In his current round of promotion for the
Harry Potter series receiving the Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema at this Sunday's BAFTA film awards, producer David Heyman gave a few rather vague spoilers to
Empire about the King's Cross and Prince's Tale segments in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, of which he admits having seen a rough cut.
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What about Part Two? Is that rough-cut at this point?
I tend to like melancholic moments, the nice, quiet moments in the films.
Yeah. I’ve seen a very, very early cut. It’s very exciting. No visual effects, no music, no sound effects, and it’s really exciting. But it’s early days and the film continues to take shape and will continue to take shape over the next many months. I think it will be a great ending to the series. It was a really long shoot; we shot over 260 days on this one.
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But you obviously found solutions in the end for the scenes that everyone was worried about, the King’s Cross scene and the flashbacks.
Well, in a way this is an easier structure than Part One because it’s quite defined. In terms of the King’s Cross scene, I think it does work and it’s very moving. We actually did it once, and then re-did it a little bit because we needed to refine something, and I’m pretty glad we did. It’s a very quiet, moving scene, but I think it leaves the series on the right note. The only flashback really that one thinks about is the Snape flashback, when Harry goes into the Pensieve to see Snape’s story, and that’ll be defined, but it’ll be very moving.
One of the things I love about David Yates’ work is that he’s very concerned with the life of the characters. Yes, there’s a lot of action as the series comes to an end, yes there’s boom-boom-boom as it comes to an end, but he also takes time for the humanity. That’s what I like about Part One is the luxury of having that time to spend with the characters. Even in this, which is more action-packed, there’s time to cover that, which is great.
David Heyman and J.K. Rowling will be receiving the Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema honour at this Sunday's ceremony. Actors Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Bonnie Wright are confirmed to attend the awards ceremony, as well. We will have full coverage of the 2011 BAFTA awards this weekend.
Additionally, composer Alexandre Desplat and his score for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I have received nominations for the 2011
International Film Music Critics Association awards for excellence in musical scoring. Desplat received an astounding seven nominations for various scores he composed for feature films in the past year, including Deathly Hallows: Part I, which received recognition in the Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror film category. The awards will be announced on February 25, 2011.