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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. Directed by Mexican film maker Alfonso Cuarón, it is the third film in the popular Harry Potter series and it is the first film to be released on IMAX theaters.
Plot :
Harry Potter is at Dursleys for the summer, spending his time studying new spells. When Uncle Vernon’s sister Marge, visits, Harry is furious when she insults his parents. He unintentionally causes her to inflate and float away. Harry flees, fearing punishment for performing magic outside school. The Knight Bus appears and delivers Harry to the Leaky Cauldron where Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge tells him he will not be expelled. Harry also learns that Sirius Black, a suspected supporter of Lord Voldemort, has escaped Azkaban prison and is likely intending to kill Harry.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione head back to school on the Hogwarts Express. They share a compartment with the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Remus Lupin. When the train abruptly stops, Dementors (the guards of Azkaban) board, searching for Black. Harry faints when one Dementor enters their compartment, but Lupin repels it with a charm. At Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore informs students that the Dementors will be guarding the school while Black is at large. In addition to Lupin, Hagrid is announced as the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher. Lupin’s lessons prove enjoyable; he teaches practical spells and encourages less confident students like Neville. However, Hagrid’s first class goes awry when Draco Malfoy deliberately provokes the Hippogriff, Buckbeak, into attacking him. Draco’s father Lucius Malfoy has Buckbeak sentenced to death.
During a Quidditch match, several Dementors approach Harry, causing him to fall off his broomstick. Lupin teaches Harry to defend himself against Dementors with a Patronus charm. A Patronus is the opposite of a Dementor: as Dementors feed on depression and darkness, so a Patronus must be created with a happy memory. Because Harry lacks parental permission to visit Hogsmeade, Fred and George give him their Marauder’s Map, a magical document showing every person’s location within Hogwarts and secret passageways in and out of the castle. At Hogsmeade, Harry overhears that Black is his godfather and was his parents’ best friend. Black was accused of divulging the Potters’ secret whereabouts to Voldemort and murdering their mutual friend Peter Pettigrew. Harry vows to kill Black, but is astonished when he later sees Peter Pettigrew’s name on the Marauder’s Map.
In Divination class, Professor Trelawney enters a trance and predicts that the Dark Lord’s servant will return that night. Harry, Ron and Hermione visit Hagrid to console him over Buckbeak’s impending execution. While there, they discover Scabbers, Ron’s missing rat. Fudge, Dumbledore and an executioner arrive at Hagrid’s to carry out Buckbeak’s execution, which the trio watch from a distant hill. When Scabbers suddenly bites Ron and escapes, the trio chase it. A large dog appears and drags both Ron and Scabbers into a hole at the Whomping Willow’s base. Harry and Hermione follow them to the Shrieking Shack. Upon finding Ron, they discover that the dog is actually Sirius Black, who is an Animagus. Harry attacks Sirius, but Lupin arrives and disarms Harry. Lupin then embraces Sirius, his old friend. After being confronted by Hermione, Lupin admits to being a werewolf. Snape bursts in, intending to hand over Black and Lupin to the Dementors, but Harry knocks him out with a spell. Lupin and Black explain that Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew, an Animagus who committed the crime Black was convicted for. Lupin and Sirius force Pettigrew back to his human form before intending to kill him, but they are stopped by Harry, who says his father, James Potter would not want his two best friends to become killers. Pettigrew will be turned over to the Dementors. As the group head to the castle, the full moon rises; Lupin transforms into a werewolf, allowing Pettigrew to escape. Lupin and Sirius fight in their animal forms, until Lupin is distracted by another werewolf’s howls. Dementors attack Sirius and Harry. As Sirius’ soul is about to be removed, Harry sees a distant figure cast a powerful stag-shaped Patronus that scatters the Dementors. Harry believes the mysterious figure is his dead father.
Hermione reveals that she possesses a time-turner that she used all year to take multiple classes simultaneously. She and Harry travel back in time three hours, watching themselves repeat that night’s events. They free Buckbeak and return to the Whomping Willow. As the Dementors descend to attack the “other” Harry and Sirius, Harry realizes that he cast the Patronus. Harry and Hermione rescue Sirius, who escapes on Buckbeak. Lupin later resigns, knowing that parents will object to a werewolf teaching their children. Shortly after, Sirius sends Harry a Firebolt, the fastest racing broom ever made.
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