User reviews 1. Top review. Charming and Extraordinary. As with previous Potter films, this one is wonderful. The mischievous trio are back in their third year at Hogwarts. Potter Daniel Radcliffe is a slightly different character in this film as the anger inside of him for what happened to his parents has grown over the years. This made, for me, the film much more enjoyable than the first and second. As one would no doubt assume, Gary Oldman's portrayal of the character Sirius Black is nothing less than perfect.
However, Sirius Black seams an unlikely roll for the talented Oldman. I enjoyed him more in other films, such as 'The Professional' and 'Immortal Beloved'. Let us hope he has had the chance to 'play it up' a bit more in the much anticipated 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'. The original music of John Williams is more than I could ever hope to hear. It is absolutely splendid, making the film worth a listen even if you do not watch.
Williams has created memorable compositions such as the theme music to 'Star Wars', 'Jaws' and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. Overall, any age should enjoy this film. The visual effects are not the most spectacular I've seen, but fantastic enough to take your imagination away from the real world for minutes. Even the closing credits are kind of cool.
Now, go watch the film. You'll be glad you did. FAQ What is 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' about? Is "The Prisoner of Azkaban" based on a book? Details Edit. Release date June 4, United States. United Kingdom United States. Official Facebook Warner Bros. English Latin Old English. Glenfinnan, Highland, Scotland, UK. History Talk Do you like this video? Play Sound.
Most go mad within weeks. While it remains in use as a prison, the guards are now Aurors, who are regularly rotated from the mainland. There has been no breakout since this new system was introduced. Speaking to reporters in his private office, Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, confirmed that ten high-security prisoners escaped in the early hours of yesterday evening, and that he has already informed the Muggle Prime Minister of the dangerous nature of these individuals.
An escape of this magnitude suggests outside help, and we must remember that Black, as the first person ever to break out of Azkaban, would be ideally placed to help others follow in his footsteps. We are, however, doing all we can to round up the criminals and beg the magical community to remain alert and cautious.
On no account should any of these individuals be approached. The Harry Potter Wiki has 32 images related to Azkaban. Categories Azkaban. Universal Conquest Wiki. Imprisoned for her repeated and deliberate violations of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. Framed: imprisoned without trial after being falsely accused of murdering Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggles , betraying the Potters and serving Lord Voldemort, life sentence; now vindicated.
Escaped only actual unassisted escape from Azkaban while the Dementors were guarding it ; now deceased. Jane Court [9]. Unknown crime, served a year or less.
Life Sentence for the use of the Unforgivable Curses. Trapping his Muggle neighbour in a teakettle. Bartemius Crouch Jnr. Smuggled out by his parents ; later received the Dementor's Kiss. Mrs Crouch. Died during imprisonment, disguised as Barty Crouch Jnr. Life sentence Escaped in the January Mass Breakout ; later defeated by Filius Flitwick in battle either dead or re-imprisoned.
Percival Dumbledore. Attacking Muggles without a logical explanation retaliation for what happened to his daughter Ariana Dumbledore , life sentence. Assault on Ministry of Magic officials, served six months. Released after serving the term. First term: Improper use of magic on a Muggle and assault on Ministry officials, served three years. Second term: Framed by Tom Riddle for murdering the Riddle family , life sentence for allegedly using the Killing Curse. Died while serving life sentence.
True memories retrieved before he died. Gareth Greengrass's brother. Convicted of being a Death Eater. Case reconsidered by Harry Potter ; unknown results. Framed: Re-opening the Chamber of Secrets , imprisoned as a safety precaution falsely accused by Tom Marvolo Riddle ; released upon proven innocent.
Membership in the Death Eaters ; tortured Muggles. Sentenced to likely life imprisonment. Released after turning in other Death Eaters; [3] now deceased. Bellatrix Lestrange. Torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity through the Cruciatus Curse , torturing and killing Muggles and wizards, life sentence.
Escaped during the January Mass Breakout ; [7] now deceased. Torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity through the Cruciatus Curse , life sentence; re-imprisoned for participating in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries as a Death Eater.
Escaped during the January Mass Breakout ; may have been re-imprisoned after the Battle of Hogwarts. Rodolphus Lestrange. After several hours, the train stops and a sinister, cloaked figure enters. It sucks the happiness out of Harry, who faints. The creature then approaches Harry, possibly to kiss him, until Lupin drives it off with a spell. After Harry recovers, Lupin hands him and the others some chocolate and explains that the creature was a Dementor , one of the Azkaban Guards, and that they were searching the train for Sirius Black.
After getting inside, Professor McGonagall calls Harry and Hermione to her and takes them to her office. Once there, McGonagall reveals that Lupin had informed her by Owl Post of Harry's adverse reaction to the Dementor and wants him looked at by Madam Pomfrey to see if he's ill.
The matron confirms that he's fine. After McGonagall's business with Hermione is concluded, they return to the Great Hall to find that they missed the sorting ceremony. Dumbledore announces the two changes in staffing during the year: Lupin, and Hagrid , who has been made the Care of Magical Creatures teacher due to the retirement of Professor Kettleburn. Dumbledore also announces that Dementors are to be stationed around the school as a precaution against Black. Lessons start the next day.
They meet Sybill Trelawney and predict future events using tea leaves. Harry sees a black dog in his tea cup, which Trelawney identifies as the Grim , the omen of death. This worries Harry, as he remembers the black dog he saw when he ran away. In their next lesson, Transfiguration , Professor Minerva McGonagall assures Harry that Trelawney has predicted the deaths of a number of students, none of whom have died. Although initially nervous, Harry successfully approaches and rides a grey hippogriff named Buckbeak.
Later in the lesson, Malfoy, who had not been listening to Hagrid's lecture, insults Buckbeak, causing it to slash his arm with its talons. He is taken to the hospital wing, and Hagrid fears that he will take the blame for letting Buckbeak attack Malfoy, even though Malfoy provoked it in the first place.
Harry and his friends offer to help him clear Buckbeak. This makes Hagrid sober up and finally notice that Harry's there. He angrily tells Harry off for leaving the castle after dark and escorts the trio back to Gryffindor Tower personally. Later in the week, in Potions , Malfoy returns with a heavily bandaged arm. Although it is implied that he is exaggerating the seriousness of the injury, there is no way to prove it.
Harry learns that Black has been sighted near Hogwarts. During the lesson, Malfoy hints that Black may be connected to Harry's past. In Defence against the Dark Arts, Lupin teaches the third years about Boggarts , shape-shifters that take the shape of a person's worst fear. The class then take on the Boggart, forcing it to assume a shape they find amusing. When it comes to Harry's turn he is sure the Boggart will turn into a Dementor but Lupin jumps in and repels the Boggart for him.
Faced by Lupin, the Boggart takes the shape of a bright glowing orb. Harry is disappointed that Lupin does not let him fight the Boggart, thinking that Lupin feels he is not up to the task. In October, the Gryffindor Quidditch team practises hard for the upcoming Quidditch season, especially since this is their team captain Oliver Wood's final year at Hogwarts.
Oliver believes that despite the misfortune which occurred during the previous two years their team should be able to win the Quidditch Cup before he graduates. Third years are also visiting Hogsmeade on Hallowe'en , and only Harry is not allowed, because his uncle did not sign his permission form. Harry spends the day in Lupin's office, drinking tea with him.
Lupin tells him that he did not let Harry face the Boggart because he did not want the Boggart to become Lord Voldemort. Shortly afterwards, Snape appears with a mysterious potion for Lupin. Lupin claims to simply have an illness, and that he is aided by the potion.
A few hours later, Ron and Hermione return. They reach the portrait of the Fat Lady and see it slashed and that the Fat Lady is gone. Peeves reveals that he saw her fleeing through another portrait after Sirius Black attacked her for not letting him into Gryffindor Tower.
Dumbledore, Argus Filch , and Percy seek her out. Every student is moved in the Great Hall to sleep while teachers search the castle. They fail to find any sign of Black, and Snape suggests that someone inside the castle helped Black gain entry.
Dumbledore refutes this argument. Nobody talks about anything but Sirius Black for the next few days. The Fat Lady refuses to return to work until Black is caught. Nobody in Gryffindor House is happy about this both because he changes the password which are ridiculously complicated twice a day and because he's for the most part extremely annoying but there's nothing they can do because none of the other pictures wanted the job because of what happened to the Fat Lady.
Meanwhile, because of the attack, an annoyed Harry gets placed under surveillance: Teachers find excuses to go down the halls with him, Percy Weasley, acting on his mother's orders, follows him everywhere like a guard dog. Professor McGonagall decides to reveal the truth to Harry but Harry reveals he already knows Black's after him.
McGonagall explains that's why she doesn't want him practising Quidditch in the evenings but Harry states he's got to train. Professor McGonagall agrees and decides to ask Madam Hooch to be present.
Gryffindor's first Quidditch match is coming up, but due to Malfoy's injury, Slytherin cannot play. Gryffindor plays Hufflepuff instead. On the day before the match, Lupin becomes ill and Snape teaches his classes for him. Oddly, he ignores Lupin's syllabus and instead gives a lesson on werewolves and assigns the class to write an essay on werewolves.
During the match, it is raining badly and Harry sees a large black dog resembling the Grim in the topmost empty row of seats in the Quidditch stadium. Dementors enter the match causing Harry to faint and fall from his broomstick. Harry realises that the screaming he had been hearing during his Dementor-induced fainting spells is his mother in her last moments. Dumbledore saves Harry, but his Nimbus broomstick flies into the Whomping Willow and is destroyed. Hufflepuff wins the match shortly afterward.
After the match, Harry wakes up in the Hospital Wing and learns what happened, including that Oliver Wood has declined Hufflepuff captain Cedric Diggory 's offer for a rematch. Alarmed by the adverse effects the Dementors have on him, Madam Pomfrey insists that Harry stay in the hospital wing for the rest of the weekend.
The following week, Lupin is back teaching class and states that the class doesn't have to write the essay Snape assigned for them, though Hermione has finished hers. After class, Harry goes to Lupin wondering why the Dementors affect him so much. Lupin explains that Dementors are fear itself and they pull forth the horrors from a person's past, which is why just before he faints, Harry hears his mother screaming before she dies and why the Dementors affect him worse than anyone else.
Harry asks Lupin if he can give him private lessons on the spell to drive off Dementors in case another one arrives at a Quidditch match. Lupin says he will, but after the Christmas holidays, citing his frequent illness. Hufflepuff is defeated by Ravenclaw in their next Quidditch match, which gives the Gryffindor team a chance in the running for the Quidditch Cup. Harry, who uses an old school broom in training sessions, is busy looking to obtain a new broomstick for himself so Gryffindor can stand a chance in their remaining matches.
During the last weekend before the holidays, while the eligible students visit Hogsmeade, Harry is yet again not able to go. To bring some Christmas cheer to Harry, Fred and George reveal they know secret passages in and out of Hogwarts. They give Harry the Marauder's Map as a Christmas present and instruct him on how to use it.
It shows Hogwarts' secret passages, corridors, classrooms, offices, common rooms , etc. Harry uses the Marauder's Map to sneak into Hogsmeade.
He then meets Ron and Hermione in Honeydukes , where they were discussing what kind of sweets to get Harry. They visit the Three Broomsticks , a pub run by Madam Rosmerta. The trio overhears a conversation between the group and Madam Rosmerta, in which they discuss how Sirius Black is a close childhood friend of Harry's father, James, and that he is Harry's godfather. The group goes on to talk about how the Potters learned how Voldemort had marked them for death by Dumbledore, who had been tipped off by a spy.
Dumbledore had advised them to go into hiding using the Fidelius Charm, a concealment charm so powerful it can only be broken if the Secret Keeper, the person the spell is bound to, reveals it to the person the witch or wizard doesn't want to be found by. James Potter insisted on using Sirius Black despite Dumbledore offering to be his family's Secret-Keeper due to a fear that a friend of the Potters' had turned traitor and joined Voldemort as a spy because he trusted Black beyond all his other friends.
This forced Black to run for it. Peter Pettigrew, another of James's friends, confronted Black for the betrayal and he and twelve Muggles were killed by Black with a single curse. Black was taken to Azkaban afterwards. It's also revealed that Black isn't affected by the Dementors at all.
After they leave, Ron and Hermione stare at a devastated Harry. Harry is depressed both about the truth about Sirius Black and that no one bothered to tell him before. Harry is also continuing to have nightmares about Dementors and his mother screaming. During the start of the holidays, Ron and Hermione try to console Harry but Harry chooses to go to Hagrid's house to ask him about Sirius Black despite Ron and Hermione's protests. When the trio arrives at his house, they find him distraught about Buckbeak 's upcoming hearing before the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures , and Harry decides it is better not to bring Sirius Black up.
Hagrid reveals that he had a horrible experience with the Dementors during his brief time in Azkaban. He can't set Buckbeak free without the risk of being sent back there. The trio then decides to help Hagrid prepare his defence for Buckbeak's case. For Christmas, among his other presents, Harry receives the best model broomstick ever released: the Firebolt. Hermione is not happy when she learns that it came without a note, and is driven out of Harry and Ron's dormitory after Crookshanks attacks Scabbers again.
During Christmas dinner, Hermione reports the mystery gift to McGonagall, who sends it away to have it tested for tampering. Both Hermione and McGonagall suspect Black might have sent the broomstick and that it could be jinxed. Harry ceases speaking with Hermione, even though he knew she had good intentions with reporting the Firebolt.
Ron is also no longer on speaking terms with Hermione because Crookshanks has been attacking Scabbers non-stop. Meanwhile, Harry starts his lessons with Lupin. Lupin tells Harry that the spell to drive off Dementors is called the Patronus Charm , instructs him in how to cast one, and lets him practise on a Boggart. Harry fails to produce a Patronus at first. This, however, is to be expected; the Patronus Charm is well beyond O. During his first lesson, Harry learns that Lupin was a friend of his father James back during their days at Hogwarts, and also knew Sirius Black as well.
In January, Slytherin beats Ravenclaw in their Quidditch match. Gryffindor's chances of getting the Quidditch Cup are good, as long as they don't lose in their own match against Ravenclaw. By February, Harry becomes quite good at producing a Patronus after a few lessons, but doesn't master it entirely. At the end of a lesson, Lupin explains the concept of a Dementor's Kiss and reveals that it will be Black's punishment, as an article in the Daily Prophet confirmed that the Ministry gave the Dementors permission to use the Kiss on Black when they find him.
While thinking about the horror of the punishment, Harry runs into McGonagall on his way back to Gryffindor Tower. McGonagall gives Harry back the Firebolt, which has been proven not to be jinxed, and suggests that he practise with it before the match. Harry meets up with Ron and they decide to go make up with Hermione. Outside Gryffindor Tower, they bump into Neville who's in trouble because he lost a list.
After the pair let him in, Neville tells Harry and Ron that he made a list of the passwords for Gryffindor Tower because Sir Cadogan is still changing them twice a day but somehow they got lost. Harry attempts to patch things up with Hermione but Scabbers disappears after they arrive at Gryffindor Tower, ruining any chance for Ron and Hermione's reconciliation.
As March arrives, a new Quidditch match approaches: Gryffindor vs. Harry spends the last practice session before the match getting used to his Firebolt. During the game, just as Harry is about to catch the Snitch, Cho Chang , a fourth year Seeker for the Ravenclaw team, screams. Harry looks around and sees three Dementors in the stands.
He reacts instantly, sending a full-fledged Patronus at the Dementors. Harry catches the Snitch before Cho Chang, winning the match. A furious McGonagall takes fifty points away from Slytherin and sentences all four of them to detention as punishment.
The Gryffindors celebrate until Professor McGonagall tells them to go to bed. But Ron still refuses to reconcile with Hermione. That night, Ron wakes up to Sirius Black slashing his bed curtains in the boys' dormitory. Everyone thinks it might be a nightmare but the curtains are indeed ripped and Sir Cadogan proves Ron right beyond any reasonable doubt when he happily admits he let Sirius Black into Gryffindor Tower.
Black apparently had the whole week's passwords on a piece of paper. A furious Professor McGonagall demands to know who wrote down the passwords and lost them, to which Neville admits responsibility.
Another search of the castle takes place, but Black evades capture again. Tighter security is put in place: Professor Flitwick is teaching the doors to recognise Sirius Black while Argus Filch boards up everything Black can use to sneak in except the passageway into Hogsmeade. Sir Cadogan is fired and the Fat Lady resumes her duty guarding Gryffindor Tower on the condition her portrait is to be guarded. Ron becomes an instant celebrity, which he enjoys. Neville, on the other hand, is in complete disgrace: Professor McGonagall is so furious with him that she strips him of his visitation rights to Hogsmeade for the rest of the school year, gives him a detention and forbids the other Gryffindors to tell him the password.
His grandmother, Augusta Longbottom , sends him a Howler two days later.
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