From Page to Screen: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'

Published: June 12, 2008, 12:02 am

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Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Harry Potter, From Page to ScreenFew adaptations have been pored over and scrutinized for adherence to cannon as intensely as the Harry Potter films. Every omission and deviation gets pounced upon immediately. Speculation ran rampant that each of the later, longer volumes would be split into two films to accommodate J.K. Rowling's sprawling storylines, until it was finally announced that the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, actually will be. In a few weeks, I'll take a look at the prospects for David Yates' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due this November. This week, I want to look back at the sole Potter installment to date where the film not only did right by the book, but expanded it, improved it, brought it to life. And that would be Alfonso Cuarón's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.I'm usually lavish in my praise for the film; I'm fond of saying that I like it better than Cuaron's

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