jones as Poppy Pomfrey, Miriam Margolyes as Pomona Sprout, David Bradley as Argus Filch, Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney, Mark Williams as Arthur Weasley, Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks, George Harris as Kingsley Shacklebolt, Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle, Scarlett Byrne as Pansy Parkinson, Louis Cordice as Blaise Zabini, Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter, Adrian Rawlins as James Potter, and Leslie Phillips as the voice of the Sorting Hat.
The roles of several minor characters were recast or replaced for this film. For example, Ciarán Hinds assumed the role of Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore's brother and bartender of the Hog's Head inn. For the film's epilogue, the main cast were made to look older through makeup and special effects. After the initial look of their aged appearances were leaked online, some fans opined that Radcliffe and Grint looked too old while Watson did not appear significantly different. After primary filming concluded in June 2010, Yates examined the footage and concluded that the problem could not be resolved through editing or CGI, and had the sequence re-shot that December with redesigned makeup.