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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Synopsis:

Youthful wizard Harry Potter returns to the screen in this, the second film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's wildly popular series of novels for young people. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) return for a second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Headmaster Dumbledore (Richard Harris), Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Professor McGonagall (Maggie Smith), and Hagrid the Giant (Robbie Coltrane) are joined by new faculty members Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh), a self-centered expert in Defense against the Dark Arts, and Sprout (Miriam Margolyes), who teaches Herbology.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Chris Columbus
  • Year: 2002
  • Run Time: 161 minutes
  • Country: UK, USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG (for scary moments, some creature violence and mild language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Fantasy, Children's/Family
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2002 11 15 (USA)

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