Directed by Mike Newell, the fourth installment to the Harry Potter series finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) wondering why his legendary scar -- the famous result of a death curse gone wrong -- is aching in pain, and perhaps even causing mysterious visions. Before he can think too much about it, however, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical education. Shortly after his reunion with his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), Harry is introduced to yet another Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher: the grizzled Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), a former dark wizard catcher who agreed to take on the infamous "DADA" professorship as a personal favor to Headmaster Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). Of course, Harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson), as Hogwarts' representative in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skillfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard community. As difficult as it is to deal with his schoolwork, friendships, and the tournament at the same time (not to mention his feelings toward the ever unfathomable Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), Harry doesn't realize that the most feared wizard in the world, Lord Voldemort, is anticipating the tournament, as well. Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Category Fantasy Adventure, Kids' Fantasy
- Theme: Wizards and Magicians, Boarding School Life
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 02 hr 37 min
- Language: Spanish, English
- Subtitle Language: Spanish, English, French
- Picture Format: pan_and_scan
- Format: DVD
- Release Date: March 7, 2006
- Lead Actor: Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Grint
- Supporting Actor: Alan Watts, Angelica Mandy, Campbell Graham, Christopher Whittingham, Flip Webster, Joshua Herdman, Katie Leung, Louis Doyle, Matthew Lewis, Oliver Phelps, Philip Rham, Robert Hardy, Robert Wilfort, Tom Felton, Stanislav Ianevski, Miranda Richardson, Timothy Spall, Frances de la Tour, Maggie Smith, Robert Pattinson, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Gambon, Alex Palmer, Alfie Enoch, Ann Lacy, Ashley Artus, Charlotte Skeoch, Devon Murray, Eric Sykes, Geraldine Somerville, Jarvis Cocker, Jason Buckle, Jeff Rawle, Margery Mason, Olivia Higginbottom, Philip Selway, Shefali Chowdhury, Sheila Allen, Steve Mackey, Su Elliot, Warwick Davis, Tiana Benjamin, Steve Claydon, Shirley Henderson, Mark Williams, James Phelps, David Tennant, Bonnie Wright, Afshan Azad, David Bradley, David Sterne, Henry Lloyd Hughes, Jamie Waylett, Jonny Greenwood, Liam McKenna, Paschal Friel, Pedja Bjelac, Richard "Rubber Ritchie" Rosson, Tolga Safer, William Melling, Adrian Rawlins, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Clémence Poésy
- Director: Mike Newell
awards
- Nominations: Academy Awards (1)
- Nominee: Academy Awards, Best Art Direction, 2005, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
