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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LUCIUS: Out of my way, Potter. So it's true. You have returned. When the governors learned that Arthur Weasley's daughter... ...was taken into the Chamber, they saw fit to summon me back. Ridiculous. DUMBLEDORE: Curiously, Lucius, several of them... ...were under the impression that you would curse their families... ...if they did not agree to suspend me in the first place.

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-How dare you! -Beg your pardon? My sole concern has always been and will always be... ...the welfare of this school... ...and, of course, its students.

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The culprit has been identified, I presume?

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Oh, yes.

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And?

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Who was it?

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-Voldemort. -Ah.

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Only this time he chose to act through somebody else...

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...by means of this.

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I see.

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DUMBLEDORE: Fortunately, our young Mr. Potter discovered it.

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One hopes that no more of Lord Voldemort's old school-things... ...should find their way into innocent hands.

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The consequences for the one responsible would be...

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...severe.

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Well, let us hope... ...that Mr. Potter will always be around to save the day.

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Don't worry. I will be.

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Dumbledore.

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Come, Dobby. We're leaving.

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Sir? I wonder if I could have that?

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HARRY: Mr. Malfoy. Mr. Malfoy!

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