Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
It is based on J. K. Rowling’s 1997 novel of the same name. The film is the first instalment of the Harry Potter film series and was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. Its story follows Harry Potter’s first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his education. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger.
- Starring : Daniel Radcliffe / Rupert Grint
- Genre : Adventure / Family / Fantasy
- Country : United Kingdom / United States
- Language : English
- Director : Chris Columbus
- Production : Warner Bros. / Heyday Films / 1492 Pictures
- Distributor : 20th Century Fox / Fox-Warner / Garsu Pasaulio Irasai / Karo Premiere / Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB / Sandrew Metronome Distribution / Village Films / Warner Bros. / Warner Roadshow Film Distributors / American Broadcasting Company (ABC) / Argentina Video Home / Audio Visual Enterprises / Audio Visual Entertainment / Channel i / HBO Max / Italia 1 / MTV3 / Moviemax Family / Nippon Television Network (NTV) / SBS6 / Sub / The WB Television Network / Varus Video / Warner Bros. Home Entertainment / Warner Home Video / Warner Home Vídeo
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone movie
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone release date
- November 4, 2001 : UK (London) (premiere)
- November 11, 2001 : USA (New York City, New York) (premiere)
- November 14, 2001 : USA (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
- November 16, 2001 : Canada
- November 16, 2001 : UK
- November 16, 2001 : Ireland
- November 16, 2001 : USA
- November 21, 2001 : Philippines
- November 22, 2001 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- November 22, 2001 : Germany
- November 22, 2001 : Singapore
- November 23, 2001 : Sweden
- November 29, 2001 : Australia
- November 29, 2001 : Israel
- November 30, 2001 : Spain
- December 1, 2001 : Japan
- December 5, 2001 : France
- April 12, 2002 : India
- September 12, 2018 : France (re-release)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone cast
- Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
- Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall
- Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid
- Saunders Triplets as Baby Harry Potter
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
- Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia Dursley
- Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
- Richard Griffiths as Uncle Vernon Dursley
- Derek Deadman as Bartender in Leaky Cauldron
- Ian Hart as Professor Quirrell
- Ben Borowiecki as Diagon Alley Boy
- Warwick Davis as Goblin Bank Teller / Professor Flitwick / Voice of Griphook
- Verne Troyer as Griphook(as Vern Troyer)
- John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander
- Richard Bremmer as He Who Must Not Be Named
Warner Bros. bought the film rights to the book in 1999 for a reported £1 million ($1.65 million in 1999). Production began in the United Kingdom in 2000, with Chris Columbus being chosen to create the film from a short list of directors that included Steven Spielberg and Rob Reiner. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British and Irish, and the film was shot at Leavesden Film Studios and historic buildings around the United Kingdom.
The film was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom and United States on 16 November 2001. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $975.1 million at the box office worldwide. The highest-grossing film of 2001, it is the 46th highest-grossing of all-time (2nd at the time of its release; behind Titanic) and the second most successful instalment of the Harry Potter series behind Deathly Hallows – Part 2. The film was nominated for many awards, including Academy Awards for Best Original Score, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. 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.
One night, Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall, professors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with the school’s groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid, deliver a recently orphaned infant named Harry Potter to his only remaining relatives, the Dursleys. Ten years later, Harry has been battling a disjointed life with the Dursleys. After inadvertently causing an accident during a family trip to the zoo, Harry begins receiving unsolicited letters by owls. After the Dursleys escape to an island to avoid more letters, Hagrid re-appears and informs Harry that he is actually a wizard and has been accepted into Hogwarts against the Dursleys’ wishes. After taking Harry to Diagon Alley to buy his supplies for Hogwarts and a pet owl named Hedwig as a birthday present, Hagrid informs him of his past: Harry’s parents James and Lily Potter met their demise via a Killing Curse at the hands of the malevolent and all-powerful wizard: Lord Voldemort. Harry, the only survivor in the chaos, thus becomes well-known in the wizarding world as “The Boy Who Lived”.
Harry is then taken to King’s Cross station to board a train to Hogwarts, where he meets three other students: Ron Weasley, whom he quickly befriends; Hermione Granger, an intelligent witch born to Muggle parents; and Draco Malfoy, a boy from a wealthy wizarding family, with whom he immediately clashes. After arriving at school the students assemble in the Great Hall, where all the first-years are sorted by the Sorting Hat among four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Although the Sorting Hat considers putting Harry in Slytherin with Draco, he is placed into Gryffindor alongside Ron and Hermione.
At Hogwarts, Harry begins learning magic spells and discovers more about his past and parents. After recovering the Remembrall of Gryffindor student Neville Longbottom, Harry is recruited for Gryffindor’s Quidditch team as a Seeker, an extremely rare feat for first-year students. On their way to the dorms one night the stair cases change paths leading the three to the forbidden floor of Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover a giant three-headed dog named Fluffy in a restricted area of the school. Ron then insults Hermione after being embarrassed by her in a charms lesson, causing Hermione to lock herself in the girls’ bathroom. She is attacked by a marauding troll, but Harry and Ron save her, befriending her in the process.
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