[HPforGrownups] MOVIE: The Turban & Other Wrongs

[SoSilently at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27329

In a message dated 10/8/2001 1:55:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
klhurt at yahoo.com writes:

> If it stands out so strangely then, why wouldn't Harry have noticed it
>  in the Leaky Cauldron?  He certainly noticed Daedalus Diggle's top hat
>  & Doris Crockford's pipe & ...

I think it's safe to say that he probably wasn't wearing the turban in the 
book. However, I wouldn't say that Quirrel wearing it in the movie is 
necessarily an indication that the movie-makers aren't paying attention to 
detail. Quirrel's turban is his identifying characteristic. It makes sense, 
visually speaking, to have him wearing it the first time we see him in the 
Leaky Cauldron. When we see him again in the castle, the connection and 
recognition will be immediate and clear.

If the movie-makers followed the book in this instance, they would run the 
risk of people not immediately connecting the "crazy turban-wearing teacher" 
with bare-headed Quirrel in the pub. This is, of course, assuming that the 
people in the audience haven't read the book several million times already. ;)

--chloe
(mmm...bare-headed Quirrel....)