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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 2764608" data-attributes="member: 7473">All the action after they interrogate Crouch at the end goes down much differently in the book (and is much cooler the way it happens in the book, IMO).  Since there's no spoiler note in the subject line, I'll sblock it for those who've neither read the book nor seen the movie yet.[sblock]They send for Fudge after Crouch tells them the story, and Fudge arrives with a Dementor bodyguard who proceeds to immediately suck out Crouch's soul.  Thus, Fudge is unable to hear Crouch's testimony about Voldy's return, and he leaves after arguing with Dumbledore believing that Harry made the whole thing up.  This sets up a lot of the background in the next book, in which nobody trusts Harry, the Ministry is out to discredit him at every turn, and there's a schism between Dumbledore and the Ministry.[/sblock]</blockquote>