![]() ![]() There's not only a lot of plot to cover in this film, but an entire world to create. A great deal of "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" is an introduction to this fantastic and dangerous world and its richly drawn characters. Released from the clutches of his desperately ordinary (and non-magical) Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia - and their deliciously obnoxious son Dudley - Harry takes his place in the wizarding world as a first year student at the venerated Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's the story of an orphaned boy who discovers on his eleventh birthday that his parents were wizards and that he is in fact a famous and powerful wizard himself. "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" is indeed the most loyal film adaptation of a book that this fan has ever seen. In translating Rowling's world of wizards and magic to the screen, the film makers claimed to be intensely aware of the fans' high expectations and had sworn to be faithful to the book. Each of Rowling's four Harry Potter books have been critically acclaimed worldwide best-sellers, turning a generation of video-game playing children into avid readers. Rowling's beloved novel "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" hits the screen. ![]() To millions of children of all ages, November 16 has been more eagerly anticipated than Christmas, as the long-awaited film version of J. Harry's Meditation: Harry and Ron discuss the Mirror of Erised.Finding Flamel: Harry, Ron, and Hermione discover Nicholas Flamel's name in a wizard card while looking for a counter curse for Neville's leg locker curse.Snape's Class: An extended version of Snape's potions class.On the train: Hagrid and Harry take the train to London, and Hagrid reveals his love for dragons.Cracking Eggs: Aunt Petunia opens egg cartons and cracks them, discovering rolled up letters from Hogwarts addressed to Harry.Dudley's Uniform: Aunt Petunia dyes Dudley's old uniform gray so Harry could use it as his school uniform (before Harry receives the letter from Hogwarts.).The deleted scenes added back into the movie are: The 2009 Ultimate Edition DVD/Blu-ray release includes this cut as well. It was first shown on TV networks (ABC in the US, several international broadcasts had the same extended showing) in 2004. ![]() There is an extended cut of the film running about 159 minutes vs the theatrical version runs 152 minutes. ![]()
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