Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

**Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets** is a UK VHS/DVD release by Warner Bros Home Entertainment on 14th April 2003.

The film also premiered on Sky Movies in 2004, The film also got aired on Blockbusters in/on 21st July 2023, The film also got aired on Wizarding Wld in/on 29th July 2023, The film also got aired on Cult Classics in/on 28th August 2023, The film also got aired on Sky Originals in/on 20th October 2023 and the film also got aired on ITV1 in/on 28th October 2023.

## Description

VHS/Blu-Ray: Cars fly, trees fight back & a mysterious house-elf comes in to warn Harry Potter at the star of his second year at Hogwarts, Adventure & danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ren & Hermione’s magical abilities & courage in director Chris Columbus’s spellbinding adaptation of J.K. Rowing’s second book, Get ready to be amused & petrified as Harry Potter shows he’s more than a wizard, he’s a hero!

## Cast

* Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, a 12-year-old British wizard famous for surviving his parents' murder at the hands of the evil wizard Lord Voldemort as an infant, who now enters his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
* Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, Harry's best male friend at Hogwarts & a younger member of the Weasley wizarding family.
* Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Harry's precocious Muggle-born best friend.
* Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, Harry’s rival in Slytherin.
* Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart, a celebrity author & the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Hugh Grant is said to have been the first choice for the role but due to reported scheduling conflicts he was unable to play the character. On 25 October 2001, Branagh was selected as Grant's replacement.
* John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick, the ghost patron of Gryffindor House.
* Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant gamekeeper at Hogwarts. Martin Bayfield portrays a young Hagrid.
* Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley, Harry's abusive Muggle (non-magical) uncle, who despises wizards & now works as a drill company director.
* Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts & one of the greatest wizards of the age. Harris died shortly before the film was released.
* Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy, a former Hogwarts pupil of Slytherin House now working as a school governor at Hogwarts & is the father of Draco Malfoy.
* Gemma Jones as Madame Pomfrey, The magical Healer of the Hogwarts hospital wing.
* Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, the Potions teacher at Hogwarts and head of Slytherin.
* Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley, Harry's Muggle aunt.
* Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall, the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts & head of Gryffindor.
* Julie Walters as Molly Weasley, the Weasley matriarch & a mother figure to Harry.

 Several actors from the Philosopher’s Stone reprise their roles in this film, Harry Melling portrays Dudley Dursley, Harry’s cousin, James & Oliver Phelps play Fred & George Weasley, Ron’s twin brothers, Chris Rankin appears as Percy Weasley, Ron’s older brother & a Gryffindor perfect, & Bonnie Wright portrays their sister Ginny, Jamie Waylett & Josh Herdman appear as Crabbe & Goyle, Draco’s minions, Matthew Lewis & Devon Murray play Neville Longbottom & Seamus Finningan, respectively, two Gryffindor students in Harry’s year, David Bradley portrays Argus Filch, Hogwarts’ caretaker, & Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood, the Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Leslie Phillips voices The Sorting Hat,

Christian Coulson appears as Tom Marvolo Riddle, a manifestation of young Lord Voldemort, Mark Williams portrays Arthur Weasley, Ron’s Father, Shirley Henderson plays Moaning Myrtle Warren, a Hogwarts ghost, Miriam Margolyes appears as Pomona Sprout, Hogwarts’ Herbology professor, Hugh Mitchell portrays Colin Creevey, a first year student is a fan of Harry’s, Robert Hardy appears as Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, Toby Jones voices Dobby, a House-elf, while Julian Glover voices Aragog, an acromantula.

## Opening (Original 2003 release) (Version 1)

* Warner Home Video An AOL Time Warner Company Ident (2002)
* FACT "The Pirates Are Out to Get You" PIF (Short Version)
* European Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1995-2005)
* The Little Polar Bear trailer [announced by Ringo Starr]
* VSC PG Warning (Warner Home Video) (1995) [announced by Floella Benjamin]
* Warner Bros Pictures An AOL Time Warner Company Ident (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Version)/Start of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

## Closing (Original 2003 release) (Version 1)

* End of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
* Closing Credits Film (Long Version)
* Middle of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
* Closing Credits Film (Short Version)
* Warner Bros Pictures An AOL Time Warner Company Ident (Still Version)
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Extra Bonus Footage (Full Video)
* Warner Home Video Warning Scroll (1999-2005)

## Opening (Original 2003 release) (Version 2)

* Warner Home Video An AOL Time Warner Company Ident (2002)
* FACT "The Pirates Are Out to Get You" PIF (Short Version)
* European Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1995-2005)
* The Little Polar Bear trailer [announced by Ringo Starr]
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Own it On DVD) Trailer [announced by Michael Angelis]
* VSC PG Warning (Warner Home Video) (1995) [announced by Floella Benjamin]
* Warner Bros Pictures An AOL Time Warner Company Ident (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Version)/Start of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

## Closing (Original 2003 release) (Version 2)

* End of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
* Closing Credits Film (Long Version)
* Middle of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
* Closing Credits Film (Short Version)
* Warner Bros Pictures An AOL Time Warner Company Ident (Still Version)
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Extra Bonus Footage (Full Video)
* Warner Home Video Warning Scroll (1999-2005)

## Trailers and info

### Original 2003 release (Version 1)

1. FACT Hotline Video Piracy Warning
2. The Little Polar Bear (Coming Soon)
3. VSC PG Warning (Warner Bros Home Entertainment)

### Original 2003 release (Version 2)

1. FACT Hotline Video Piracy Warning
2. The Little Polar Bear (Coming Soon)
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Own it On DVD)
4. VSC PG Warning (Warner Bros Home Entertainment)