Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 1998 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. Produced by David Heyman, it is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and the second instalment in the Harry Potter film series. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively. The story follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the Heir of Salazar Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a monster that petrifies the school's students. The film was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002, by Warner Bros. Pictures. Critics praised its darker plot, sets, performances (especially Branagh, Coltrane and Isaacs), and a story appropriate for a young audience, and it became a critical and commercial success, grossing $878 million worldwide (domestic 29.7% and foreign 70.2%) and becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 2002. The film was nominated for many awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. It was followed by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).

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...knew that my secret ambition is to rid the world of evil... ...and market my own range of hair-care potions. Good girl.

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Now, be warned.

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It is my job to arm you... ...against the foulest creatures known to wizardkind.

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You may find yourselves facing your worst fears in this room. Know only that no harm can befall you whilst I am here. I must ask you not to scream. It might provoke them. Cornish pixies? LOCKHART: Freshly caught Cornish pixies.

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Laugh if you will, Mr. Finnegan... ...but pixies can be devilishly tricky little blighters. Let's see what you make of them.

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Come on now, round them up. They're only pixies.

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PIXIE: You just stay there! NEVILLE: Please, get me down!

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HERMIONE: Get off me! -Stop. Hold still! Peskipiksi Pesternomi! I'll ask you three to just nip the rest of them back into their cage. What do we do now? Immobulus!

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Why is it always me?

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I spent the summer devising a whole new Quidditch program. We're gonna train earlier, harder and longer. What--? I don't believe it. -Where you think you're going, Flint? -Quidditch practice. -I booked the pitch for Gryffindor today. -Easy, Wood. I've got a note. Uh-oh. I smell trouble. "I, Professor Severus Snape, do hereby give the Slytherin team... ...permission to practice today, owing to the need to train their new Seeker." You've got a new Seeker. Who? -Malfoy? -That's right. And that's not all that's new this year.

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Those are Nimbus 2001s. How did you get those? A gift from Draco's father. You see, Weasley, unlike some, my father can afford the best. At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in. They got in on pure talent. No one asked your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood. You'll pay for that one, Malfoy. Eat slugs! You okay, Ron? Say something. -Wow! Can you turn him around, Harry? HARRY: No, Colin, get out of the way. Let's take him to Hagrid's. He'll know what to do.

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HAGRID: This calls for a specialist's equipment.

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Nothing to do but wait till it stops, I'm afraid.

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-Okay. -Better out than in.

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-Who was Ron trying to curse, anyway? -Malfoy. He called Hermione....

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Well, I don't know exactly what it means.

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He called me a Mudblood. -He did not. -What's a Mudblood?

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It means "dirty blood." Mudblood's a foul name for someone who's Muggle-born. Someone with non-magic parents. Someone like me.

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It's not a term one usually hears in civilized conversation.

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See, the thing is, Harry, there are some wizards, like the Malfoy family... ...who think they're better than everyone else because they're pure-blood. That's horrible.

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