Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Theatrical Release Date: 2002 11 15 (USA)

UPC: 085391173649

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Excellent For Children, Scary Moments]

Summary: 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. However, it isn't long before Harry and company discover something is amiss at Hogwarts: Students are petrified like statues, threats are written in blood on the walls, and a deadly monster is on the loose. It seems that someone has opened the mysterious Chamber of Secrets, letting loose the monster and all its calamitous powers. As Harry, Ron, and Hermione set out to find the secret chamber and slay the beast, speculation is rife that one of the heirs of Salazar Slytherin, the co-founder of the school, opened the chamber as a warning against the presence of "mudbloods" (magic-users of impure lineage) at the school -- and that the culprit may be fellow student Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets featured Richard Harris' second and final appearance as Headmaster Dumbledore; he died less than a month before the film was released in the United States. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Awards: Best Live Action Family Film – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Composer – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Live Action Family Film – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Score – Broadcast Film Critics Association

Features: Includes free collectible trading cards

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/11/2007

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 161 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
1. In a Cage [3:00]
2. Dobby's Warning [4:54]
3. Car Rescue [2:53]
4. The Burrow [3:17]
5. To Diagon Alley [3:50]
6. Flourish and Blotts [4:18]
7. Flying to Hogwarts [3:33]
8. Whomping Willow [3:00]
9. Not Expelled...Today [2:17]
10. Mandrakes; Ron's Howler [4:06]
11. Gilderoy Lockhart [2:46]
12. Mudbloods and Murmurs [4:47]
13. Writing on the Wall [5:27]
14. About the Chamber [3:59]
15. Rogue Bludger [5:40]
16. No Longer Life [5:16]
17. Dueling Club [4:36]
18. A Parselmouth [4:05]
19. Nothing to Tell [4:36]
20. Polyjuice Potion [:49]
21. Harry and Ron Transformed [4:11]
22. The Diary [4:05]
23. Tom Riddle [4:02]
24. Petrified [3:47]
25. Cornelius Fudge [4:12]
26. Aragog [5:05]
27. Spider Attack [4:12]
28. Missing [4:05]
29. Chamber of Secrets [4:18]
30. Backfire [5:26]
31. Heir of Slytherin [3:16]
32. The Basilisk [5:22]
33. Healing Powers [4:59]
34. Out of the Hat [3:33]
35. Dobby's Reward [3:14]
36. Welcome Back [5:14]
37. End Credits [5:07]

Perry Seibert

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is more enjoyable and better made than its predecessor. Paced well and effectively balancing thrills and laughs, Chamber feels much shorter than its intimidating 161 minute running time. The plot is occasionally fuzzy -- reasons are left unclear as to why the bad guys have to go through the complicated plan that they do, but complaining about that is the equivalent of quibbling with a Bond villain. Hogwarts looks more like a real place and less like a movie set this time around. The characters and sets have a familiarity that helps make this film feel more natural than Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The actors acquit themselves well, although only Kenneth Branagh as the vain, egotistical Gilderoy Lockhart truly shines. Branagh is obviously spoofing himself, and his joy is infectious. Although the film delivers the goods, disappointing neither fans of the books nor admirers of the first film, there is a certain restrictive feeling about the film that is hard to place. That Chris Columbus so closely follows the books seems to be a big reason why the series has succeeded (financially) as much as it has. However, there is an inevitability that disappoints ever so slightly. One has difficulty sensing much individuality in the film. Chamber of Secrets feels like a mission accomplished more than an inspired piece of storytelling, but it is a worthy mission and it is accomplished with skill. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Chris Columbus  Director 
Chris Columbus  Executive Producer 
Steve Kloves  Screenwriter 
Mark A. Radcliffe  Executive Producer 
John Williams  Composer (Music Score) 
David Barron  Executive Producer 
David Heyman  Producer 
Michael Barnathan  Executive Producer 
Daniel Radcliffe  Actor 
Rupert Grint  Actor 
Emma Watson  Actor 
Kenneth Branagh  Actor 
Robbie Coltrane  Actor 
Richard Harris  Actor 
Warwick Davis  Actor 
Richard Griffiths  Actor 
John Cleese  Actor 
Jason Isaacs  Actor 
Alan Rickman  Actor 
Fiona Shaw  Actor 
Maggie Smith  Actor 
Julie Walters  Actor 
Shirley Henderson  Actor 
Julian Glover  Actor 
Miriam Margolyes  Actor 
Mark Williams  Actor 
Toby Jones  Actor 
Bonnie Wright  Actor 
Tom Felton  Actor 
David Bradley  Actor 
Gemma Jones  Actor 
Christian Coulson  Actor 
Sean Biggerstaff  Actor 
Alfred Burke  Actor 
Matthew Lewis  Actor 
Rik Mayall  Actor 
Kathrin Nicholson  Actor 
Chris Rankin  Actor 
Robert Hardy  Actor 

Country: UK,USA