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Photos & Video: It Was Harry Potter-Palooza Across Connecticut

The midnight showings of the last Harry Potter movie brought out the wizard in everyone

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12:01 a.m. Friday. Movie theaters were mobbed as legions of Harry Potter fans filled all the available seats around Connecticut for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the last installment in the film series based on the novels.

And Patch was there to admire all the costumes and listen to all the excitement, which was definitely bittersweet as all the fans were about to say goodbye to the characters that many have grown up with.

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