The nominees for the 2012 Grammy Awards have been revealed and two will be of great interest to Potter fans. First, the soundtrack for How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying has been nominated for Best Musical Theater Album.
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
John Larroquette & Daniel Radcliffe, principal soloists; Robert Sher, producer
(Frank Loesser, composer/lyricist) (The 2011 Broadway Cast Recording)
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II soundtrack by Alexandre Desplat is up for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Alexandre Desplat, composer
[WaterTower Music]
The Grammy’s air on February 12th at 8pm EST on CBS.
The BAFTA Los Angeles awards were held last night and Potter director David Yates won the John Schelsinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing. Helena Bonham Carter won the Award for British Artist of the Year. Below is a quote from the chairman of BAFTALA about David Yates (and a fellow filmmaker)
“John Lasseter and David Yates are master creators of joy and imagination,” said Nigel Lythgoe, chairman of BAFTA Los Angeles. “Their high standard of art, perception and pure entertainment is unparalleled. The worldwide success of Mr. Lasseter for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios and Mr. Yates’ contribution to the final four parts of the Harry Potter franchise makes them global wizards in their own right, and are delighted to honor these remarkable filmmakers with this year’s Britannia Award.”
The Wand Company, who make the Kymera Wand Remote I reviewed, were at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II signing at Harrods early this morning, which is taking place today. While they were there they polled fans queuing up about different Potter topics! The full press release may be read here, with some of the results posted below.
35% would consider getting a Harry Potter tattoo (4% already had at least one Harry Potter tattoo). 61% said they would never get one, despite being massive fans.
82% of fans also admitted to crying during the final film as the series drew to a close.
Most fanciable actor
Rupert Grint (Ron)
33%
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
22%
Alan Rickman (Snape)
18%
Mathew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)
12%
Robert Pattison (Cedric Diggory)
7%
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry)
6%
Robbie Coltrane
2%
What is your favourite Harry Potter
book?
movie?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
12%
11%
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2%
4%
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
23%
13%
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
17%
25%
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7%
6%
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6%
6%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book only)
33%
n/a
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (movie only)
n/a
7%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (movie only)
Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II is releasing in the UK on December 2nd, on Blu-ray Triple Play, DVD and Digital Download, Warner Bros have sent over another new behind the scenes clip. This one is titled ‘Harry’s Return to Hogwarts’ and shows the making of the Great Hall scene in which Harry reveals himself to Snape.
You can pre-order the film in the UK by using the following links:
ComingSoon has posted an article that contains interviews with David Heyman, David Yates and Daniel Radcliffe discussing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II’s chances at winning an Oscar. Some snippets may be read below.
“The film was so brilliantly received–we were probably one of the best reviewed movies of the year by a long way–and for a big, popular commercial film to get that great a response is really encouraging and heartening and I think it gives us all a bit of confidence for the Oscar campaign,” he told us. […] Yates continued to tell us why he thinks the last film was special. “It’s the last film in the series and we all put so much into it and Stuart Craig and the visual FX, Tim Burke did all the visual FX, and I think Dan, it’s probably the best performance in the whole run of the eight films, and Emma and Rupert did really well. I think David Heyman’s achievement, 8 films across 11 years is an extraordinary journey, and to manage it all so brilliantly.”
“I think it’s a great film,” Radcliffe told to us in a brief interview. “It’s stirring, it’s epic, it pulls a lot of loose ends together, which is not an easy thing to do when a story still had to go at such a pace, but it’s the advantage of splitting it. It meant we took all that time in film 1 setting up film 2, so when we got into film 2, it could just be that non-stop ride. I haven’t watched it since the premieres but I’ve never liked a ‘Harry Potter’ film as much as I liked this one. Part 2 is the one I’m proudest of.”
Heyman feels mutually about his director. “I think David really pushed the envelope. One of the things I’m very proud of is that we were always pushing to make each film better than the last, and I think that David with four films never tired of that, and Stuart Craig (production designer) and Jany Temine (costume) and Tim Burke, all of whom worked on many films—Stuart on 9, Jany on 3, the make-up people on 8, Nick Dudman (special make-up FX) on 8, Alexandre on 2. It’s a real family, but nobody ever settled. I think Alexandre’s score on Part 2 is a much stronger score than Part 1, because I think he felt safe and he pushed and he let go, and I think he was sort of nervous. I look at David Yates’ first film, the fifth, which I think is a fantastic film, but it’s quite tight.”
The Hollywood Reporter also has an article on Harry Potter’s chances at taking home the coveted award. One exciting tidbit is as follows:
Comments one prominent Academy member, who asked not to be named though he has no connection to the film: “It may not exactly be my kind of film — I’m hardly a Potter aficionado — but I think it should win. In a marketplace where the movies’ connection to audiences is more tenuous than ever, the adulation and enduring love that a generation has for this series stands apart. It’s powerful. For us as an industry not to give it that level of honor is injurious. It’s not embracing what there is about the art form that truly endures.”
WB sent SS an exclusive video clip that goes behind the scenes in the making of the Gringott’s Goblins. This clip can also be seen on the Deathly Hallows: Part II DVD/BluRay which came out in the USA 2 weeks ago and will be out in the UK this Friday.
If you don’t have the DVD/BluRay yet and live in the US then today is a great day to buy it, the WB Shop is having great Cyber Monday deals!
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