Arts & Entertainment

Fans Line Up For 'Harry Potter' Finale

People from all over the South Hills lined up to celebrate—and mourn—the end of an era.

Harry Potter fans from across the South Hills gathered at Carmike 10, the movie theater next to the South Hills Village Mall, to watch the final film of the series.

"I'm both excited and really sad," said Lindsay Nagel, of Bethel Park. "When the opening credits are going I'm going to be bawling."

Nagel, along with teenagers across the world, grew up with Harry Potter.

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"I started reading the Harry Potter books when I was eight. For 12 years, this has been my life," Nagel said. 

One father from Mt. Lebanon sacrificed a good night of sleep so his 11-year-old and 12-year-old sons could see the midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Rich Kahl dropped them off, bought them some popcorn and planned to sleep in the car while they enjoyed the movie.

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"I have to go to work in the morning," Kahl said. "They're excited. They got hooked on the whole series."

All fans in attendance said they are big fans of , who was .

"She's beautiful," said Alex Conover, of Mt. Lebanon.

"My friend works at Bistro 19 and told his friends she was there. One of his friends went to the restaurant to ask her to prom. Security wouldn't let him go by her, but she laughed," said Andrew Hoglund, of Mt. Lebanon.

"We work at Eat'n Park and she came in a lot. She came at 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. after filming, but we always missed her," Nagel said. "And I missed her by 20 minutes at ."

Even though it's the the very last Harry Potter film, movie attendees said they are going to remain fans.

"It's a generation thing, we all cling to it," Nagel said.

Nagel and her friend, Michelle Brockoff of Elizabeth, said they are going to save their money so they can go to the theme park. They also plan to reread books and see all the movies again.

"Everything has to end sometime," Huglund said.


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