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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Cast members from all "Harry Potter" films reunite in a retrospective special to celebrate the anniversary of the first film, including interviews and cast conversations.

Director

Casey Patterson, Joe Pearlman, Eran Creevy

Year

Genre

documentary, family

Box Office

N/A

Production

Pulse Films,Warner Horizon Unscripted Television,Casey Patterson Entertainment

Awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 6 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYbzrRAvf-ZPCKQEAAAAX

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Thanks. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

[festive music] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

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[clock chiming]

[suspenseful music] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

[suspenseful music]

[whistle blasts] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

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What? - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

[indistinct chatter] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

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He couldn't know that at this very moment people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices, "to Harry Potter, the boy who lived." - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

He couldn't know that at this very moment people...

- Dan. - Hey, man. - It's great to see you. - How are you doing, dude? - How are you? - It's so nice to see you. - This is awesome. - This is incredible. - Yeah, it is. - Last time we were here, you were shorter. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Dan. - Hey, man. - It's great to see you. - How are...

- It's so nice to see you.
This is awesome. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- It's so nice to see you. This is awesome.

That's kind of you to say.
[laughs] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

That's kind of you to say. [laughs]

- I ended up doing it - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I ended up doing it

- Thank you, Eleanor.
- [chuckles] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Thank you, Eleanor. - [chuckles]

Then I had to fly to Edinburgh
to meet Jo Rowling - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Then I had to fly to Edinburgh to meet Jo Rowling

[all shrieking] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

[all shrieking]

My dad used to do
all the voices, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

My dad used to do all the voices,

One more, one more,
one more, one more." - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

One more, one more, one more, one more."

And I went for a sleepover
at his house and he said, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

And I went for a sleepover at his house and he said,

We just both sat there
in silence, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

We just both sat there in silence,

- "The Chamber of Secrets"
was the first book - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- "The Chamber of Secrets" was the first book

- The writing was so vivid,
the characters so relatable. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- The writing was so vivid, the characters so relatable.

- It was such a intricately,
perfectly designed universe. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- It was such a intricately, perfectly designed universe.

- I think it's very easy
to forget that, at the time, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I think it's very easy to forget that, at the time,

- I just think it's a beautiful
creative outlook on life, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I just think it's a beautiful creative outlook on lif...

- One of the many reasons
I admired JK so much - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- One of the many reasons I admired JK so much

And you suddenly realize
the power of writing. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

And you suddenly realize the power of writing.

- And then in terms of casting, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- And then in terms of casting,

- The new "Harry Potter" film
are looking for children - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- The new "Harry Potter" film are looking for chil...

- I remember going to the--
the very first audition, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I remember going to the-- the very first audition,

And then we realized that - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

And then we realized that

So we ended up
going over the road - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

So we ended up going over the road

- They'd let us all mill,
you know, sort of congregate - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- They'd let us all mill, you know, sort of congregate

And this little girl
asked me, "What's that?" - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

And this little girl asked me, "What's that?"

This is just, like, a trick." - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

This is just, like, a trick."

- I became completely gripped - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I became completely gripped

And I always knew
that I was going for Hermione - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

And I always knew that I was going for Hermione

I thought,
"Oh, this will be fun." - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

I thought, "Oh, this will be fun."

We couldn't--
we just couldn't find Harry, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

We couldn't-- we just couldn't find Harry,

- I was in my hotel room
in London one night - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I was in my hotel room in London one night

So I asked
the casting director, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

So I asked the casting director,

They don't want him
to take this role." - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

They don't want him to take this role."

So Mum and Dad were like,
"No, that's, like, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

So Mum and Dad were like, "No, that's, like,

- These two guys
in the row in front of me - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- These two guys in the row in front of me

- David, being the great
producer that he is, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- David, being the great producer that he is,

And that's basically
when we got our Harry Potter. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

And that's basically when we got our Harry Potter.

I was a very happy kid who had - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

I was a very happy kid who had

"You're really sweet,
but you looked like - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

"You're really sweet, but you looked like

We screen-tested
the three of them together - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

We screen-tested the three of them together

- Remember, guys,
get closer to her - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Remember, guys, get closer to her

I checked this out first term
for a bit of light reading. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

I checked this out first term for a bit of light reading.

If Filch comes around
the corner any second now, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

If Filch comes around the corner any second now,

I knew it! Here it is. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

I knew it! Here it is.

Nicholas Flamel
is the only known - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Nicholas Flamel is the only known

- Well, A, really emotional,
obviously. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Well, A, really emotional, obviously.

And B, um, it feels like
no time has passed - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

And B, um, it feels like no time has passed

- I have had kidney stones
and a baby, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I have had kidney stones and a baby,

- But there is, like,
such a collection - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- But there is, like, such a collection

Our first audition, the--
the day we all met-- - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Our first audition, the-- the day we all met--

I never saw his face,
but I was like, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

I never saw his face, but I was like,

I remember there was one - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

I remember there was one

- I do remember that
when it was the three of us, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- I do remember that when it was the three of us,

There is now going to be a lot
of media outside your house." - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

There is now going to be a lot of media outside your house.&...

- Well, Emma was arguably
the smartest person on the set, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Well, Emma was arguably the smartest person on the set,

[laughter] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Rupert is just the most
camera-ready - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Rupert is just the most camera-ready

Like, he was so,
like, just fearless. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Like, he was so, like, just fearless.

- Rupert was Ron, you know, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Rupert was Ron, you know,

- It'd be cool.
[laughter] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- It'd be cool. [laughter]

- Well, on the first film,
I was dying the entire time, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Well, on the first film, I was dying the entire time,

[John Williams'
"The Journey to Hogwarts"] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

[John Williams' "The Journey to Hogwarts"]

For the first several weeks
on the film, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

For the first several weeks on the film,

- Looking back, I am sort
of amazed at the fact - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Looking back, I am sort of amazed at the fact

- Shh. Shh. Shh.
- Dan, when you turn away - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Shh. Shh. Shh. - Dan, when you turn away

- But I also think
that was, again, part of Chris - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- But I also think that was, again, part of Chris

- Obviously, we were just kids,
and we were all - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Obviously, we were just kids, and we were all

Chris Columbus
made the atmosphere - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Chris Columbus made the atmosphere

- We were very much just, like,
kids being kids on a set. - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- We were very much just, like, kids being kids on a set.

- Mm-hmm.
- My residing memory - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Mm-hmm. - My residing memory

- With, like, all of us,
like, red-- - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- With, like, all of us, like, red--

- Sorry. Gotta give it back.
[laughter] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Sorry. Gotta give it back. [laughter]

- They probably made their jobs
harder for themselves - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- They probably made their jobs harder for themselves

- Like, a big problem
was, like, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Like, a big problem was, like,

- They'd say a line and then
they'd smile at the camera - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- They'd say a line and then they'd smile at the c...

He used to go down on his knees
to talk to them - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

He used to go down on his knees to talk to them

Like, and I--you could
really feel that, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Like, and I--you could really feel that,

- Yeah.
- You go up and you're, like, - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- Yeah. - You go up and you're, like,

- But it's not easy,
'cause it takes a tremendous - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

- But it's not easy, 'cause it takes a tremendous

[indistinct chatter] - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

[indistinct chatter]

How did Chris Columbus stay
is such good--good spirits? - Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

How did Chris Columbus stay is such good--good spirits?

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts poster

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Cast members from all "Harry Potter" films reunite in a retrospective special to celebrate the anniversary of the first film, including interviews and cast conversations.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Casey Patterson, Joe Pearlman, Eran Creevy

Writer: N/A

Production: Pulse Films,Warner Horizon Unscripted Television,Casey Patterson Entertainment

Genre: documentary, family

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Jan 2022

Awards: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 6 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYbzrRAvf-ZPCKQEAAAAX

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