As I posted earlier, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts I and II won awards at this years National Movie Awards. A video of the acceptance speeches is now online and may be watched below.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I and II both walked away with awards at tonight’s National Movie Awards. Part I won for Best Fantasy Film and Part II won Must See Movie Of The Summer. Bonnie Wright, Jamie Campbell Bower and David Heyman were in attendance. Jamie also won the ‘One to Watch’ award.
Producer David Heyman thanked JK Rowling for making this year’s award possible. He said: “I know we are not quite the two boys and a girl you wanted but a big thank you to all. On behalf on David Yates (director) who can’t be here and our entire crew a big thank you to JK Rowling, we wouldn’t be here without her and of course to you the public.”
Bonnie Wright, who plays Ginny Weasley in the movies, added: “We made the films for you. Thank you, guys.” The final Harry Potter film Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 is due for release this summer and won the Must See Movie of the Summer Award. Bonnie said: “I’m probably as excited as everyone else to watch this movie. It’s really going to hit us being the end of the end, and I think when the credits roll it’s going to be emotional for all of us. Thank you for staying with us for the last 10 years.”
Warner Bros has released a new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. To download the app head to the iTunes App Store. Information on the app is as follows:
Download Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: App Edition to stream the first five minutes of the film and access a sampling of extras. For the complete experience, buy the Full Version and unlock the entire movie in the language of your choice PLUS over an hour of exclusive behind-the-scenes videos, 26 compositions from the full original motion picture soundtrack, the digital soundtrack booklet, production photos, movie scenes, and a collection of movie posters that can be saved as wallpapers and shared with friends.
App features include:
Offline Playback: Download the movie directly to your device to playback at any time
Streaming Playback: Stream the movie over Wi-Fi
Movie Extras: Enjoy bonus features that take you behind the scenes with filmmakers
Art Gallery: Explore movie posters, wallpapers, gallery photos and production stills
Multiple languages: Watch the film in your language of choice
Check out other Harry Potter content available to download on iTunes
Multi-Touch Support
Update: WB have sent over a press release that you can read here.
Today we have some audio from a Q&A session with Paul Hemstreet, VP of Special Features for Warner Brothers, he talks about the features on the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 DVD and BluRay. You may listen to part of the audio below:
Thanks to WCG for sending the video on behalf of WB.
In the next issue of Total Film Daniel Radcliffe discusses Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the split of the films. They have posted a preview of the interview complete with a new photo.
Radcliffe is adamant that the book (not the longest in the Potter canon), couldn’t have been done justice in a single movie: “We could never have adapted it into one film.”
“If you come to me with a satisfactory adaptation of the seventh book into one film, then we can have this debate! All the books from The Goblet of Fire onwards were big, but with every one, you could cut swathes out without detracting from the main story.”
On why this one’s different, Radcliffe explained: “In The Deathly Hallows there are no subplots. It’s all the same story and it’s hard to lose a page.”
“If we’d have done it in one film we’d have had to reconfigure the entire story and it just wouldn’t have been an adaptation of the book.”
Hopefully when the magazine comes out someone will be able to get scans, if I have time I’m going to try to get out to buy it.
Viewers who have D-Box equipped Theaters near them will have a special treat when seeing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. The film has been optimized for viewing in these high tech movie theaters. To see if a theater near you has D-Box visit this page!
D-Box Technologies Inc., a Montreal-based maker of custom-designed seats, is introducing physical motion to the movie-viewing experience. Motions range from being pitched forward, backward and side to side, to experiencing a momentary freefall when a character, say, leaps off a cliff. Seat-side controls let squeamish viewers dial down the intensity level of the experience—which on the highest setting can reach up to two times the acceleration caused by gravity.
“It’s a periphery business for the moment, but as they grow their network, we’re interested in pairing with them for additional titles,” said Jeff Goldstein, the executive vice president for domestic distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures. To date, Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. has worked with D-Box on 11 films, including this July’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2,” which will play at 68 to 70 D-Box locations domestically.
A bit of information on D-Box may be seen in the video below:
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