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By Joanne Hilty

Special to the Rappahannock News

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” is the Potter movie we’ve been waiting for. While the first two Potter films were indeed very good, this one is an elegant feat of imagination—graceful, fluid and alive with potent feeling.

Sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community, “Prisoner” is showing at the Theatre on Gay Street in Washington on Friday, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m.

The story finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) setting out for their third term at Hogwarts Academy. The kids have grown up. Harry’s shoulders have broadened, Ron’s voice is cracking and Hermione is becoming a young lady.

Harry has a huge problem. A demented wizard named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) is partly responsible for the death of Harry’s parents and has escaped Azkaban Prison and is determined to finish his job on the Potters by killing off Harry as well.

Much of the story concerns the

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