Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Country of Origin: USA/UK
Year of Production: 2001 - 2002
Running Times: 161m
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: colour
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Sound: DTS Dolby EX 6.1 SDDS

DIRECTION

Director: Chris Columbus

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: 1492 Pictures/Heyday Films/Warner Bros.
Executive Producers: Michael Barnathan, David Barron, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe
Producer: David Heyman
Co-Producer: Tanya Seghatchian
Associate Producer: Paula DuPré Pesman
Assistant Coordinator: Suzie Shearer

SCRIPT
Script: Steve Kloves
Book: J.K. Rowling

DIRECTION
2nd Unit Director: Peter MacDonald
1st Assistant Director: Chris Carreras
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Jamie Christopher
Key 2nd Assistant Director: Robert Grayson
Co-2nd Assistant Director: Fiona Richards
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Simon Emanuel
3rd Assistant Director: William Dodds
Additional 3rd Assistant Director: Rob Burgess (uncredited)
2nd Unit 3rd Assistant Director: Nick Shuttleworth

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Roger Pratt
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Stefan Stankowski
2nd Unit Steadicam Operator: Paul Edwards
1st Assistant Camera: Graham Martyr
Assistant Camera: John Deaton
2nd Unit Assistant Camera: Chyna Thomson
Focus Puller: Graham Martyr
Clapper Loader: Sky Sharrock
Best Boy: Billy Merrell
Gaffer: Chuck Finch
Practical Electrician: Michael White
Key Grip: Pat Garrett
Grips: David Appleby, Phil Murray
2nd Unit B Camera Grip: Paul Hatchman
Stills: Peter Mountain
Video Coordinator: Bob Bridges
2nd Unit Video Playback Operator: Dan Hartley
Camera Equipment: Panavision (UK) Ltd
Lighting: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Honess
1st Assistant Editor: Heidi Freeman (uncredited)
2nd Assistant Editor: Julian Pryce
Pre-Visualization Editor: Jonathan Lucas

MUSIC
New Music/Conductor: William Ross
Themes and Original Music: John Williams
Music Performed By: The London Symphony Orchestra
Supervising Music Editor: Peter Myles
Assistant Music Editors: Jon Olive, Karen Bennett (both uncredited)

SOUND
Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Kline
Supervising Sound Editor: Dennis Leonard
ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves
Dubbing Supervisor (Foreign Versions): Ray Gillon (uncredited)
2nd Sound Maintenance: Mitch Low

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designers: Lindy Hemming, Michael O'Conner
Costume Supervisor: David Crossman
Wardrobe Supervisor: Dan Grace
Wardrobe Mistress: Laura May
Tailor: Lee Clayton
Costume Assistant: David J. Evans
Costume Breakdown: Steve Gell
Costume Cutter: Lee Clayton
Stand-By Wardrobe: Adam Roach
2nd Unit Stand-By Wardrobe: Amanda Derby, Neil Murphy
Dresser For Daniel Radcliffe And Rupert Grint: Will Steggle
Costumiers: MBA Costumes Ltd

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Makeup Effects Designer: Nick Dudman
Make Up and Creatures Assistant: Adrian Rigby

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Creature Designer: Nick Dudman
Senior Creature Technical Director: Felix Balbas
Creatures Effects Art Finisher: Waldo Mason
Key Animatronic Designer: Chris Barton
Animatronic Model Designer: Karl Derrick
Animatronic Engineer: Simon Williams
Special Effects Technician: Benjamin M. Esterson (uncredited)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Nelmes
CG Supervisor: Chas Jarrett
CG Animators: Hannah Walker, Mike Cusack, Nicola Brodie
Digital Artists: Anne E. Hall, Giuliano Dionisio Vigano'
Digital Matte Artist: Brett Northcutt
Composite Supervisor: Mark Michaels
Supervising Compositors: Cherley Henley, Greg Salter
Lead Compositor: Sheila Gorman
2D Digital Compositor: Karen Wand
Digital Compositors: Peter Marin, Yasmine El-Ghamrawy
Visual Effects Assistant: Peter Dansie
Production Development: Gillian Roberts

Cinesite
3D Lead Animator: Jeremy Lazare

Framestore/The Computer Film Company
Visual Effects Line Producer: Dominic Sidoli
Visual Effects Editor: Marcus Alexander

Industrial Light and Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Bill George
Digital Creature Supervisor: Tony Hudson
Digital Artists: David Marsh, Michael Muir
Digital Simulation Artists: Juan-Luis Sanchez, Lee Uren
Digital Compositor: Rafael Colon
Digital Matte Technical Support: Tristan Tom
Digital Paint and Rotoscope Artists: Eric D. Christensen, Lee Croft

Mill Film
Visual Effects Supervisor: Tim Burke
Visual Effects Producer: Nikki Penny
Visual Effects Coordinator: Laya Armian
Visual Effects Digital Coordinator: Roland Watson
Visual Effects: Val Wardlaw, Joseph Pepper
Visual Effects Editor: Andrew Stevens
Head of CG Modelling: Royston Willcocks
Digital Animator: Mikkel Caiafa
Digital Artists: Gabriel White, Jim Steel, Klaudija Cermak, Dan Sheerin, Rowe Craig
CG Artist: Will Broadbent
Compositor and Matchmover: Jim Steel
Digital Compositors: Andrew Lockley, Steve Murgatroyd, Ben Turner, Grant Connor
Software Developer: Gerome Mortelecque
Visual Effects Production Assistant: Giina Willis

Model Unit
Photography: Nigel Stone

Moving Picture Company
Visual Effects Producer: Martin Hobbs
Visual Effects Coordinators: Charlotte Loughnane, Michelle Corney
Head of Production: Michael Elson
Lead CG Animators: Jason McDonald, Tony Thorne
CG Artist: Nic Hatch
Lead Texture Artist/Matte Painter: Andy Middleton
Texture Artists: Dimitri Delacovias, Rachael Haupt
Lead Modeller: Ben Thompson
Roto/Prep Artists: Clara de Paz, Henry Badgett, Jeanine Harned
Data Operatives: Shanaullah Umerji, John Van Hoey Smith, Melissa Agate
Render Wrangler: Shanaullah Umerji
Digital Character Setup: Simon Clutterbuck
Supervising Compositor: Gregory Salter
Lead Compositors: Hannah Pierce, Jessica Norman, Niki Wakefield
Digital Compositors: Adam Gefen, Chia-Chi Hu, Doug Lamour, Murray Barber, Sanju Gupta
Lead R&D: John Haddon
TD Supervisor: Peter Muyzers
Lead Technical Director: Julian Mann
Technical Directors: Andy Morley, Caine Dickenson, Chris Monks, Chris Petts, Matt Hicks, Nic Hatch, Olivier Junquet
Runner: Richard Yeomans
Visual Effects Technical Director Research And Development: Elie Jamaa

Warner Bros
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jim Mitchell
Visual Effects Producers: Christian Kubsch, Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Coordinator: Alex Day
Visual Effects Pre-Visualisation Editor: Simon Burchell
Motion Control Pre-Visualisation Supervisor: Chris Shaw
Match Move Technician: Jon R. Brown
Visual Effects Production Assistant: Daniel Barrow
Runners: Estelle Malm, Katie Simmons, Nicki Hughes

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
Art Directors: Andrew Ackland-Snow, Neil Lamont, Steven Lawrence, Lucinda Thomson
Assistant Art Director: Alan Gilmore
Property Master: Barry Wilkinson
Assistant Property Master: Jamie Wilkinson
Dressing Props: Christian Short
Scenic Artists: Howard Weaver, Marcus Williams, Matt Williams
Assistant Scenic Artist: Robert J. Dugdale
Draughtsman: Alastair Bullock
HOD Drapesmaster: Gary Handley
Drapes: Graham Caulfield, Daniel Handley
Art Department Coordinator: Jodie Jackman

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Controller: John Trehy
Production Accountant: Gary Nixon
Assistants to Executive Producer: Emily Lascelles, Katie Reynolds
Floor Runner: Phil Clarke
Unit Nurse: Karen Fayerty

LOCATIONS
Locations: Durham Cathedral, County Durham, England, UK; Fort William, Scotland, UK; Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Location Manager: Robin Higgs

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Greg Powell
Assistant Stunt Coordinator: Marc Cass
Stunts: Greg Powell, Bradley Farmer, Paul Herbert, Emma Mac
Utility Stunts: Paul Herbert, Peter Pedrero

CASTING
Casting: Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Extras Casting: 2020 Casting Ltd, The Casting Collective Ltd
Casting Assistants: Carolyn McLeod, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
ADR Voice Casting: Louis Elman

CAST

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)
Richard Harris (Albus Dumbledore)
Maggie Smith (Professor Minerva McGonagall)
Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart)
Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid)
Alan Rickman (Professor Severus Snape)
Warwick Davis (Professor Filius Flitwick)
Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood)
Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle)
Miriam Margolyes (Professor Sprout)
Alfred Burke (Headmaster Armando Dippet)
Sally Mortemore (Madam Irma Pince)
David Bradley (Argus Filch)
Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge)
Toby Jones (voice of Dobby)
Christian Coulson (Tom Marvolo Riddle)
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy)
Leslie Phillips (The Sorting Hat)
Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley)
Julie Walters (Mrs Weasley)
John Cleese (Nearly Headless Nick)
Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon Dursley)
Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia Dursley)
Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)
Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley)
Oliver Phelps (George Weasley)
James Phelps (Fred Weasley)
Helen Stuart (Millicent Bulstrode)
Gemma Padley (Penelope Clearwater)
Jamie Yeates (Slytherin Keeper Bletchley)
Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe)
Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)
Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley)
Edward Randell (Justin Finch-Fletchley)
Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan)
Hugh Mitchell (Colin Creevey)
Joshua Herdman (Gregory Goyle)
Alfred Enoch (Dean Thomas)
Julian Glover (voice of Aragog)
Simon Fisher-Becker (The Fat Friar)
Terence Bayler (The Bloody Baron)
Emily Dale (Katie Bell)
Edward Tudor-Pole (Mr Borgin)
Scott Fern (Marcus Flint)
David Holmes (Adrian Pucey)
Gemma Jones (Madam Poppy Pomfrey)
Rik Mayall (Peeves the poltergeist)
Elizabeth Spriggs (The Fat Lady)
Leilah Sutherland (Alicia Spinnet)
Danielle Taylor (Angelina Johnson)
J.K. Rowling (Knockturn Alley witch - uncredited)

PLOT SUMMARY

As he prepares for his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter is warned by house-elf Dobby not to go back. Harry ignores the warning and returns to the school to find that strange things are afoot - people are being petrified and Harry starts to hear a voice coming from the walls of the school. What is the mysterious Chamber of Secrets that Harry hears about and what does it have to do with the strange goings on?

Critical comment was and is redundant on this phenomenally successful adaptation of the phenomenally successful second book of the phenomenally successful series. So we wont comment … except it is a bit over long.

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros.

Hong Kong
Theatrical Distributor: EDKO Film Ltd.

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros.

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Toho Art House

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Kuk Dong

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Netherlands
Rating: AL

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG (for scary moments, some creature violence and mild language)

2001
November
18: UK - production begins

2002
May
Day Unknown: UK - filming ends

November
3: UK - theatrical premiere
8: UK - theatrical release
15: Austria, Canada, Germany, USA - theatrical release
16: Singapore - theatrical release
20: Belgium - theatrical release
21: Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland - theatrical release
22: Brazil, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden - theatrical release
23: Japan - theatrical release
28: Argentina, Australia, New Zealand - theatrical release
29: Mexico, Panama, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Turkey - theatrical release

December
4: France - theatrical release
5: Hungary - theatrical release
6: Italy - theatrical release
12: Czech Republic - theatrical release
20: Estonia - theatrical release
24: Russia - theatrical release

2003
January
3: Poland - theatrical release

Dobby Has Come To Warn You Sir.

Hogwarts is back in session.

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir... beware!

Something Evil Has Returned To Hogwarts!

Harry Potter a tajemná komnata - Czech title
Harry Potter E a Câmara dos Segredos - Portuguese title
Harry Potter E a Câmara Secreta - Brazilian title
Harry Potter e la camera dei segreti - Italian title
Harry Potter en de geheime kamer - Flemish Belgian/Dutch title
Harry Potter és a titkok kamrája - Hungarian title
Harry Potter et la chambre des secrets - French/French Canadian title
Harry Potter i la cambra secreta - Catalan Spanish title
Harry Potter ja salaisuuksien kammio - Finnish title
Harry Potter och hemligheternas kammare - Swedish title
Harry Potter og hemmelighedernes kammer - Danish title
Harry Potter og leyniklefinn - Icelandic title
Harry Potter og mysteriekammeret - Norwegian title
Harry Potter si camera secretelor - Romanian title
Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens - Austrian/German title
Harry Potter y la cámara de los secretos - Venezuelan title
Harry Potter y la cámara secreta - Argentinean/Spanish title

SEQUEL TO
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

SEQUELS
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

PERIODICALS

Empire no.160 (October 2002) pp.14; 36-37, 39-40, 43; 40 (UK)
illustrated note; illustrated article, interview, production report (Problem child by Chris Hewitt); illustrated interview with Daniel Radcliffe (I'm Daniel, not Harry by Chris Hewitt)

Entertainment Weekly no.657 (7 June 2002) pp.22-27 (USA)
illustrated article (Secrets Revealed by Jeff Jensen)

Hollywood Reporter vol.371 no.8 (4 December 2001) p.27 (USA)
credits, production details

Premiere no.305 (July 2002) pp.60-68 (France)
illustrated article

Starburst no.290 (October 2002) pp.18-21 (UK)
illustrated preview

Total Film no.67 (August 2002) p.18 (UK)
illustrated preview

Total Film no.72 (January 2003) p.6 (UK)
letter

Vanity Fair no.506 October 2002 pp.172-175 (USA)
illustrated article

KEYWORDS

book into film, children, wizards, schools, magic, witches, teachers, magic wands, snakes, elves, sequels, sorcery, the occult, ghosts, levitation, swords, christmas, dragons, giant spiders, skeletons

Last Updated: 30 June, 2009