Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

THE BOOK

SYNOPSIS:

Harry Potter is a plain and ordinary boy who lives quietly in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which, he thinks, is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. Often bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd and extremly strange hiccups (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they? This is Jo's first book and she has already written seven outlines for Harry's further adventures at Hogwarts. She lives in Edinburgh.

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THE MOVIE

Directed by: Chris Columbus

Screenplay: Steve Kloves

Music: John Williams

Released on 16th November 2001

Cast List:

Richard Harris ... Albus Dumbledore
Maggie Smith ... Professor Minerva McGonagall
Robbie Coltrane ... Rubeus Hagrid
Saunders Triplets ... Baby Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe ... Harry Potter
Fiona Shaw ... Aunt Petunia Dursley
Harry Melling ... Dudley Dursley
Richard Griffiths ... Uncle Vernon Dursley
Derek Deadman ... Tom
Ian Hart ... Professor Quirinus Quirrell
Ben Borowiecki ... Diagon Alley Boy
Verne Troyer ... Griphook the Goblin (as Vern Troyer)
John Hurt ... Mr. Ollivander
Richard Bremmer ... He Who Must Not Be Named (voice)
Geraldine Somerville .Mrs. Lily Potter
Harry Taylor ... Station Guard
Julie Walters ... Mrs. Molly Weasley
Bonnie Wright ... Ginny Weasley
Chris Rankin ... Percy Weasley
James Phelps ... Fred Weasley
Oliver Phelps ... George Weasley
Rupert Grint ... Ron Weasley
Jean Southern ... Dimpled Woman on Train
Emma Watson ... Hermione Granger
Matthew Lewis ... Neville Longbottom
Tom Felton ... Draco Malfoy
Jamie Waylett ... Vincent Crabbe
Josh Herdman ... Gregory Goyle
Devon Murray ... Seamus Finnigan
Alfie Enoch ... Dean Thomas (as Alfred Enoch)
Leslie Phillips ... The Sorting Hat (voice)
Eleanor Columbus ... Susan Bones
John Cleese ... Nearly Headless Nick
Terence Bayler ... The Bloody Baron
Simon Fisher-Becker ..Fat Friar (as Simon Fisher Becker)
Nina Young ... The Grey Lady
David Bradley ... Argus Filch
Alan Rickman ... Professor Severus Snape
Zoë Wanamaker ... Madame Hooch
Warwick Davis ... Professor Flitwick/Goblin Bank Teller
Luke Youngblood ... Lee Jordan
Sean Biggerstaff ... Oliver Wood
Elizabeth Spriggs ... Fat Lady
Danielle Tabor ... Angelina Johnson (as Danielle Taylor)
Leilah Sutherland ... Alicia Spinnet
Emily Dale ... Katie Bell
David Holmes ... Adrian Pucey
Scot Fearn ... Terrence Higgs
Will Theakston ... Terrence Higgs
Adrian Rawlins ... James Potter
Ray Fearon ... Firenze (voice)

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Interesting Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone fact no 1:

in the movie the mechanism which makes the Quidditch box shake can be seen underneath the box when Wood falls over after catching the Bludger.

Interesting Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone fact no 2:

According to the book, Hogwarts students reach the train by going through platform no. 9¾, which is secretly located in the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. In reality, platforms 9 and 10 are in separate buildings, and there is no barrier between them, but railway tracks. People wrote to Rowling about this, and she admitted getting confused between King's Cross and Euston stations.