Petunia: I lost a sister. Harry. You could have gained a nephew.

I cant believe they removed this. Harry learning the Soulja Boy was my favorite part of the book.

I wish that they'd have kept in the scene with the Dursleys, as it not only would have given them closure, but would have given some much needed character development to Dudley, and have Harry reflect on his upbringing more.

I’m glad they didn’t include Petunia’s line, in the books they did it best, where you know she is thinking about saying something to Harry, but she can’t bring herself to do it. And that’s best because it’s not deserved, when you’re an adult and unashamedly abuse a child in your care for 10 years than you don’t deserve to forgiveness, or sympathy. This is unlike Dudley who was only doing the thing he was taught and when he got older, and was more mature, he was able to see that he’d done a lot of wrong in his life, especially to Harry. He deserves a redemption because he was just a kid, and he did do some unprompted acts of kindness before the goodbye (even if Harry didn’t realise it)

Yeah, she lost a sister. And then went on to terrorize and abuse the boy her sister died for. It's not a humanizing moment so much as it's an abuser getting one last shot in at the abused.

I have this vague memory of the goodbye scene in the book where the Dursley's are about to leave and Dudley asks if Harry is going with them. As if he assumed that was the case and was shocked when the answer was no. I remember it being the first time I didn't hate Dudley, because despite him being a jerk to Harry, he cared about him to some extent. I was sad that was left out of the film.

I'm very happy you guys decided to highlight this lost moment, it adds a lot more context to the whole situation

I think it also kinda shows how Petunia was incapable of thinking about anyone but herself. She clearly never cared that Harry lost his parents and how at the end she never said nor eluded to being sympathetic about him losing his very parents, instead opting to guilt Harry over there lost of _her_ sister.

I think Dudley's scene would have been a great addition. His aunt, not so much.

Watch the behind the scenes features on these movies and you can hear how saddened the filmmakers were to cut it, saying that it just made the whole beginning of the movie come to a halt and they couldn’t make it work the way they wanted

I’m apparently the only one who does NOT like the Petunia scene… She treated her sister horribly when she was alive, & tortured her sister’s child for 17 years afterwards…. Then acts as if Harry should be feeling sorry for her loosing her sister more than mourning loosing his mom… it just rubs me the wrong way. I DO love Dudley’s turn around though. 💕

I did read the last book before watching the movie and I remember feeling a bit angry about them not including the moment with Dutly, because It was my favorite moment in the book and a part I still remember.

It's good they remove the Petunia scene. The Dudley scene shows that he has matured beyond his parents and actually views Harry as a person. Vernon and Petunia never do in the books. The movies added Petunia's line and give her a redemption she doesn't deserve. They're both horrid and Harry isn't sad to see the back of them. The Dudley scene should've stayed though.

One thing that even removed from the book is that Dudley leave a food and drink in Harry's room and Harry think it was a prank,until when Dudley said that Harry isn't a waste a space, thinking that the cookie that he gave wasn't a prank but as a gratitude.

To this day, I don't buy Petunia. She lost a sister, did she. This was a sister who, long after she died, she called a "freak".

This scene with petunia doesn’t “humanize” her at all, it just shows her level of narcissism, trying to minimize Harry’s mother literally being murdered in front of him, and make it about herself and her own loss of a sister age both loathed and disowned

The dementors did wonders on dudley.

I love this deleted scene, except for the fact that petunia deserves no redemption at all. But the Dudley part is amazing.

I'm very glad they cut the Petunia scene. It's sympathetic, and very well done, but it never happens in the books and it's never set up in the movies. The Dudley scene should've stayed though. Powerful, serves a similar purpose for closure, true to the book, and (somewhat) teed up in prior movies.

What this does so well, especially the way Harry Melling showed how Dudley confronted that realisation. It's humanising without making anything he did okay

They do play the one deleted sceen with his aunt petunia on tv alot.

Also, the dudley scene explains the tea outside Harry's door in the 6th film

Uh, Petunia comes very close to responding to Harry's 'olive branch' (if you can call it that), but does not (DH, p. 42). Same with Vernon (p. 38). Seems to me that JKR is making it very clear that Harry does NOT get the emotional catharsis with the Dursleys you believe he deserves and that the movie should have given him (sans Dudley, a really sweet moment). I think leaving that part of Harry's life 'undone,' so to speak, actually adds to the emotional weight of the farewell. If you complain about HBP not following source material, perhaps you should be grateful they follow it in this scene.

It doesn't get much more nerdstalgic than this...

When I was watching the entire series with a friend of mine (his first watch) I paused Deathly Hallows pt. 1 and showed him the deleted scene before continuing on

Another great video love your content. Indeed those scenes are really great I don’t understand why they cut those short but meaningful scenes.

I was about to write about how Petunia didn't deserve any redemption, but I see that enough people covered it. Dudley is canon, so it made sense though.

You can't hide the fact that a theme throughout the Potter books and movies is - child abuse. There seems to be a fine line where it is celebrated in the wizarding world.

You are wrong! Mrs Dursley shouldn't have a humanizing scene!

The Deathly Hallows films made me so mad because they cut so many amazing scenes. I’ll never forget the original ending of the fight between Harry and Voldemort, which in the book was leaps and bounds better. I was so disappointed when I saw the movies in theaters.

such powerful scenes

Big D is already dudley's nickname

The goodbye with Dudley truly is heartwarming. Yes the character wasn’t nice to his cousin, but it did show he grew over the years away from just a spoiled brat who tormented his cousin into someone who does care about Harry in a way

Edit: Turns out the HP movie announced and released split first, with Breaking Dawn releasing a year later. Yeah, the split as a means to mimic what Twilight had done with its final book was definitely unnecessary, and those spare few minutes of cut content would have added a lot more to the story.

What do you mean Ron knew he wouldn't sit down to dinner that night? Hermione and Harry *went to The Burrows* when they left their homes. They were all there until the night of the wedding.

“I lost a sister”....this character did Not deserve redemption. She had years and squandered it for her petty cruel revenge...

Almost made me cry just seeing the behind the scenes clips here

I agree with you, these scenes would add so much in Harry ‘ s development

Would love to see you cover the scene that was omitted, where Draco was actually the one who threw Harry the wand once he woke up (against Volde)

As a kid i didn´t pay much attention to part 1, as I grew up and rewatched the series I found the contemplating low pace that the movie had suitable for the moment of the series, like a calm before the storm kind of thing. It also led to two of my favorite scenes of the saga, them being the dance betweeen Harry and Hermione and the talk they have about leaving it all behind and just settling down in the middle of nowhere and live a quiet life.Imo this scenes could've 100% made the movie better, I wish they had put them. But these scenes not being in the movie dont make like it any less(maybe a little).

Totally agree, this was an emotional and important part.

i think an added simple im sorry Harry from pertunia before she walks off would have added even more to that scene

I love the fact that these characters and this story has an amazing existence, still, in our reality. All beginning in one person's imagination.

Whoever wrote the script for this episode is a fantastic writer.

They really should’ve kept the scenes. Dudley telling Harry, “I don’t think you’re a waste of space” made me cry when I read the book 😭

This reeks of Thanos "loving" Gamora

Thinking that very same thing after seeing the part 1 opening again for the umpteenth time. They didn’t do it justice.

It also shows that Petunia knows more about the magical world then she ever gave on.

Will always love both parts.

Odd the version I saw of the Deathly Hallows part I had those scenes in it. Since it was so long ago, I can't recall if saw them at the theater or later on stream.

I have a DVD of it with the Dudley scene intact. Was very disappointed that the BlueRay disc I later got didn't have it.

I wish they wouldn't have taken those scenes out. Now I want an extended version, including them.

weird, we definitely saw these 2 scenes when this movie was first released in the theater, I remember distinctly those very lines coming from Aunt Petunia, especially because it wasn't in the book, idk if we saw an early version or something or if this is some kind of Mandela Effect, but that was definitely in the version we saw when it first came out....

I think them simply walking away is completely in character. They didn't care about him at all. In their minds it would have been like saying goodbye to a doorknob. Not just any doorknob but one they didn't like and would never think of again.

when i went to the movie i was waiting for the Dudley goodbye scene, and was VERY disappointed when is wasn't there

I'm certain Petunia has a scene in the book. It's the thing I was expecting to be referenced before I even clicked on the video. I don't have the books anymore, but it's definitely a scene that has stuck in my head since it showed a shred of humanity from her and explained why she kept Harry despite showing nothing but hate and contept for him growing up.

Warner Bros needs to release extended versions of all of the Harry Potter films and add every deleted scene!

Well, they took them off of Peacock, but the version they had on that service included these scenes. I remember the conversation with the aunt about her sister.

I read the book and was waiting for that in the movie.

It makes me wonder what happened after I left Star Texas.

Peacocks versions has all these deleted scenes added back in.

I saw both of those scenes. They were indeed powerful. Did they re-edit the movie to include them at some point?

I remember seeing these scenes in the movie.. so it must have been removed later.

I can’t believe I started the vid with two ads so that’s the deleted scene huh?

If you watch them on any Comcast affiliate (mainly USA and SyFy) these scenes were added back in. It actually made the Dursleys almost seem kind. Also I believe they were added back in with the last bluray release. Dudley shook Harrys hand and told him "I dont think you're a waste of space" while nervously looking at his dad, and in the house there was a scene between Harry and Aunt Petunia where she tells harry about how she felt when Lily died "You didnt just lose a mother, I lost a sister"

i feel like it makes sense why these scenes were removed. the mood of the entire last 2 movies were set, and these scenes just flip the mood. it changes the aim of the movies from finding the Horcruxes to finding closure of the smallest part of the HP films. it'd close out the starting of the first few movies nicely, i wont deny that, but when we're already into the dark nature of the series, it would've taken away from the seriousness of the end goal.

' i dont think you are a waste of space.. ' tis line pack a punch :_O

I wish they had left these scenes in. I loved seeing them later but they needed to be in the movie.

Absolutely agree!

this absolutely should have been included

It's pretty common to look at the parts of a film that were cut and wish they hadn't been but that doesn't keep people from cutting them. .

OK, I'm confused. I saw that scene with Dudley and Harry at the end. Did I just see it on youtube as a clip? Or did the video/dvd or a version edited for television include it?

Harry imagined everything while living with the Dursleys.

I have read the book and seen the movies. I knew, a long time ago, that everything in the books doesn't make it to the screen. The Hunger Games books had plenty in them that didn't make it to the screen, either. Even though Mockingjay was split in half. So, it happens to everything, eventually.

Should have put it in kt was such a short scene and matters so much

They must have just put it in the dvd…. I remember seeing these scenes.

should have kept these scenes in!

The show has an opportunity to set things right. Not only with this but with other things as well.

I wish like crazy they had included both scenes.

I agree the two missing renewers sourly missed.

Petunia lost her sister decades before, out of envy and bitterness that Lily was magical and she wasn't. In the book she begged Dumbledore to let her attend Hogwarts. He let her down as gently as he could, but that's when her hatred began.

Yes it was lacking without this scene

I absolutely loved seeing Big D make amends to Harry in his own way. Very heartwarming.

I remember both those scenes😮 so when exactly were they cut 🤔

It really struck me that Chapter 3 was almost totally omitted from the movie. Dudley asking, “Why isn’t he coming with us?” That’s probably the only line from the book I can quote and it was just gone. And then shaking Harry’s hand. Just the few seconds of that one deleted scene would have changed everything about the sterile goodbye and it’s something that strikes me every time we re-watch the movie. Thanks for this video, I felt like I was alone in this feeling.

in the extended cut of the movie those scenes are put back in the movie

Dudley's moment is in the book. They should make all the movies including all the cut scenes. They would be a total success!

I agree with you 100%

Big D's line hit hard. 😢❤ We needed that! Petunia can just go ahead and eff all the way off, though.

These scenes are in my copy of the movie. And yes, they do add depth to the film.

About the scene about Dudley: They cept the scene in the full movie but removed it in the cinema version

Was Petunia's scene in the extended version? I do remember her saying that in the film ... 🤔

TLDR; Vernon got closure, Dudley said good-bye to a brother and Petunia's scene is completely perfect. When I first watched these two deleted scenes they blew my mind. In the final cut it feels like Vernon is the only one who has closure with Harry, always hating Harry and even though he has to leave his house he gets to leave probably the one person he hates in the world "This isn't boy good-bye is it? It's farewell." then he just waves off, probably the kindest way he could say good-bye. It's very much like him. With Dudley, he saw Harry in a new light when the dementor tried to eat his happiness before Harry stopped it even if he didn't understand what happened at that moment and thinking Harry did it all himself it probably dawned on him later that Harry saved them both from actual monsters. To me he was saying good-bye to a brother. Then with Petunia it was actually shocking to hear people say they didn't care about her deleted scene. I think it was perfect. In the books they showed that she and Lily were practically best friends and wanted to go to Hogwarts too but didn't understand why she couldn't which causes her jealousy. Then later is given the news her sister is dead and was given her nephew by Dumbledore hoping she'd raise him and love him like a son. To Petunia, Harry represented that jealousy and resentment she felt for Lily and then that notion all shatters when she says "I lost a sister." and Harry never thought of that.

I’m sure I’ve see the scene with Petunia included in cuts of the film.

I like part one of The Deathly Hallows.

I had to go back to my copy of DH1 to see because I am certain that I've seen these scenes, but they aren't there. I must have seen them somewhere else.

When these movies are shown on cable (USA, Syfy, E, etc) they contain all the cut scenes, these, Hagrid and Harry on the underground, etc. But not if you watch on HBOMax

I was so disappointed about them cutting this out. Would have been so impactful

I really wish the last scene with Dudley had been kept in. I thought it showed the somewhat surprising, yet emotional development of his character and left Harry some positive closure, which his character deserved.

I really wish they could’ve just kept that whole beginning the same as it was in the book. Everything from, members of the Order of the Phoenix being already there, and especially keeping the exchange between Dudley and Harry. That moment is so awesome in the book not only from a character perspective growth perspective, but also for the fact that it’s just amazing in the book how touching of a moment that is to Harry even though at face value someone saying “I don’t think you’re a waste of space.” Would normally be seen as rude, coming from how Dudley usually treats him, you can tell in the book that Harry is willing to be forgiving and recognize/appreciate that gesture from Dudley. Which is canon This also lead to Harry and Dudley having a better relationship as adults.