Director : David Yates
Release Date : 17 July 2009
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Cast
Daniel Radcliffe ... Harry Potter
Rupert Grint ... Ron Weasley
Emma Watson ... Hermione Granger
Helena Bonham Carter ... Bellatrix Lestrange
Alan Rickman ... Severus Snape
Bonnie Wright ... Ginny Weasley
Maggie Smith ... Minerva McGonagall
Tom Felton ... Draco Malfoy
Julie Walters ... Molly Weasley
Michael Gambon ... Albus Dumbledore
David Thewlis ... Remus Lupin
Timothy Spall ... Peter Pettigrew
Helen McCrory ... Narcissa Malfoy
Warwick Davis ... Filius Flitwick
Jim Broadbent ... Horace Slughorn
Robbie Coltrane ... Rubeus Hagrid
Katie Leung ... Cho Chang
Jessie Cave ... Lavender Brown
Evanna Lynch ... Luna Lovegood
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin ... Tom Riddle - Age 11
Dave Legeno ... Fenrir Greyback
Natalia Tena ... Nymphadora Tonks
Freddie Stroma ... Cormac McLaggen
Fiona Shaw ... Petunia Dursley
James Phelps ... Fred Weasley
Robert Knox ... Marcus Belby
Richard Griffiths ... Uncle Vernon Dursley
Oliver Phelps ... George Weasley
Matthew Lewis ... Neville Longbottom
River George ... Laurasia
Mark Williams ... Arthur Weasley
Michael Berendt ... Tom Riddle at 18
David Bradley ... Argus Filch
Synopsis
Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts turns out to be quite the exciting year. First off is the arrival of a new teacher at Hogwarts, Horace Slughorn, who is a bit more useful to Harry than he realizes. Next, Harry obtains a Potions book which used to be belong to the very mysterious Half-Blood Prince. Harry finds that the Half-Blood Prince's ancient scribbles are written along the margins of almost every page, giving Harry advice on how to improve greatly on his Potions work, and also teaching him a few helpful (and dangerous) spells along the way.
Amidst this, Harry is starting private lessons with Professor Dumbledore, during which Harry learns the dark secrets of Voldemort's past, hoping that they could use these secrets to find a way to defeat him. In the end, Harry and Dumbledore discover the horrible dark magic that Voldemort has been able to use, leading to a startling revelation.
Harry's year gets even more stressful with the suspicious actions of Draco Malfoy, who has been sneaking around the school doing, so Harry assumes, Voldemort's bidding. Harry quickly becomes determined, and slightly obsessed, to find out exactly what Malfoy has been up to and putting and end to it.
Yet, during this time, Harry and his friends go through daily life, busy with school work, Quidditch, (in which Harry has been made captain of the team) and of course, romance. Ron has found a new girlfriend, Lavender Brown, a perky (if not obnoxious) Gryffindor student, and Hermione is not happy about it. Ron and Hermione's friendship takes a toll throughout the school year and Harry, as usual, is stuck in the middle. Harry, meanwhile, is facing a romantic dilemma of his own: he realizes he is falling for his best friend's sister, Ginny Weasley, who is unfortunately dating Harry's classmate, Dean Thomas. Harry's pining for Ginny and Ron's hilarious relationship with Lavender give this story a large dose of reality that the films have shown so little of so far.
Throughout all the school drama, however, the obvious darkness of Voldemort's impending rise to power is always apparent. The incredible action-packed climax is sure to leave the audience stunned and, inevitably, prove that you shouldn't trust everybody who you think is good and also prove that not everyone can manage to survive.
