The movie reveals the legacy of a behind-the-scenes accident on the Harry Potter set.
It’s been 12 years for the reason that launch of the ultimate Harry Potter movie however curiosity within the franchise stays buoyant. There are even plans afoot for a reboot of the story as a tv sequence.
Nonetheless, there’s one other story to be informed from behind-the-scenes of 2010’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Half One. It’s associated in a brand new movie, directed by Dan Hartley and government produced by Daniel Radcliffe.
The documentary tells the story of the younger gymnast who had been Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double for the reason that first Potter film. Nonetheless, in the course of the rehearsal for a flying sequence he fell from a harness and broke his neck. In consequence, he turned paralysed from the waist down, and started utilizing a wheelchair.
Right here’s the synopsis: for David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
The movie is a coming-of-age story of stuntman David Holmes, a prodigious teenage gymnast from Essex, England, who’s chosen to play Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double within the first Harry Potter movie, when Daniel is simply eleven. Over the subsequent ten years, the 2 type an inextricable bond, however on the penultimate movie a tragic accident on set leaves David paralysed with a debilitating spinal damage, turning his world the wrong way up. As Daniel and his closest stunt colleagues rally to assist David and his household of their second of want, it’s David’s extraordinary spirit of resilience that turns into their best supply of power and inspiration.
That includes candid private footage shot over the past decade, behind-the-scenes materials from Holmes’ stunt work, scenes of his present life and intimate interviews with David, Daniel Radcliffe, mates, household, and former crew, the movie additionally displays common themes of residing with adversity, rising up, forging identities in an unsure world, and the bonds that bind us collectively and elevate us up.
Sky presents David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived in affiliation with HBO Documentary Movies, a Lightbox / Ripple Manufacturing.
Directed by Dan Hartley; produced by Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares; government produced by Daniel Radcliffe, David Holmes, Dan Hartley, Sue Latimer, Sarah Spahovic. For HBO: government producers Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen. For Sky: government producer, Poppy Dixon.
The movie is accessible on demand through Sky Documentaries and NOW from 18th November, 2023.