Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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a b c Linder, Brian (23 May 2001). "Potter Postlude". IGN. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020 . Retrieved 17 April 2020. Was he imagining things? Could all this have anything to do with the Potters? If it did. . . if it got out that they were related to a pair of -- well, he didn't think he could bear it. Dalton, Dan (14 July 2014). "No, Baby Harry Potter From The First Film Didn't Play Albus Severus Potter In "The Deathly Hallows: Part 2" ". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020 . Retrieved 20 August 2020. Steve Kloves was selected to write the screenplay. He described adapting the book as "tough", as it did not "lend itself to adaptation as well as the next two books." [56] Kloves often received synopses of books proposed as film adaptations from Warner Bros., which he "almost never read", but Harry Potter jumped out at him. [40] He went out and bought the book, and became an instant fan of the series. [56] When speaking to Warner Bros., he stated that the film had to be British, and had to be true to the characters. [56] Kloves was nervous when he first met Rowling as he did not want her to think he was going to "[destroy] her baby." [40] Rowling admitted that she "was really ready to hate this Steve Kloves," but recalled her initial meeting with him: "The first time I met him, he said to me, 'You know who my favourite character is?' And I thought, You're gonna say Ron. I know you're gonna say Ron. But he said 'Hermione.' And I just kind of melted." [40] Rowling received a large amount of creative control, an arrangement that Columbus did not mind.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone had its world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on 4 November 2001, with the cinema arranged to resemble Hogwarts School. [105] Harry Potter 'goes home' for première". BBC News. 6 November 2001. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020 . Retrieved 11 August 2020. a b c d "UK weekend box office reports: 2001" (xls). British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021 . Retrieved 9 May 2021. Speed-reading after lights out". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. 19 July 2000. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. Harry runs afoul of Draco Malfoy, the spoiled son of a prominent wizard. At Hogwarts, a magical Sorting Hat sorts the first years among four school Houses ( Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin) that best suit their personalities and talents. Draco joins Slytherin, known for producing dark wizards, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sorted into Gryffindor.

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AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees" (PDF). American Film Institute. 23 September 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2011 . Retrieved 18 April 2020. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson Bring Harry, Ron and Hermione to Life for Warner Bros. Pictures "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" ". Warner Bros. 21 August 2000. Archived from the original on 4 April 2007 . Retrieved 26 May 2007. In May 2020, a reading podcast by Spotify was created and entitled Harry Potter at Home: Readings. Each chapter is narrated by a celebrity guest from the Harry Potter and Wizarding World franchises. [69] Chapter

Judianna Makovsky served as the costume designer. She re-designed the Quidditch robes, having initially planned to use those shown on the cover of the American book, but deemed them "a mess." Instead, she dressed the Quidditch players in "preppie sweaters, 19th-century fencing breeches and arm guards." [87] Production designer Stuart Craig built the sets at Leavesden Studios, including Hogwarts Great Hall, basing it on many English cathedrals. Although originally asked to use an existing old street to film the Diagon Alley scenes, Craig decided to build his own set, comprising Tudor, Georgian and Queen Anne architecture. [87]Lord of the Rings,' 'Fast and the Furious' Top MTV Movie Award Nominees". MTV. 23 April 2002. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019 . Retrieved 26 December 2017. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson bring Harry, Ron and Hermione to life for Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' ". Warner Brothers. 21 August 2000. Archived from the original on 4 April 2007 . Retrieved 26 May 2007. They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor. Harry could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the right – the rest of the school must already be here – but Professor McGonagall showed the first-years into a small empty chamber off the hall. They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would usually have done, peering about nervously. Spider-Man' spins magical web on weekend moviegoers". Hattiesburg American. 6 May 2002. p.6. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022 . Retrieved 23 May 2022– via Newspapers.com. Well, Ted," said the weatherman, "I don't know about that, but it's not only the owls that have been acting oddly today. Viewers as far apart as Kent, Yorkshire, and Dundee have been phoning in to tell me that instead of the rain I promised yesterday, they've had a downpour of shooting stars! Perhaps people have been celebrating Bonfire Night early -- it's not until next week, folks! But I can promise a wet night tonight. "

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