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a short report from a fan who recently visited Leavesden Studios. The report contains some new information about several scenes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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Mugglenet has received a short report from a fan who recently visited Leavesden Studios. The report contains some new information about several scenes in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Due to plot spoilers, please highlight the following text to read it.

> I visited the set at Leavesden Studios today with my mum and dad. We saw them filming some of the scene at the MOM where Harry goes into the Pensieve and sees the trial of Crouch Jnr. and Karkaroff. After speaking to a few people it turns out all of the Dursleys and most of the Quidditch World Cup have been cut this is because it's a very long book and so consequently a long script (about 2 hours at the moment). All of the Diagon Alley set (inc. Honeydukes) has gone, possibly into storage, so didn't get to see that but the room in which the trial takes place is amazing. It isn't very big and it's round with gold medieval painted walls and a cage for Crouch Jnr. and Karkaroff in the middle. Another thing which was pretty cool to see was Dan Radcliffe hanging around off set playing his guitar!!! <

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I was really looking forward to the Quidditch world cup scene. Let's hope it's not entirely cut out of the film.

I highly doubt it is cut entirely, they've filmed scenes building up to it so it's probably not.

This fan is slightly uninformed, since when was Honeydukes in Diagon Alley?! :lol:

And a cage for Crouch Jr. and Karkaroff? It's a chair with chains, for goodness sake. Kloves mucks up again.

:hello: first post here EVER! But i am incensed that they can cut out the DURSLEYS!! You can't do that! There's 2 brilliant special effects scenes there, the exploding fireplace and Dudleys tongue! Not to mention the comedy value of it, so i really hope this is not true! You can't cut the Dursleys! S.O.D!

Apparently they can...which is annoying cos that part is my favourite of the whole book. Will they have the Ron and Harry argument do u think, or will they leave that out as well?

Im kinda glad that The World Cup was cut short. I think Quidditch is borning.

Yes, when was Honeydukes in Diagon Alley? Of course Diagon Alley scenes are not in the movie. Mrs. Weasley bought all of their school stuff. Theres no need to show it.

we knew ages ago that the Dursleys were cut out of GOF compleatly so that is no suprose. i am suprised about the World Cup.

I don't mind about the Cup, I don't like watching or reading Quidditch and isn't really important to the plot. It's better to play it than watch it.

To go to the studios can you just walk in and have a look or something? Or do you need to have contacts? I don't have a chance of going there at the moment as I am in Australia but I was just interested, and also i'm planning a trip around the world at the end of next year and would die if you can just go and observe.

cool, i'm glad they're putting the pensieve in!! yay! as long as the world cup is in there, i dont mind if its shorter than the book. yeah and honeydukes is def. not in Diagon Alley!! (which isn't even in book 4 so)
i'm still upset about the Dursley's...honestly they could have put 1 five minute scene in! well this still looks like it will be truer to the book than POA(that was still the best film ever) so i think GOF will be the best film yet! can't wait!

Well If they cut out parts that are quite important to the movie, like the court room, then the viewers would be misinformed and would be confused.

well, whatever floats their boat..I'm just happy they put in SOME of the quidditch world cup scenes...

Well its nice to hear that they are doin the scene with Crouch...cant wait to see that!

lol good thinking.

lol i thought that when i read it!

hopefully when harry uses the pensieve he will dive his head into it rather than taking his time putting his head in because its gonna cost more time of the movie.

and to think...just wait till ootp !

when they built Honeydukes, they remodeled Ollivander's to Honeydukes. so this is probably why they put honeydukes in diagon alley.

Me too... I really enjoy watching Quidditch, and I was looking forward to the Cup so we could see it played really well. It would have been funny to see the fight between the Velas and the Leprechauns as well.

And since when was Crouch Jr. caged?

i know, too bad about the World Cup.
but the trial should be intersting!
ergh, that fan is so luck to see Dan play his guitar. i'd loveto see that!

i agree they wouldnt have filmed the way there and the portkey for nothing. and really i dont think we need a lot of the cup, especially the quidditch part, a bit would be fun but we need just enough of the cup to understand what happened with the d.e. and the dark mark etc. ...plus with all the shooting that isnt really necessary, im sure that would mean a longer time to wait for the movie?

Dang, I love the scene where Dudley's tongue swells and the Weasley's blow up the Dursley's fireplace.
I like reading the Quiditch games, but I don't really like how they are on the movies, so, not too disapointed about no quiditch, but I do like everything that happens at the World Cup like the lepracauns and veelas and the omniboculars and getting the water

aww please tell me they aren't cutting the WHOLE cup....that'd be reallyyy bad. I enjoy the Quidditch scenes a lot and it would be horrible if they cut out the cup! I wanted to see all the mascotts and stuff! oh...only time will tell

why is there a cage? i hope they wont keep them IN the cage during the trial! that would just be plain weird lol.

wish i could see dan playing his guitar...