It’s an exciting proposition, but how long would it take to watch all the Harry Potter movies? Show
Are you welcoming plans to help pass the time? Well, there’s no better way to spend a day than parking yourself on the sofa with snacks and a film marathon! During the lockdown, we’ve seen so many people announce their own marathons across social media, with such franchises as the MCU, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings, Mission: Impossible and more encouraging people to chronicle the journey in full. Of course, some need much more than a day to complete (we’re looking at you, MCU), but some may be wondering if it’s possible to work through the Harry Potter films in a row without having to call it a day towards the end. Essentially, it boils down to how many hours of the day the entire series takes up. Let’s take a look…
How long would it take to watch all the Harry Potter movies?As highlighted by Mashable, all eight instalments make up a collective runtime of 1,178 minutes. So, if we’re looking at how many hours that is, it’s just under 20. Taking that into consideration, it’s worth splitting your Harry Potter marathon into two days rather than tackling it in one – you’re sure to fall asleep around The Half-Blood Prince! Interestingly, the wonderful Prince Charles Cinema in London actually had a back-to-back Harry Potter marathon planned for May 30th 2020, but due to the current circumstances, the cinema is currently closed. However, to give you an idea of what watching all eight films in a row looks like, the event was scheduled to begin at 8.30 pm on the 30th and end at 5.25 pm on May 31st. It would take a strong spell to keep us awake for that one…
Harry Potter fans embark on marathonsA number of Harry Potter fans have taken to Twitter to announce their plans for a marathon, so if you’re contemplating it you’re certainly not alone. Check out a selection of tweets: This content could not be loaded
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In other news, Netflix’s All Day and a Night is a must-see Have something to tell us about this article? Let us know This article is not part of the Harry Potter universe. "Dark Secrets Revealed"— Official tagline Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a British-American fantasy film based on the sixth novel by J. K. Rowling. This film was released on 15 July, 2009 telling about the adventures during the school year 1996-1997. David Yates returned to direct the sequel to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, as did David Heyman and David Barron to produce,[3] and Steve Kloves, though he did not write the fifth film, returned to write.[4] Reprising their roles from earlier films are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Bonnie Wright, David Bradley, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Gemma Jones, Natalia Tena and Mark Williams, while Jim Broadbent and Helen McCrory make their debut for the series. Filming began on 24 September, 2007. Unlike the previous film, the sixth film was released in regular theatres on 15 July and IMAX 3-D on 29 July because of the IMAX release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.[5] The film was chosen to be screened at the Royal Film Performance on 17 November, 2008, but due to the date of release being pushed back, it was not shown. On 7 July, 2009, at the world premiere of Half-Blood Prince in London, the cast and crew all wore white ribbons in memory and tribute of 18-year-old British actor and co-star Robert Knox. Knox, who played Marcus Belby in the film, was stabbed to death on 24 May, 2008. The film grossed $933 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2009 (behind Avatar) and the ninth highest-grossing film of all time at the time (behind Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Dark Knight, The Philosopher's Stone, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Order of the Phoenix and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers). PlotSummaryVoldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and Wizarding worlds. Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defences and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny Weasley, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates. And then there's Hermione, simmering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again. SynopsisBefore the school year 1996-1997, Harry Potter, age 16, went with Dumbledore to the home of professor Horace Slughorn. He was hiding, and agrees to return to teach Potions at Hogwarts. Dumbledore fixes the damage in the home. Later, he takes Harry to the Burrow, where Harry is again reunited with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as Ron's younger sister Ginny Weasley. Harry states that he believes Voldemort made Draco, like Dracos' father, a Death Eater. Ron and Hermione are sceptical. On the train, Hogwarts Express, Harry eavesdrops on Draco using the Invisibility Cloak. He lies on the baggage shelf, hoping Draco did not notice. Once the train arrives and the students (including Ron and Hermione) exit, Draco uses Petrificus Totalus on the invisible Harry. He pulls off the cloak and stomps on Harry's nose; breaking it. Then Draco covers him saying, "enjoy the ride back to London". After Draco is gone, Harry's close friend, Luna Lovegood rescues him with the Finite incantatum spell. This ends Draco's curse. She was able to find him due to his head being full of Wrackspurts. They walk to the school. Later, Dumbledore announces that Snape is now Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts (due to Slughorn resuming his position as Potions master). He explained that students were searched, when they entered, because of safety now that Voldemort is powerful, again. At school, Harry and Ron have to borrow the needed textbooks for Slughorn's Potions class because they don't have their own yet. Harry's copy is inscribed on by the "Half-Blood Prince". This owner has annotated the book with additional instructions, spells and recommendations that allow Harry to excel in the class. Dumbledore shows Harry memories of a young Tom Riddle in the orphanage he was raised in and reveals that Slughorn retains a memory critical to Voldemort's defeat. Ron becomes Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and forms a romantic relationship with Lavender Brown, leaving Hermione disconsolate. Harry consoles Hermione, revealing that he now has feelings for Ginny. Harry spends the Christmas holidays with the Weasleys. On Christmas Eve, Bellatrix Lestrange and Fenrir Greyback set fire to the Burrow. Back at school, Ron is nearly killed by poisoned mead, a drink originally intended for Dumbledore. While recovering, Ron murmurs Hermione's name, causing his break-up with Lavender. Harry confronts Draco and severely injures him with a Sectumsempra curse taken from the textbook of the Half-Blood Prince. Snape suddenly enters and quickly heals Draco's wounds. Fearing the book may be filled with more Dark Magic, Ginny and Harry hide it in the Room of Requirement and share their first kiss. Harry succeeds in retrieving the memory, and learns that Voldemort wanted information for creating seven Horcruxes. Two of Voldemort's Horcruxes have already been destroyed: Tom Riddle's diary and Marvolo Gaunt's ring. After discovering the possible location of another Horcrux, Harry and Dumbledore travel to a seaside cave where Harry is forced to make Dumbledore drink a painful potion that hides one of the Horcruxes: a locket belonging to Salazar Slytherin. A weakened Dumbledore defends them from Inferi and they Apparate back to Hogwarts on the Astronomy Tower which they had left, where Bellatrix, Greyback and more Death Eaters have entered with Draco's help through a Vanishing Cabinet. Dumbledore instructs Harry to hide as Draco arrives, revealing that he has been chosen by Voldemort to kill Dumbledore. Dumbledore lets Draco disarm him of the Elder Wand (Thus causing the Headmaster losing mastership of the wand to Draco) and tries to kill the Headmaster; However, he is unable to bring himself to do it, and Snape soon arrives underneath, telling Harry to be quiet, goes upstairs and he casts the Avada Kedavra curse instead, killing Dumbledore and blasting him off the Astronomy Tower as Bellatrix conjures the Dark Mark into the sky. Harry attempts to curse Snape but Snape overpowers him and reveals that he is the Half-Blood Prince. Harry returns to the school along with Hagrid to find the staff and students mourning Dumbledore as they stare at his corpse. Harry walks up to the body and strokes Dumbledore's hair, takes the locket they had recovered and puts his hand on Dumbledore's heart as Ginny sits beside Harry and comforts him as he cries. Hermione starts crying and soon McGonagall and soon Luna, Ron, Madam Pomfrey and everyone else (except Harry and Ginny) raise their wands into the sky and make the Dark Mark in the sky disappear. Harry later reveals to Ron and Hermione that the locket Horcrux was a fake. The locket contains a message from "R.A.B.", stating that he has stolen the real Horcrux with the intent of destroying it. Rather than return for their final year at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron and Hermione vow to seek out and destroy the remaining Horcruxes in order to destroy and defeat Lord Voldemort. ProductionDevelopmentBefore David Yates was officially chosen to direct the film, many others had been offered the job, and previous directors had expressed an interest in returning. Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the third film, stated he "would love to have the opportunity" to return.[6]Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell declined a spot to direct the fifth film, and was not approached for this one either.[7]Terry Gilliam was Rowling's personal choice to direct Philosopher's Stone. However, when asked whether he would consider directing a later film, Gilliam said, "Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it."[8] Yates has retained composer Nicholas Hooper, costume designer Jany Temime, visual effects supervisor Tim Burke, creature and make-up effects designer Nick Dudman, and special effects supervisor John Richardson from the fifth film.[4] Since February 2007, Stuart Craig, the production designer of the first five films as well, has been designing sets, including the cave, and the astronomy tower, where the climax of the film takes place.[9] Academy Award nominated Bruno Delbonnel is the film's cinematographer.[4] Yates and Heyman have noted that some of the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows may influence the script of the film,[10] and that there will not be as many memories in the film as in the book. Yates noted: "We're making a decision right now to compress those a wee bit, but we've still got some really cool ones."[11]. Steve Kloves, who wrote the first four films, returned for the sixth adaptation.[12] Rowling has read Kloves' script and crossed out a passage in which Dumbledore recalls a past female love, penning in the margin "Dumbledore is gay."[13] FilmingMichael Gambon and David Yates on the cave set Filming began on September 24th, 2007, with one week of rehearsals, and principal photography ended May 2008.[14] Some sources stated that filming may move from the UK, where all of the previous five films have been shot. This is North Scotland reported filming will take place in New Zealand, due to the "more agreeable economy and climate" and lack of Scottish funding.[15] The Sunday Business Post in Ireland has noted that the film's producers and WB executives have been scouting there, specifically Leinster and Munster because they "believe they have now exhausted possible locations in Britain." They are "particularly keen on Ireland, as the landscape is similar to Britain and will appear similar to the settings of the previous films."[16] The crew also scouted around Cape Wrath in Scotland, for use in the cave scene.[17] Filming is scheduled to return to Glen Coe and Glenfinnan, both locations that have appeared in the previous films, to preserve the continuity of the landscape.[18] On the weekend of October 6th, 2007, the crew shot scenes involving the Hogwarts Express in the misty and dewy environment of Fort William, Scotland.[18] A series of night scenes have been filmed in the village of Lacock and the cloisters at Lacock Abbey for three nights starting 25 October 2007. Filming took place from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily, and residents of the street were asked to black out their windows with dark blinds.[19][20][21] On set reports indicated that the main scene filmed was Harry and Dumbledore's visit to Slughorn's house.[21] Further filming took place in Surbiton railway station in October 2007,[22]Gloucester Cathedral, where the first and second films were shot, in February 2008,[23] and at the Millennium Bridge in London in March 2008.[24] Though Radcliffe, Gambon and Broadbent started shooting in late September 2007, some other cast members started much later: Watson did not begin until December 2007, Rickman until January 2008, and Bonham Carter until February 2008.[25][26] Principal photography wrapped up on May 17 2008.[27] And a confirmation that editing was complete was released on July 29, 2008, though we do not know when they finished exactly. On January 2nd, 2009, websites reported that the film had been rated "PG" by the MPAA, for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality. This is the first and only time since the third film that a Harry Potter film has been rated PG, although in Britain it is a 12A. CastThe trio
Hogwarts staff
Order of the Phoenix
Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers
Hogwarts studentsGryffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Slytherin
Unknown House
Toys
Muggles
Animals
MarketingThe special edition two-disc DVD for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contained two sneak peeks of the film,[39][40] while the US edition included an additional clip.[41] Warner Bros and MSN will run an online Order of the Phoenix quiz, with the prize being a walk-on part in the film.[42] As with the previous films, EA Games will produce a video game based on the film.[43] The teaser trailer for the sixth video game was released along side of its website on July 2, 2008. The film will be released on 1-disc DVD, 2-disc Special Edition DVD, and 3-disc Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo Pack on December 8, 2009[44] Differences from the book1. The Other MinisterThe Millennium Bridge is destroyed
2. Spinner's End
3. Will and Won't
4. Horace Slughorn
5. An Excess of Phlegm
6. Draco's Detour
Fred and George at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in 1996
7. The Slug ClubThe Slug Club
Harry is rescued from Draco Malfoy's Full Body-Bind Curse
8. Snape VictoriousProf. Slughorn gives Felix Felicis to Harry
9. The Half-Blood Prince
Harry shows the book
10. The House of Gaunt
11. Hermione's Helping Hand
12. Silver and OpalsKatie in pain while Harry, Leanne, Ron, and Hermione watch in horror
Harry & Hermione after witnessing Katie being cursed
13. The Secret Riddle
14. Felix Felicis
15. The Unbreakable VowA behind-the-scene photo shot of Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) for the Library sequence
16. A Very Frosty ChristmasHarry Potter, Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, Arthur, and Ginny Weasley while the Burrow is attacked by some Death Eaters
Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange and werewolf Fenrir Greyback attacking the Burrow with the ring of fire
17. A Sluggish Memory
18. Birthday Surprises
19. Elf Tails
Madam Pomfrey treating Ron at the Hospital Wing after he has been Poisoned
20. Lord Voldemort's Request
21. The Unknowable Room
22. After the Burial
23. Horcruxes
24. SectumsempraDraco Malfoy after being hit by Harry Potter's Sectumsempra spell
25. The Seer Overheard
26. The Cave
The locket retrieved from the cave 27. The Lightning Struck Tower
Harry and Dumbledore apparating to the Astronomy Tower
28. Flight of the Prince
29. The Phoenix Lament
30. The White Tomb
Chapters
Character omissions
Behind the scenesThe faint whistle of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was heard for the first time again in this scene from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
MistakesThe script
Awards
Box office performanceThe film was the top grossing film at UK cinemas in 2009, taking £50.7m, closely followed by Avatar.-Guardian Release dates
Home video release dates
World premieres
GalleryOfficial posterDark Secrets Revealed Once Again I Must Ask Too Much of You, Harry (2009 teaser poster) 2008 teaser poster Movie poster Harry poster 1 Dumbledore poster 1 Harry & Dumbledore Ron & Ginny Hermione & Slughorn Draco & Snape Harry & Ginny Ron, Lavender & Hermione Hermione, Ron & Lavender Luna poster Draco poster Harry poster 2 Ron poster Hermione poster
Dumbledore poster 2 Draco poster Snape poster Harry & Draco close-up Ron & Greyback close-up Hermione & Slughorn close-up Dumbledore & Snape close-up Ginny (quidditch) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) See also
Notes and references
External linksHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the Internet Movie Database
How long is the 6th Harry Potter movie?With a runtime of 153 minutes (2 hours, 33 minutes and 28 seconds), Half-Blood Prince is the third-longest film in the series, behind Chamber of Secrets (161 minutes) and Goblet of Fire (157 minutes).
How long is the 7 Harry Potter movie?2h 26mHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 / Running timenull
Is Harry Potter 6 suitable for 8 year old?There is not much potentially unsuitable content involved besides a few scary moments and so we believe that the 'Half-Blood Prince' should be appropriate for children aged 9 and above, depending on how sensitive the child is towards the potential emotional trauma of character death and moments of sustained tension.
How long are each Harry Potter movie?All Eight Harry Potter Movies. |