FILM · 2007 · UK

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Directed by

David Yates

Runtime

138 min

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures, Heyday Films

145 archived facts · 8 topics · 1 source · Last reviewed Sep 2026

When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

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8 Easter Eggs and References in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

1. #004
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   (At about fifty-eight minutes in) When they discover the Room of Requirement, Ron asks whether it would become a bathroom if the user really needed one. This is a nod to the novel "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," in which Professor Dumbledore first describes the Room of Requirement. Although the room is not named, Dumbledore recounts that while looking for a toilet he took a wrong turn and found himself in a bathroom he had not known existed. He could not find it again afterward, which led him to wonder whether the room appears only when the person entering has an exceptionally full bladder.

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2. #020
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   At roughly one hour and thirteen minutes, several members of the Black family are named after astronomical objects. Some of the names can be seen in the scene in Sirius and Harry's family tree room. Among those visible are Sirius, Regulus, Andromeda, Arcturus, Bellatrix and Cygnus.

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3. #059
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   The Mirror of Erised does not appear in the novel but does appear in the film. It can be seen when Harry is possessed by Voldemort, and as Harry approaches the mirror his face is shown distorted with some of the Dark Lord's features. Director David Yates and production designer Stuart Craig decided to use it here as an example of the attention paid to objects and shots from earlier films in the series.

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4. #067
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   It is the first film in the series to make extensive use of archive footage from the previous films, a trend that continued in the other films.

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5. #079
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   DIRECTOR_CAMEO(David Yates): Near the end of the film, David Yates appears in a portrait in the room with the moving staircases.

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6. #097
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   This is the first film in which Argus Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris, has green eyes, whereas in the previous films they were red.

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7. #113

   Apart from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), the second film adapted from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the shortest film in the series even though it is the longest novel in the series.

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8. #126

   "BMW Ban": During filming, Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) famously forbade Rupert Grint and Matthew Lewis from coming within five meters of his new BMW. The reason was that they had spilled a milkshake on his car during the previous film, Goblet of Fire.

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