Daily Dialogue — June 5, 2017

HARRY: No! No!
FUDGE: For God’s sake, Dumbledore, what’s happened?
HARRY: He’s back! He’s back! Voldemort’s back! Cedrick, he asked me to bring his body back. I couldn’t leave him. Not there.
DUMBLEDORE: It’s all right, Harry, it’s all right. He’s home. You both are.
FUDGE: Keep everybody in their seats. A boy’s just been killed.

— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), screenplay by Steve Kloves, novel by J.K. Rowling

The Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Triumph, suggested by Shannon Corbeil. Today’s recommendation by Will King.

Trivia: Early drafts had Ron’s estranged brother Percy appearing in a key supporting role but it was written out in the final drafts. In an interview, Chris Rankin, who plays Percy, revealed that his contract of the franchise stipulates that he must appear in four films; the first three, with the option of appearing in either this movie or the next one, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). Given the fact that Percy appears much longer in the latter, he opted out of the film in favor of appearing in the next one.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “A triumph can sometimes be the worst thing to do to a character. Harry, forced to participate in the Triwizard tournament, emerges the victor, but at the cost of the life of a friend he couldn’t save and with the realization that his mortal enemy, Voldemort, is now fully embodied and returning to power. Bringing Voldemort to life right at the height of what should be Harry’s triumph both raises the stakes and heightens the emotions when Harry should be able to celebrate overcoming all the odds that had been stacked against him. Instead, the crisis only deepens.”