As the egg starts to hatch the shell flies everywhere and between Hermione and Hagrid camera equipment is visible at the lower left corner of the screen. in the next shot as Hagrid sits down, on the floor to his left is the crew's mat with marks for the Dursleys (Fiona Shaw and Richard Griffiths), who stand near the door. In the book, Harry's receives his Nimbus 2000 before his first training session with Oliver Wood and before his encounter with the troll but in the film, he receives his broom after these two events occur. In the film he grabs the barrel of the gun and bends it upwards only. When the two DVDs were compared side by side it was noticed that in every case but one, only a slight difference in synchronisation was noticed. Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter: An 11-year-old orphan raised by his unwelcoming aunt and uncle, who learns of his own fame as a wizard known to have survived his parents' murder at the hands of the dark wizard Lord Voldemort as an infant when he is accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. "[59] 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. After trying to get Harry to answer what he has seen in the mirror, Quirrell removes his turban and reveals a weakened Voldemort to be living on the back of his head. But on his 11th birthday, he learns hes a powerful wizard with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Though in the close-up of the letter as he holds it, it is not Richard Griffiths' hand, that is shown with bitten up fingernails, holding the envelope. [85] A port for the game, for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox, was released in 2003. $230.00. It's just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts. [15] On 21 August, Daniel Radcliffe and newcomers Rupert Grint and Emma Watson were selected to play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively. In the film it returns, trapping Dudley in the tank. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was the highest grossing film of 2001 and at that point ranked seventh all-time in the domestic market (US-Canada) and was second only (it is now fourteenth) to Titanic worldwide. [48] Spielberg reportedly wanted the adaptation to be an animated film, with American actor Haley Joel Osment to provide Harry Potter's voice,[49] or a film that incorporated elements from subsequent books as well. Sometime later, Hagrid arrives with the sleeping infant Harry on a flying motorcycle. When Hagrid steps off the motorbike while holding young Harry, the Dursley's house (with a small bush to the right of the front door) is visible directly behind McGonagall. The book's first chapter, told from the viewpoint of Vernon and Petunia Dursley, is absent from the film. Daniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonJohn CleeseRobbie ColtraneRichard GriffithsRichard HarrisIan HartJohn HurtAlan RickmanFiona ShawMaggie SmithSean BiggerstaffWarwick DavisJulie WaltersZo WanamakerDavid BradleyTom Felton The clock shown when it hits midnight on Harry's birthday reads 12:00, it should read 00:00 as 12:00 in the UK is only used when it is noon. Guillem Martinez Oya Cinematismo. At the end of term feast, Dumbledore stands and says, "Another year gone." Released: 2001-11-16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on July 8, 1999 and in the US on September 8, 1999. Due to time constraints, the date was put back to 16 November 2001. Harry speaks with Quirrell near the Mirror of Erised and the arrangement of the cloth in his turban differs in two shots than in the rest of the shots. [83], John Williams was selected to compose the score. However, in the next shot she actually crashes into the tower that she already flew. was moved to immediately after Uncle Vernon declares that they are going to move far enough away to ensure that the owls can't find them. The film would currently be the 42nd highest-grossing film of all time if, It was the highest-grossing film distributed by Warner Bros., surpassing, It was the highest grossing film of 2001, and second highest grossing film at the time of release behind. Petunia has her hands on Dudley's eyes as they walk towards all of his birthday gifts. Release date(s) In the next shot of the Gryffindor table, part of the camera equipment is actually visible at the lower right corner of the screen. [103], 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. The way Dumbledore silences and calms the students is different; the book depicts him drawing his wand and conjuring a spell of loud, deafening. [74] For all the subsequent film's scenes set in Privet Drive, filming took place on a constructed set in Leavesden Film Studios, which proved to be cheaper than filming on location. Harry and Draco's first encounter in Madam Malkin's robe shop and the midnight duel are not in the film. The string it is tied with has a bow that runs from the top to bottom of the envelope, and the envelope is creased. The film was shot at Leavesden Film Studios and historic buildings around the United Kingdom, from September 2000 to March 2001. Hagrid never tells Harry about his being expelled from Hogwarts in the film. The trio use their skills to overcome the obstacles: Hermione uses her knowledge of spells to get past the plant, Devil's Snare; Harry uses his skills as a Seeker to get past the keys and catch the one that unlocks the door; and Ron uses his skill at chess to win the chess match. Actor Radcliffe, meanwhile, was fitted with green contact lenses which are clearly visible in close-ups, but they weren't used after this first day of shooting because they irritated Radcliffe's eyes. Followed by When Harry, Hermione and Ron are discussing Voldemort and Snape after the Forbidden Forest scene, Hermione actually says Voldemort's name, instead of You-Know-Who, whereas in the Order of The Phoenix, she seems to have finally been able to say Voldemort without flinching. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic. [113] It is the second-highest-grossing Harry Potter film after Deathly Hallows Part 2. When the troll enters the girls' lavatory, in the wide shot as Hermione walks backwards towards the cubicles, the room becomes brighter from the storm. "[21] Jonathan Foreman of the New York Post recalled that the film was "remarkably faithful," to its literary counterpart as well as a "consistently entertaining if overlong adaptation. Dudley appears to know about Hogwarts, as he stares worriedly at Harry like his parents do. In the United Kingdom, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone broke the record for the highest-opening weekend ever, both including and excluding previews, making 16.3million with and 9.8million without previews. Since the Quidditch match was omitted, the part of Ron and Neville Longbottom getting into a fistfight with Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle on the stands during the game is also omitted. However, the book also mentions the snake blinking. [104] The film was greatly received at the box office. 3- store window with Quidditch uniforms. This is not a "RE-PRINT" or a "REPRODUCTION" or a "PRINT" or a "COPY". In the shot from outside the Python's exhibit, after the glass pane disappears Dudley falls over the rail and the snake is gone, not positioned differently, but altogether gone! Being chased by the flying keys, as Harry zips by on the broomstick he tosses the key, Hermione catches it and runs to the door. Additionally, Zo Wanamaker appears as Madame Hooch, Hogwarts' flying instructor; Tom Felton portrays Draco Malfoy, a student in Slytherin and Harry's rival; Harry Melling plays Dudley Dursley, Harry's cousin; and David Bradley appears as Argus Filch, Hogwarts' caretaker. Fluffy is asleep until the spell wears off. When Harry and Hagrid walk into Diagon Alley, in the first shot, as they start down the street, on their right they immediately pass; 1- a man in black standing at the doorway to the Daily Prophet office, writing in a notebook, who then starts to walk away. However, this film is set in 1991 and the Vectra B models did not exist before 1995, so the Vectra B could not have been manufactured until the time between, 8 December, 2009: United States (DVD/Blu-ray Ultimate Edition), 1 June, 2011: United States (Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy Combo Pack), The very first actor to be cast in the film was. On the second day of release, the film's gross increased to $33.5million, breaking the record for biggest single day again. Upon arriving at the school, the first year students are sorted into four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Links. Also you can share or upload your favorite wallpapers. [89], The first teaser poster was released on 1 December 2000. Towards the end of the film, when Harry, Ron and Hermione are running towards Hagrid's Hut, Hagrid can be heard playing Hedwig's Theme on his wind instrument. These last-minute points win Gryffindor the House Cup, and all the Gryffindors celebrate their victory. This is the only Harry Potter film to have Harry, Ron, Draco and Fred and George's voices sound like kids, because beginning with. "[117] On Metacritic the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Also, the pavement at the threshold extends far beyond the doorway and just before Vernon walks into the house, Vernon is visibly coming from the side of the doorway. [105] It held the record until the following May when Spider-Man (2002) made $114.8million in its opening weekend. Full Review. [63] The principal auditions took place in three parts, with those auditioning having to read a page from the novel, then to improvise a scene of the students' arrival at Hogwarts, and finally to read several pages from the script in front of Columbus. $974 million Dumbledore explains that the stone has been destroyed and that Ron and Hermione are safe. Speaking on an Instagram live, In the final room, Harry finds out that it was not Snape who wanted the stone, but Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Quirrell. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British, with the three leads chosen in August 2000 following open casting calls. Due to Piers' omission, Vernon Dursley recognised that Harry was responsible for what happened to Dudley in the reptile house due to the smile on his face. Upon learning that he is away on business, the trio conclude that Snape will attempt to steal the stone that night and resolve to find the stone before Snape does. They developed a liking for fake facial injuries from the makeup staff. [76] Filming for Privet Drive took place on Picket Post Close in Bracknell, Berkshire. During the journey on the train, Harry meets Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), a boy from a large, but poor, pure-blood wizarding family, and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), a witch born to Muggle (non-magical) parents, who would both become Harry's lifelong best friends. In the novel, when Professor McGonagall arrives to take Harry, she looks frustrated and one of the Patil twins and Ron try to explain what happened, but in the film, McGonagall is calm and calls Harry by his name and then asks him to follow her. Harry suspects that the Potions teacher and head of Slytherin House Severus Snape is trying to obtain the stone in order to return Voldemort to physical form. Yet in the kitchen after he hands Vernon the other letters, Harry holds the Hogwarts envelope and though the red seal is on the back, the flap itself is not sealed shut. "[80] Production designer Stuart Craig built the sets at Leavesden Studios, including Hogwarts Great Hall, basing it on many English cathedrals. In the scene when Harry talks to the snake, the camera shows a close up of the snake, and it blinks. Based onHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the book, Harry and Ron hear Hermione's terrifying scream which would most likely be offscreen. There's no challenge. Ten years later, Harry has lived a difficult life with the Dursleys. And I thought, You're gonna say Ron. In the book Harry first hears about Quidditch from Draco Malfoy while in Diagon Alley before Hagrid explains what it is after Harry met up with him. Quirrell does not mention Snape being at Hogwarts with Harry's father as students who loathed each other. That night, the trio visit Hagrid's hut to get more information. When midnight strikes, a mysterious stranger breaks into the hut to the horror of the Dursleys. Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncles house his whole life. Then in Chamber of Secrets, the house to the right (when facing the back) is attached once again in the same manner as at the start of this film with young Harry. Harry Potter buffs might think they know everything about the magical J.K.Rowling franchise. [40] London Zoo was used as the location for the scene in which Harry accidentally sets a snake on Dudley,[40] with King's Cross Station also being used as the book specifies. In the Dursley's kitchen, as Harry walks by, on the table is Vernon's cereal bowl between the coffee pot on his right and orange juice on his left, plus the tea pot is in the centre of the table. As the three walk to the front lawn of Privet Drive house #4, McGonagall initially objects to Dumbledore leaving Harry with the Muggle (non-Magical) family that lives there known as the Dursleys, as she sees them as the "worst sort of Muggles" after spying on them day by day in her Animagus form (a silver tabby cat). The books imaginative story line about a boy wizard made it an immediate and lasting hit with both children and adults. But he said 'Hermione.' In the shot looking up at Hagrid from behind the cauldron, at the top left of the screen in front of the fireplace, as Hagrid retrieves the egg a piece of equipment comes down then quickly goes back up and at the top in the centre there is a small black film square that is not part of the fireplace. [71][72] Alnwick Castle and Gloucester Cathedral were eventually selected as the principal locations for Hogwarts,[6] with some scenes also being filmed at Harrow School. Harry begins learning wizardry and discovers more about his past and his parents. Steve Kloves was selected to write the screenplay. In the book, when Hagrid first met Harry on the island he knew who he was right away, while in the film Hagrid initially mistook Dudley for Harry until Dudley corrected him. Also, only. Harry discovers his talent for riding broomsticks and inadvertently makes Gryffindor's Quidditch team (a sport in the wizarding world involving flying broomsticks) as a Seeker while defending another student, Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis), from Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), a Slytherin first year, later learning that his father was also on the team. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, run to Hagrid's hut to tell him that they know about the Stone and they knock on the door. When Hagrid stomps up to Vernon and says, "Wise up, Dursley, you great prune" you can see the chalkmark where he's supposed to bend the gun. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Despite being rated PG, the only graphic scene in the film is when Harry disintegrates Quirrell's face. In the shots facing Vernon, he holds the first Hogwarts letter while sitting at the table. Novel: J. K. RowlingScreenplay: Steve Kloves [84] Williams composed the score at his homes in Los Angeles and Tanglewood before recording it in London in September 2001. He took inspiration from David Lean's adaptations of Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), wishing to use "that sort of darkness, that sort of edge, that quality to the cinematography," while being further inspired by the colour designs from Oliver! When Harry gets up, Voldemort's spirit forms and passes through Harry, knocking him unconscious before fleeing. [85] The soundtrack album was released on 30 October 2001 in CD format. Also due to this change, in the film Filch interrupts Snape and Quirrell's conversation by stating there was a. At Harry's first Quidditch match, Harry's broom becomes possessed, nearly knocking him off. In the next close-up of the watch, as it turns 12:00, the watch is actually on Dudley's wrist (notice his fingers) the opposite way from the previous shot. [74] Filming in the street took two days instead of the planned single day, so payments to the street's residents were correspondingly increased. Run-time When Harry, Ron and Hermione are running away from Mrs Norris, Harry yells, "Quick hide through that door!" Harry Potter, the son of wizards, is invited to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. Yet, in the overhead shot as the troll's club slams into the cubicles, Hermione is lying under that very wall crawling away. [79], Judianna Makovsky served as the costume designer. After escaping Devil's Snare, Harry, Ron and Hermione enter the Key room. Harry, Ron and Hermione are in Hagrid's hut and the egg inside the cauldron in the fireplace starts rattling. It was followed by seven sequels, beginning with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002 and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [54][69] Principal photography took place on 2 October 2000 at North Yorkshire's Goathland railway station. In the film, Harry kills Quirrell by grabbing his face, causing him to turn to dust. Hermione sees Snape staring at Harry and mouthing words, making her believe that Snape has caused the broom to misbehave with a dark curse. The stranger, who turns out to be Hagrid, meets Harry and informs him that he is a wizard. The team's keeper, Oliver Wood, trains Harry and orients him of Quidditch. However, the scene where Harry sits infront of the mirror when Dumbledore catches him implies that he also sees his grandparents as the camera only shows the rear part of the mirror's frame. After Dumbledore places Harry on the doorstep with a letter, he wishes him luck before he, McGonagall, and Hagrid depart. In the book, Hagrid immediately curses Dudley into getting a pig's tail when he is angered of Uncle Vernon insulting Dumbledore and threatens him. Hermione is described as having bushy hair and prominent front teeth, while actress Emma Watson has normal sized teeth and her hair, though bushy in this film, isn't as bad as described in the book (and later films do away with bushy hairstyles altogether).