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New HARRY POTTER pictures! And an epic John Wayne tall tale!
Hey folks, Harry here with a link to all sorts of Harry Potter goodness... HOWEVER, I must say that the coolest thing you'll find on TheSun's page is the story about Stalin's assassination attempt of John Wayne! I shit you not! Dear god, I would kill for film footage of John Wayne intimidating a pair of Commie Assassins! Link to Stalin/Wayne Story!
Chaps,
Thought you might like this. Some new shots from Harry Potter. The triple
decker bus, one of Hermione dueling with Draco and Harry talking to
Professor McGonagall.
Thanks
Chris
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Nice kids book, adults that read it are retarded.
How long can Radcliffe carry on before he is given a hairy magic wand and purple sack of magic?
I'm waiting for "Harry Potter and The Sniffage of Glue" -
...but Goddamn, Gary Oldman looks bad-ass! I'll go see it just to see how he tears it up.
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First off, two reviews of films already on release / DVD in the UK. Then, "news" as reported by the Sun. Some journalistic integrity please!
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Jul 30, 2003 7:33:25 AM CDT
I really hate jackasses that use the phrase Ummmmmmmmm....okay..
by orange brat
Lose the self righteous BS attitude.
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Thanks for the pix. I'm looking forward to this next installment because I am one of those retarded adult Potter lovers. I do have children, so perhaps you'll find that somewhat acceptible. As for the more casual look shown here - I believe these shots are from the Hogsheade weekend chapter in the book. Kids just kicking around on their day off stuff.
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Parents with kids & Potter is alright.
You should read Phillip Pullman's "Dark Materials" trilogy to them, now there's kid fiction that adults should read.
War against heaven, trepanning, armoured bears, witches, daemons.
Much more interesting than some myopic nu-metal wizard with shit hair. -
His Dark Materials is the best kid's series since narnia, and will be loved by children and adults for at least as long.
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A mate recommended them, and I thought "witches, pixies, bears and magic...bollocks". But started "Northern Lights" one rainy day, ended up buying the other 2 that weekend and read them in one go.
I just dont like Harry Potter books, tepid imagination, piss-poor writing "it was hot. Harry liked the heat. The grass was green" etc etc, and dont see the appeal for adults.
"Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman. Has ideas a lot of adults aren't going to like, god knows why they're aimed at kids. -
Jul 30, 2003 10:33:02 AM CDT
Speaking of, New Line bought the rights to "His Dark Materials"
by trav mcgee
...And are planning to make the whole trilogy. I think they even signed Philippa Boyens from LOTR to adapt, but don't quote me. Haven't heard if they're going to take a shoot-em-all-at-once chance on them either. Haven't read Pullman myself, but plan to from a lot of people's recommendations. Still haven't decided if I'm going to read HP or not. Probably, eventually, if only out of curiosity.
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Man, that'll cost a lot if they do it justice.
They're worth a read, not quite Tolkein level of otherworld, but a lot more intelligent than Potter.
Some of the stuff is going to really hard to do well - armoured bears that talk, daemons that shapeshift, spectres, odd elephant things with wheels, an entire land of the dead...if they do it right, I'll be geeking down the front. -
I will definitely read up Dark Materials, thanks for the recommendation. Although I'm familiar with the books, I haven't picked them up yet. Been stuck in the land of history books as of late. Just finished a first novel by Brit author, C.J Sansom, called "Dissolution." Monks, monarchs and mayhem in Tudor England. Very good read. Also quite worth it is Alison Weir's "Mary Queen of Scotts and the Murder of Lord Darnley," MORE monks, monarchs and mayhem in Tudor England. Now there's an idea, Hollywood...bring on some monks, monarchs and mayhem (no, not "Name of the Rose," wasn't that Italy?) While were on genre stuff: more pirate swashbuckling is fast on the way. Trades announced yesterday that MGM is launching its own mayhem on the high seas with "Devil's Crew." A young Royal Navy officer is going to take on argh-be-garh pirate Edward Teach - aka "Blackbeard". Here's hoping whoever they cast looks better in knee britches and Royal Navy togs than that master and commander of girth - Russell Crowe. (Sorry about this last bit, couldn't resist. I'm really looking forward to the film.) And then there's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Can't wait.
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I don't know about the new outfits for the actors though; I hope the look of the movie isn't spoiled by making it look to trendy.
Gary Oldman as Sirus Black should be good.
Who did they get to play Wormtail?
Cool article on John Wayne. That story would make a good movie. -
but isn't hermione starting to get a little hot?
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Fucking retards I don't give a shit about how great you favorite book is..how potter is just for kids (though why should the kids have all the fun)...If you want to review you book go to a BOOK website..
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Jul 31, 2003 4:47:16 AM CDT
harry potter doesnt suck...........its a good story for young te
by hellothere
So stop complaining that it has piss poor writing.Im guessing thats why its a top seller? Have any of u who dislike harry potter even read the book past the first sentence. Stop whining and do something with your life. go write a book about how harrypotter is gay and see if that convincs people that they only read the book cuase there GAY.........
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is playing Wormtail. He's rather perfect for it. Done loads of British tv, some very very old horror but you americans will probably recognise him from Vanilla Sky. Or possibly even Secrets & Lies which won awards but I don't know if anyone in America ever saw it. Don't blame you if you didn't it's bloody depressing.
The pics look more like rehearsal or blocking or something. I don't think Hermione would wear that pink top. -
Sorry just read the end of the article
"Mexican Cuaron was a surprise choice to take over from Chris Columbus, director of the first two films.
His last film, And Your Mother Too, was a tale of two teenage boys travelling with a sexy older woman that featured some graphic sex scenes."
The Sun is an idiot newspaper but they could at least have checked back further than one film. The guy directed Great Expectations and the Little Princess showing he not only has experience doing book to film things but also kids book to films things. I hated the little princess as a child but his film made it almost bearable because it was so pretty
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...done in the style of Bubba Hotep, or Confesssions OADM. That would be cool. Who'd you get to play the Duke though?
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Jul 31, 2003 6:21:17 AM CDT
I think the HP books are a lot more clever than some of you give
by ribbons
I really sound like a Pothead now. It's amusing to see all this posturing over such a stupid thing. The Pullman trilogy is certainly more elaborately incendiary than Rowling's, and that's a good thing so long as you don't get caught up in its novelty. However, people much more qualified to critique whether or not writing is "piss-poor" are fans of the series, and it's worth a look at least. There are plenty of cloying moments to be had, and certainly rehashed conventions, but I still don't regret having read them. As for the pictures: they all look pretty atmospheric, and the Knight Bus is nifty. I suppose shaggy hair is Cuaron's idea of adolescent rebellion, seeing as every male character heretofore has it. Can anyone that's more trivia-inclined tell me if Professor Trelawney is in this movie? I did a little perfunctory research, but I couldn't find any mention of her. Finally, that John Wayne story would make a great movie if they could get someone like Wes Anderson to do it.
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Professer Trelawney will not be in this one which means they must have cut out the whole story where Hermione drops Divination which is a shame because I like that. It shows that although hermione follows rules she won't put up with crap basically. There's no Oliver Wood in this one either. But the powers that be have said that doesn't mean there won't be any Quidditch. Thank god they haven't cut that! Trelawney not being in it puzzles me though. She may seem insignifigant (I don't think I spelt that right) up till the end but she's very important for setting up the fourth book and also the fifth. (That's not a spoiler). They have said she'll be in the fourth film (if it get made) but whats the point if she's not in the third?
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Girl... You'll be a woman soon
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Thank you. Yeah, her excision strikes me as odd, too. Obviously there are ways of working around it, but almost every subplot of the novel runs through her, not to mention the prophecy at the end. Maybe they thought a prophecy would seem too much like a commerce cocktease. Maybe they thought her presence was too whimsical for this film's theme of burgeoning darknes, I dunno. I'm sure that Cuaron will have to field that question a lot over the coming months, so there's no point agonizing over it now (not to mention that I'm sure that he had good reason to excise her from the final film. As a director, it's his prerogative to decide what meshes with his vision, and I highly doubt that he sent her packing because he's allergic to shawls). Then again, I don't even know what the hell I'M doing anymore, so hypothesizing what the hell anybody else is doing seems kind of ironic.
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It's time to get rid of the old and bring in the new...I mean...the young.
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Anyway, doesn't HP grow up in the books anyway? Not that I've read them. Anyway, I heard the camera adds five years, so that should salve the consciences of a few of the more 'predatory' TBers above.
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For your info, Emma Watson is 13, and she's playing A 13 YEAR OLD! Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) is 14 and Rupert Grint (Ron) is 15. How in the Hell is that to old?
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outside a dog,a book is a mans best friend.iside a dog it is too dark to read.
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its more adult and its got some good twists but the 7 year old potter fan may be to scared or not get whats happening,woodystiffer sucks dementor cock
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I just watched Secrets & Lies, I loved him in Topsy Turvy as well. He's a great actor and also fairly fat, he'll do Wormtail justice. (will he drop the pounds for the sequel though???) I've seen the pic of Gary Oldman as Sirius and I'll hold my tongue since I'm in the minority on that one. David Thewliss, the actor playing Lupin, starred in another Mike Leigh movie "Naked". I hear his character's quite nasty in "Naked", I'll wait until after "Azkaban" comes out to rent it.
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"Anyway, doesn't HP grow up in the books anyway? Not that I've read them"
Love how you have to qualify that in case anyone thinks you've read them! Yes of course Harry grows up. we're not in Simpson's land here.
It's really annoying thaton sites' like this where you could actually get some intelligent discussion going everyone has to instantly be prejudiced against Harry Potter but on the sites where people want to talk about them they are all idiot 10 year olds or even stupider 40 year old house wives.
Just to clarify yes the books are shittly written and horribly cliched but the storys not the writing is what important because the storys are great soap opera cliff hanger stuff. -
there was also an article in the same newspaper about a new tarantino movie about football (soccer to you yanks) called "goal" anyone know anything about this?
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1. Naked - Yet another depressing Mike Leigh film. I don't deny they are well directed films but god why anyone would want to sit through that level of depression I have no idea. (Did not see film by choice. Live with ilm students who make me watch these things)
2. Pullman I don't think blames God. Don't know if you'ved read all of them but I felt the point of Amber Spyglass was God had lost his grip through no fault of his own. Possibly conveying Pullman's believe that God has lost his grip on our world and that why things are so shitty. personally I don't think they're anymore shitty than they ever were in history. -
He was on the South Bank Show a while back (a generally pretentious, occasionally fascinating arts prog in the UK) explaining this. His problem apparantly lies with organised religion and the stories and ideals it represents, not God per se. I'm pretty sure he denied being an athiest. He despises the Narnia books though.
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Part of the whole point of the books is that its an alternative version of English Boarding schools. Also, it plays heck with continuity, since the characters have worn the robes for the first two, and the ancient dormitory feel was an essential part of the first two. He may have gone straight fantasy, which worries me because some of the charm of Harry Potter is the willful anachronism of many of the elements. Get too hip, too with it, and you lose that element. I just hope he gets the right parts through. One can only wonder about Rowling's take on this.
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It is the single film that has that distinction. I'm not sure if that says more about the quality of the film, or the fact that I needed a rest. *friendswithbenefits.com*
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Jul 31, 2003 11:10:57 AM CDT
The Sun is a collection of pretty pictures for the illiterate
by lord vorcampbel
Nice pictures. Obviously shots from rehearsal though. The way J. K. Rowling guards the integrity of her work, I cannot see the uniform being dropped.
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I can understand, at least from the publicity stills that we've seen so far, that people might have a little anxiety built up inside of them over anticipating a mini-'The Emperor's New Clothes' here. However, remember that Chris Columbus, while bowing out of the director's chair, is still producing these films. As a director he'll probably respect Cuaron's integrity and allow him to toy around with the series a little, but I doubt that he'd let him dispense with the robes altogether. That, strangely enough, would seem like more of an anachronism than the presence of robes in the first place.
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Jul 31, 2003 11:19:28 AM CDT
Kim Jong Il has hit teams hunting Bruce Campbell and Joss Whedon
by fred
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Jul 31, 2003 11:29:01 AM CDT
"So there I was in Nineteen Tickity-Two! We had to say 'tickity'
by ribbons
Good grief. The last thing we need is fan fiction about Jack Nicholson foiling the commies' plans to launch Goldeneye into the stratosphere by stealing their space chimp and selling it to the Jackson 5.
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His face looks different, but it isn't a very close-up shot so I can't really tell. Oh, what the hell are you talking about these kids are TOO OLD?? They're 15 at the oldest right now. Dumbass.
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Just saying.
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Those sleepy looking Brits...they look a lot older, perhaps it's all of that mayondaise they eat.
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Telling you to go rent The Quiet Man right now so you can see what greatness really is.
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... as it has a werewolf and kinda vampires (Dementors). Anyay, I'm optimistic about this HP movie. The first two were dissapointing, but the thrd book is a lot better/ more complex and Cuaron is tits. So here's hoping.
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For everybody no using their robes. In this book the Hogwarts students are allowed to visit the nearby town of Hogsmeade. I suppose they don't have to use their robes there. Also, the first picture is from the begining of the movie when Harry is not yet at school, that's why he's no wearing the school uniform.
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Jul 31, 2003 5:47:01 PM CDT
How many more Harry Potter movies do I have to put up with?
by super cucaracha
I've got a 6 six year old daughter and she wants to see them all. Please let me know so that I'll be ready. Cuaron should make this interesting though.
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Jul 31, 2003 6:59:55 PM CDT
Yeah, I think they're in their civvies just to go to Hogsmeade t
by rawshark
Another good Thewlis film was "Divorcing Jack" in which he played an alcoholic journalist. He definately gave off a loveably dishevelled Lupin-like vibe, and so I have no doubt that he'll do the part justice. I loved His Dark Materials too, and hope that they do adapt the books faithfully. Heh, the fundies went nuts over Harry Potter, but when they see the Amber Spyglass their heads will explode. I hope NewLine don't weasel out.
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Clearly those are rehearsal shots, you fucks. The Sun is hardly accurate journalism. I did hear that Hermione gives the "finger cuffs" treatment to Ron & Harry, though.
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Considering the movie's production is already 60% complete, I doubt that we're just now being introduced to shots that didn't happen during or in between takes
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Who gives two shits about Harry Potter? The movies suck rhinocerous cock and the fans of the book are all mentally challenged dwarfs.
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Just read the article now. I thought you were talking about something else entirely; my bad. I shouldn't have jumped the gun like that. Hope I didn't offend you, because I actually enjoy reading most of your posts anyway. These could conceivably be stills from the movie (amazing or no), although from what I hear, the Sun doesn't have the greatest of reputations.
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Jul 31, 2003 10:56:51 PM CDT
Don't you love people who have nothing better to do than post in
by st.buggering
I love the books, and I loved the movies. And yes, I read grown-up books as well. So you hateful little losers can go blow. What I really enjoy is that the anti-Potter posts generally fail to rise above the intellectual level of "Harry Potter fucking sucks...fuck him". And then they question the intelligence of those who read them. Ironic.
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Jul 31, 2003 11:14:39 PM CDT
oh please, they're only a year older than the novel counterparts
by tall_boy
you can pull off teenagers with early 20 year olds easy. I hope they keep the kids all through the movies.
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...was a fairy, youse boys."
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Young Hermione is blooming fair, but do yourself a favor: take a look at Alexa Vega of Spy Kids. Guaranteed, in two years, she'll be gorging loins at AICN and wherever else men gather to sweat and thunder. In other words, she's fetching.
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It's fair to say the Duke would have you slobbing his johnson. And liking it.
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Aug 01, 2003 2:55:17 PM CDT
How can the kids be too old when we have 26 year olds playing 16
by drath
Enough of this "they'll be too old" BULLSHIT!!!! Face it, any kid will grow out of the age faster than they can make the movies, so why recast when the actors who are most familiar and recognizible in the roles still look like teenagers? They aren't playing 11-year-olds anymore, they're playing aging teens. They won't outgrow the roles until you get to the sixth or seventh movies, the books for which probably won't be released until they are well into their '40s. As Peter David remarked, Radcliffe will then be old enough to play Snape, and Alan Rickman will graduate to Dumbledore. So the kids will never be too old to be in the movies EVER!
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i think we're all in agreement that draco's hair in the first two movies was a bit much...but then , that's pretty much his character, don't you think? you get the impression that a malfoy would care about this hair like that, using a pot of gel everyday...i hope those were really rehearsal shots, i don't much like the idea of no uniforms, but i guess we'll have to trust cuaron..ANYBODY would've been an improvement over columbus. With any luck, i won't want to suffocate myself with my popcorn bag during this movie...
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As Paul Chadwick noted in one of his "Concrete" stories, the Duke died of cancer that was probably linked to his filming on some old Atomic bomb testing grounds. So John Wayne died from an A-bomb. Cool.
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He was quoting a line from the movie Repoman, although rather poorly. The actual line is, "John Wayne was a fag.","To Hell he was!","He was too, youse boys. I was installing two-way mirrors in his place in Beverly Hills, and he come to the door wearin' a dress."
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...he was too you boys. I went to his pad in Brentwood and he came to the door in a dress." That was the best line in Repo Man. John Wayne may have gotten a few gamma rays while filming the 1956 mongolian classic The Conquerer in the Nevada desert. But that wasn't what killed him in 1979.(By "classic" I refer to the Duke spouting lines likes these..."I feel this Tartar woman is for me...and my blood says take her !") The fact is John Waybe smoked like an old Chevy through out his entire adult life. He even lent his name and image to Chesterfield smokes back in the day. That's what got him in the end. Joe Camel and...NOT Joe Stalin rounded up the Duke. Ya-ha-ha. Gidde up. Ya'll !
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"the Duke died of cancer that was probably linked to his filming on some old Atomic bomb testing grounds."
For years I believed this to be the case until I read more about the man and realized he was a heavy smoker. So who knows? -
Aug 04, 2003 4:31:44 AM CDT
JOhn Wayne died of STOMACH cancer, you truth.com converts
by jasondkeldar
What did he Swallow the butts after he smoked 'em?? BTW those who talk smack about Potter are the same trolls who talk smack about every single popular thing that appears on this site. They don;t have favorites, just reasons to make their own egos feel bigger by unloading on something people like. I admit I trashed Reloaded, but that was simply becasue I was tired of the hype, so far beyond the hype for Blair Witch I thought I would puke.
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What is that idiot Cuaron doing?
Why are teenage witches and wizards wearing trendy muggle clothing?
I know they still have robes in the movie, however the clothing the cast is wearing is completely out of place. Even if they are visiting Hogsmeade in their free time, it is an all wizard/witch village, they should at least be wearing cloaks. Why do 3rd movies have to dumb down always?
Wizard culture is old-fashioned NOT modern. -
Imagine the scene the students visit Hogsmeade an ancient village populated completely by wizards and witches (no muggles).
Instead of blending in, by wearing cloaks (as described in the books) they end up looking like a bunch of muggle tourists visiting some old place. Is this director mad? -
AICN sucks...I've tried to give Harry these links and he blows me off. He obviously only wants to hear from his masturbatory little circle of geek friends. Fuck them, I just want people who like HP to see this...
Go here for some high quality HP3 pictures (many of which are the digitals from the Newsweek article):
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResCuaronWatson.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResDumbledore.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResHermioneHarry.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResLeakyCauldron.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResRadcliffeCuaron.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResShriekShack.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResTrio.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/07/PoASunKnightBus1.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/07/PoASunHermioneMalfoy.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/07/PoASunKnightBus2.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/07/PoASunMcGHarry.jpg
Here also are a few shots of them "in robes":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2960000/2960600.stm
http://www.thesnitch.co.uk/news/images/rhhonset.jpg
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http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResCuaronWatson.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResDumbledore.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResHermioneHarry.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResLeakyCauldron.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResRadcliffeCuaron.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResShriekShack.jpg
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/images/2003/08/PoAHiResTrio.jpg
The "robed" pics:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2960000/2960600.stm
http://www.thesnitch.co.uk/news/images/rhhonset.jpg
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