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Trivia: In the end credits (approx 2:14:11), where the Motion Control Camera crew are listed, there are two pairs of shoe shapes showing in the lower left hand corner tower. Borrowing a quote from the film, "I swear [they] are up to no good.", because the shoes are positioned in such a way that it gives the appearance that they are engaged in a particularly adult diversion.

Trivia: It has been claimed that director Alfonso Cuaron, being a Mexican, included at some point in the movie the image of an eagle devouring a snake, which is the national symbol of Mexico. This is seen on the statues by the fountain; however, it could also be passed off as a Hogwarts logo, with one of the houses represented by a snake (Slytherin) and one represented by an eagle (Ravenclaw) respectively.

Trivia: At the end where Dumbledore has just said to Harry and Hermione "Did what?" as he walks away he is humming to the tune of 'The Mexican Hat Dance',which is a tribute to director Alfonso Cuaron, who is Mexican.

Trivia: During Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures lesson, stationary figures and an elaborate animatronic figure of Buckbeak were used as reference points for both Harry and the class, for many of the shots. The CGI of Buckbeak was added in post production. (Special Features, Disc 2)

Trivia: When Harry is given the Maruader's Map by the Weasley twins, the name 'Moony' is misspelt on the map as 'Mooney'. Not a movie mistake, as it's a book discrepancy, but worth noting for trivia reasons - one of the visual effects supervisors is named Karl Mooney, so the spelling was probably deliberately altered for an in-reference.

Trivia: The name of the driver of the Knight Bus is Ernie Prang. 'Prang' is an uncommonly used British slang word which means to wreck or crash an automobile.

Trivia: During the boggart scene, when Ron steps up to the boggart, and it changes from Snape-dressed-as-Neville's-gran to a spider, you see a brief glimpse of Peter Pettigrew's face.

Trivia: Alan Rickman and Alfonso Cuaron played a practical joke on Daniel Radcliffe while filming 'The Prisoner of Azkaban' where they placed a fart machine in his sleeping bag, positioned him next to a girl he fancied, and set the farts off during a take that had taken ages to get.

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Trivia: Michael Gambon was cast as Dumbledore after Richard Harris died. He's known for fooling around such as ad-libbing upstage or moving a pencil a couple of inches across a table after a director has set up a shot. "He's a clown," said Matthew Warchus who directed him in 3 other films. "He has the gravitas, and sadness, and extraordinary comic nature of a great clown. And he's also great fun and remarkably easy to work with."

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Trivia: Alfonso Cuaron so desperately wanted practical effects in the film that he trained a kickboxer and a dancer for seven months in werewolf suits for the scenes with Lupin. When he realised that the rocky terrain would not be suitable for the stilts inside the werewolf suits, he relented and had them computer generated. Oddly enough, he also directed Gravity, which for about 80% of the film is CGI.

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Continuity mistake: When Malfoy and his friends bother Ron and Hermione, Harry shows up and messes with the three boys. He grabs hold of Malfoy's feet, lifts them in the air and pulls him across the snow. In the first close-up of the soles of Malfoy's boots, not a speck of snow is on them, though he was just walking in it. Then in the next close-up, his feet still in the air, the soles are now covered in snow. (01:02:45)

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Question: Why does Dumbledore purposely hit Ron's injured leg?

Answer: This didn't happen in the book. It appears to be done purely for comic effect in the movie, showing Dumbledore's eccentric and quirky nature. He's seemingly oblivious to what he's doing and how it affects Ron.

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Answer: Ron had previously bragged to Hermione about how bad his leg was injured, and had lied and said his leg might be chopped off. When Dumbledore later hits Ron's leg, he is saying that a child's voice no matter how honest and true. He is giving Ron a little payback for exaggerating.

Highly unlikely Dumbledore knew what Ron told Hermione at the Whomping Willow. Ron's leg was seriously hurt, so he wasn't "bragging" about it, nor did he lie. Ron, who is a bit of a hypochondriac, was simply embellishing to be more dramatic and to gain Hermione's sympathy. Hardly anything Dumbledore would consider worth giving him "payback" by inflicting pain.

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