More comments on the set report (spoilers)

[Carol]

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> > The Borgin and Burkes scene is in--I think we knew that already-->
but I don't see a listing for Borgin on the IMDb.
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> zanooda:
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> They also seem to have a different Vanishing cabinet now - dark wood
with slanted roof or something like that. The one they had in CoS 
looked more like an iron maiden, IMO :-). BTW, I wanted to check how
the cabinet used to look and decided to watch my CoS DVD. And guess
what? It turns out there is no "Harry-in-the-cabinet" scene on my 
DVD! Harry looks around the store, then gets caught by that scary 
hand (Hand of Glory?), and then he just goes out of the store! No 
Borgin, no Malfoys, no Harry hiding in the cabinet! 
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> That was an unpleasant surprise - not being a big fan of HP movies,
I never watched this DVD, but I saw CoS once in the theater and many
times on TV, and I know this scene should be there. I can understand
if they cut something when showing the movie on TV, but you just 
don't do this on DVD! DVD is supposed to include everything we saw in
the movie theater or even more! I'm outraged!

Carol responds:
I think that scene was in the outtakes section of the DVD and was put
back into the version of the film shown on TV. At any rate, I'm sure
that I've seen it somewhere. The IMDb lists Mr. Borgin as being played
by Edward Tudor Pole, with a note that his scenes were deleted. 

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0295297/

Whether Mr. Tudor Pole will play the character again (or agree to do
so after having his original scenes deleted!) I don't know.
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Carol earlier:
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> > But Narcissa's stunt double has a black wig with a white streak
down the middle, like a skunk. 
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zanooda:
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> I think the girl who wrote all this wasn't sure it was Narcissa's 
double, so there is still hope :-). BTW, why would Narcissa need a 
stunt double? I don't remember her taking part in any action scene.

Carol reponds:
My mistake--not a stunt double, just a double for setting up the
scenes. But who else could it be? Helen McCrory describes her version
of Narcissa as "wicked and witchy," and a white-highlighted black wig
(shades of Sweeney Todd?) might suit her better than a blond one. At
least, she intends to make Narcissa sexy! That'll be a challenge for
Snape! (The closest thing to an action scene is the Unbreakable Vow,
for which they'll probably use hand doubles. )
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zanooda: 
> They also (according to this report) moved the Sectumsempra scene
from a boys' bathroom to the Moaning Myrtle's bathroom - a logical
choice for the movie, I think.

Carol:
True--unless we wonder why Draco is going in there. He's not brewing
his Polyjuice Potion, AFAIK (he stole it) and if he were, he could do
that in the RoR, too. Oh, well. Logic plays little part in these
cinematic decisions, it seems to me. Viewers are supposed to watch and
enjoy, not think.

zanooda: 
> Thank you for the link, Carol. I usually check the Leaky site almost
every day, just in case there is something new and interesting, but 
today I forgot to go there :-).

Carol:
You're welcome. Checking Leaky is part of my daily routine unless I
have a deadline or some other conflict. It's a lovely form of
procrastination and occasionally informative. :-)

Carol, who also checks JKR's site every day just to make sure that her
Flash player is working!