Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Poster

Amelda Brown: Mrs Cole

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  • Mrs. Cole : I must admit to some confusion receiving your letter, Professor Dumbledore. In all the years Tom's been here, he's never once had a family visitor. There have been... incidents with the other children. Nasty things.

    [opens the door] 

    Mrs. Cole : Tom? You have a visitor.

    Albus Dumbledore : How do you do, Tom?

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : [without turning around]  Go.

    [cut to a short time later, as Dumbledore sits opposite Tom] 

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : You're the doctor, aren't you?

    Albus Dumbledore : No, I'm a professor.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I don't believe you. She wants me looked at. They think I'm... different.

    Albus Dumbledore : Well, perhaps they're right.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I'm not mad.

    Albus Dumbledore : Hogwarts is not a place for mad people. Hogwarts is a school. A school of magic. You can do things can't you, Tom? That other children can't.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want without training them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can make them hurt, if I want... Who are you?

    Albus Dumbledore : Well, I'm like you, Tom. I'm different.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Prove it.

    [Dumbledore turns and looks at the wardrobe, which bursts into flames. Something rattles on the inside] 

    Albus Dumbledore : I think there's something in the wardrobe trying to get out, Tom.

    [Tom opens the wardrobe, and dumps out the contents] 

    Albus Dumbledore : Thievery is not tolerated at Hogwarts, Tom. At Hogwarts you will be taught not only how to use magic, but how to control it. Do you understand me?

    [Dumbledore starts to leave] 

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can speak to snakes, too. They find me... whisper things.

    [Dumbledore stops, looking surprised] 

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Is that normal, for someone like me?

  • Albus Dumbledore : [to Harry]  What you are looking at are memories. In this case containing to one individual. Voldemort. Or as he was known then, Tom Riddle.

    [takes a memory] 

    Albus Dumbledore : This file contains the most particular memory. The day I first met him. I'd like you to see it. If you want.

    [Harry takes the memory, poors its contents into the Pensieve, puts his head in the Pensieve, and watches Mrs. Cole leading a younger Dumbledore to Tom Riddle] 

    Mrs. Cole : I must admit to some confusion receiving your letter, Mr. Dumbledore. In all the years Tom's been here he's never had a family visitor. There have been incidents with the other children. Nasty things.

    [knocks on Tom Riddle's door and opens it] 

    Mrs. Cole : Tom, you have a visitor.

    Albus Dumbledore : How do you do, Tom?

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Go.

    [Dumbledore seats himself] 

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : You're the doctor, aren't you?

    Albus Dumbledore : No. I'm a professor.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I don't believe you. She wants me looked at. They think I'm... different.

    Albus Dumbledore : Well, perhaps they're right.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I'm not mad.

    Albus Dumbledore : Hogwarts is not a place for mad people. Hogwarts is a school. A school of magic.

    [a puzzled expression comes across Riddle's face] 

    Albus Dumbledore : You can do things, can't you, Tom? Things to the children, Tom.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want without touching them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can make them hurt. If I want. Who are you?

    Albus Dumbledore : I'm like you, Tom. I'm different.

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Prove it.

    [Dumbledore conjures a fire in the wardrobe] 

    Albus Dumbledore : I think there's something in your wardrobe that's trying to get out, Tom.

    [Riddle opens the burning wardrobe and finds a small box rattling, while the flames disappear] 

    Albus Dumbledore : Thievery is not tolerated at Hogwarts, Tom. At Hogwarts you will not only be taught how to use magic, but how to control it. Do you understand me?

    [leaves] 

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : I can speak to snakes, too. They find me... whisper things.

    [Dumbledore turns around] 

    Tom Riddle - Age 11 : Is that normal for someone like me?

    [Dumbledore looks at Riddle and Harry suddenly takes his head out of the Pensieve] 

  • Mrs. Cole : [from trailer]  The entire time Tom's been here he's never had a visitor.

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