HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
Type of media Film
Approved Running time 153m 19s
Release date 15/07/2009
BBFCInsight Contains moderate threat
Genre(s) Adventure, Fantasy
Director(s) David Yates
Cast includes Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Mark Williams, Tom Felton, Evanna Lynch, Matthew Lewis, Katie Leung, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Natalie Tena
Cut This work was passed uncut.
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12A
- ECI information
BBFCinsight publication date 05/07/2009
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, a fantasy adventure film based on the book of the same title by J. K. Rowling, finds Harry and his friends returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their sixth year. The work was passed 12 for moderate threat.
The BBFC Guidelines at PG state that frightening sequences should not be prolonged or intense, albeit fantasy sequences may be a mitigating factor. Although the majority of the film can be comfortably contained at PG, there is one quite scary sequence in which Harry and Professor Dumbledore are attacked by menacing looking creatures that have emerged from an underground lake. Harry is pulled into the lake and dragged beneath the water. The scene has the potential to upset younger or more sensitive children and was considered best placed at 12. In another scene Draco Malfoy kicks Harry (below screen) and appears to break his nose; blood can be seen on Harrys face. Tables are turned later on in the film when Harry defeats Malfoy in a wand battle in the school toilets. Malfoy, who is rendered unconscious, has several bloodstains on his white shirt and his blood can be seen to mix with and cloud the water on the flooded floor. Malfoy, however, is soon completely healed by a nearby teacher.
The mild language in HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE includes the words 'God, bloody, tosser', 'sod', 'hell' and git. These terms, together with the very mild sex references (mostly about snogging), would have been allowed at PG.
Details
- Title
- HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
- Year
- 2009
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Brothers
- Classified date(s)
- 10/06/2009
- Main language
- English
- Submitted run time
- 153m 19s
- Approved footage
- 13798+8
- BBFC reference
- BFF251764
- Registration number
- CFJ19281
Related work
Feature
| Title | Type | Runtime | Cut | Distributor | Date | Certificate |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | Warner Home Video Ltd,Warner Brothers | 22/01/2010 |  18 |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - MAXIMUM MOVIE MODE [Additional material] | Video | 153m 51s | Warner Home Video Ltd | 22/01/2010 |  12 |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | Video | 147m 9s | Warner Home Video Ltd | 22/01/2010 | 12 |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE [IMAX version] | Film | 154m 34s | Warner Brothers | 15/07/2009 |  12A |
Trailer
| Title | Type | Runtime | Cut | Distributor | Date | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREE WILLY - ESCAPE FROM PIRATE'S COVE | VideoTrailer | 2m 5s | Warner Home Video Ltd | 22/01/2010 |  U |
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| HARRY POTTER - SPELLS [Additional material,HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE - I-PHONE TRAILER] | VideoTrailer | 0m 42s | Warner Home Video Ltd | 22/01/2010 | U |
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| LEGO HARRY POTTER - YEARS 1-4 | VideoTrailer | 1m 0s | Warner Home Video Ltd | 22/01/2010 | U |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE | FilmTrailer | 1m 34s | Warner Brothers | 26/05/2009 | 12A |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE [IMAX] | FilmTrailer | 1m 56s | Warner Brothers | 21/05/2009 | 12A |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE [Trailer F5] | FilmTrailer | 2m 20s | Warner Brothers | 08/04/2009 | 12A |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE | FilmTrailer | 1m 52s | Warner Brothers | 26/11/2008 |  PG |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE | FilmTrailer | 1m 50s | Warner Brothers | 21/11/2008 | 12A |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE [TRL 2] | FilmTrailer | 1m 31s | Warner Brothers | 19/08/2008 | PG |
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| HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE [TRAILER 1] | FilmTrailer | 1m 36s | Warner Brothers | 30/07/2008 | 12A |
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